Herb

Wu lou shui (roof-leak water)

屋漏水wu lou shui
1 sourceSafety notes recorded

Modern safety information is being compiled for this entry.

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for washing dog-bite sores, and applied to warts and erysipelas. Recorded as toxic.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷五·天水类·屋漏水·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：主洗犬咬疮，更以水浇屋檐取滴下土敷之；古载涂疣目、敷丹毒。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 辛、苦，有毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷五·天水类·屋漏水·条名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷五·天水类·屋漏水·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷五·天水类·屋漏水·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷五·天水类·屋漏水·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its safety notes.