Herb

Zheng long (a steamer basket)

蒸笼zheng long
1 source

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu, the aged bamboo strips burnt to ash with a worn broom, straw, old hemp-shoe soles and snake slough, to rub on vitiligo.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷三十八·器物类·蒸笼·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：取年久竹片同弊帚扎缚草、旧麻鞋底系及蛇蜕皮烧灰，擦白癜风。

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