Herb

Gu chao (a wood pigeon)

鹘嘲gu-chao
1 source

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for aiding qi, benefiting the spleen and stomach, and for head-wind dizziness, cooked or roasted and eaten whole at once.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷四十九·禽部·林禽类·鹘嘲·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：助气益脾胃，主头风目眩。煮炙食之，顿尽一枚，至验（《嘉祐》）。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 咸，平，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十九·禽部·林禽类·鹘嘲·条名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十九·禽部·林禽类·鹘嘲·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十九·禽部·林禽类·鹘嘲·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.