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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:35:55.401537+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">xue yu tan</name>
    <name type="chinese">血余炭</name>
  </names>
  <channels>
    <channel>Heart</channel>
    <channel>Kidney</channel>
    <channel>Liver</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Astringes and stops bleeding without leaving stasis</summary>
      <indication>Bleeding of many kinds, notably nosebleed and uterine bleeding, as well as blood in the urine or stool, bleeding gums, and coughing or vomiting blood</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Tonifies Yin and promotes urination</summary>
      <indication>Blood Lin</indication>
      <indication>Painful urinary dysfunction and blood in the urine, as a supporting herb</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Eliminates Blood stasis</summary>
      <indication>Blood stasis</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Generates flesh and heals sores</summary>
      <indication>Ulcerated sores or burns, applied topically</indication>
      <indication>Dusted as a powder onto bleeding gums, into the nostril for nosebleed, or onto slow-healing sores and minor burns</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
