Plum Root Bark

• 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.
• public pharmacopoeia & botanical facts (public-domain reference facts; no proprietary modern source).

Classical source text (Chinese) — English summary above.

传统中医记载：《别录》载主消渴、止心烦逆奔豚气；吴普谓治疮；陶弘景谓煎水含漱治齿痛；大明谓煎汁饮主赤白痢；孟诜谓炙黄煎汤日再饮治女人卒赤白下；李时珍谓治小儿暴热、解丹毒。（修治载张仲景奔豚汤用甘李根白皮；苦李根皮味咸，主热毒烦躁、止消渴。）

Nature & flavor: 大寒，无毒（大明谓凉，无毒）。

• Running Piglet Decoction

• Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十九·果部·五果类·李（《别录》下品；根白皮）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
• Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十九·果部·李·根白皮·修治（甘李根/苦李根之辨）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its alternate names.
• Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十九·果部·李·根白皮·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
• Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十九·果部·李·根白皮·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its safety notes.
• Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十九·果部·李·根白皮·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.