Herb

Fu tou (a head-wrap)

幞头fu tou
1 source

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu, the smoke fumigated for postpartum blood collapse, and burnt to ash taken in water for flooding and intestinal disorders.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷三十八·服帛类·幞头·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：主烧烟熏产后血运；古载烧灰水服治血崩及妇人交肠病。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十八·服帛类·幞头·释名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十八·服帛类·幞头·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.