Herb

Zao bing mu (a chisel handle)

凿柄木zao bing mu
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Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for difficult delivery (the wood from the iron socket, charred and taken in wine) and for splinters lodged in the flesh.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷三十八·器物类·凿柄木·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：主难产，取入铁孔中木烧末酒服；古载刺在肉中烧末酒服。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十八·器物类·凿柄木·释名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十八·器物类·凿柄木·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.