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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:37:01.230431+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
  <source-url>https://bencaoindex.com/</source-url>
  <canonical>https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/yue-ji-hua/</canonical>
  <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>
  <attribution-html>&lt;a href=&quot;https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/yue-ji-hua/&quot;&gt;Bencao Index&lt;/a&gt;</attribution-html>
  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">yue ji hua</name>
    <name type="chinese">月季花</name>
    <name type="latin">Flos Rosae Chinensis</name>
    <name type="english">China Tea Rose</name>
    <name type="japanese">gekkika</name>
    <name type="korean">wolgyehwa</name>
  </names>
  <category>Invigorate the Blood</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Liver</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Invigorates Blood and regulates menstruation</summary>
      <indication>Blood stasis with scanty periods or amenorrhea</indication>
      <indication>Distending pain in the chest and abdomen from Blood stasis</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Reduces swelling and resolves toxicity</summary>
      <indication>Swellings of the neck and scrofula, as a supporting herb</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Regulates Qi</summary>
      <indication>Qi stagnation</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
