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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:34:58.763802+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
  <source-url>https://bencaoindex.com/</source-url>
  <canonical>https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/wu-yi/</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/wu-yi/&quot;&gt;Bencao Index&lt;/a&gt;</attribution-html>
  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">wu yi</name>
    <name type="chinese">芜荑</name>
    <name type="latin">Fructus Ulmi Macrocarpae</name>
    <name type="english">Elm Cake</name>
    <name type="japanese">bui</name>
    <name type="korean">muje</name>
  </names>
  <category>Kill Parasites</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Stomach</channel>
    <channel>Spleen</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Kills parasites</summary>
      <indication>Roundworms, pinworms and tapeworms</indication>
      <indication>Acute roundworm symptoms, taken alone as a powder</indication>
      <indication>Abdominal pain and accumulation from parasites</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Reduces accumulation and disperses food stagnation</summary>
      <indication>Childhood nutritional impairment</indication>
      <indication>Children with wasting, poor appetite and malnutrition linked to parasites</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Dries Damp</summary>
      <indication>Damp-type digestive complaints, alongside other herbs</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Treats tinea topically</summary>
      <indication>Tinea and scabies, applied externally</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
