Flying squirrel feces (WU LING ZHI)
Pteromys volans L. (Fam. Petauristidae)
Excrementum Trogopteri seu Pteromi
Pharmaceutical
Name:
Excrementum Trogopteri seu Pteromi
Botanical Name:
Trogopterus xanthipes Milne-Edwards
or Pteromys volans L. (Fam.
Petauristidae)
Common
Name:
Flying squirrel
feces
Part
Used:
Feces
Excrementum Trogopteri seu
Pteromi is produced in the provinces of Hebei, Shanxi, Beijing, Hubei, Sichuan,
and Yunnan. It is collected in spring or autumn, dried in sunlight, used
stir-baked with vinegar.
Properties Taste & Meridians:
Bitter and sweet in flavor, warm in
property, acts on the Liver channel.
Functions:
Promotes Blood circulation to
relieve pain, removes Blood Stasis, and stops bleeding.
Indications
& Combinations:
1. For amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, post-partum abdominal pain and
epigastric pain due to Blood Stasis. It is an important herb for all kinds
of pain caused by Blood Stasis. It is used with Pollen Typhae (Pu Huang) or
with Rhizoma Cyperi (Xiang Fu), Rhizoma Corydalis Yanhusuo (Yan Hu Suo), and
Myrrha (Mo Yao).
2. For bleeding with Blood Stasis, the stir-baked herb is used with
Radix Notoginseng (San Qi), Radix Rehmanniae (Sheng Di Huang), and Cortex Moutan
(Mu Dan Pi).
Dosage and administration:
3–10 g, decocted separately in
cheesecloth, or in pills or powders. Proper amount for external use.
Precautions:
Contraindicated during pregnancy. It is antagonized by
Radix Ginseng (Ren Shen).
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