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A portion of a Tibetan Thangka showing some of the large variety of animal medicines used.


Materia Medica of Animal Medicines

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MedicineTraditions does not support or condone the use of endangered animal products and does not believe in animal cruelty to supply human medicine. Animal Medicines have been an important part of all Traditions and a number of medicines in modern medicine continue to be derived from Animals. Many of the most important animal medicines are by-products of animals that do not require killing the animal, while others may be procured from animals farmed for domestic consumption. Some animal medicine information is supplied purely for historical interest and for thorough training of Traditional Medicine. Some of the most useful Animal Medicines are derived from Insects which don't have the risk of becoming endangered and can be farmed and harvested ethically. The most controversial animal medicines (Bear Bile, Rhinoceros horn, Tiger bone etc.) all have modern substitutes which are widely applied in modern traditional formulas. See the Substitutes Page.

Introduction to the Use of Animal Medicines
Outlines of Organotherapy
Animal Organs and By-products
Primary sources for the Animal Materia Medica

Human
Crisinis carbonis, Burnt Hair, Xue Yu Tan
Human Placenta, Zi He Che


Human Urine
Domestic Animals
Album Graecum, White Dog Dung 
Boar Feces calcined, Gar nag
Chicken
Chicken Egg

Chicken Gizzard Skin, Ji Nei Jin
Cow
Cow Dung


Cow Urine, Gomutra
Bull / Deer Pizzle / Testes
Donkey-hide Gelatin, E Jiao
Goat Blood, Capra Sanguinis
Pig
Rooster
Sheep

Wild Animals
Antelope horn, Ling Yang Jiao
Bear / Cow Bile
Castoreum
Mature Deer Horn
Burnt Deer Horn
Deer Horn Gelatin, Lu Jiao
Deglued Deer Horn

Velvet Deer horn, Lu Rong
Flying Squirrel Feces, Wu Ling Zhi 
Fox


Fox Lungs
Hedgehog
Ivory
Musk
Rabbit & Hare
Rabbit Heart
Rhino / Water Buffalo horn
Stag's Heart Bone
Tiger (Pig) Bone
Birds & Flying Animals
Bat Feces, Ye Ming Sha
Duck, Anas 


Swallows Nest
Sparrow Brain

Fish and Medicines from the Sea
Ambergris
Crab
Pipefish, Hai Long


Seahorse Hai Ma
Starfish, Hai Xing 
Unicorn horn (Narwhal)
Reptiles & Amphibians
Frog
Frog Oviduct, Ha Ma You
Skink and Gecko, Ge Jie
Snake Slough, She Tui
Toad, Chan


Turtle Shell, Gui Ban
Hawksbill Turtle Shell, Dai Mao
Soft-Shelled Turtle Shell, Bie Jia
Viper, Bai Hua She, Wu Shao She
Insects & Arthropods
Aspongopus, Stink Bug, Jiu Xiang Chong
Bee, Apis
Cantharides, Ban Mao
Centipede, Wu Gong
Cicada Shell, Chan Tui
Cochineal
Cordyceps, Dong Chong Xia Cao
Earthworm, Di Long
Formica, Ants
Grasshopper
Holotrichia, Qi Cao
Honey, Feng Mi
Kermes
Lacca

Larinus Cocoon, Shakar Teghal
Leech, Shui Zhi
Pill Millipede
Praying Mantis Egg Case, Sang Piao Xiao 
Propolis
Scorpion, Quan Xie
Silkworm, Bai Jiang Can

Silkworm Cocoon
Silkworm Feces, Can Sha
Snails
Spider Web

Spider Web of Mt. Emei, Hui Dou Ba
Tabanus, Gad Fly, Meng Chong
Wasp Nest, Feng Fang
Wingless Cockroach, Tu Bie Chong 

See also
Miscellaneous Insect Medicines

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