Herb

Amber (Hu po)

琥珀hu po
1 sourceSuccinum

Quiets the spirit and calms fright, disinhibits water to free strangury, and quickens the blood to disperse stasis.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷三十七·寓木·琥珀·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 & 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：安五脏，定魂魄，杀精魅邪鬼，消瘀血，通五淋；镇惊安神、利水通淋、活血散瘀。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 甘，平，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十七·寓木·琥珀·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十七·寓木·琥珀·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十七·寓木·琥珀·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.