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Vespertilio Faeces, Bat Feces, Ye Ming Sha 夜明砂

Ye Ming Sha (TCM)
Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578

Spicilegia Zoologica, Pallas, 1767
Zoological name:
Several species supply this medicine in China:
  1. Vespertilio superans (Asian particolored bat, official)
  2. Pipistrellus abrarnus (Japanese House bat)
  3. Rhinolopus ferrurnequinum (Greater Horseshoe bat)
  4. Plecotus auritus (Brown Long-eared bat, Brown big-eared bat)

Parts used:
Feces (TCM)

Temperature & Taste:
Cold, dry. Pungent

Classification:
K. Move the Blood

Uses:
1. Clears Liver Heat, Brightens the Eyes:
-Night-Blindness, superficial visual obstruction, Blurry vision
-Cataracts
-Red eyes, bleeding into the whites of the eyes from Liver heat
-also Childhood Fright

2. Moves the Blood, Opens Obstructions, Clears Stasis:
-Trauma, Bruising
-accumulations from childhood nutritional impairment (chronic malnutrition)
-traditionally for Malarial disorders, painful dribbling urine and Scrofula


DOSE:
3–9 grams in decoction
1–3 grams of the roasted Powder.

Main Combinations:
1. Obstructed or blurry vision, Bat feces (Ye Ming Sha) with Abalone shell (Shi Jue Ming)
2. Night-blindness, Bat feces (Ye Ming Sha) eaten with animal Liver
3. Senile Cataracts, Bat feces (Ye Ming Sha), Calamus (Shi Chang Pu), Astragalus cornplanatus seed (Sha Yuan Zi)
4. Childhood nutritional impairment, with Atracylodes Bai Zhu, Citrus Chen Pi


Cautions:
1. Avoid during pregnancy
2. Generally only used for eye diseases with Heat or Stasis (not deficiency).

Main Preparations used: