Herb

Zhu xia tu (earth from under a pillar)

柱下土zhu xia tu
1 source

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for sudden abdominal pain (taken in water), and for retained placenta, the house-pillar earth ground and taken with egg-white.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷七·土部·柱下土·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：主腹痛暴卒，水服方寸匕；古载胎衣不下，取宅中柱下土研末鸡子清和服。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷七·土部·柱下土·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·柱下土·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷七·土部·柱下土·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.