Herb

Yi dai (a garment sash)

衣带yi dai
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Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for difficult or premature delivery, the husband's sash burnt to powder and taken in wine (the waistband best), and for childhood dysentery and fright.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷三十八·服帛类·衣带·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：主妇人难产及日月未至而产，取夫衣带烧末酒服，裈带最佳；古载疗小儿下痢客忤。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十八·服帛类·衣带·条名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十八·服帛类·衣带·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.