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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:36:02.074608+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">xian mao</name>
    <name type="chinese">仙茅</name>
    <name type="latin">Rhizoma Curculiginis</name>
    <name type="english">common curculigo rhizome</name>
    <name type="japanese">senbo</name>
    <name type="korean">seonmo</name>
  </names>
  <category>Tonify Yang</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Kidney</channel>
  </channels>
  <safety toxic="true">Recorded toxic in this catalogue. Read the cautions on the record.</safety>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Tonifies the Kidneys and strengthens Yang</summary>
      <indication>Kidney Yang deficiency with impotence, frequent or uncontrolled urination, seminal emission and irregular periods</indication>
      <indication>Infertility from a Cold womb in women, or Cold, watery Jing in men</indication>
      <indication>Weakened Ming Men Fire</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Expels Cold and Damp and strengthens the sinews and bones</summary>
      <indication>Stubborn Cold-Damp Bi with pain throughout the body, sinews and bones that feel weak, and pain of the lower back and knees</indication>
      <indication>Yang deficiency of the Spleen and Kidneys</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Warms the interior and disperses Cold</summary>
      <indication>Cold pain of the abdomen or lower back</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
