Herb

Petroleum (Shi nao you)

石脑油shi nao you
1 sourceSafety notes recorded

Modern safety information is being compiled for this entry.

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for childhood fright wind, transforming drool, used with other medicines in pills, and applied externally to sores, tinea and leprosy. A toxic mineral substance (petroleum).

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷九·石类上·石脑油·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 & physical facts (public-domain reference facts; no proprietary modern source).
Traditional functions

Classical source text (Chinese) — English summary above.

传统中医记载：主小儿惊风，化涎，可和诸药作丸散；古载涂疮癣虫癞。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 辛、苦，有毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷九·石类上·石脑油·释名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷九·石类上·石脑油·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷九·石类上·石脑油·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷九·石类上·石脑油·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its safety notes.