Herb

Dong feng cai (Doellingeria)

东风菜dong feng cai
1 sourceDoellingeria scabra (Thunb.) Nees

Recorded for wind-toxin pent-up heat, headache and dizziness and liver-heat red eyes, eaten in soup; clears heat, resolves toxin, quickens blood and reduces swelling.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷二十七·柔滑·东风菜·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 & 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：主风毒壅热、头痛目眩、肝热眼赤，堪入羹臛食；清热解毒、活血消肿。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 甘，寒，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十七·柔滑·东风菜·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十七·柔滑·东风菜·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十七·柔滑·东风菜·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.