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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:36:53.945601+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
  <source-url>https://bencaoindex.com/</source-url>
  <canonical>https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/xian-he-cao/</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>
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">xian he cao</name>
    <name type="chinese">仙鹤草</name>
    <name type="latin">Herba Agrimoniae</name>
    <name type="english">Agrimony</name>
    <name type="japanese">sankakuso</name>
    <name type="korean">seonhakcho</name>
  </names>
  <category>Regulate Blood, Stop Bleeding</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Lung</channel>
    <channel>Spleen</channel>
    <channel>Liver</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Astringes and stops bleeding</summary>
      <indication>Bleeding of many kinds: vomiting or coughing blood, nosebleed, bleeding gums, blood in the urine or stool, and uterine bleeding</indication>
      <indication>Bleeding from Heat or Cold, Excess or deficiency, when combined with suitable herbs</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Astringes the Intestines and stops diarrhea and dysentery</summary>
      <indication>Chronic diarrhea and dysentery</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Kills parasites</summary>
      <indication>Trichomonas vaginitis, applied topically</indication>
      <indication>Tapeworm and malarial disorders, taken internally</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Tonifies Qi and Blood</summary>
      <indication>Qi and Blood deficiency from overwork</indication>
      <indication>Chronic fatigue with low energy from Spleen Qi deficiency</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Reduces swelling and expels pus</summary>
      <indication>Breast abscess, swellings and ulcers, treated internally or topically with the vine</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
