Herb
Scouring Rush (Mu zei)
木贼mu zei
1 sourceHerba Equiseti Hiemalis
Dispels wind-heat and disperses eye nebula, staunches bleeding such as intestinal-wind and flooding, and relieves rectal prolapse.
Source
Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷十五·草部·隰草类上·木贼·主治（《嘉祐》）
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：目疾，退翳膜，消积块，益肝胆，疗肠风，止痢，及妇人月水不断，崩中赤白（《嘉祐》）；解肌，止泪止血，去风湿，疝痛，大肠脱肛（时珍）。
Nature, flavor & meridians
Nature & flavor: 甘、微苦，无毒（时珍谓温）。
Citations
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十五·草部·隰草类上·木贼（宋《嘉祐》）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十五·草部·隰草类上·木贼·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十五·草部·隰草类上·木贼·主治（《嘉祐》）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十五·草部·隰草类上·木贼·主治（时珍）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十五·草部·隰草类上·木贼·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its safety notes.