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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:35:25.821275+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
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  <licence>Free to use and republish with visible attribution and a link back to the source page. The catalogue is a reference work and is knowingly incomplete; nothing in it is medical advice.</licence>
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">ting li zi</name>
    <name type="chinese">葶苈子</name>
    <name type="english">Tingli Seed</name>
    <name type="japanese">teirekishi</name>
    <name type="korean">jeongryyeokja</name>
  </names>
  <channels>
    <channel>Lung</channel>
    <channel>Bladder</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Drains the Lungs, expels Phlegm-fluid and calms wheezing</summary>
      <indication>Wheezing or cough with copious phlegm rattling in the throat, from Phlegm accumulation or Lung Heat</indication>
      <indication>Excess-type cough and breathlessness with thick, profuse phlegm, fullness of the chest and flanks, and being unable to lie flat</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Promotes urination and reduces edema</summary>
      <indication>Obstructed Qi of the Lungs and Bladder, with puffiness of the face and eyes, or fluid collecting in the chest or abdomen, and difficult urination</indication>
      <indication>Generalised edema with scanty urine</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
