Herb

Bo huo zhang (a fire poker)

拨火杖bo huo zhang
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Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for scorpion sting, and (scraped and applied) for incised wounds to staunch blood and engender flesh, and for childhood fright and night crying.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷三十八·器物类·拨火杖·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：主蝎螫横井上立愈；古载刮傅金疮止血生肉、止小儿惊忤夜啼。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十八·器物类·拨火杖·释名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十八·器物类·拨火杖·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.