Herb

Mu meng (a wood horsefly)

木虻mu meng
1 sourceSafety notes recordedTabanus

Modern safety information is being compiled for this entry.

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for red painful eyes with tearing and corneal injury, and for blood stasis and amenorrhea. Recorded in the source as toxic.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷四十一·虫部·化生类·木虻·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：目赤痛，眦伤泪出，瘀血血闭。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 苦，平，有毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十一·虫部·化生类·木虻·条名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十一·虫部·化生类·木虻·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十一·虫部·化生类·木虻·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十一·虫部·化生类·木虻·安全Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its safety notes.