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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:35:46.822178+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">wu ling zhi</name>
    <name type="chinese">五灵脂</name>
    <name type="latin">Faeces Trogopterori</name>
    <name type="english">excrementum pteropi</name>
    <name type="japanese">goreishi</name>
    <name type="korean">oryeongji</name>
  </names>
  <category>Invigorate the Blood</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Liver</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Invigorates Blood, dispels stasis and relieves pain</summary>
      <indication>Blood stasis with absent or painful periods</indication>
      <indication>Abdominal pain after childbirth with retained lochia</indication>
      <indication>Fixed, stabbing pain of the epigastrium or abdomen from congealed Blood</indication>
      <indication>Sharp, fixed pain of the chest or flanks, combined with other Blood-moving herbs</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Transforms stasis and stops bleeding</summary>
      <indication>Uterine bleeding, or lochia that is retained or lingers, from Blood stasis with clots and pain</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Treats childhood nutritional impairment</summary>
      <indication>Childhood nutritional impairment with localised distension</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Resolves toxicity</summary>
      <indication>Snake and insect bites, taken internally or applied topically</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
