Herb

Zhi dang (a trapdoor spider)

螲蟷zhi dang
1 sourceSafety notes recordedLatouchia

Modern safety information is being compiled for this entry.

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for sores, deep bone abscess and eroding sores, dead flesh and tumors, burnt to powder and applied with lard. Recorded in the source as toxic.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷四十·虫部·卵生类下·螲蟷·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：疔肿、附骨疽蚀等疮，宿肉赘瘤，烧为末，和腊月猪脂傅之。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 有毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十·虫部·卵生类下·螲蟷·条名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十·虫部·卵生类下·螲蟷·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十·虫部·卵生类下·螲蟷·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十·虫部·卵生类下·螲蟷·安全Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its safety notes.