Herb

Shepherd's Purse (Ji cai)

荠ji
1 sourceCapsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.

Recorded for brightening the eyes and relieving eye pain and night blindness, supplementing the five viscera, harmonizing the spleen, disinhibiting water, cooling the liver and staunching blood.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷二十七·柔滑·荠·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：明目、目痛、青盲不见物，补五脏不足；和脾利水、凉肝止血。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 甘，平，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十七·柔滑·荠·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十七·柔滑·荠·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十七·柔滑·荠·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.