Herb

Shu rang tu (mouse-burrow earth)

鼠壤土shu rang tu

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Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for wind-stroke with sinew-bone disability, cold impediment with joint pain, spasm of the hands and feet, wind-jerking pain, hemiplegia and dead flesh, steamed hot in a bag and applied alternately, and (with child's urine) applied to toxic swelling.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷七·土部·鼠壤土·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：主中风筋骨不随、冷痹骨节疼、手足拘急、风掣痛、偏枯死肌，蒸热袋盛更互熨之；古载小儿尿和涂丁肿。

Citations

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷七·土部·鼠壤土·释名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷七·土部·鼠壤土·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.