Herb

Wo luo (a snail)

蜗蠃wo luo
1 source

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for sobering from drink and dispelling heat, freeing the bowels and urine, reducing jaundice and water-swelling, and for stomach reflux, dysentery, prolapse and hemorrhoid-fistula.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷四十六·介部·蛤蚌类·蜗蠃·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：醒酒解热，利大小便，消黄疸水肿，治反胃痢疾，脱肛痔漏。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 甘，寒，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十六·介部·蛤蚌类·蜗蠃·条名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十六·介部·蛤蚌类·蜗蠃·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十六·介部·蛤蚌类·蜗蠃·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.