Herb

Curcuma Tuber (Yu jin)

郁金yu jin
1 sourceRadix Curcumae

Moves qi and quickens the blood, cools the heart-blood and clears constraint, staunches bleeding, and resolves heat-phlegm clouding the mind.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷十四·草部·郁金·主治（《唐本》）

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：《唐本》载郁金主血积下气、生肌止血、破恶血、血淋尿血、金疮；甄权谓治女人宿血气心痛、冷气结聚；张元素谓凉心；李时珍治血气心腹痛、产后败血冲心欲死、失心颠狂蛊毒。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 辛、苦，寒，无毒（《唐本》根）；张元素谓气味俱厚、纯阴。·Meridians: 心（手少阴）, 心包（手厥阴）

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十四·草部·芳草类·郁金（《唐本草》）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十四·草部·郁金·释名（马蒁）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its alternate names.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十四·草部·郁金·气味（《唐本》根）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十四·草部·郁金·发明（时珍·入心及包络）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its meridian tropism.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十四·草部·郁金·主治（《唐本》）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十四·草部·郁金·主治（甄权）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十四·草部·郁金·主治（时珍）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十四·草部·郁金·主治（《唐本》·破恶血）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its safety notes.
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