Herb

Zhu (chopsticks)

箸zhu
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Recorded in Bencao Gangmu (the tip burnt to ash) for mouth-corner sores, mad-dog bite (a hundred households' chopsticks decocted and drunk), and throat-block (lacquer-chopstick smoke held in the mouth).

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷三十八·器物类·箸·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：主吻上燕口疮取箸头烧灰傅之；古载狂狗咬乞取百家箸煎汁饮，咽喉痹塞取漆箸烧烟含咽。

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