Herb

Jin (brocade)

锦jin
1 source

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu: old brocade decocted for gu-toxin, and burnt to ash for bleeding, flooding, incised-wound bleeding and childhood navel sores.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷三十八·服帛类·锦·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：故锦煮汁服疗蛊毒；古载烧灰主失血、下血、血崩、金疮出血，小儿脐疮湿肿。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十八·服帛类·锦·释名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十八·服帛类·锦·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.