Materia Medica
of Animal Medicine
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MedicineTraditions does not support or condone the use of endangered animal products and does not believe in animal cruelty to supply human medicine. Animal Medicines have been an important part of all Traditions and a number of medicines in modern medicine continue to be derived from Animals. Many of the most important animal medicines are by-products of animals that do not require killing the animal, while others may be procured from animals farmed for domestic consumption. Some animal medicine information is supplied purely for historical interest and for thorough training of Traditional Medicine. Some of the most useful Animal Medicines are derived from Insects which don’t have the risk of becoming endangered and can be farmed and harvested ethically. The most controversial animal medicines (Bear Bile, Rhinoceros horn, Tiger bone etc.) all have modern substitutes which are widely applied in modern traditional formulas. See the Substitutes Page. Introduction to the Use of Animal Medicines
See also:
Outlines of Organotherapy
Animal Organs and By-products
Primary sources for the Animal Materia Medica
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Human
| Crisinis carbonis, Burnt Hair, Xue Yu Tan Human Placenta, Zi He Che | Human Urine |
Domestic Animals
| Album Graecum, White Dog Dung Boar Feces calcined, Gar nag Brain, Cerebrum Chicken Chicken Egg Chicken Gizzard Skin, Ji Nei Jin Cow Cow Dung Cow Urine, Gomutra | Bull / Deer Pizzle / Testes Donkey-hide Gelatin, E Jiao Goat Blood, Capra Sanguinis Heart, Cordis Pig Rooster Sheep Whey |
Wild Animals
| Antelope horn, Ling Yang Jiao Bear / Cow Bile Castoreum Mature Deer Horn Burnt Deer Horn Deer Horn Gelatin, Lu Jiao Deglued Deer Horn Velvet Deer horn, Lu Rong Flying Squirrel Feces, Wu Ling Zhi Fox | Fox Lungs Hedgehog Ivory Musk Rabbit & Hare Rabbit Heart Rhino / Water Buffalo horn Stag’s Heart Bone Tiger (Pig) Bone |
Birds & Flying Animals
| Bat Feces, Ye Ming Sha Duck, Anas | Swallows Nest Sparrow Brain |
Fish and Medicines from the Sea
| Ambergris Crab Pipefish, Hai Long Sea Hare, Aplysia | Seahorse Hai Ma Starfish, Hai Xing Unicorn horn (Narwhal) |
Reptiles & Amphibians
| Frog Frog Oviduct, Ha Ma You Skink and Gecko, Ge Jie Snake Slough, She Tui Toad, Chan | Turtle Shell, Gui Ban Hawksbill Turtle Shell, Dai Mao Soft-Shelled Turtle Shell, Bie Jia Viper, Bai Hua She, Wu Shao She |
Insects & Arthropods
| Aspongopus, Stink Bug, Jiu Xiang Chong Bee, Apis Cantharides, Ban Mao Centipede, Wu Gong Cicada Shell, Chan Tui Cicada Cordyceps, Chan Hua Chong Cao Cochineal Cockroach, Blatta Cordyceps, Dong Chong Xia Cao Earthworm, Di Long Formica, Ants Grasshopper Holotrichia, Qi Cao Honey, Feng Mi Kermes Lacca | Larinus Cocoon, Shakar Teghal Leech, Shui Zhi Pill Millipede Praying Mantis Egg Case, Sang Piao Xiao Propolis Scorpion, Quan Xie Silkworm, Bai Jiang Can Silkworm Cocoon Silkworm Feces, Can Sha Snails Spider Web Spider Web of Mt. Emei, Hui Dou Ba Tabanus, Gad Fly, Meng Chong Wasp Nest, Feng Fang Wax, Cera Wingless Cockroach, Tu Bie Chong |
