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  <source>Bencao Index</source>
  <source-url>https://bencaoindex.com/</source-url>
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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">zhu li</name>
    <name type="chinese">竹沥</name>
    <name type="latin">Succus Bambusae</name>
    <name type="english">Bamboo Sap</name>
    <name type="japanese">chikureki</name>
    <name type="korean">jukryeok</name>
  </names>
  <category>Cool &amp; Transform Phlegm Heat</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Lung</channel>
    <channel>Stomach</channel>
    <channel>Heart</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Heat, transforms Phlegm and penetrates the channels</summary>
      <indication>Fainting, hemiplegia or paralysed hands and feet when Phlegm blocks the orifices of the Heart</indication>
      <indication>Wind-Stroke with loss of speech, sudden unconsciousness, clenched jaw or seizures</indication>
      <indication>Convulsions in children</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Transforms Phlegm-Heat and stops cough</summary>
      <indication>Cough from Phlegm-Heat, as a strong supporting herb</indication>
      <indication>Thick, sticky yellow sputum with a congested, stifling chest</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
