本草

Ku cai (Sowthistle)

苦菜ku cai

1 个来源Ixeris chinensis (Thunb.) Nakai

苦菜苦，寒，无毒。清热解毒、凉血止痢，治肠炎痢疾、痈肿疔毒、五脏邪气、胃痹厌食。古载主五脏邪气、厌谷胃痹，久服安心益气，能清热解毒、凉血止痢。

源可溯

《本草纲目（全本插图版）》卷二十七·柔滑·苦菜·主治

参考来源

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).

传统功效

传统中医记载：主五脏邪气、厌谷胃痹；久服安心益气；清热解毒、凉血止痢。

性味归经

性味：苦，寒，无毒。

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