Herb

Huang tu (yellow earth)

黄土huang tu
1 source

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for cold and hot red-and-white dysentery, abdominal heat-toxin binding pain and bleeding (dry earth boiled and the strained liquid taken warm), and for resolving drug, meat, pepper and wild-mushroom toxins.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷七·土部·黄土·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：主泄痢冷热赤白、腹内热毒绞结痛、下血，取干土水煮绞滓暖服；古载解诸药毒、中肉毒、合口椒毒、野菌毒。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 甘，平，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷七·土部·黄土·释名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷七·土部·黄土·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷七·土部·黄土·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷七·土部·黄土·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its safety notes.