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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">wu yao</name>
    <name type="chinese">乌药</name>
    <name type="latin">Radix Linderae</name>
    <name type="english">combined spicebush root</name>
    <name type="japanese">uyaku</name>
    <name type="korean">oyak</name>
  </names>
  <category>Regulate Qi</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Lung</channel>
    <channel>Spleen</channel>
    <channel>Bladder</channel>
    <channel>Kidney</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Moves Qi and relieves pain</summary>
      <indication>Cold with Qi stagnation: a stifling feeling in the chest, and pain of the flanks, epigastrium and abdomen</indication>
      <indication>Abdominal distension</indication>
      <indication>Bulging (hernial) disorders</indication>
      <indication>Menstrual pain</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Warms the Kidneys and disperses Cold</summary>
      <indication>Frequent urination or incontinence from Kidney Yang deficiency or Deficiency Cold of the Bladder</indication>
      <indication>Accompanying signs: a lower back that is sore, cold and weak, a pale complexion, tiredness, seminal emission and copious clear vaginal discharge</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
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