Herb

Jin she (a golden snake)

金蛇jin she
1 source

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for resolving various toxins, checking diarrhea, dispelling pathogenic heat, and for chronic dysentery.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷四十三·鳞部·蛇类·金蛇·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：解众毒，止泄泻，除邪热；疗久痢。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 咸，平，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十三·鳞部·蛇类·金蛇·条名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十三·鳞部·蛇类·金蛇·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十三·鳞部·蛇类·金蛇·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.