Herb

Actinolite (Yang qi shi)

阳起石yang qi shi
1 sourceActinolitum

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for flooding and discharge, breaking womb blood-masses and bound qi, chills and fever with abdominal pain, infertility and impotence, supplementing insufficiency, and for kidney-qi and essence depletion, cold painful loins and knees, damp impediment and chronic womb cold.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷十·石类下·阳起石·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：主崩中漏下、破子脏中血、癥瘕结气、寒热腹痛、无子、阴痿不起、补不足；古载补肾气精乏、腰疼膝冷湿痹、子宫久冷。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 咸，微温，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十·石类下·阳起石·释名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十·石类下·阳起石·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十·石类下·阳起石·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.