Herb
Lobelia (Ban bian lian)
半边莲ban bian lian
1 sourceHerba Lobeliae Chinensis
Clears heat and resolves toxicity and disinhibits water; applied to snakebite, and recorded for wheezing and malaria.
Source
Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷十六·草部·隰草类下·半边莲·主治（时珍·蛇伤）
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：蛇虺伤，捣汁饮，以滓围涂之。又治寒齁气喘，及疟疾寒热（时珍）。
Nature, flavor & meridians
Nature & flavor: 辛，平，无毒。
Citations
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十六·草部·隰草类下·半边莲（《纲目》）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十六·草部·隰草类下·半边莲·集解（急解索）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its alternate names.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十六·草部·隰草类下·半边莲·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十六·草部·隰草类下·半边莲·主治（时珍·蛇伤）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十六·草部·隰草类下·半边莲·主治（时珍·喘疟）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十六·草部·隰草类下·半边莲·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its safety notes.