Herb

Bai ci qi (white porcelain)

白瓷器bai ci qi
1 source

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for women's discharge and flooding, checking vomiting, breaking and staunching blood, ground in water and applied to sores to remove scars, powdered on abscesses in place of lancing, and as an eye-point remedy for nebula.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷七·土部·白瓷器·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：主妇人带下白崩、止呕吐、破血止血，水磨涂疮灭瘢；古载研末傅痈肿可代针、点目去翳。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 平，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷七·土部·白瓷器·条名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷七·土部·白瓷器·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·白瓷器·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.