Herb
Fenugreek (Hu lu ba)
葫芦巴hu lu ba
1 sourceSemen Trigonellae
Warms the kidney and dispels cold, relieves cold hernial pain and cold-damp leg-qi, and reinforces lower-burner yang.
Source
Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷十五·草部·隰草类上·胡卢巴·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：元脏虚冷气。得附子、硫黄，治肾虚冷，腹胁胀满，面色青黑（《嘉祐》）；治冷气疝瘕，寒湿脚气，益右肾，暖丹田（时珍）。
Nature, flavor & meridians
Nature & flavor: 苦，大温，无毒（李杲谓纯阳）。·Meridians: 命门
Citations
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十五·草部·隰草类上·胡卢巴（宋《嘉祐》）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十五·草部·隰草类上·胡卢巴·释名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its alternate names.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十五·草部·隰草类上·胡卢巴·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十五·草部·隰草类上·胡卢巴·发明（时珍）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its meridian tropism.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十五·草部·隰草类上·胡卢巴·主治（《嘉祐》）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十五·草部·隰草类上·胡卢巴·主治（时珍）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十五·草部·隰草类上·胡卢巴·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its safety notes.