Herb

Pyrola (Lu ti cao)

鹿蹄草lu ti cao
1 sourceHerba Pyrolae

Recorded, applied topically, for staunching wound bleeding and for snake, insect and dog bites.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷十六·隰草下·鹿蹄草·主治（时珍）

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：时珍谓主金疮出血、捣涂即止，又涂一切蛇虫犬咬毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十六·隰草下·鹿蹄草·集解（时珍）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十六·隰草下·鹿蹄草·释名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its alternate names.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十六·隰草下·鹿蹄草·主治（时珍）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.