Herb

Mu gou (a tree-dwelling animal)

木狗mu gou
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Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for foot impediment and wind-damp qi, quickening the blood vessels and warming the loins and knees.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷五十一·兽部·兽类·木狗·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：除脚痹风湿气，活血脉，暖腰膝。

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