Herb

Lime (Shi hui)

石灰shi hui
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Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for abscesses, scabies and malign sores, removing dead flesh, killing hemorrhoid worms and removing moles and skin growths, staunching wound bleeding, engendering flesh and relieving pain, checking watery and bloody diarrhea, restraining prolapse, and dispersing accumulation and nodules, used externally. A caustic mineral substance.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷九·石类上·石灰·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：主疽疡疥瘙、热气、恶疮癞疾、死肌堕眉，杀痔虫、去黑子瘜肉；古载止金疮血、生肌长肉、散血定痛，止水泻血痢、收脱肛阴挺、消积聚结核。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 辛，温，有毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷九·石类上·石灰·释名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷九·石类上·石灰·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷九·石类上·石灰·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷九·石类上·石灰·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its safety notes.