Herb

Stiff silkworm (Bai jiang can)

白僵蚕bai jiang can
1 sourceBombyx Batryticatus

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for childhood fright epilepsy and night-crying, killing worms, removing blemishes and improving the complexion, and for women's flooding and discharge, postpartum pain, sore scars, and for lockjaw, dispelling wind to promote sweating.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷三十九·虫部·卵生类上·白僵蚕·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：小儿惊痫夜啼，去三虫，灭黑黯，令人面色好，男子阴痒病；女子崩中赤白，产后余痛，灭诸疮瘢痕；治口噤发汗。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 咸、辛，平，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十九·虫部·卵生类上·白僵蚕·条名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十九·虫部·卵生类上·白僵蚕·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十九·虫部·卵生类上·白僵蚕·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.