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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:36:05.447276+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
  <source-url>https://bencaoindex.com/</source-url>
  <canonical>https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/xin-yi-hua/</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>
  <attribution-html>&lt;a href=&quot;https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/xin-yi-hua/&quot;&gt;Bencao Index&lt;/a&gt;</attribution-html>
  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">xin yi</name>
    <name type="chinese">辛夷</name>
    <name type="latin">Flos Magnoliae</name>
    <name type="english">Magnolia Flower</name>
    <name type="japanese">shini</name>
    <name type="korean">sini</name>
  </names>
  <category>Acrid, Warm, Release Exterior</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Lung</channel>
    <channel>Stomach</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Expels Wind-Cold and opens the nasal passages</summary>
      <indication>Wind-Cold with nasal blockage, congestion, pain or discharge, loss of smell, sinus problems and sinus headache</indication>
      <indication>A Wind-Cold cold in its first days, when the nose is affected</indication>
      <indication>Any nasal or sinus condition, combined with suitable herbs</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
