Herb

Wu gu wa (old roof tile)

乌古瓦wu gu wa
1 source

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu, boiled or soaked and drunk, for wasting-thirst (aged roof tiles best), clearing great heart-heat, checking urination, and applied to scalds and burns and for setting fractures.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷七·土部·乌古瓦·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：水煮及渍汁饮止消渴，取屋上年深者良；古载煎汤服解心中大热、止小便、涂汤火伤、治折伤接骨。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 甘，寒，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷七·土部·乌古瓦·条名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷七·土部·乌古瓦·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷七·土部·乌古瓦·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.