Herb

Water Caltrop (Ji shi)

芰实ji shi
1 sourceTrapa natans L.

Recorded for quieting the centre and supplementing the five viscera, resolving summerheat and thirst, disinhibiting water, and dissolving mineral-drug toxin.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷三十三·水果·芰实·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：安中补五脏，不饥轻身；解暑止渴、利水、解丹石毒。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 甘，平，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十三·水果·芰实·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十三·水果·芰实·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十三·水果·芰实·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.