Herb

Hai yan (a sea star)

海燕hai yan

1 sourceAsterina

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for rainy-weather injury pain (the decoction drunk to induce sweat and resolve it), and used in yin-nourishing medicines.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷四十六·介部·蛤蚌类·海燕·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：阴雨发损痛，煮汁服，取汗即解。亦入滋阳药。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 咸，温，无毒。

Citations

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十六·介部·蛤蚌类·海燕·条名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十六·介部·蛤蚌类·海燕·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十六·介部·蛤蚌类·海燕·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.