1. Aliases

Medicinal materials, cold insect feces, cold bird feces.
2. Animal morphology
Shaped like a squirrel, slightly larger than a squirrel. Body length 20-30 centimeters, weight 250-400 grams. The head is wide, the snout is short, the eyes are large and round, the earshell is obvious, and there are black slender clusters of hair in the front and back of the ear base. There is a skin membrane connection between the front and back limbs. The tail is flat and slightly shorter than the body length, with long and fluffy tail hair. The whole body is covered with gray brown fur, with a black gray base, yellow upper part, and a black brown tip. The face is relatively pale, gray in color, with the same color as the ears and body. The abdominal hair color is lighter. The upper and lower parts of the skin, as well as the back and abdomen, have the same color, with only the lateral edges appearing bright orange yellow. The four legs are brownish yellow in color, and the hind limbs are longer than the forelimbs with hooked claws. The tail is grayish yellow with black brown long hair on the tip.
3. Origin distribution
Living in caves or crevices on steep mountain rocks with pine and cypress trees. Distributed in Hebei, Shanxi, Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu and other places.
4. Harvesting and processing
In spring and autumn, go to the mountains and fields to search for the cliff caves where flying squirrels have lived, collect or scrape feces, pick up impurities such as sand, stones, and soil, and dry them in the sun.
5. Characteristics of medicinal herbs
Lingzhi block: irregularly shaped blocks of varying sizes. The surface is black brown, yellow brown, purple brown, gray brown or reddish brown, uneven, with a slight oily luster. Light in weight, hard and prone to fragmentation, with an uneven cross-section, yellow brown or brown in color, with visible oval shaped fecal particles and occasional yellow brown resin like substances. It has a pungent odor, with a cypress leaf like odor, and a bitter and pungent taste. Lingzhi rice: It is a long oval shaped fecal grain with blunt and round ends, 0.5-1.5 centimeters in length, and 0.3-0.6 centimeters in diameter. The surface is black brown, relatively smooth or slightly rough, with common light yellow fiber residues and some slightly glossy. The body is easy to twist and fragile, with a yellow, yellow green, or brown cross-section and slight fibrous properties. It has a cypress leaf like odor and a slightly bitter taste.
6. Nature, taste, and meridian tropism
Warm in nature, salty and sweet in taste. Guigan Meridian.
7. Effect and function
Promoting blood circulation, relieving pain, resolving blood stasis, and detoxifying. Blood activating and pain relieving drugs belonging to the subcategory of blood activating and stasis removing drugs.
8. Clinical applications
Dosage 5-10 grams, decoct and take; Or into pills or powder. Apply an appropriate amount externally, grind and sprinkle or adjust. Used to treat various pains in the heart and abdomen, amenorrhea in women, postpartum stasis and abdominal pain, metrorrhagia and bleeding, and infantile chancre; External treatment for snake, scorpion, and centipede bites.
9. Pharmacological research
It has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects, inhibits platelet aggregation and antithrombotic effects, improves cardiovascular and microcirculation disorders, enhances the ability to resist stress damage and superoxide dismutase activity, reduces the incidence of gastric ulcers, inhibits the proliferation of leukemia cells, and alleviates smooth muscle spasms.
10. Chemical composition
Contains high levels of resin, urea, uric acid, and vitamin A substances. Animal experiments have shown that this product has an inhibitory effect on platelet aggregation; Increasing coronary blood flow and improving microcirculation; And it has anti stress damage, enhances immune function, inhibits gastric acid secretion, and antioxidant effects.
11. Taboos for use
Pregnant women with blood deficiency and no blood stasis should apply with caution.
12. Compatibility prescription
① To treat acute heartburn and epigastric pain: divide into five parts: Wulingzhi, Xuanhusuo, Peng'ezhu, Danggui, Liangjiang, etc. Above is the fine end. Mix 6 grams of light vinegar soup before meals. (Yutong San from "Spring in the Apricot Garden")
② Treating menstrual bleeding in women: Five spirit fat powder, stir frying too much, and exhausting smoke. Take 6 grams per serving, take two pieces of Angelica sinensis, one medium cup of wine, decoct together with the medicine powder until six parts are removed, remove impurities and heat, and take three to five times in a row. (Cited from "Jing Xiao Fang" in "Zheng Lei Ben Cao")
③ To treat wind, cold air, and blood stasis, pain in hands, feet, and body, cold numbness: 60g of Wulingzhi, 30g of myrrh, 15g of frankincense, and 45g of Sichuan aconite (peeled with cannon). As the end, the dripping pill is as big as a bullet. Take one pill at a time. Ginger is served with warm wine and ground. (Translated into English)
④ Treatment for venomous snake bites: 30g of Wuling Zhi and 15g of realgar. As the end, pour 6 grams of wine and apply the medicine residue to the bite site. (Translated into English)
⑤ Treatment of eye growth and floating clouds: divide into five parts: five spirit lipids and sea cuttlefish. Dip in cooked pig liver for fine powder. (Ming Mu Shi Fang)
⑥ Treatment of heavy tongue and throat obstruction: 30g of Wulingzhi. For the fine powder, fry in a large bowl of rice vinegar and rinse with water. (Experience and Good Recipes)
⑦ Treatment for accumulated oral ulcers: 30g of Wulingzhi, 49 almonds (soaked in soup, peeled, pointed, and double kernels), and 15g of Huangdan (stir fried purple). Take the medicine and grind it into powder. Mix it with raw honey to obtain the desired effect. Apply a small amount to the wound and spit it out if there is saliva. (Shenghui Fang)
⑧ Treatment of evil blood and toothache: a. Five Ling Zhi, decoct with rice vinegar juice and swallow. (Zhizhi Fang Lingzhi Vinegar) b. 30g of Wulingzhi and 15g of Sichuan pepper. Together, wipe the affected area. (Simplified Formula for Difficult Emergencies)