Herb

Bu (cloth)

布bu
1 source

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu: new hemp cloth expels blood stasis and relieves amenorrhea and postpartum pain; indigo cloth resolves toxins, epidemic heat-toxin and childhood erysipelas, and burnt to ash is applied to malign sores.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷三十八·服帛类·布·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：新麻布逐瘀血、妇人血闭腹痛、产后血痛；古载青布解诸物毒、天行烦毒、小儿寒热丹毒，烧灰傅恶疮。

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