Herb

Re tang (hot water)

热汤re tang
1 source

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for aiding yang qi and moving the channels, and applied to cholera with cramp reaching the abdomen and malign-influence collapse.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷五·地水类·热汤·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：主助阳气、行经络；古载熨霍乱转筋入腹及客忤死。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 甘，平，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷五·地水类·热汤·释名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷五·地水类·热汤·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷五·地水类·热汤·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.