Herb
Yang ti (Dock root)
羊蹄yang ti
1 sourceRadix Rumicis
Clears heat and kills worms, applied to tinea, scabies and toxic swellings; the root cools the blood and frees the stool.
Source
Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷十九·水草·羊蹄·主治（本经）
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：《本经》载主头秃疥瘙、除热、女子阴蚀；《别录》载浸淫疽痔、杀虫；大明谓治癣、杀一切虫、醋磨贴肿毒。
Nature, flavor & meridians
Nature & flavor: 苦，寒，无毒（苏恭谓辛、苦，有小毒）。
Citations
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十九·水草·羊蹄·集解Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十九·水草·羊蹄·释名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its alternate names.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十九·水草·羊蹄·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十九·水草·羊蹄·主治（本经）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十九·水草·羊蹄·气味（恭·小毒）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its safety notes.