Herb

Li quan (a sweet spring)

醴泉li quan
1 source

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for heart and abdominal pain, corpse-attack and malign-influence filth (drunk at the spring on an empty stomach), and for relieving heat and wasting-thirst, stomach reflux and cholera.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷五·地水类·醴泉·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：主心腹痛、疰忤鬼气邪秽之属，并就泉空腹饮之；古载止热消渴及反胃霍乱。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 甘，平，无毒。

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