Herb

Yu lin (fish scales)

鱼鳞yu lin

1 source

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for fish poisoning with vexation or masses (the ash taken in water), and (scale ash) for fish-bone choking.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷四十四·鳞部·无鳞鱼附录·鱼鳞·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：食鱼中毒，烦乱或成癥积，烧灰水服二钱；诸鱼鳞烧灰，主鱼骨鲠。

Citations

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十四·鳞部·无鳞鱼附录·鱼鳞·条名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十四·鳞部·无鳞鱼附录·鱼鳞·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.