Herb

Ai huo (moxa fire)

艾火ai huo
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Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for moxibustion of the hundred diseases, and for various wind-cold disorders, a little sulphur powder added being especially good.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷六·火部·艾火·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 & physical facts (public-domain reference facts; no proprietary modern source).
Traditional functions

Classical source text (Chinese) — English summary above.

传统中医记载：主灸百病；古载灸诸风冷疾，入硫黄末少许尤良。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷六·火部·艾火·条名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷六·火部·艾火·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.