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  <source>Bencao Index</source>
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">zao jiao ci</name>
    <name type="chinese">皂角刺</name>
    <name type="latin">Gleditsiae Spina</name>
    <name type="english">Gleditisia Thorn</name>
    <name type="korean">jogakyeo</name>
  </names>
  <category>Transform Phlegm Cold</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Lung</channel>
    <channel>Stomach</channel>
    <channel>Liver</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Draws out toxicity, discharges pus, invigorates Blood, disperses clumps and reduces swelling</summary>
      <indication>Swollen sores, carbuncles and abscesses in the early stage, to bring them to a head or make one that has formed burst</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Expels Wind and kills parasites</summary>
      <indication>Tinea</indication>
      <indication>Leprosy</indication>
      <indication>Stubborn skin disease</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
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