Herb

La xue (winter snow water)

腊雪la xue
1 source

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for resolving all toxins, epidemic febrile disease, childhood heat-epilepsy, mineral-drug reaction, post-drinking heat and jaundice, washing red eyes, and relieving heat and thirst as tea or gruel.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷五·天水类·腊雪·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：解一切毒，治天行时气温疫、小儿热痫狂啼、大人丹石发动、酒后暴热、黄疸；古载洗目退赤、煎茶煮粥解热止渴。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 甘，冷，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷五·天水类·腊雪·条名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷五·天水类·腊雪·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷五·天水类·腊雪·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.