Herb

Yu shen (fish otolith)

鱼魫yu shen
1 source

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for dissolving toxin and resolving gu-toxin; a vessel made of it splits when gu-poison is present.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷四十四·鳞部·无鳞鱼附录·鱼魫·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：能销毒；解蛊毒。作器盛饮食，遇蛊辄裂破也。

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