Abstract:Zaocys dhumnade,one of the common animal medicine,has been used in China for thousands of years.In this paper,we performed bencaological study on Z dhumnade including the name,primary origin,property and flavor,channel distributions,efficacy,concocted processing,poisonousness and identification.Based on the ancient bencao works and modern literature,we demonstrated that the records of Z dhumnade including the name,primary origin,properties,efficacy,concocted processing and poisonousness in the 2015 Chinese Pharmacopoeia were in line with the ancient bencao works.However,the record of liver channel distribution was not in accordance with that in the ancient bencao works,and more work need to be carried out for the further study on the channel distributions of Z dhumnade.