Herb

Mussel (Dan cai)

淡菜dan cai
1 sourceMytilus

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for vacuity taxation and exhaustion, essence-blood depletion, blood ejection, chronic dysentery with borborygmus, lumbar pain and hernial masses; cooked, it supplements the five viscera, reinforces yang and regulates the loins and legs.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷四十六·介部·蛤蚌类·淡菜·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：虚劳伤惫，精血衰少，及吐血，久痢肠鸣，腰痛疝瘕；煮熟食之，能补五脏，益阳事，理腰脚气。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 甘，温，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十六·介部·蛤蚌类·淡菜·条名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十六·介部·蛤蚌类·淡菜·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十六·介部·蛤蚌类·淡菜·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.