Herb
Drynaria (Gu sui bu)
骨碎补gu sui bu
1 sourceRhizoma Drynariae
Supplements the kidney and mends fractures, quickens the blood and staunches bleeding, and relieves toothache and tinnitus from kidney vacuity.
Source
Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷二十·草部·石草类·骨碎补·主治（《开宝》）
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：破血止血，补伤折（《开宝》）；主骨中毒气，风血疼痛，五劳六极，足手不收，上热下冷（甄权）；治耳鸣，及肾虚久泄，牙疼（时珍）。
Nature, flavor & meridians
Nature & flavor: 苦，温，无毒（大明谓平）。·Meridians: 肾
Citations
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十·草部·石草类·骨碎补（宋《开宝》）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十·草部·石草类·骨碎补·释名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its alternate names.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十·草部·石草类·骨碎补·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·草部·石草类·骨碎补·发明（时珍）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its meridian tropism.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十·草部·石草类·骨碎补·主治（《开宝》）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十·草部·石草类·骨碎补·主治（甄权）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十·草部·石草类·骨碎补·主治（时珍）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十·草部·石草类·骨碎补·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its safety notes.