Herb

Pu xi (a cattail mat)

蒲席pu xi

1 source

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu (the worn mat) for sinew lesions and malign sores and for breaking blood, and (an old sleeping mat burnt to ash, taken in wine) for stabbing pain from blood stasis after a fall.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷三十八·器物类·蒲席·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：败蒲席平主筋溢恶疮、单用破血；古载从高坠下损瘀在腹刺痛取久卧者烧灰酒服。

Citations

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十八·器物类·蒲席·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·器物类·蒲席·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.