Herb

Woodpecker (Zhuo mu niao)

啄木鸟zhuo-mu-niao
1 sourcePicus

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for hemorrhoid-fistula and tooth-gan worm-tooth, charred, powdered and placed in the cavity.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷四十九·禽部·林禽类·啄木鸟·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：痔瘘，及牙齿疳䘌虫牙。烧存性，研末，纳孔中，不过三次（《嘉祐》）。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 甘、酸，平，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十九·禽部·林禽类·啄木鸟·条名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十九·禽部·林禽类·啄木鸟·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十九·禽部·林禽类·啄木鸟·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.