Herb

Bo (silk cloth)

帛bo
1 source

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu: red silk burnt and applied for newborn navel swelling and malign sores; it is also used for falls and sinew-bone injury, and five-coloured silk for night sweats.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷三十八·服帛类·帛·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：绯帛烧研傅初生儿脐肿痛、疗恶疮疔肿；古载主坠马及一切筋骨损，五色帛主盗汗。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十八·服帛类·帛·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·服帛类·帛·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.