Herb

Kingfisher (Yu gou)

鱼狗yu-gou
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Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for fish-bone choking and a fish bone lodged in the flesh with severe pain, burnt, ground and taken, or the decoction drunk.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷四十七·禽部·水禽类·鱼狗·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：鱼哽，及鱼骨入肉不出，痛甚者，烧研饮服。或煮汁饮，亦佳（藏器）。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 咸，平，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十七·禽部·水禽类·鱼狗·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·鱼狗·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·鱼狗·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.