Herb

Zi xu (beard hair)

髭须zi-xu

1 sourceSafety notes recorded

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu, burnt and ground, applied to abscess sores. Historical, human-derived record only.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷五十二·人部·髭须·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 & zoological facts (public-domain reference facts; no proprietary modern source).

Citations

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷五十二·人部·髭须·条名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷五十二·人部·髭须·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.