Herb

Chuan di tai (a freshwater alga)

船底苔chuan di tai
1 source

Recorded for nosebleed, blood in vomit and strangury, and for clearing epidemic latent heat and clouded spirit.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷二十一·苔·船底苔·主治（孟诜）

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：孟诜谓主鼻洪吐血淋疾，同炙甘草、豉汁浓煎汤呷；时珍谓解天行热病伏热、头目不清、神志昏塞及诸大毒。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 甘，冷，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十一·苔·船底苔·主治（时珍）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十一·苔·船底苔·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十一·苔·船底苔·主治（孟诜）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.