Herb

Li ri (an old almanac)

历日li ri
1 source

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for malaria, a year-old calendar burnt to ash and made into pills taken on the onset day.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷三十八·器物类·历日·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：主邪疟，用隔年全历端午午时烧灰糊丸，发日早用无根水下五十丸。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十八·器物类·历日·条名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十八·器物类·历日·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.