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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">zhu ling</name>
    <name type="chinese">猪苓</name>
    <name type="latin">Polyporus</name>
    <name type="english">Polyporus</name>
    <name type="japanese">chorei</name>
    <name type="korean">jeoryeong</name>
  </names>
  <category>Drain Dampness</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Spleen</channel>
    <channel>Bladder</channel>
    <channel>Kidney</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Promotes urination and leaches out Damp</summary>
      <indication>Damp with fluid stagnation, causing edema, scanty or difficult urination, vaginal discharge, cloudy painful urination (Milky Lin), jaundice and diarrhea</indication>
      <indication>Lin syndrome in pregnancy, where it may be given on its own</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Damp-Heat</summary>
      <indication>Damp-Heat with Milky Lin and jaundice</indication>
      <indication>Damp-Heat in the Lower Jiao with vaginal discharge or spermatorrhea</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
