Herb

Psoralea Fruit (Bu gu zhi)

补骨脂bu gu zhi
1 sourceFructus Psoraleae

Warms the kidney and spleen, reinforces yang and consolidates essence, and checks kidney-vacuity diarrhea and frequent urination.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷十四·草部·芳草类·补骨脂·主治（《开宝》）

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：五劳七伤，风虚冷，骨髓伤败，肾冷精流（《开宝》）；男子腰疼，膝冷囊湿，逐诸冷痹顽，止小便，利腹中冷（甄权）；治肾泄，通命门，暖丹田，敛精神（时珍）。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 辛，大温，无毒（甄权谓苦、辛）。·Meridians: 命门, 心包

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十四·草部·芳草类·补骨脂（宋《开宝》）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十四·草部·芳草类·补骨脂·释名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its alternate names.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十四·草部·芳草类·补骨脂·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十四·草部·芳草类·补骨脂·发明（时珍）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its meridian tropism.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十四·草部·芳草类·补骨脂·主治（《开宝》）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十四·草部·芳草类·补骨脂·主治（甄权）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十四·草部·芳草类·补骨脂·主治（时珍）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十四·草部·芳草类·补骨脂·修治（燥毒）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its safety notes.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十四·草部·芳草类·补骨脂·气味（忌芸薹）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its safety notes.