Herb

Lycium Root Bark (Di gu pi)

地骨皮di gu pi
1 sourceCortex Lycii

Cools the blood and clears deficiency-heat and bone-steaming fever, and drains lung-heat.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷三十六·木部·地骨皮·主治（元素·骨蒸凉血）

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：甄权谓地骨皮去肾家风、益精气；孟诜谓去骨热消渴；张元素谓解骨蒸肌热消渴、风湿痹、坚筋骨、凉血；李杲谓治在表无定之风邪、传尸有汗之骨蒸；王好古谓泻肾火、降肺中伏火、退热。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 苦，寒（《本经》地骨皮；《别录》谓根大寒）；王好古谓入足少阴、手少阳经；李时珍谓甘、淡、寒。·Meridians: 肾（足少阴）, 三焦（手少阳）

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十六·木部·枸杞、地骨皮（《本经》上品）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十六·木部·枸杞地骨皮·释名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its alternate names.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十六·木部·地骨皮·气味（《本经》）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十六·木部·地骨皮·气味（好古·入足少阴手少阳经）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its meridian tropism.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十六·木部·地骨皮·主治（元素·骨蒸凉血）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十六·木部·地骨皮·主治（李杲·骨蒸）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十六·木部·地骨皮·主治（好古·泻肺火退热）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十六·木部·地骨皮·气味（《本经》）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its safety notes.