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  <source>Bencao Index</source>
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">yang qi shi</name>
    <name type="chinese">阳起石</name>
    <name type="latin">Actinolitum</name>
    <name type="english">Actinolite</name>
    <name type="japanese">yokiseki</name>
    <name type="korean">yanggiseok</name>
  </names>
  <category>Tonify Yang</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Kidney</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Warms the Kidneys and Lower Jiao, warms the Ming Men and strengthens Yang</summary>
      <indication>Cold from deficient Kidney Yang: impotence, spermatorrhea or premature ejaculation, with a sore, weak lower back and knees</indication>
      <indication>Low libido from Kidney Yang deficiency</indication>
      <indication>Loose stools and cold limbs as part of the wider Kidney Yang deficiency picture</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Warms the Uterus</summary>
      <indication>Infertility and uterine bleeding when the Uterus is Cold</indication>
      <indication>Gynecological complaints of a Cold type</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
