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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:34:57.971405+00:00">
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">zi shi ying</name>
    <name type="chinese">紫石英</name>
    <name type="latin">Fluoritum</name>
    <name type="english">Fluorite</name>
    <name type="japanese">shisekiei</name>
    <name type="korean">jaesokyeong</name>
  </names>
  <category>Anchor, Settle and Calm Spirit</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Heart</channel>
    <channel>Liver</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Sedates the Heart, calms the Spirit and settles tremor and palpitations</summary>
      <indication>Disorientation, insomnia, fright, restlessness, anxious palpitations or convulsions from Heart Blood deficiency or rising Liver Yang</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Warms the Lungs and descends Qi</summary>
      <indication>Chronic cough or wheezing from Deficiency Cold of the Lungs, with thin, watery, plentiful sputum</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Warms the Uterus and Kidneys and unblocks the Chong and Ren vessels</summary>
      <indication>Heavy periods, uterine bleeding or infertility when the Uterus is Cold and deficient</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
