Herb

Gou ying (a louse-fly)

狗蝇gou ying
1 sourceHippobosca

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for unremitting phlegm-malaria, one taken live with wings and legs removed, wrapped in dough as a pill.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷四十·虫部·卵生类下·狗蝇·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：痰疟不止，活取一枚，去翅、足，面裹为丸。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十·虫部·卵生类下·狗蝇·条名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十·虫部·卵生类下·狗蝇·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.