Herb

Chimney soot

百草霜bai cao shuang
1 source

Disperses food accumulation and stagnation, and is recorded for staunching bleeding of the upper and lower body, for women's flooding, vaginal discharge and peripartum disorders, and for jaundice, malarial dysentery and dysphagia.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷七·土部·百草霜·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：主消化积滞，入下食药中用；古载止上下诸血、妇人崩中带下胎前产后诸病、伤寒阳毒发狂、黄疸疟痢、噎膈。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 辛，温，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷七·土部·百草霜·释名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷七·土部·百草霜·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷七·土部·百草霜·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.