Herb

Li chun cao (corn poppy)

丽春草li chun cao
1 sourcePapaver rhoeas L.

Recorded for jaundice with high fever and dark urine.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷十五·草部·隰草类上·丽春草·主治（苏颂）

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：苏颂谓主癊黄黄疸（唐天宝中颍川杨正进方，疗伤热变成癊黄、遍身壮热、小便黄赤、眼如金色，经用有验）。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十五·草部·隰草类上·丽春草·释名（颂）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十五·草部·隰草类上·丽春草·释名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its alternate names.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十五·草部·隰草类上·丽春草·主治（苏颂）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.