Herb

Yuan sang luo (a mulberry snail)

缘桑蠃yuan sang luo
1 source

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for rectal prolapse, burnt, ground and applied with lard, and for childhood fright wind, seven baked, ground and taken in rice-water.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷四十二·虫部·湿生类·缘桑蠃·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：大肠脱肛，烧研和猪脂涂之，立缩；治小儿惊风，用七枚焙研，米饮服。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十二·虫部·湿生类·缘桑蠃·条名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十二·虫部·湿生类·缘桑蠃·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.