Herb

Rong yan (rock salt)

戎盐rong yan
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Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for brightening the eyes and relieving eye pain, boosting qi, strengthening the flesh and bone, resolving toxins, and for heart and abdominal pain, blood in urine and ejected blood, supplementing the water-viscera and essence, and resolving blister-beetle toxin.

Used in 1 formulas

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷十一·卤石类·戎盐·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：主明目目痛、益气、坚肌骨、去毒蛊；古载心腹痛、溺血吐血、助水脏益精气、除五脏癥结，解芫青斑蝥毒。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 咸，寒，无毒。

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Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十一·卤石类·戎盐·释名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十一·卤石类·戎盐·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十一·卤石类·戎盐·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.