Herb

Zhen xian dai (a needle-and-thread bag)

针线袋zhen xian dai

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Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for hemorrhoids, a twenty-year-old bag mouth burnt to ash and taken in water, and (placed under the bedding) for unbearable postpartum intestinal itch.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷三十八·器物类·针线袋·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：主痔疮，用二十年者取袋口烧灰水服；古载妇人产后肠中痒不可忍密安所卧褥下。

Citations

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十八·器物类·针线袋·条名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·针线袋·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.