Herb

Myrrh (Mo yao)

没药mo yao
1 sourceMyrrha

Breaks blood stasis and relieves pain, disperses swelling and engenders flesh, and is applied to sores and injuries.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷三十四·木部·没药·主治（《开宝》）

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：《开宝》载没药主破血止痛、疗金疮杖疮、诸恶疮痔漏、卒下血；大明谓破癥瘕宿血、损伤瘀血、消肿痛；王好古谓治心胆虚、肝血不足；李时珍谓散血消肿、定痛生肌。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 苦，平，无毒（《开宝》）。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十四·木部·香木类·没药（宋《开宝》）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十四·木部·没药·释名（末药）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its alternate names.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十四·木部·没药·气味（《开宝》）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十四·木部·没药·主治（《开宝》）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十四·木部·没药·主治（大明）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十四·木部·没药·主治（时珍）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十四·木部·没药·主治（李珣·堕胎）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its safety notes.