Herb

Kiwifruit (Mi hou tao)

猕猴桃mi hou tao
1 sourceActinidia chinensis Planch.

Recorded for relieving acute thirst and heat-vexation, countering mineral-drug heat, freeing stony strangury, and harmonizing and downbearing qi.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷三十三·蓏·猕猴桃·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 & 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：止暴渴，解烦热，压丹石，下石淋热壅；调中下气、生津润燥。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 酸、甘，寒，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十三·蓏·猕猴桃·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十三·蓏·猕猴桃·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十三·蓏·猕猴桃·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.