Herb

Liu shui (flowing water)

流水liu shui
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Recorded in Bencao Gangmu, stirred a thousand times to decoct medicines for post-illness debility, and for the five taxations and seven damages, kidney vacuity and spleen weakness, insomnia, cholera, and incipient running-piglet qi after cold-damage.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷五·地水类·流水·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：病后虚弱扬之万遍煮药；古载主五劳七伤、肾虚脾弱、目不能瞑、霍乱吐利、伤寒后欲作奔豚。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 甘，平，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷五·地水类·流水·条名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷五·地水类·流水·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·流水·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.