Herb

Beggarticks (Gui zhen cao)

鬼针草gui zhen cao
1 sourceBidens pilosa L.

Recorded, taken and applied, for spider and snake bites and scorpion stings.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷十六·隰草下·鬼针草·主治（藏器）

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 & botanical facts (public-domain reference facts; no proprietary modern source).
Traditional functions

Classical source text (Chinese) — English summary above.

传统中医记载：藏器谓主蜘蛛、蛇咬，杵汁服并傅；时珍谓涂蝎虿伤。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 苦，平，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十六·隰草下·鬼针草·集解Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十六·隰草下·鬼针草·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十六·隰草下·鬼针草·主治（藏器）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.