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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:37:03.815039+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">tu fu ling</name>
    <name type="chinese">土茯苓</name>
    <name type="latin">Rhizoma Smilacis Glabrae</name>
    <name type="english">glabrous greenbrier rhizome</name>
    <name type="japanese">dobukuryo</name>
    <name type="korean">tobokryeong</name>
  </names>
  <category>Clear Heat, Relieve Toxicity</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Stomach</channel>
    <channel>Liver</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Resolves toxicity, eliminates Damp and benefits the joints</summary>
      <indication>Turbid, painful urination from Fire toxicity</indication>
      <indication>Jaundice from Damp-Heat</indication>
      <indication>Turbid discharge from Damp-Heat</indication>
      <indication>Lingering conditions of toxin and Damp</indication>
      <indication>Damp-Heat Bi with painful joints and sinews</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Damp-Heat from the skin</summary>
      <indication>Chuang Yong: recurrent ulcers and other hot skin lesions</indication>
      <indication>Damp-Heat eruptions and sores of the skin, acute or chronic and recurring</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Promotes urination and clears Heat from the Lower Jiao</summary>
      <indication>Heat Lin: urination that burns and hurts</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
