Herb

Pigeon (Ge)

鸽ge
1 sourceColumba livia

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for resolving drug toxins, and for chronic scabies in people and horses.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷四十八·禽部·原禽类·鸽·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：解诸药毒，及人、马久患疥，食之立愈（《嘉祐》）。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 咸，平，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十八·禽部·原禽类·鸽·条名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十八·禽部·原禽类·鸽·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十八·禽部·原禽类·鸽·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.