Herb

Salt (Shi yan)

食盐shi yan
1 sourceHalitum

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for bound heat of the gut with panting, and chest disorders as an emetic; for cold-damage chills and fever, expelling chest phlegm, relieving sudden heart and abdominal pain, resolving toxin, cooling the blood, moistening dryness, and relieving pain and itch.

Used in 1 formulas

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷十一·卤石类·食盐·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：主肠胃结热喘逆、胸中病令人吐；古载伤寒寒热、吐胸中痰癖、止心腹卒痛、杀鬼蛊邪疰毒气，解毒凉血润燥、定痛止痒。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 甘、咸，寒，无毒。

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Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十一·卤石类·食盐·释名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十一·卤石类·食盐·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十一·卤石类·食盐·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.