Herb

Cnidium Fruit (She chuang zi)

蛇床子she chuang zi
1 sourceFructus Cnidii

Warms the kidney and reinforces yang, dispels wind-damp, and is used externally to dry damp and relieve itch and genital sores.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷十四·草部·芳草类·蛇床·主治（《本经》）

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：男子阴痿湿痒，妇人阴中肿痛，除痹气，利关节，癫痫恶疮（《本经》）；温中下气，令妇人子脏热，男子阴强（《别录》）；暖丈夫阳气，助女人阴气，治腰胯酸疼，四肢顽痹，缩小便，去阴汗湿癣（大明）。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 苦，平，无毒（《别录》辛、甘；甄权谓有小毒）。·Meridians: 命门, 三焦

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十四·草部·芳草类·蛇床（《本经》上品）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十四·草部·芳草类·蛇床·释名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its alternate names.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十四·草部·芳草类·蛇床·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十四·草部·芳草类·蛇床·发明（时珍）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its meridian tropism.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十四·草部·芳草类·蛇床·主治（《本经》）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十四·草部·芳草类·蛇床·主治（《别录》）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十四·草部·芳草类·蛇床·主治（大明）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十四·草部·芳草类·蛇床·气味（之才）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its safety notes.