Herb

Fei lian (a cockroach)

蜚蠊fei lian
1 sourceSafety notes recorded

Modern safety information is being compiled for this entry.

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for blood stasis, masses and bound chills and fever, breaking accumulation and throat-block, infertility from internal cold, and freeing the blood vessels. Recorded in the source as toxic.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷四十一·虫部·化生类·蜚蠊·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：瘀血癥坚寒热，破积聚、喉咽闭，内寒无子；通利血脉。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 咸，寒，有毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十一·虫部·化生类·蜚蠊·条名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十一·虫部·化生类·蜚蠊·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十一·虫部·化生类·蜚蠊·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十一·虫部·化生类·蜚蠊·安全Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its safety notes.