Herb

Tian fu (a large toad)

田父tian fu
1 source

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for silkworm-bite, the white juice from its back mixed with ant-nest ash and applied.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷四十二·虫部·湿生类·田父·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：蚕咬，取脊背上白汁，和蚁子灰，涂之。

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