Herb

Bai ji (jujube thorn)

白棘bai ji
1 sourceZiziphus jujuba Mill.

Recorded for heart and abdominal pain, draining abscess pus and relieving pain, and dislodging stuck thorns.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷三十六·灌木·白棘·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：主心腹痛、痈肿溃脓、止痛；决刺结，疗丈夫虚损、阴痿精自出。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 辛，寒，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十六·灌木·白棘·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十六·灌木·白棘·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十六·灌木·白棘·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.