Herb

Zan cai (white-flowered motherwort)

錾菜zan cai
1 sourceLeonurus pseudomacranthus Kitag.

Recorded for breaking blood stasis and postpartum pain, with action like motherwort.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷十五·草部·隰草类上·錾菜·主治（藏器）

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：藏器谓主破血、产后腹痛，煮汁服（时珍谓即益母之白花者，主血病与益母功同）。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 辛，平，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十五·草部·隰草类上·錾菜·集解（藏器）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十五·草部·隰草类上·錾菜·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十五·草部·隰草类上·錾菜·主治（藏器）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.