Herb

Tu qiu (an adjutant stork)

鵚鹙tu-qiu
1 sourceLeptoptilos

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for insect and fish poisoning, supplementing the centre and boosting qi, roasted and eaten.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷四十七·禽部·水禽类·鵚鹙·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：中虫、鱼毒（汪颖）。补中益气，甚益人，炙食尤美。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 咸，微寒，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十七·禽部·水禽类·鵚鹙·条名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十七·禽部·水禽类·鵚鹙·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十七·禽部·水禽类·鵚鹙·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.