Flying squierrel (sp?) poop (wulingzi)
Earth Worms (Dilong)
Deer Tails
Locust Shells
Sea shells
What else? I know I’m missing some!
Cicada skin sheddings (chan tui)
Prepared human feces / urine - (ren huang)
Mouse tail oil for burns
various beetles, centipedes, scorpion (wu gong)
charred human hair (stops bleeding)
the list goes on…
herb ox
Squirrel turds…whaat?
[QUOTE=jow yeroc;848822]Squirrel turds…whaat?[/QUOTE]
yeah, and they look like mouse droppings, so coming from China who knows what you’re really getting!
Cordyceps always bothered me
I’m not sure why. I’m ok with fungus and I’m ok with bugs. In fact, I have a taste for fried scorpions. But cordyceps - a parasitic fungus off a caterpillar’s head? That’s just nasty.
let me have a try at this.
pangalion scales
Snakes… all sorts
Bear gallbladder’s
Bear Paw’s
pipe fish
bovine gall stones
Fun topic…Heres some more:
Chan Su – Toad Venom Cake
Feng Fang – Hornets Nest
Snakes were mentioned, and of course, She Tui (Skin Shedding)
Zi He Che – Human Placenta
Ge Jie – Geckos
E Jiao – Donkey Hide Glue
Hai Shen – Sea Cucumber
Various bones, tendons, and other parts from a variety of animals.
Yeah, flying squirrel turds… my favorite.
For real! The formula that most comes to mind is Shi Xiao San or “Sudden Smile Powder”… it’s just the turds and cattail pollen (oddly enough called ‘pu huang’). It makes one of the most effective internal pain stoppers.
My teachers all have a story how the name came about, like because it works so good and fast, or it’s so simple but works so good, but I think it was more of a sly grin the original herbalist wore as he watched some poor bloke drink it down 
herb ox
oh yeah…
jiang can - stiff body of diseased silkworm
sang piao xiao - praying mantis eggnest
can sha - more poop… this time from a silkworm… it’s all about the mulberry leaves. 
ox
Does it have to be a flying squirrel?
Oh yeah.
The dried human placenta, I forgot that one, reminds me of a nice thick peanut butter cookie.
Mike Biggie
[QUOTE=dougadam;849063]Does it have to be a flying squirrel?[/QUOTE]
I don’t know, you can try the non-flying squirrel and let us know how it works for you!
AM - this is news to me. I knew flying squirrels ate some bugs, but mosquitoes are so small and fast moving it would seem like they’d need a frog’s tongue to get much of a meal!
In any case, can you please point us in the direction a reference where you heard this?
thanks much
herb ox
I thought that was Bat Feces, as bats eat mosquitoes and other biting insects.
speaking of bats, anyone else as freaked out about the fact that something like 90 or so of the north-eastern bat population just up and died this year for no apparent reason?
oh, and the dried urine of a pre-adolescent boy…
Toad
Now I wonder about the other four deadly venoms…
Toad Venom In Cancer Treatment: Traditional Chinese Medicine Is Well-tolerated, Study Shows
ScienceDaily (Sep. 24, 2009) — Huachansu, a Chinese medicine that comes from the dried venom secreted by the skin glands of toads, has tolerable toxicity levels, even at doses eight times those normally administered, and may slow disease progression in some cancer patients, say researchers from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.
The results from the Phase I clinical study, a collaborative research project between M. D. Anderson and Fudan University Cancer Hospital in Shanghai, are reported in the online Early View feature of the journal Cancer. The study marks the first time a formal clinical trial has examined the relationship between huachansu dose and toxicity, although the drug is common in China and approved by the Chinese Food and Drug Administration.
Huachansu is widely used to treat patients with liver, lung, colon and pancreatic cancer at oncology clinics in China. Chinese clinical trials conducted since the 1970s have demonstrated the anti-cancer properties of huachansu, citing total response rates of 10 percent and 16 percent observed in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma and lung cancer, respectively1,2.
“Studying traditional Chinese medicine such as huachansu is new to American research institutions, which have been skeptical and slow to adopt these complementary treatments. However, it is important to understand its potential role in treating cancer,” says Lorenzo Cohen, Ph.D., one of the paper’s authors and director of the Integrative Medicine Program at M. D. Anderson. “We wanted to apply a Western medicine-based approach to explore the role of the toad venom compound in cancer patients and test if it is possible to deliver a more potent dose without raising toxicities or side effects.”
