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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:36:42.458713+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">xiao hui xiang</name>
    <name type="chinese">小茴香</name>
    <name type="latin">Fructus Foeniculi</name>
    <name type="english">fennel</name>
    <name type="japanese">shouikyo</name>
    <name type="korean">sohoehyang</name>
  </names>
  <category>Warm Interior, Expel Cold</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Stomach</channel>
    <channel>Spleen</channel>
    <channel>Kidney</channel>
    <channel>Liver</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Warms the Liver and Kidneys, disperses Cold and relieves pain</summary>
      <indication>Lower abdominal pain from Cold in the Lower Jiao</indication>
      <indication>Cold bulging (hernial) disorders when Cold invades the Liver channel</indication>
      <indication>Testicular pain and swelling</indication>
      <indication>Painful periods from Cold</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Regulates Qi and harmonises the Stomach</summary>
      <indication>Vomiting, nausea, sluggish digestion and little appetite, with abdominal or epigastric pain, from a Cold Stomach</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
