Herb

Yu wang (a fishing net)

鱼网yu wang
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Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for fish-bone choking, draped over the neck or decocted and drunk to bring it down, or burnt to ash and taken in water.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷三十八·器物类·鱼网·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：主鱼骨哽者，以网覆颈或煮汁饮之当自下；古载亦可烧灰水服或乳香汤服。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十八·器物类·鱼网·释名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十八·器物类·鱼网·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.