This product is the feces of the complex-toothed flying squirrel (Trogopterus xanthipes Milne-Edwards) of the Petauristidae family. It is mainly produced in Hebei, Shanxi, Gansu, and other regions. It can be collected throughout the year, with impurities removed and then dried. Many fecal pellets that are condensed into blocks are called "Lingzhi Blocks," also known as "Sugar Lingzhi," and are of high quality. Loose fecal pellets resembling rice grains are called "Lingzhi Rice" and are of lower quality. It is used after being processed with vinegar.

bubble_chart Properties and Meridians

Bitter, salty and sweet, warm. Act on liver meridian.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Dredging collaterals and relieving pain, resolving stasis to stop bleeding.

bubble_chart Indications

1. is used for static blood obstruction and various pain syndromes, such as chest, hypochondriac, epigastric, and abdominal stabbing pain, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, postpartum stasis abdominal pain, and fracture swelling and pain. This product is bitter, salty, warm, and unblocking, specifically entering the liver's blood aspect, excelling in invigorating blood and resolving stasis to relieve pain, making it an essential medicine for treating various pains caused by blood stasis. It is often used in combination with Typha to enhance efficacy, known as Sudden Smile Powder. For heart chest impediment and stabbing pain, it is often paired with Sichuan Lovage Rhizome, Salvia, and frankincense and myrrh. For epigastric and abdominal pain, it is paired with Corydalis Tuber, Cyperus, and myrrh, such as in the Yixue Xinwu Shounian Powder. For dysmenorrhea and amenorrhea, it is paired with Chinese Angelica and motherwort herb. For fracture swelling and pain, it is paired with common bletilla pseudobulb, frankincense, and myrrh, ground into powder for external application, as in the "Qiankun Shengyi Miyun" formula.
2. It is used for hemorrhagic syndromes caused by static blood obstruction and blood not following its normal path, such as women's blood stasis menorrhagia and metrostaxis. When stir-fried, it can resolve stasis to stop bleeding. For static blood menorrhagia and metrostaxis, hypermenorrhea with purple clots and lower abdominal stabbing pain, it can be stir-fried and ground into powder, taken with warm wine, such as in the "Yonglei Lingfang" Trogopterus Dung Powder. Clinically, it is often paired with Sanqi, Typha, and Unprocessed Rehmannia Root.
3. Additionally, this product can also treat snake, scorpion, and centipede bites, removing toxins and dispersing swelling to relieve pain, and can be taken internally or applied externally. It is often paired with Realgar.

bubble_chart Documentation

1. Kaibao Bencao: "Cold qi in the heart and abdomen, infantile five gan, epidemic prevention, treatment of bloody defecation, promoting qi and blood circulation, amenorrhea in women."
2. Bencao Gangmu: "Stopping hypermenorrhea in women, continuous reddish leukorrhea, various blood and qi pains before and after childbirth, all kinds of heart, abdomen, hypochondriac region, and lower abdominal pains in both men and women, hernia pain, bloody dysentery, abdominal pain with bloody defecation, stabbing pain due to blood impediment in the body."
3. Bencaoshu: "Mainly for injury and bone-setting."

bubble_chart Usage and Dosage

Decoct 8-10g, wrap-boil, or use in pills or powders. Apply an appropriate amount externally.

bubble_chart Cautions and Contraindications

Use with caution in cases of blood deficiency without stasis and in pregnant women. According to the "nineteen mutual inhibitions," Ginseng is incompatible with Trogopterus Dung and should generally not be used together. However, in clinical practice, it is often combined for chronic blood stasis or conditions such as masses and tumors with significant qi deficiency due to blood stasis.

bubble_chart Modern Pharmacology

This product contains urea, uric acid, vitamin A-like substances, and a large amount of resin. Animal experiments have shown that it can alleviate smooth muscle spasms. A water extract (1:2) has varying degrees of inhibitory effects on multiple pathogenic skin fungi in vitro. It can inhibit subcutaneous nodule bacilli and has a certain therapeutic effect on experimental subcutaneous nodule disease in mice.