Herb

Zhu cao shang gou tu (pig-trough grime)

猪槽上垢土zhu cao shang gou tu

1 source

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for difficult delivery, boiled with flour and black beans and the liquid taken, and the trough mud applied to erysipelas.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷七·土部·猪槽上垢土·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，取一合和面半升乌豆二十颗煮汁服；古载火焰丹毒取槽下泥傅之。

Citations

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷七·土部·猪槽上垢土·条名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷七·土部·猪槽上垢土·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.