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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:35:31.519073+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
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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">xiang ru</name>
    <name type="chinese">香薷</name>
    <name type="latin">Herba Moslae</name>
    <name type="english">aromatic madder</name>
    <name type="japanese">koju</name>
    <name type="korean">hyangyu</name>
  </names>
  <category>Acrid, Warm, Release Exterior</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Lung</channel>
    <channel>Stomach</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Induces sweating, releases the Exterior, clears Summerheat, transforms Damp and harmonises the Spleen and Stomach</summary>
      <indication>Summer-season Wind-Cold, especially with Damp: chills, fever, headache, no sweating, body aches, abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting</indication>
      <indication>Summerheat or Damp contracted from outside</indication>
      <indication>Abdominal fullness and diarrhea accompanying this summer pattern</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Promotes urination and reduces swelling</summary>
      <indication>Edema and difficult urination, above all when an Exterior condition is also present</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
