Herb

Fang che xian (a spinning-wheel string)

纺车弦fang che xian

1 source

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for saddle-sore abscess, burnt to ash and applied.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷三十八·器物类·纺车弦·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：主坐马痈，烧灰傅之。

Citations

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十八·器物类·纺车弦·条名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十八·器物类·纺车弦·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.