Herb

Fox (Hu)

狐hu
1 sourceVulpes vulpes

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for supplementing vacuity damage, and for noxious qi of the five viscera and gu-toxin with chills and fever.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷五十一·兽部·兽类·狐·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：补虚损；又主五脏邪气，患蛊毒寒热者，宜多服之。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 甘，温，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷五十一·兽部·兽类·狐·条名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷五十一·兽部·兽类·狐·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷五十一·兽部·兽类·狐·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.