Herbs that Drain Fire
Ye Ming Sha 夜明砂
Excrementum Vespertilionis Murini Bat Feces
Channels LIV
Nature Cool Spicy
Materia Medica Data
- Category
- Herbs that Drain Fire
- Temperature
- Cool
- Nature & Flavour
- Spicy, Cool
- Channels Entered
- LIV
- Latin (pharmaceutical)
- Excrementum Vespertilionis Murini
- Chinese
- 夜明砂
- Tone Marks
- yè míng shā
- Translation
- Night Brightness Sand
Chinese Herb Actions
- Clears Heat in the Liver Channel and Improves Vision For night blindness, cataracts, and superficial visual obstruction. Treats childhood malnutrition.
Chinese Herb Dosage
- 3-9 grams.
Chinese Herb Contraindications & Cautions
- Contraindicated during pregnancy.
- Traditional sources say this substance is not to be used with Radix Cynanchi Baiwei (Bai Wei).
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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Chinese Herbs Books & References
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