Herb

Agarwood (Chen xiang)

沉香chen xiang

1 sourceSafety notes recordedLignum Aquilariae Resinatum

Courses and downbears qi to calm panting and counterflow, warms the lumbus and knees, and harmonizes the centre. Aquilaria is CITES-listed.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷三十四·木部·沉香·主治（《别录》）

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).

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 辛，微温，无毒（《别录》）；张元素谓阳也、有升有降；李时珍谓辛辣者性热、香甜者性平。

Citations

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十四·木部·香木类·沉香（《别录》上品）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十四·木部·沉香·释名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its alternate names.
Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十四·木部·沉香·气味（《别录》）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十四·木部·沉香·主治（《别录》）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十四·木部·沉香·主治（大明）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十四·木部·沉香·主治（时珍）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十四·木部·沉香·气味（《别录》）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its safety notes.