Herb

Macaque (Mi hou)

猕猴mi hou

1 sourceSafety notes recordedMacaca mulatta

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for various wind taxations (best brewed into wine), and (as dried meat) for chronic malaria and warding off miasmic pestilence. Historical record only; from an endangered, internationally protected species (macaque).

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷五十一·兽部·寓类怪类·猕猴·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).

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 酸，平，无毒。

Citations

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷五十一·兽部·寓类怪类·猕猴·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·寓类怪类·猕猴·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷五十一·兽部·寓类怪类·猕猴·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.