Herb

Bai gu pi (old drum skin)

败鼓皮bai gu pi
1 source

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for gu-toxin, strangury, and applied to eclipse ear-sores.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷五十·兽部·畜类·败鼓皮·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).
Traditional functions

Classical source text (Chinese) — English summary above.

传统中医记载：中蛊毒；治小便淋沥，涂月蚀耳疮。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 平，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷五十·兽部·畜类·败鼓皮·条名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷五十·兽部·畜类·败鼓皮·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷五十·兽部·畜类·败鼓皮·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.