Herb

Bai e (white chalk)

白垩bai e
1 source

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for women's chills and fever, masses and amenorrhea, genital swelling and pain, discharge and dysentery, astringing the intestines to check dysentery, and for nosebleed, blood ejection, hemorrhoids and seminal emission.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷七·土部·白垩·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：主女子寒热癥瘕、月闭积聚；古载阴肿痛、漏下、泄痢，涩肠止痢，治鼻洪吐血、痔瘘泄精。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 苦，温，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷七·土部·白垩·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·白垩·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·白垩·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷七·土部·白垩·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its safety notes.