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