Herb

Pi xue (a leather boot)

皮靴pi xue
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Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for tinea sores, the old boot-sole burnt to ash mixed with green-vitriol powder and dusted on, after washing with scallion-and-pepper decoction.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷三十八·服帛类·皮靴·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：主癣疮，取旧靴底烧灰同皂矾末掺之，先以葱椒汤洗净。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十八·服帛类·皮靴·释名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十八·服帛类·皮靴·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.