Herb

Tian ming jing (Carpesium)

天名精tian ming jing
1 sourceCarpesium abrotanoides L.

Recorded for breaking blood stasis and staunching bleeding, promoting urination, clearing chest heat-bind, and expelling worms.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷十五·草部·隰草类上·天名精·主治（本经）

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：《本经》载主瘀血血瘕欲死、下血止血、利小便，久服轻身耐老；《别录》载除小虫、去痹、除胸中结热、止烦渴、逐水。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 甘，寒，无毒（时珍谓微辛、甘，有小毒，生汁吐人）。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十五·草部·隰草类上·天名精·释名（恭）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十五·草部·隰草类上·天名精·释名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its alternate names.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十五·草部·隰草类上·天名精·释名（麦句姜）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its alternate names.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十五·草部·隰草类上·天名精·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十五·草部·隰草类上·天名精·主治（本经）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十五·草部·隰草类上·天名精·气味（时珍·小毒）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its safety notes.