Herb

Zhe kui (Dioscorea cirrhosa)

赭魁zhe kui
1 sourceDioscorea cirrhosa Lour.

Recorded for abdominal accumulations and for expelling worms.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷十八·蔓草·赭魁·主治（本经）

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：《本经》载主心腹积聚、除三虫。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 甘，平，无毒（苏恭谓有小毒）。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十八·蔓草·赭魁·集解（弘景）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十八·蔓草·赭魁·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十八·蔓草·赭魁·主治（本经）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十八·蔓草·赭魁·气味（小毒）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its safety notes.