Herb

Lang ba cao (Bidens)

狼把草lang ba cao
1 sourceBidens tripartita L.

Recorded for blackening the hair, and the root for chronic dysentery, abdominal fullness and erysipelas.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷十六·隰草下·狼把草·主治（藏器）

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：藏器谓主黑人发、令人不老；郎耶草主赤白久痢、小儿大腹痞满、丹毒寒热，取根茎煮汁服。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 苦，平，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十六·隰草下·狼把草·集解（藏器）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十六·隰草下·狼把草·释名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its alternate names.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十六·隰草下·狼把草·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十六·隰草下·狼把草·主治（藏器）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.