Herb
Liu ji nu (Artemisia anomala)
刘寄奴liu ji nu
1 sourceArtemisia anomala S.Moore
Breaks blood stasis and relieves pain, staunches wound bleeding, frees menstruation, and checks diarrhea.
Source
Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷十五·草部·隰草类上·刘寄奴草·主治（苏恭）
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：破血下胀（苏恭）；下血止痛，治产后余疾，止金疮血，极效（《别录》）；心腹痛，下气，水胀血气，通妇人经脉癥结，止霍乱水泻（大明）。
Nature, flavor & meridians
Nature & flavor: 苦，温，无毒。
Citations
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十五·草部·隰草类上·刘寄奴草（《唐本草》）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·刘寄奴草·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·刘寄奴草·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十五·草部·隰草类上·刘寄奴草·主治（苏恭）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十五·草部·隰草类上·刘寄奴草·主治（《别录》）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十五·草部·隰草类上·刘寄奴草·主治（大明）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十五·草部·隰草类上·刘寄奴草·主治（多服下痢）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its safety notes.