Herb

Zao ma (a camel cricket)

灶马zao ma
1 sourceDiestrammena

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for a bamboo splinter in the flesh, one pounded and applied.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷四十一·虫部·化生类·灶马·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：竹刺入肉，取一枚捣傅。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十一·虫部·化生类·灶马·条名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十一·虫部·化生类·灶马·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.