Herb

Ke (a white shell)

珂ke

1 source

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for corneal nebula, staunching blood and engendering flesh, and removing nebula membrane and excrescences (scraped and applied).

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷四十六·介部·蛤蚌类·珂·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：目翳，断血生肌；消翳膜，及筋弩肉，刮点之。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 咸，平，无毒。

Citations

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