Herb

Ren po (a concretion said to form beneath a hanged corpse)

人魄ren-po
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In Bencao Gangmu, recorded as settling the heart, calming the spirit, and stabilizing fright, terror and mania. Historical, human-derived record only.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷五十二·人部·人魄·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 & 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：古籍载其用于镇心安神、惊怖颠狂等证（时珍）。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷五十二·人部·人魄·条名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷五十二·人部·人魄·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.