Herb

Di dan (a blister beetle)

地胆di dan
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Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for malign influences with chills and fever, scrofula, malign sores and dead flesh, breaking masses, eroding malign and nasal flesh, dispersing bound qi and stony strangury, and for hernial accumulation; classical texts also record it as abortifacient. Recorded in the source as toxic.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷四十·虫部·卵生类下·地胆·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：鬼疰寒热，鼠瘘恶疮死肌，破癥瘕，堕胎；蚀疮中恶肉，鼻中瘜肉，散结气石淋；宣拔瘰疬根，从小便中出；治疝积疼痛。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 辛，寒，有毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十·虫部·卵生类下·地胆·条名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十·虫部·卵生类下·地胆·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·虫部·卵生类下·地胆·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十·虫部·卵生类下·地胆·安全Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its safety notes.