Herb

Areca / Betel Nut (Bin lang)

槟榔bin lang
1 sourceSemen Arecae

Kills worms (especially tapeworm and roundworm), disperses food accumulation, downbears qi and moves water for leg-qi, and is recorded for malaria.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷三十一·夷果·槟榔·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：消谷逐水，除痰澼，杀三虫、伏尸，疗寸白；下气行水、截疟、驱杀绦虫蛔虫。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 苦、辛，温，涩，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十一·夷果·槟榔·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十一·夷果·槟榔·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十一·夷果·槟榔·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.