Herb

Green vitriol (Lu fan)

绿矾lu fan
1 sourceMelanteritum

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for gan and sores, throat-block, tooth and mouth sores, malign sores, scabies and tinea, and for intestinal-wind bleeding, dispersing accumulation, drying spleen-damp, transforming phlegm, and for distension, jaundice-swelling and malaria.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷十一·卤石类·绿矾·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：主疳及诸疮、喉痹虫牙口疮、恶疮疥癣；古载疗肠风泻血、消积滞、燥脾湿、化痰涎、除胀满黄肿疟利。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 酸，凉，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十一·卤石类·绿矾·释名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十一·卤石类·绿矾·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十一·卤石类·绿矾·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.