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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-19T20:52:51.550968+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">Tou Gu Cao</name>
  </names>
  <channels>
    <channel>Spleen</channel>
    <channel>Kidney</channel>
    <channel>Liver</channel>
  </channels>
  <safety toxic="true">Recorded toxic in this catalogue. Read the cautions on the record.</safety>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Invigorates Blood, breaks up stasis, reduces swelling and generates flesh</summary>
      <indication>Bruising, swelling, inflammation and pain after external or traumatic injury</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Heat, resolves toxicity, cools the Blood and relieves pain</summary>
      <indication>Burns, carbuncles, swellings and toxic sores, applied topically</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Drains Damp-Heat</summary>
      <indication>Acute jaundice</indication>
      <indication>Hepatitis</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Dispels Wind-Damp and relaxes the sinews and muscles</summary>
      <indication>Arthritis and joint pain</indication>
      <indication>Contracture of the muscles and bones</indication>
      <indication>Beriberi from Cold-Damp</indication>
      <indication>Tinea</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
