Herb
Fish-poison Yam (Bi xie)
萆薢bi xie
1 sourceRhizoma Dioscoreae Hypoglaucae
Separates the clear from the turbid and dispels wind-damp, relieving cloudy urine, lumbar pain and impediment, and recorded for sores.
Source
Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷十八·草部·蔓草类·萆薢·主治（《本经》）
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：腰背痛强，骨节风寒湿周痹，恶疮不瘳，热气（《本经》）；伤中恚怒，阴痿失溺，老人五缓，关节老血（《别录》）；治白浊茎中痛，痔瘘坏疮（时珍）。
Nature, flavor & meridians
Nature & flavor: 苦，平，无毒（《别录》谓甘）。·Meridians: 胃, 肝
Citations
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十八·草部·蔓草类·萆薢（《本经》中品）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十八·草部·蔓草类·萆薢·释名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its alternate names.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十八·草部·蔓草类·萆薢·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十八·草部·蔓草类·萆薢·发明（时珍）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its meridian tropism.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十八·草部·蔓草类·萆薢·主治（《本经》）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十八·草部·蔓草类·萆薢·主治（《别录》）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十八·草部·蔓草类·萆薢·主治（时珍）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十八·草部·蔓草类·萆薢·气味（之才）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its safety notes.