Herb

Magpie (Que)

鹊que
1 sourcePica pica

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for stony strangury and dispersing bound heat, burnt to ash; the male's ash dissolves when a stone is dropped in it.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷四十九·禽部·林禽类·鹊·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：石淋，消结热。可烧作灰，以石投中解散者，是雄也

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 甘，寒，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十九·禽部·林禽类·鹊·条名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十九·禽部·林禽类·鹊·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十九·禽部·林禽类·鹊·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.