Herb

Cuckoo (Du juan)

杜鹃du-juan
1 sourceCuculus

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for sore-fistula with worms, thinly sliced, roasted hot and applied until the worms are gone.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷四十九·禽部·林禽类·杜鹃·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：疮瘘有虫，薄切炙热贴之，虫尽乃已（时珍）。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 甘，平，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十九·禽部·林禽类·杜鹃·条名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十九·禽部·林禽类·杜鹃·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十九·禽部·林禽类·杜鹃·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.