Herb

Water Pepper (Shui liao)

水蓼shui liao
1 sourcePersicaria hydropiper (L.) Delarbre

Recorded, applied and taken, for snakebite, and as a wash for damp leg-qi sores.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷十六·隰草下·水蓼·主治（唐本）

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：《唐本》载主蛇伤、捣傅之，绞汁服止蛇毒入腹心闷；又治脚气肿痛成疮、水煮汁渍捋之。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 辛，无毒（大明谓冷）。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十六·隰草下·水蓼·集解Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十六·隰草下·水蓼·释名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its alternate names.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十六·隰草下·水蓼·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十六·隰草下·水蓼·主治（唐本）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.