Herb

Tie ruo (an iron preparation)

铁爇tie ruo

1 source

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for malign and eroding sores, incised wounds and skin injury, chapped hands and feet, scrofula and toxic swelling, and for permanently blackening the hair.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷八·金类·铁爇·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：主恶疮蚀䘌、金疮毒物伤皮肉，止风水不入、入水不烂，手足皲坼、疮根结筋、瘰疬毒肿，染髭发令永黑。

Citations

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷八·金类·铁爇·释名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷八·金类·铁爇·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.