Herb

Deng hua (lamp-wick snuff)

灯花deng hua
1 source

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu, applied to incised wounds to staunch blood and engender flesh, and for childhood heart-heat night-crying, mixed in rush-pith decoction and dabbed on the nipple to be suckled.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷六·火部·灯花·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：主傅金疮，止血生肉；古载小儿邪热在心夜啼不止，以灯心汤调抹乳吮之。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷六·火部·灯花·条名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷六·火部·灯花·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.