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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:34:59.135958+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
  <source-url>https://bencaoindex.com/</source-url>
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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">xi he liu</name>
    <name type="chinese">西河柳</name>
    <name type="latin">Cacumen Tamaricis</name>
    <name type="english">Chinese tamarisk twig and leaves</name>
    <name type="japanese">gyoryu</name>
    <name type="korean">seongryu</name>
  </names>
  <category>Warm, Acrid, Release Exterior</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Lung</channel>
    <channel>Stomach</channel>
    <channel>Heart</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Induces sweating and vents rashes</summary>
      <indication>Measles in which the rash has not fully come out</indication>
      <indication>Smallpox</indication>
      <indication>Itching from various rashes caused by Wind</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
