Herb

Jing quan shi (well-spring mineral)

井泉石jing quan shi
1 source

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for various heat patterns, heart-heat binding, heat cough, childhood heat-gan, night blindness and blue-blindness, red swollen painful eyes, and dispersing toxic swelling.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷九·石类上·井泉石·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：主诸热、解心脏热结、热嗽、小儿热疳、雀目青盲、眼赤肿痛、消肿毒；古载得决明菊花疗小儿眼疳生翳膜。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 甘，大寒，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷九·石类上·井泉石·释名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷九·石类上·井泉石·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷九·石类上·井泉石·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.