Herb

Belleric Myrobalan (Pi li le)

毗梨勒pi li le
1 sourceFructus Terminaliae Billericae

Recorded for wind-vacuity heat-qi like emblic, warming the intestines, dispelling cold-qi, and astringing to check diarrhea.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷三十一·夷果·毗梨勒·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：主风虚热气，功同庵摩勒；暖肠腹、去一切冷气、涩肠止泻。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 苦，寒，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十一·夷果·毗梨勒·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十一·夷果·毗梨勒·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十一·夷果·毗梨勒·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.