Herb

Yan yao (a salt mineral)

盐药yan yao
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Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for red sore eyelids and wind-red eyes, clearing heat-vexation, phlegm and headache, brightening the eyes and settling the heart, and applied externally for snake and insect toxin, poisoned-arrow wounds, scabies, abscess and scrofula.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷十一·卤石类·盐药·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：主眼赤眦烂风赤、去热烦痰满头痛、明目镇心；古载主蛇虺恶虫毒、药箭镞毒、疥癣痈肿瘰疬，摩傅之。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 咸，冷，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十一·卤石类·盐药·条名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十一·卤石类·盐药·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十一·卤石类·盐药·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.