Herb

Guo gai (a pot lid)

锅盖guo gai

1 source

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for tooth-gan and genital gan, the black grime mixed with chicken-gizzard-lining ash, silkworm-cocoon ash and calcined alum, washed with rice-water and applied repeatedly.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷三十八·器物类·锅盖·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 & physical facts (public-domain reference facts; no proprietary modern source).

Traditional functions

Classical source text (Chinese) — English summary above.

传统中医记载：主牙疳、阴疳，取黑垢同鸡䏶胵黄皮灰、蚕茧灰、枯矾等分为末，米泔洗后频傅之。

Citations

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十八·器物类·锅盖·条名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十八·器物类·锅盖·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.