Herb

Ramie (Zhu ma)

苎麻zhu ma
1 sourceRadix Boehmeriae

Cools the blood and staunches bleeding, calms the fetus, clears heat-toxin, and is applied to erysipelas and bites.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷十五·草部·隰草类上·苎麻·主治（别录）

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 & botanical facts (public-domain reference facts; no proprietary modern source).
Traditional functions

Classical source text (Chinese) — English summary above.

传统中医记载：《别录》载根主安胎、贴热丹毒；大明谓治心膈热、漏胎下血、产前后心烦、天行热疾、大渴大狂、罯毒箭蛇虫咬；沤苎汁止消渴。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 甘，寒，无毒（甄权谓甘平；大明谓甘滑冷无毒）。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十五·草部·隰草类上·苎麻·集解（颂）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十五·草部·隰草类上·苎麻·气味（根）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十五·草部·隰草类上·苎麻·主治（别录）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.