Herb

Calamine (Lu gan shi)

炉甘石lu gan shi
1 sourceCalamina

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for staunching blood, dispersing toxic swelling and engendering flesh, brightening the eyes, removing nebula and redness, and drying damp; combined with borneol as an eye-point remedy.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷九·石类上·炉甘石·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：主止血、消肿毒、生肌，明目去翳退赤，收湿除烂；古载同龙脑点治目中一切诸病。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 甘，温，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷九·石类上·炉甘石·释名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷九·石类上·炉甘石·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷九·石类上·炉甘石·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.