Herb

Zhi (paper)

纸zhi
1 source

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu: mulberry paper ash staunches blood ejection, nosebleed and flooding and incised-wound bleeding; straw paper as a wick draws pus from abscesses; hemp paper ash for various bleeding.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷三十八·器物类·纸·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：楮纸烧灰止吐血衄血血崩、金疮出血；古载草纸作撚纴痈疽最拔脓，麻纸止诸失血烧灰用。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 甘，平，无毒。

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