Herb

Foxtail Grass (Gou wei cao)

狗尾草gou wei cao
1 sourceSetaria viridis (L.) P.Beauv.

Recorded for removing warts and, applied to the everted eyelid, for trichiasis with congested eyes.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷十六·隰草下·狗尾草·主治（时珍）

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

Classical source text (Chinese) — English summary above.

传统中医记载：时珍谓主疣目（贯发穿之即干灭）；赤眼拳毛倒睫者，翻转目睑、以茎蘸水戛去恶血。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十六·隰草下·狗尾草·集解（时珍）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十六·隰草下·狗尾草·释名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its alternate names.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十六·隰草下·狗尾草·主治（时珍）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.