Herb

Jia jian (a shell ointment)

甲煎jia jian

1 source

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for nail-sore, childhood scalp and lip sores, mouth-corner sores, eclipse-sores behind the ear, and insect, bee, snake and scorpion stings.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷四十六·介部·蛤蚌类·甲煎·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：甲疽，小儿头疮吻疮，口旁馋疮，耳后月蚀疮，虫蜂蛇蝎所螫之疮，并傅之。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 辛，温，无毒。

Citations

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十六·介部·蛤蚌类·甲煎·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·甲煎·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·甲煎·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.