Herb

Housefly (Ying)

蝇ying
1 sourceMusca

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for ingrown eyelashes, a dried winter fly powdered and sniffed.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷四十·虫部·卵生类下·蝇·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：拳毛倒睫，以腊月蛰蝇干研为末，以鼻频嗅之。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十·虫部·卵生类下·蝇·条名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十·虫部·卵生类下·蝇·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.