What is wulingzhi?

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Wulingzhi, also known as yaoben, hanhaochong dung and Lingzhi, is divided into Lingzhi rice and Lingzhi block (xuelingzhi and tanglingzhi). Lingzhi rice is the dry feces of flying squirrels. Lingzhi block is a mixture of feces and urine mixed with a small amount of sand and stone. What is wulingzhi?

What is wulingzhi?

According to the classification of raw medicinal materials, lingzhi block is composed of many fecal particles, which are irregular and of different sizes. The surface is black brown, yellow brown, reddish brown or grayish brown, uneven, and some have oily luster; The surface of fecal particles is often fragmented and fibrous. The body is light and hard, but it is easy to break. The cross section is not flat. The shape of fecal particles can be seen vaguely, and sometimes it is fibrous. It's smelly and bitter. It is better to be blocky, dark brown, glossy, oily and free of impurities.

Lingzhi rice is oblong and cylindrical, with blunt ends, 5-15 mm long and 3-6 mm in diameter. The surface is dark brown, smooth or slightly rough, light spots are often seen, and some have luster. It is light and loose, easy to break, yellow, yellow green or black brown in cross section, and fibrous. Weak Qi, slightly bitter and salty taste. It is better to have rough surface, dark brown outside, yellow green inside, light body and no impurity. The quality is worse than Lingzhi block. Microscopic identification: Powder: yellowish brown. After dropping 50% sulfuric acid and standing for more than 10 minutes, a lot of small granular crystals can be seen in the agglomerates (feces), gradually forming needle cluster or rectangular flake crystals. In addition, tracheids, fibers, epidermis, pollen grains and other plant tissue fragments are often seen.

Wulingzhi: wulingzhi is the faeces of mammals, flying squirrels and other related animals“ Lingzhi and Ningzhi are homophonic. Li Shizhen explained his name: "if his dung is named wulingzhi, it means that he is shaped like Congzhi and is affected by the Qi of the five elements.". The flying squirrel looks like a big bat. Its head is wide, its eyes are large and round, its back hair is grayish yellow brown, its abdomen hair is light, and its front and rear limbs are connected by a membrane. It lives in cliff caves or crevices with pines and cypresses. The shape of the nest is like a bird's nest. Flying squirrels sleep in their nests during the day and come out in the morning or at night. They are good at climbing and gliding. Many herb gatherers often lose their lives when they pick up wulingzhi or other medicinal materials. Therefore, most herb gatherers dye the ropes red to frighten them. The reason why the flying squirrel is called "Hanhao bird" is that it has abundant feathers in summer, but it loses all its feathers in winter and sings all night, so it is called Hanhao bird; It is said that when it has gorgeous feathers in summer, it will sing "phoenix is not as good as me" and in winter it will be called "muddle along". Wulingzhi is sweet and warm in nature, non-toxic, and has the effect of dredging blood vessels, dispersing blood stasis and relieving pain; It's gynecological medicine.

matters needing attention

Stop women with excessive water, endless red belt, prenatal and postpartum, blood gas pain; All the confidants and flanks of men and women. Abdominal pain, colic, dysentery, intestinal wind, abdominal pain; Body blood Bi tingling, liver malaria, cold and heat, nausea, thirst and phlegm saliva with blood into nest, blood through Tuanzi, blood coagulation, toothache, heavy tongue, infantile convulsion, five epilepsy, epilepsy; Insecticidal, antidote and snake scorpion centipede injury. It must be taken according to the doctor's arrangement.