Flying squierrel (sp?) poop (wulingzi)
Earth Worms (Dilong)
Deer Tails
Locust Shells
Sea shells
What else? I know I'm missing some!
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Flying squierrel (sp?) poop (wulingzi)
Earth Worms (Dilong)
Deer Tails
Locust Shells
Sea shells
What else? I know I'm missing some!
Cicada skin sheddings (chan tui)
Prepared human feces / urine - (ren huang)
Mouse tail oil for burns
various beetles, centipedes, scorpion (wu gong)
charred human hair (stops bleeding)
the list goes on...
herb ox
Squirrel turds.......whaat?
I'm not sure why. I'm ok with fungus and I'm ok with bugs. In fact, I have a taste for fried scorpions. But cordyceps - a parasitic fungus off a caterpillar's head? That's just nasty.
let me have a try at this.
pangalion scales
Snakes... all sorts
Bear gallbladder's
Bear Paw's
pipe fish
bovine gall stones
Fun topic...Heres some more:
Chan Su -- Toad Venom Cake
Feng Fang -- Hornets Nest
Snakes were mentioned, and of course, She Tui (Skin Shedding)
Zi He Che -- Human Placenta
Ge Jie -- Geckos
E Jiao -- Donkey Hide Glue
Hai Shen -- Sea Cucumber
Various bones, tendons, and other parts from a variety of animals.
Yeah, flying squirrel turds... my favorite.
For real! The formula that most comes to mind is Shi Xiao San or "Sudden Smile Powder"... it's just the turds and cattail pollen (oddly enough called 'pu huang'). It makes one of the most effective internal pain stoppers.
My teachers all have a story how the name came about, like because it works so good and fast, or it's so simple but works so good, but I think it was more of a sly grin the original herbalist wore as he watched some poor bloke drink it down :D
herb ox
oh yeah...
jiang can - stiff body of diseased silkworm
sang piao xiao - praying mantis eggnest
can sha - more poop... this time from a silkworm... it's all about the mulberry leaves. :p
ox
Does it have to be a flying squirrel?
Oh yeah.
The dried human placenta, I forgot that one, reminds me of a nice thick peanut butter cookie.
Mike Biggie
AM - this is news to me. I knew flying squirrels ate some bugs, but mosquitoes are so small and fast moving it would seem like they'd need a frog's tongue to get much of a meal!
In any case, can you please point us in the direction a reference where you heard this?
thanks much
herb ox
I thought that was Bat Feces, as bats eat mosquitoes and other biting insects.
speaking of bats, anyone else as freaked out about the fact that something like 90% or so of the north-eastern bat population just up and died this year for no apparent reason?
oh, and the dried urine of a pre-adolescent boy...