Herb

Hua ru shi (ophicalcite)

花乳石hua ru shi
1 sourceOphicalcitum

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for incised-wound bleeding (powdered and applied to close the wound without suppuration), and for postpartum blood collapse and malign blood, all bleeding and injury, and internal eye nebula.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷十·石类下·花乳石·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：主金疮出血，刮末傅之即合，仍不作脓；古载疗妇人血运恶血、治一切失血伤损、内漏目翳。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 酸、涩，平，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十·石类下·花乳石·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·花乳石·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十·石类下·花乳石·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.