Herb
Wu you (roof moss)
屋游wu you
1 source
Recorded for floating heat in the skin, alternating chills and fever, relieving wasting-thirst, and as a mouth-rinse for gum heat-toxin.
Source
Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷二十一·苔·屋游·主治（别录）
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：《别录》载主浮热在皮肤、往来寒热、利小肠膀胱气；之才谓止消渴；《开宝》载小儿痫热、时气烦闷；时珍谓煎水入盐漱口治热毒牙龈宣露。
Nature, flavor & meridians
Nature & flavor: 甘，寒，无毒
Citations
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十一·苔·屋游·集解Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十一·苔·屋游·释名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its alternate names.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十一·苔·屋游·主治（别录）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十一·苔·屋游·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.