Herb

Fu long gan (stove-heart earth)

伏龙肝fu long gan
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Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for women's flooding and blood ejection, checking counterflow cough and bleeding, applied in vinegar to abscess swelling, and for nosebleed, intestinal-wind discharge, blood in urine, hastening delivery, childhood night-crying, and protecting the fetus in pregnancy.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷七·土部·伏龙肝·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：主妇人崩中吐血、止咳逆血，醋调涂痈肿毒气；古载止鼻洪、肠风带下、尿血泄精、催生下胞、小儿夜啼，治心痛狂颠、妊娠护胎。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 辛，微温，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷七·土部·伏龙肝·释名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷七·土部·伏龙肝·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷七·土部·伏龙肝·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.