Medicinals
chán chú / 蟾蜍 / 蟾蜍 / dried toad
Latin pharmacognostic name: Bufo Siccus
Alternate English names:
Alternate Chinese names: 大蟾 dà chán; 干蟾 gān chán; 蟾蜍干 chán chú gān; 癞蛤蟆 lài há má; 癞虾蟆 lài xiā má
Origin: Animal
Use: medicinal
Category: Unclassified
Properties: Acrid; cool; toxic.
Channel entry: stomach and large intestine channels.*
Indications:
Breaks binds, moves water, transforms toxin, kills worms, and relieves pain.
clove sores (dīng); effusion of the back (fā bèi); yīn flat-abscesses (yīn jū); scrofula; malign sores; concretions, conglomerations, aggregations, and accumulations; drum distension; water swelling; child gān accumulation; chronic tracheitis.
Quality:
Large toads that are intact are the best.
Product Area:
Shāndōng, Héběi, Jiāngsū, Zhèjiāng, Sìchuān, Húnán, Húběi, Liáoníng, Jílín.