Herb

Clam (Ge li)

蛤蜊ge li

1 sourceMactra

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for moistening the five viscera, relieving wasting-thirst, rousing the appetite, and for old chronic masses with chills and fever and women's blood lumps.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷四十六·介部·蛤蚌类·蛤蜊·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：润五脏，止消渴，开胃，治老癖为寒热，妇人血块。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 咸，冷，无毒。

Citations

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十六·介部·蛤蚌类·蛤蜊·条名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十六·介部·蛤蚌类·蛤蜊·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十六·介部·蛤蚌类·蛤蜊·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.