Herb

Wei mao (Winged Euonymus)

卫矛wei mao
1 sourceEuonymus alatus (Thunb.) Siebold

Recorded for breaking blood and freeing menstruation, dispersing stasis and masses, and for uterine bleeding and resolving toxins.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷三十六·灌木·卫矛·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：主女子崩中下血、腹满汗出，除邪，杀鬼毒蛊疰；破血通经、散瘀消癥。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 苦，寒，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十六·灌木·卫矛·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十六·灌木·卫矛·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十六·灌木·卫矛·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.