Herb

Ma bian (a horse whip)

马鞭ma bian
1 source

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for sores from horse-sweat or horse-hair contact with swelling and fever, the burnt whip-leather powder mixed into a paste and applied, and for fox-urine sores.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷三十八·器物类·马鞭·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：主马汗气入疮或马毛入疮、肿痛烦热入腹，烧鞭皮末和膏傅之；古载治狐尿刺疮肿痛。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十八·器物类·马鞭·释名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十八·器物类·马鞭·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.