Herb

Beeswax (Mi la)

蜜蜡mi la
1 sourceCera Flava

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for dysentery with pus and blood, supplementing the centre, knitting incised wounds, boosting qi, and for chronic diarrhea with tenesmus.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷三十九·虫部·卵生类上·蜜蜡·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 & zoological facts (public-domain reference facts; no proprietary modern source).
Traditional functions

Classical source text (Chinese) — English summary above.

传统中医记载：主下痢脓血，补中，续绝伤金疮，益气，不饥，耐老；疗久泄澼后重见白脓，补绝伤，利小儿。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 甘，微温，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十九·虫部·卵生类上·蜜蜡·条名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十九·虫部·卵生类上·蜜蜡·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十九·虫部·卵生类上·蜜蜡·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.