Pinyin línɡ lǐ
Alias Shi Mu (Linhai Foreign Objects), Dragon Carp (Guo Pu's Jiang Fu), Scaly Carp (Bencao Tu Jing), Stone Mud carp (Compendium).
Source 《別錄》
The source is the flesh or whole of the carp of the carp family. Can be captured all year round. Sprinkle mud and sand on them when encountered, or make hounds go to the cave to look for them. Carp see dogs or are sprinkled with mud and sand, that is, curled up into a ball, which is very easy to catch at this time.
The original morphology is narrow and long, and the adult body length varies greatly, from 50 to 100 cm. The head is conical in shape. The snout is pointed, the tongue is slender and toothless. Small ears. The tail is flat and long, with a slightly raised dorsal tail. The forelimbs are slightly longer than the hindlimbs, each with five toes and strong, sharp claws. From the head, back, body side to tail end are arranged in a tile-like arrangement of hard scales, the scales are black-brown or gray-brown, with sparse hairs between the scales; the dorsal scales are broad and diamond-shaped; the ventral and forelimbs near the inner and posterior vertigo scales are shield-shaped, with keel-like protrusions in the center; and the tail and lateral scales are constricted. The lower jaws, cheeks, eyes, and ears pass through the thorax and abdomen to the base of the tail without scales and sparse brown hairs. Females have 2 pairs of nipples on their breasts.
It inhabits hilly or moist wooded areas and burrows. Foraging at night, the food is mainly termites and black ants. It also eats insects such as bees. Can climb trees and swim in the water. When confronted, they crumbled together. Male and female often live together.
The habitat is divided into Guangdong, Hainan Island, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, Fujian, Taiwan, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangsu and other places.
Sexual taste "Outline": "Sweet, warm; poisonous." "
Functional indications for the treatment of "Medical Forest Essentials": "Killing insects, blood, attacking and scattering stasis, curing paralysis and passing through the scriptures." "
Compound cure cannabis wind: live carp one, pick the largest. Use one pound of raw tung oil (half a pound of small tung oil), first use one dollar of male yellow powder, seven points of myrrh, one or two points of yellow gun, and stir in raw tung oil to make even. The carp is set up, and the carp is burned with charcoal fire, so that it is thirsty, that is, it can open its mouth, and then the powder and oil are poured into the mouth, do not eat and then bake, take the oil as the degree, and then increase the fire, and the carp is hot and crispy, and the grinding is finely chopped. Add another one or two hundred grass cream, study finely, into the porcelain bottle, seal tightly and do not deflate. For every five dollars, mixed with shochu, the quilt is used to lie down for a while, waiting for sweating, and then serving five dollars every other day. Seven or eight days after the restoration, his face was like a snake shell peeling off. ("String Ya Inner Edition")
Excerpt from the Dictionary of Chinese Medicine