The clinical trial was conducted at the Fudan University Cancer Hospital while M. D. Anderson provided training and ongoing consultation. The institutions collaboratively designed the trial that was approved by both institutional review boards. M. D. Anderson and Fudan University Cancer Hospital signed a sister institution agreement in 2003, creating a framework for research, educational and clinical collaboration.
The typical dose of huachansu used in China is approximately 15 milliliters of drug per meter squared of body mass (mL/m2). In the study, 15 patients with stage III or IV hepatocellular (liver) carcinoma, nonsmall cell lung cancer or pancreatic cancer received one of five dose levels ranging from 10 mL/ m2 up to 90 mL/m2 from January 2005 through July 2006. The treatment was repeated daily for 14 days followed by seven days off (one cycle). After two cycles, most patients received other treatments. Quality control methods were put in place to ensure huachansu of a uniform and consistent lot.
While the dose was up to eight times higher than conventional doses used in China, researchers observed only low toxicities or side effects. Eleven (73 percent) patients had no toxicities greater than the lowest grade measured. Importantly, no significant cardiac toxicity was observed and no significant changes in cancer-related symptoms occurred. Of the 15 patients who completed the treatment, six hepatocellular carcinoma patients (40 percent) had stable disease for a median of six months. One patient had a 20 percent reduction in tumor mass that lasted for more than 11 months.
“Even though we saw no complete or partial response (reduction of disease by 30 percent or more) it is encouraging that the cancer did not progress in a large set of the hepatocellular carcinoma patients,” says Zhiqiang Meng, principal investigator on the trial and an associate professor and deputy chair of the Department of Integrative Oncology at Fudan University Cancer Hospital, “Previous observations from studies conducted in China have shown that huachansu can inhibit tumor cell growth and improve immunologic function3. These findings, coupled with that knowledge, demonstrate the need for further clinical trials of this promising agent.”
A Phase II clinical trial comparing the effects of huachansu combined with gemcitabine (Gemzar®) to gemcitabine and placebo for patients with advanced pancreatic cancer is under way at the Fudan University Cancer Hospital in collaboration with M. D. Anderson.
Both trials are part of the International Center of Traditional Chinese Medicine for Cancer funded by the National Cancer Institute. Anhui Jinchan Biochemistry Company, Ltd. provided the drug for this trial.
In addition to Cohen, other M. D. Anderson faculty contributing to this study include Peiying Yang, MD, the Integrative Medicine Program in the Department of Medical Oncology; David Z. Chang, MD, Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology; Zongxing Liao, MD, Department of Radiation Oncology; and Razelle Kurzrock, MD, Department of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics. In addition to Meng, other Fudan University researchers contributing to this study include Yehua Shen, MD; Wenying Bei, MD; Ying Zhang, MD; Yongqian Ge, MD; and Luming Liu, MD, PhD. Formerly of M. D. Anderson, Robert A. Newman, MD, now of New Chapter Inc. and Bob Thornton, MD, now of Merck & Co, Inc. also contributed to this study.
Adapted from materials provided by University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, via EurekAlert!, a service of AAAS.
Since they banned DDT, which would not kill mammals, and started using some of this stuff you find on the Walmart shelves, which will kill you with a single sip, lots of stuff is dying off. Honey bees are just another I can think of. The stuff lingers too long and absorbs into everything.
This stuff you all are describing. What is it for exactly. It sounds like it could be more of a health hazard than anything else.
think it’s weird that TCM practicioners use prescriptioned memorized points and then tries to make them sound mystical. That makes for a boring acupuncture practice
you can trip from chemicals excreated by certain toads. People on chemo smoke marijuana to rid them of the discomfort and increase appetite. I think God is trying to tell us something.
not only that, but recent studies have shown that red wine, and chocolate (with high cocoa content) strengthens the immune system, as do orgasms.
Yep..it’s a sign from God alright.
God wants us to pahr-tay!
[QUOTE=TenTigers;961382]God wants us to pahr-tay![/QUOTE]
yeah, right up to the point where he hits you w/a lightning bolt, flash flood or wildebeast stampede - he’s just trying to get your guard down, is all! nasty god!:mad: