Herb

Frog (Wa)

蛙wa
1 sourceRana

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for childhood red-qi, skin sores and navel injury, relieving pain, qi vacuity, childhood heat sores, killing corpse-attack worms, resolving heat-toxin, and disinhibiting water to reduce swelling.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷四十二·虫部·湿生类·蛙·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：小儿赤气，肌疮脐伤，止痛，气不足；小儿热疮，杀尸疰病虫，去劳劣，解热毒；利水消肿。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 甘，寒，无毒。

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