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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:36:51.850804+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">ye ming sha</name>
    <name type="chinese">夜明砂</name>
    <name type="latin">Faeces Vespertilionis</name>
    <name type="english">Bat Feces</name>
    <name type="japanese">yamyosha</name>
    <name type="korean">yamyeongsa</name>
  </names>
  <category>Drain Fire</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Liver</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Liver Heat and brightens the eyes</summary>
      <indication>Night blindness</indication>
      <indication>Superficial visual obstruction, nebula and cataract</indication>
      <indication>Glaucoma</indication>
      <indication>Red eyes or bleeding under the conjunctiva from Liver Heat, where it is especially useful</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Disperses Blood stasis and bruising and reduces accumulations</summary>
      <indication>Traumatic injury</indication>
      <indication>Scrofula</indication>
      <indication>Malaria</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Treats childhood nutritional impairment</summary>
      <indication>Malnutrition and accumulation from childhood nutritional impairment (Gan Ji)</indication>
      <indication>Children who fail to thrive with long-term undernourishment, often linked to intestinal parasites</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
