Herb
Ma dao (razor clam shell)
马刀ma dao
1 sourceSafety notes recordedSolen
Modern safety information is being compiled for this entry.
Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for women's discharge with chills and fever, breaking stony strangury, dispelling visceral heat and flesh-swelling, relieving vexing fullness, supplementing the centre, and dispersing goiter and phlegm-rheum. Recorded in the source as toxic.
Source
Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷四十六·介部·蛤蚌类·马刀·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：妇人漏下赤白，寒热，破石淋；能除五脏间热，肌中鼠鼷，止烦满，补中；消水瘿、气瘿、痰饮。
Nature, flavor & meridians
Nature & flavor: 辛，微寒，有毒。
Citations
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十六·介部·蛤蚌类·马刀·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·马刀·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·马刀·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十六·介部·蛤蚌类·马刀·安全Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its safety notes.