Herb

Ku cao (Vallisneria)

苦草ku cao
1 sourceVallisneria natans (Lour.) H.Hara

Recorded for women's vaginal discharge, taken as a decoction.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷十九·水草·苦草·主治（时珍）

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：时珍谓主妇人白带、煎汤服；又主好嗜干茶不已、面黄无力，为末和炒脂麻干嚼。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十九·水草·苦草·集解Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十九·水草·苦草·主治（时珍）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.