Herb

Tan huo (charcoal fire)

炭火tan huo
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Recorded in Bencao Gangmu: oak-charcoal fire is suited to smelting mineral medicines, and soft-charcoal fire to decocting, roasting and baking medicinal pills and powders.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷六·火部·炭火·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：栎炭火宜锻炼一切金石药；古载烰炭火宜烹煎焙炙百药丸散。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷六·火部·炭火·条名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷六·火部·炭火·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.