Herb
Notoginseng Root
三七san qi
1 sourceRadix et Rhizoma Notoginseng
Staunches bleeding and dispels blood stasis to relieve pain, recorded for traumatic bleeding, vomiting and spitting of blood, and flooding.
Source
Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷十二·草部·山草类·三七·主治（时珍·止血）
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：止血散血定痛，金刃箭伤跌扑杖疮血出不止者，嚼烂涂或为末掺之，其血即止；亦主吐血衄血，下血血痢，崩中经水不止，产后恶血不下，血运血痛，赤目痈肿，虎咬蛇伤诸病（时珍）。
Nature, flavor & meridians
Nature & flavor: 甘、微苦，温，无毒。·Meridians: 阳明, 厥阴（肝）
Citations
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十二·草部·山草类·三七（《纲目》）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十二·草部·山草类·三七·释名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its alternate names.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十二·草部·山草类·三七·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十二·草部·山草类·三七·发明（时珍）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its meridian tropism.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十二·草部·山草类·三七·主治（时珍·止血）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十二·草部·山草类·三七·主治（时珍）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十二·草部·山草类·三七·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its safety notes.