Chinese Medicine Specimen Database

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斑蝥 Blistle Beetle Ban Mao

ID: D00212

Pharmaceutical Name:
Mylabris

Latin name:
Mylabris phalerata Pallas

Location: 33

Chinese Name

斑蝥

Chinese Pinyin

Ban Mao

English Name

Blistle Beetle

Family

Meloidae

Taste

Odour

distinctive rancid

Clinical Indications

1. Scrofula, rabies, carbuncle, scabies, leukoplakia vulvae
2. Facial palsy (external use), rheumatism
3. Cancer of liver, oesophagus, stomach
4. Chronic hepatitis
5. Tuberculosis

Display Category

31 Types of Poisonous/Toxic Chinese Medicines Under Regulation in Hong Kong

Function Category

Detoxicating, Pus Evacuating and Tissue Regenerating Drugs

Medicine Category

Animal

Source

Centre Collection

Link to

Chinese Medicinal Material Images Database

Phytochemical Image Database

Permanent URL：https://sys01.lib.hkbu.edu.hk/cmed/cmsd/detail.php?herb_id=D00212