Kansui (Gan sui)

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

Classical source text (Chinese) — English summary above.

传统中医记载：大腹疝瘕，腹满，面目浮肿，留饮宿食，破癥坚积聚，利水谷道（《本经》）；下五水，散膀胱留热，皮中痞，热气肿满（《别录》）；泻肾经及隧道水湿，脚气，阴囊肿坠，痰迷癫痫，噎膈痞塞（时珍）。

Nature & flavor: 苦，寒，有毒（《别录》甘、大寒）。

• Kansui and Pinellia Decoction
• Ten-Jujube Decoction
• Rhubarb and Kansui Decoction
• Major Sinking into the Chest Decoction
• Major Sinking into the Chest Pill

• Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十七·草部·毒草类·甘遂（《本经》下品）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
• Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十七·草部·毒草类·甘遂·释名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its alternate names.
• Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十七·草部·毒草类·甘遂·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
• Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十七·草部·毒草类·甘遂·主治（《本经》）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
• Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十七·草部·毒草类·甘遂·主治（《别录》）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
• Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十七·草部·毒草类·甘遂·主治（时珍）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
• Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十七·草部·毒草类·甘遂·气味（之才·反甘草）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its safety notes.
• Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十七·草部·毒草类·甘遂·发明（元素·有毒）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its safety notes.