Herb

Golden Shower fruit (A le bo)

阿勒勃a le bo
1 sourceCassia fistula L.

Recorded for heat-wind of the diaphragm and bone-steaming chills and fever, killing worms, and roasted as a gentle purgative.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷三十一·夷果·阿勒勃·主治

References
  • functions_en self-translated from 本草纲目 traditional_functions (public domain; the Chinese tf carries verbatim excerpt_hash citations). No modern work consulted.
  • WHO IST-TCM terminology-aligned for the English rendering.
  • public pharmacopoeia & botanical facts (public-domain reference facts; no proprietary modern source).
Traditional functions

Classical source text (Chinese) — English summary above.

传统中医记载：主心膈间热风、心黄、骨蒸寒热，杀三虫；炙黄入药、缓下通便。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 苦，大寒，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十一·夷果·阿勒勃·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十一·夷果·阿勒勃·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十一·夷果·阿勒勃·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.