Herb

Oxhide gelatin (Huang ming jiao)

黄明胶huang ming jiao
1 sourceColla Corii Bovis

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for blood ejection, nosebleed and bleeding below, blood strangury and dysentery, threatened miscarriage, wind-damp roving pain, traumatic injury, and scalds and burns.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷五十·兽部·畜类·黄明胶·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：吐血、衄血、下血、血淋下痢，妊妇胎动血下，风湿走注疼痛，打扑伤损，汤火灼疮。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 甘，平，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷五十·兽部·畜类·黄明胶·条名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷五十·兽部·畜类·黄明胶·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·兽部·畜类·黄明胶·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
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