Herb

Storax (Su he xiang)

苏合香su he xiang
1 sourceStyrax

Opens the orifices and dispels foul turbid qi, and is recorded for malign attack, gu-toxin and clouded spirit.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷三十四·香木·苏合香·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 & 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：辟恶，杀鬼精物，温疟蛊毒痫痓，去三虫，除邪，令人无梦魇；通诸窍脏腑，辟一切不正之气。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 甘，温，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十四·香木·苏合香·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十四·香木·苏合香·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十四·香木·苏合香·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.