Herb

Pi li zhen (a stone celt)

霹雳砧pi li zhen
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Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for great fright with loss of mind and disorientation, and stony strangury (ground and taken), and for consumptive disease, killing taxation worms, resolving gu-toxin, checking diarrhea, and quieting the spirit and settling fright.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷十·石类下·霹雳砧·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：主大惊失心、恍惚不识人，并石淋，磨汁服；古载刮末主瘵疾、杀劳虫、下蛊毒、止泄泻，安神定志治惊邪。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十·石类下·霹雳砧·释名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十·石类下·霹雳砧·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十·石类下·霹雳砧·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.