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  <source>Bencao Index</source>
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">yin yang huo</name>
    <name type="chinese">淫羊藿</name>
    <name type="latin">Herba Epimedii</name>
    <name type="english">aerial part of epimedium</name>
    <name type="japanese">inyokaku</name>
    <name type="korean">eumyanggwak</name>
  </names>
  <category>Tonify Yang</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Kidney</channel>
    <channel>Liver</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Tonifies the Kidneys, strengthens Yang and raises libido</summary>
      <indication>Deficient Kidney Yang with impotence, infertility, frequent urination, forgetfulness and withdrawal, and a cold, painful lower back and knees</indication>
      <indication>Low sex drive and spermatorrhea</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Strengthens the sinews and bones</summary>
      <indication>Kidney deficiency showing as a sore, weakened lower back and knees</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Dispels Wind-Cold-Damp and warms and unblocks Yang Qi</summary>
      <indication>Wind-Cold-Damp Bi with joint pain, spasm or cramping of the hands and feet, and numb limbs</indication>
      <indication>Numbness or tingling in the arms and fingers</indication>
      <indication>Contracture, numbness or hemiplegia after Wind-Stroke</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
