Herb

Ce chou (a toilet spatula)

厕筹ce chou
1 source

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for difficult delivery and cholera with cold body and cramp (burnt under the bed for its rising heat), and for malign-influence attack.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷三十八·器物类·厕筹·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：主难产及霍乱身冷转筋，于床下烧取热气彻上；古载亦主中恶鬼气。

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