Herb
Zhen rou (thunder-struck animal flesh)
震肉zhen rou
1 source
Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for childhood night-fright and adult loss of mind from fright, made into dried meat and eaten.
Source
Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷五十·兽部·畜类·震肉·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:小儿夜惊,大人因惊失心,作脯食之。
Citations
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷五十·兽部·畜类·震肉·条名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷五十·兽部·畜类·震肉·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.