Herb

Clove (Ding xiang)

丁香ding xiang
1 sourceFlos Caryophylli

Warms the spleen and stomach and downbears counterflow to check vomiting and hiccup, and warms the kidney to reinforce yang.

Source

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

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：《开宝》载丁香主温脾胃、止霍乱拥胀、风毒诸肿、齿疳䘌，能发诸香；大明谓疗肾气奔豚气、阴痛腹痛、壮阳、暖腰膝；张元素谓去胃寒、理元气；李时珍治虚哕、小儿吐泻。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 辛，温，无毒（《开宝》）；王好古谓纯阳，入手太阴、足少阴、阳明经；李时珍谓辛、热。·Meridians: 肺（手太阴）, 肾（足少阴）, 胃（足阳明）

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十四·木部·香木类·丁香（宋《开宝》）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·丁香·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·丁香·气味（《开宝》）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·丁香·气味（好古·入手太阴足少阴阳明经）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its meridian tropism.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十四·木部·丁香·主治（《开宝》）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·丁香·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·丁香·主治（张元素）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·丁香·气味（敩·畏郁金）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its safety notes.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十四·木部·丁香·气味（元素·气血盛者勿服）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its safety notes.
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