Herb
Di jin cao (Euphorbia humifusa)
地锦草di jin cao
1 sourceHerba Euphorbiae Humifusae
Clears heat and resolves toxicity, cools and staunches bleeding such as bloody dysentery and flooding, and promotes urination.
Source
Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷二十·草部·石草类·地锦·主治（《嘉祐》）
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：通流血脉，亦可治气（《嘉祐》）；主痈肿恶疮，金刃扑损出血，血痢下血崩中，能散血止血，利小便（时珍）。
Nature, flavor & meridians
Nature & flavor: 辛，平，无毒（《别录》地朕：苦，平）。
Citations
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十·草部·石草类·地锦（宋《嘉祐》）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十·草部·石草类·地锦·释名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its alternate names.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十·草部·石草类·地锦·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·草部·石草类·地锦·主治（《嘉祐》）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十·草部·石草类·地锦·主治（时珍）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十·草部·石草类·地锦·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its safety notes.