Herb

Su (butter)

酥su
1 source

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for supplementing the five viscera, freeing the intestines, mouth sores, clearing heart-heat and lung atrophy, relieving thirst, and checking cough and blood ejection.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷五十·兽部·畜类·酥·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 & zoological facts (public-domain reference facts; no proprietary modern source).
Traditional functions

Classical source text (Chinese) — English summary above.

传统中医记载：补五脏，利大小肠，治口疮；除心热肺痿，止渴止嗽，止吐血。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 甘，微寒，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷五十·兽部·畜类·酥·条名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷五十·兽部·畜类·酥·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷五十·兽部·畜类·酥·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.