Feces Trogopterori Seu Pteromi Flying Squirrel Feces
Materia Medica Data
- Temperature
- Warm
- Nature & Flavour
- Bitter, Sweet, Warm
- Channels Entered
- LIV, SP
- Latin (pharmaceutical)
- Feces Trogopterori Seu Pteromi
- Chinese
- 五灵脂
- Tone Marks
- wŭ líng zhī
- Translation
- Fat of the Five Spirits
Chinese Herb Actions
- Invigorates the Blood, Relieves Pain For amenorrhea, menses pain, postpartum abdominal pain, epigastric pain, chest pain
- Dispels Blood Stasis, Stops Bleeding For dark purple uterine bleeding with clots, retained lochia due to stasis
- Treats childhood nutritional impairment, Eliminates Toxins For a variety of insect and snake bites, topically and internally
Chinese Herb Dosage
- 3-9 grams in decoction (Bensky)
- 3-10 grams in decoction (Chen), wrap it in cheesecloth
Chinese Herb Contraindications & Cautions
- Do not use during pregnancy
- Possibly antagonizes Ren Shen (Chen)
- Do not use on Blood deficient patients or those without Blood Stasis
Chinese Herb Toxicity & Overdose
- None Noted
This herb antagonizes or is antagonized by:
- Ren Shen (Radix Ginseng)
This herb is considered endangered, toxic, or is illegal in the United States
Sources & References
Compiled and edited by Thomas Dehli, Founder & Editor, Sacred Lotus
The information here is referenced from numerous sources — teachers, practitioners, class notes from Five Branches University, the books below, and the published research literature, with citations given as resolvable PubMed identifiers. Where sources disagree, I have flagged the discrepancies directly. If facts couldn't be verified, I have left them out. How we source our content.
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