Herb

Sea Tangle (Hai dai)

海带hai dai
1 sourceLaminaria japonica Aresch.

Recorded for softening goiter and disinhibiting water, with action like sargassum.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷十九·水草·海带·主治（嘉祐）

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：《嘉祐》载主催生、治妇人病、及疗风下水；时珍谓治水病瘿瘤、功同海藻。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 咸，寒，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十九·水草·海带·集解Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十九·水草·海带·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十九·水草·海带·主治（嘉祐）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.