Herb

Mioga Ginger (Rang he)

蘘荷rang he
1 sourceSafety notes recordedZingiber mioga (Thunb.) Roscoe

Modern safety information is being compiled for this entry.

Recorded for resolving gu-toxin and malaria, and applied to water-toxin and snakebite. Recorded as toxic.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷十五·草部·隰草类上·蘘荷·主治（别录）

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：《别录》载主中蛊及疟、捣汁服；弘景谓主溪毒、沙虱、蛇毒；苏恭谓根心主稻麦芒入目中不出（以汁注目即出）。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 辛，温，有小毒（思邈谓辛微温涩无毒）。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十五·草部·隰草类上·蘘荷·集解（颂）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·蘘荷·释名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its alternate names.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十五·草部·隰草类上·蘘荷·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·蘘荷·主治（别录）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·蘘荷·气味（小毒）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its safety notes.