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Flying
Squirrels
Of The World
Miscellaneous
Lions
and tigers and bears, oh my!
Ya gotta love Asian "Traditional Medicine"... it's not just bear gall
bladders, tiger and snake penises, rhinoceros horns and seahorses....
Of course, there is not one peer-reviewed bit of evidence that supports
any claims as to the effectiveness of any traditional medicine that
involves the eating of an animal's body parts or excrement. In the
meantime, our planet's wildlife are being decimated enmasse for
superstitions' sake.
- The feces of the endangered
complex-toothed flying squirrel (Trogoterus
xanthipes),
as packaged and sold to be ingested
for "medicinal purposes".
- The urine of the extremely
endangered wooly flying squirrel (Eupetaurus
cinereus) is
considered to be an aphrodisiac by some native populations.
- In one Japanese culture, it
is believed that if a "barren" women eats a flying squirrel she will
miraculously become fertile.
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Herbal Products for Cancers
Calming-Dispersing Tablet
(ping xiao pian)
Ingredients: curcuma tuber, agrimony, flying squirrel's droppings
(Trogopteri seu Pteromydis Excrementum), bitter orange,
etc.
Functions and Indications: this preparation has function of promoting
blood circulation by removing blood stasis, alleviating pains and
dispersing accumulation of pathogens, clearing away heat and toxic
materials, strengthening the body resistance to eliminate pathogens
factors. It has definite action for remitting and shrinking and
restraining growth of the tumors, improving immunological ability of
the body, prolongating patient's life.
Administration: to be taken orally. Four to eight tablets each time,
three times a day.
Packing: 80 tablets/bottle
Manufacturer: Xian C. P. Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Price: US$34.40 |
Notoginseng Dysmenorrhea Capsule
(tian qi tong jing jiao nang)
Ingredients: notoginseng, flying
squirrel's droppings (Trogopteri seu Pteromydis Excrementum),
typha pollen, ligusticum root,
etc.
Functions and Indications: opening and adjusting qi and blood, checking
pain and regulating menstruation. It can be used for abdominal pains
during menstruation, irregular menstruation caused by cold coagulation.
Administration: taken orally, three to five capsules, three times daily
five days before menstruation; it can be taken continuously after
menstruation, three to five capsules, three times daily.
Packing: 12 ¥ 2 capsules/pack
Manufacturer: Shandong Phoenix Pharmaceutical Factory
Price: US$27.20 |
Faeces Trogopterori
Characteristics - Masses
sample: Irregular, composed of agglutinated
feces; yellow-brown to grey-brown and lustrous. Granules sample:
Oblong, 0.5-1.0 cm long; surface coarse, brown-dark. Fracture surface
of both appearing yellow-green to brown-dark, fibrous. Smell stinking,
aiso with that of pine seed oil. Sweet in taste, warm in nature, and
attributive to liver channel.
Indication - 1. Remove blood stasis and alleviate pain: For
blood-stasis syndrome with dysmenorrhea, or trauma. Recently, used for
angina pectoris and peptic ulcer, usually used together with Pollen
Thphae (Powder for Dissipating Blooding Stasis). 2. Detoxify: For
snake, scorpion and centipede bites (both internal and external use).
3. Stop bleeding (after prepared by frying): For menorrhagia,
metrorrhagia, especially for those with blood stasis.
Pharmacological Action - 1. Inhibiting the growth of dermatomyces. 2.
Inhibiting the growth of Bacillus tuberculosis3. Relaxing the spasm of
smooth muscles in experimental animals.
Administration Decoction - 3-9 grams (wrapped with cloth in decocting). |
This beautiful crystal Chinese snuff bottle is 2.5 inches high and 1.5
inches at it's widest point. The artist is Guo Chun Xiang, from the
famous Xisan Academy of Inside Painting. He has painted a couple of
Flying Squirrels and a pair of Chipmunks using the 'Freehand' method,
which does not involve an outline. This 200 year old art form is called
'Reverse Painting' and is the epitome of Chinese Miniature Art, as the
artist painted these pictures through the very small neck onto the
inner surface. |
Momonga (flying squirrel) letterset from Japan. |
Made and sold in Japan only. Shown are fox, flying squirrel, and
rat. These figures are made to come apart. |
A momonga (flying squirrel) themed slot machine from Japan. |
Sri Lanka, 5 rupees, 1979 |
This is a thimble featuring the grey flying squirrel. Made of
fine bone china by Royal Worcester. |
A beautiful batik set consisting of a lizard, fish, elephant and flying
squirrel |
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