Herb

Che nian tu (cartwheel earth)

车辇土che nian tu
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Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for malign sores with yellow discharge (applied), heatstroke collapse in travelers (settled in water and the clear part drunk), and for newborns lacking skin colour.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷七·土部·车辇土·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：主恶疮出黄汁涂之；古载行人暍死取车轮土水调澄清服，小儿初生无肤色赤碾傅之生肤。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷七·土部·车辇土·条名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷七·土部·车辇土·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.