Herb
Du guan cao
都管草du guan cao
1 source
Recorded, applied or held in the mouth, for toxic swellings and throat pain, and as an antidote to centipede and snake toxins.
Source
Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷十三·草部·山草类下·都管草·主治（苏颂）
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 & botanical facts (public-domain reference facts; no proprietary modern source).
Traditional functions
Classical source text (Chinese) — English summary above.
传统中医记载：苏颂谓主风肿痈毒赤疣，以醋摩涂之；亦治咽喉肿痛，切片含之；时珍谓解蜈蚣、蛇毒。
Nature, flavor & meridians
Nature & flavor: 苦、辛，寒，无毒。
Citations
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十三·草部·山草类下·都管草·集解（颂·图经）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十三·草部·山草类下·都管草·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十三·草部·山草类下·都管草·主治（苏颂）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十三·草部·山草类下·都管草·主治（时珍·解毒）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.