Herb

Sang gen xia tu (earth from under a mulberry root)

桑根下土sang gen xia tu

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Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for malign wind and water swelling of the flesh, applied in water with twenty to thirty moxa cones until the heat penetrates.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷七·土部·桑根下土·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：主中恶风、恶水而肉肿者，水和傅上，灸二三十壮，热气透入即平。

Citations

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷七·土部·桑根下土·条名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷七·土部·桑根下土·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.