Herb

Hui chong (roundworm)

蛔虫hui chong
1 sourceAscaris lumbricoides

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for red hot painful eyes (the washed worm cut and its juice dripped in the eye), and for eye diseases and corneal nebula.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷四十二·虫部·湿生类·蛔虫·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：目中肤赤热痛，取大者洗净断之，令汁滴目中；治一切眼疾，及生肤翳赤白膜。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 大寒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十二·虫部·湿生类·蛔虫·条名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十二·虫部·湿生类·蛔虫·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十二·虫部·湿生类·蛔虫·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.