Herb

Yue di (a whetstone)

越砥yue di
1 source

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for blindness, relieving pain and heat-itch, ground to a fluid as an eye-point remedy for nebula, and (heated and quenched in wine) for breaking blood masses.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷十·石类下·越砥·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：主目盲、止痛、除热瘙；古载磨汁点目除障翳、烧赤投酒饮破血瘕痛切。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 甘，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十·石类下·越砥·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·越砥·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·越砥·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.