The efficacy and function of rock squirrel bones

Rock squirrel bones are a kind of traditional Chinese medicine. There are records of rock squirrel bones in ancient Chinese medical books. Rock squirrel bones can treat many diseases and their effects are very comprehensive. We should make good use of them.

【English name】 Sciurus, Squirre bone

[Other name] Saonaozi bone (Chinese Medicinal Animals). Original animal Rock squirrel Also known as: sweeping hair, stone mouse (Chinese medicinal animals)

[Source] Medicinal material source: the bones of rock squirrel and rock squirrel of the family Sciuridae.

[Original form] 1. Rock squirrel, looks like a squirrel, about 22cm long and weighs 350g. The face has cheek pouches. The eyes are large with a yellow-white ring around them. There is no tuft of hair at the ear tip. The hind limbs are longer than the forelimbs, and the plantars of the hind feet are covered with hair. The tail is more than half as long. The back of the body and the outside of the limbs are covered with green-yellow hair. The hair base is dark grey, the middle is black and the tips are yellow. The ventral surface and inner sides of the limbs are light yellow-gray. Neck slightly white. The color between the eyes and ears is yellower, and there are gray spots on the back of the ears. The muzzle is deep black. The tail hair is sparse and fluffy, mixed with long white hair. The fur is gray in summer and yellowish in winter.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: 1. It lives in mountainous areas with forests and hills with many rocks. Feeds on nuts and plant seeds.

[Properties] The total length of the herbal medicine is about 200 mm. The skeleton has residual flesh and tendons, the head is long and oval, with a pair of orange incisors in the upper and lower jaws, curved limbs, slender coccygeal vertebrae arranged in a whip shape, and sometimes with gray-yellow hair. Smells fishy.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet; salty; neutral

【Meridian】 Liver meridian

【Functions and indications】Promote blood circulation and relieve pain. Mainly used for pain from falls, fractures, and pain in waist and legs

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: roast and grind into powder, mix with rice wine, 5-15g.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Chinese Medicinal Animals": It has the function of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. Mainly used to treat traumatic injuries.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above is a brief introduction to rock squirrel bones. Through this we can understand that rock squirrel bones contain a variety of nutrients, which are very effective in treating and preventing some diseases. In daily life, everyone can eat it under the guidance of relevant people.