Herb

Shan ha (a mountain frog)

山蛤shan ha

1 source

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for childhood taxation-emaciation and gan disease, held best.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷四十二·虫部·湿生类·山蛤·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：小儿劳瘦，及疳疾，最良。

Citations

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十二·虫部·湿生类·山蛤·条名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十二·虫部·湿生类·山蛤·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.