Herb

Shan dan (a lily)

山丹shan dan
1 sourceLilium pumilum Redouté

Recorded for sores and swelling, fright, and women's flooding, moistening the lung to relieve cough, and clearing heat and cooling the blood.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷二十七·柔滑·山丹·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：主疮肿、惊邪；女人崩中；润肺止咳、清热凉血。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 甘，凉，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十七·柔滑·山丹·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十七·柔滑·山丹·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十七·柔滑·山丹·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.