Herb

San bai cao (Saururus)

三白草san bai cao
1 sourceSafety notes recordedHerba Saururi

Modern safety information is being compiled for this entry.

Clears heat and disinhibits water to relieve edema and leg-qi, frees the bowels, and disperses toxic swellings. Recorded as toxic.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷十六·草部·隰草类下·三白草·主治（《唐本》）

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：水肿脚气，利大小便，消痰破癖，除积聚，消丁肿（《唐本》）；除疟及胸膈热痰，小儿痞满（陈藏器）；根：疗脚气风毒胫肿（时珍）。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 甘、辛，寒，有小毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十六·草部·隰草类下·三白草（《唐本草》）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十六·草部·隰草类下·三白草·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十六·草部·隰草类下·三白草·主治（《唐本》）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十六·草部·隰草类下·三白草·主治（藏器）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十六·草部·隰草类下·三白草·主治（令人吐逆）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its safety notes.