Herb

Niter (Xiao shi)

消石xiao shi
1 sourceNitrum

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for accumulated visceral heat, stomach distension and blockage, flushing food stagnation and renewing the old, relieving vexing fullness and wasting-thirst, promoting urination, breaking accumulation and hardness, and dispersing scrofula.

Used in 2 formulas

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷十一·卤石类·消石·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：主五脏积热、胃胀闭、涤去蓄结饮食、推陈致新、除邪气；古载疗五脏十二经脉百二十疾、止烦满消渴、利小便，破积散坚、治腹胀破血、下瘰疬。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 苦，寒，无毒。

Used in formulas
Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十一·卤石类·消石·释名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十一·卤石类·消石·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十一·卤石类·消石·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.