Herb

River sand (He sha)

河砂he sha

1 source

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for stony strangury (heated and steeped in wine), for cholera-like cramping pain, wind-damp impediment with numbness, sinew contracture and paralysis, and as a hot sand-bath to induce sweat.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷十·石类下·河砂·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：主石淋，炒热酒淋汁服；古载主绞肠沙痛，治风湿顽痹不仁、筋骨挛缩、冷风瘫缓，暴热伏坐取汗。

Citations

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十·石类下·河砂·释名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十·石类下·河砂·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.