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  <source>Bencao Index</source>
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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">yī zhī huáng huā</name>
    <name type="chinese">一枝黄花</name>
    <name type="latin">Herba Solidaginis</name>
    <name type="english">solidago decurense</name>
  </names>
  <channels>
    <channel>Lung</channel>
    <channel>Kidney</channel>
    <channel>Gallbladder</channel>
    <channel>Liver</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Relieves pain, reduces inflammation and opens the channels and collaterals</summary>
      <indication>Pain and inflammation</indication>
      <indication>Traumatic injury</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Reduces swelling and resolves toxicity</summary>
      <indication>Toxic swellings</indication>
      <indication>Sore throat</indication>
      <indication>Jaundice</indication>
      <indication>Headache from Cold</indication>
      <indication>Whooping cough</indication>
      <indication>Convulsions in infants</indication>
      <indication>Fungal infections affecting the hands</indication>
      <indication>Carbuncles and swellings on the back</indication>
      <indication>Athlete&apos;s foot, applied topically</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
