Herb

Pumice (Fu shi)

浮石fu shi
1 sourcePumex

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for relieving thirst and strangury, stopping cough and removing eye nebula, clearing the lung and downbearing fire, dispersing accumulation lumps and old phlegm, and dissolving goiter, nodules and hernia.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷九·石类上·浮石·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：主煮汁饮止渴、治淋，止咳，去目翳；古载清金降火、消积块、化老痰，消瘤瘿结核疝气、下气、消疮肿。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 咸，平，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷九·石类上·浮石·释名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷九·石类上·浮石·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷九·石类上·浮石·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.