Herb

Gu zhuan (an old brick)

古砖gu zhuan
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Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for hiccup (decocted and drunk), and (heated and sat upon, wrapped in cloth) for chronic cold white dysentery and women's discharge.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷七·土部·古砖·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：主哕气，水煮汁服之；古载久下白痢虚寒者烧热布裹坐之，治妇人五色带下。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷七·土部·古砖·条名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷七·土部·古砖·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.