Herb

Fei fei (a baboon-like animal)

狒狒fei fei
1 source

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu, applied to tinea and scabies to draw out the worms, renewed until resolved.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷五十一·兽部·寓类怪类·狒狒·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：贴人癣疥，能引虫出，频易取瘥。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷五十一·兽部·寓类怪类·狒狒·条名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷五十一·兽部·寓类怪类·狒狒·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷五十一·兽部·寓类怪类·狒狒·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.