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88. Bear Bile Powder
Tasted directly, it has a bitter and salty fishy taste; the salty fishiness is somewhat like Zi He Che (Placenta), and the bitterness comes from the bile.
Once mixed with water, it immediately clumps together; you need to stir it with a toothpick to drink it, and it is bitter enough to irritate your throat.
There was no feeling of heat clearing, nor any sensation of coldness in the body, but the bile duct had an obvious numbing and tingling sensation, and the gallbladder meridian on the right side began to feel warm.
It is suspected that the main effect of this medicine is to promote bile secretion. The principle, besides “ursodeoxycholic acid” inhibiting cholesterol reabsorption and reducing toxic bile acid formation, likely involves some “Qi mechanism” effects that modern science cannot yet explain—similar to the idea of “treating with what you lack.” Some people have bile stasis; after taking various herbs, the substances and functions are already restored, but just lacking the final twitch, and bear bile powder provides this final twitch of energy, at the cost of a bear’s life.
An elder gave me a whole cluster of bear bile, which I will show you.
This cluster of bear bile is still surrounded by resentment; touching it directly causes a sensation like being pricked by needles, which is quite tragic—possibly because the liver and bile are where the soul is stored, so the metaphysical information is very strong.
89. Centipeda (Qianliang)
Its taste is somewhat similar to Fubaicao (Eupatorium), about five to six parts; it has a slightly sour flavor and the texture of reed leaves, and also slightly irritates the throat.
Overall, it’s a bit like the “Pneumonia Syrup” I drank as a child. For those who haven’t tried it, imagine a sugar-free version of an acute bronchial syrup.
Effect: Initially no feeling, but after 2 minutes feel something wrong, shivering from cold, mainly clearing the lungs and large intestines. No noticeable effect on improving vision, perhaps because my eye condition is quite severe.
90. Bai Lian (Dioscorea Root)
Did not eat it raw; after soaking in water, ate a piece—tastes like chewing potato chips, almost no flavor, with a slight mucilaginous substance, but it irritates the throat when swallowing.
Soaking and drinking is sweet with a bit of bitterness and astringency.
Effect: Clears metabolic wastes from the blood, mainly focused on the heart, diaphragm, stomach, and intestinal areas.
External use is slightly irritating; it was frequently used in ancient surgical prescriptions, and some experts today use herbal medicine to treat diabetic foot ulcers, for example, Senior Brother Yu Cai, who is now in the Endocrinology Department at the Daxing District Integrative Medicine Hospital. If anyone has untreated ulcers, you can recommend him.