Herb

Fen keng di ni (cesspit-bottom mud)

粪坑底泥fen keng di ni
1 source

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for back abscesses and malign sores, shade-dried, powdered and applied in fresh water to relieve pain at once.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷七·土部·粪坑底泥·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：主发背诸恶疮，阴干为末新水调傅，其痛立止。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷七·土部·粪坑底泥·条名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷七·土部·粪坑底泥·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.