Herb

Chicken (Ji)

鸡ji

1 sourceGallus gallus domesticus

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for women's flooding and discharge, supplementing vacuity, warming the centre and staunching blood, and for dispelling toxins and malign influences.

Used in 4 formulas

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷四十八·禽部·原禽类·鸡·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：女人崩中漏下赤白沃。通神，杀恶毒，辟不祥。补虚温中止血（《本经》）。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 甘，微温，无毒。

Used in formulas

Citations

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十八·禽部·原禽类·鸡·条名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十八·禽部·原禽类·鸡·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十八·禽部·原禽类·鸡·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.