Herb

Camellia (Shan cha)

山茶shan cha
1 sourceFlos Camelliae

Cools the blood and staunches bleeding such as blood in vomit, nosebleed and intestinal-wind bleeding.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷三十六·灌木·山茶·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：主吐血衄血、肠风下血，并用红者为末入童溺、姜汁及酒调服；凉血止血。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十六·灌木·山茶·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十六·灌木·山茶·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.