Herb

Qing hao du chong (an artemisia-borer larva)

青蒿蠹虫qing hao du chong

1 source

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for acute and chronic fright wind, the borer pounded into millet-sized pills with cinnabar and mercury powder.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷四十一·虫部·化生类·青蒿蠹虫·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：急慢惊风，用虫捣和朱砂、汞粉各五分，丸粟粒大。

Citations

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十一·虫部·化生类·青蒿蠹虫·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·青蒿蠹虫·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.