Herb

Japanese Hop (Lv cao)

葎草lv cao
1 sourceHerba Humuli Scandentis

Clears heat and promotes urination to relieve strangury, checks watery diarrhea, and is recorded for malarial heat-thirst and skin sores.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷十八·蔓草·葎草·主治（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：《别录》载勒草主瘀血、止精溢盛气；苏恭谓葎草主五淋、利小便、止水痢、除疟虚热渴；苏颂谓疗膏淋、久痢、疥癞。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 甘、苦，寒，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十八·蔓草·葎草·集解Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十八·蔓草·葎草·释名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its alternate names.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十八·蔓草·葎草·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十八·蔓草·葎草·主治（恭）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.