Herb

Yak (Mao niu)

牦牛mao niu
1 sourceBos grunniens

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for goiter qi below the neck.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷五十一·兽部·兽类·牦牛·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：项下瘿气。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷五十一·兽部·兽类·牦牛·条名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷五十一·兽部·兽类·牦牛·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.