Herb

Chui huo tong (a fire-blowing tube)

吹火筒chui huo tong
1 source

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for childhood genital swelling from earthworm contact, blown upon with the tube to disperse it.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷三十八·器物类·吹火筒·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 & physical facts (public-domain reference facts; no proprietary modern source).
Traditional functions

Classical source text (Chinese) — English summary above.

传统中医记载：主小儿阴被蚯蚓呵肿，令妇人以筒吹其肿处即消。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十八·器物类·吹火筒·条名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十八·器物类·吹火筒·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.