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  <source>Bencao Index</source>
  <source-url>https://bencaoindex.com/</source-url>
  <canonical>https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/wa-leng-zi/</canonical>
  <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>
  <attribution-html>&lt;a href=&quot;https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/wa-leng-zi/&quot;&gt;Bencao Index&lt;/a&gt;</attribution-html>
  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">wa leng zi</name>
    <name type="chinese">瓦楞子</name>
    <name type="latin">Concha Arcae</name>
    <name type="english">arc shell</name>
    <name type="japanese">garyoshi</name>
    <name type="korean">wareungja</name>
  </names>
  <category>Invigorate the Blood</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Lung</channel>
    <channel>Spleen</channel>
    <channel>Liver</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Invigorates Blood, transforms Phlegm, resolves stagnation, softens hardness and dissipates nodules</summary>
      <indication>Fixed or moving masses in the abdomen, whether due to Phlegm, Qi stagnation or Blood stasis</indication>
      <indication>Scrofula and goiter</indication>
      <indication>Menstrual pain</indication>
      <indication>Chronic cough with Phlegm</indication>
      <indication>Enlarged liver and spleen</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Neutralises acid and relieves pain</summary>
      <indication>Chronic pain of the Stomach, or pain of Blood stasis as from an ulcer, with vomiting and sour regurgitation; calcined for this use</indication>
      <indication>Acid reflux, and gastric or duodenal ulcers</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
