Herb

Mo (pine-soot ink)

墨mo
1 source

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for staunching blood, engendering flesh and closing incised wounds, and (ground in vinegar and taken) for postpartum blood collapse and sudden flooding, promoting urination, freeing menstruation, and for abscess swelling.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷七·土部·墨·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：主止血、生肌肤、合金疮，治产后血运、崩中卒下血，醋磨服；古载利小便、通月经、治痈肿。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 辛，温，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷七·土部·墨·释名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷七·土部·墨·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷七·土部·墨·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.