Herb
Zuo ye he cao (Orostachys)
昨叶何草zuo ye he cao
1 sourceOrostachys fimbriata (Turcz.) A.Berger
Recorded for staunching blood in bloody dysentery and intestinal bleeding, and applied to chronic sores; said to promote the hair.
Source
Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷二十一·苔·昨叶何草·主治（唐本）
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：《唐本》载主口中干痛、水谷血痢、止血；马志谓生眉发膏为要药；时珍谓大肠下血烧灰水服、涂诸疮不敛。
Nature, flavor & meridians
Nature & flavor: 酸，平，无毒。
Citations
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十一·苔·昨叶何草·集解Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十一·苔·昨叶何草·释名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its alternate names.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十一·苔·昨叶何草·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十一·苔·昨叶何草·主治（唐本）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.