INDIVIDUAL HERBS

NAME: YE MING SHA

Pharmaceutical Latin: Faeces Vespertilionis
Common English: Bat Feces
Bat Guano
Bat Droppings
Bat Dung

CATEGORY

herbs that Clear Heat and Purge Fire: Herbs that Clear Heat and Drain Fire; Herbs that Clear Heat in the Qi Stage

PROPERTIES

Taste Temperature Entering Meridians Dosage
Acrid
Cold
Liver
2.5-10g

ACTIONS AND INDICATIONS

Actions Indications/Syndromes

Clears Liver and brightens the eyes (cleanses the Liver)

Night blindness, superficial visual obstruction and cataracts

Especially useful for red eyes or bleeding into the whites of the eyes (sub-conjunctival bleeding) associated with Liver Heat

Disperses Blood Stasis, disperses bruises and reduces accumulations

Traumatic injury

Accumulations from childhood nutritional impairment

CONTRAINDICATIONS, INCOMPATIBILITIES AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Contraindicated for eye diseases without Stasis or Stagnation.
  • Use caution during pregnancy.
INCOMPATIBILITIES
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

MAJOR COMBINATIONS

Concha Haliotidis
Shi Jue Ming

Animal Liver

Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae
Bai Zhu
Per. Citri Reticulatae
Chen Pi

Superficial visual obstruction and blurred vision

Night blindness

Childhood nutritional impairment with abdominal pain

Fr. Ulmae Macrocarpae Preparatus
Wu Yi
Hb. Aloes
Lu Hui
Fr. Quisqualis
Shi Jun Zi

Concha Haliotidis
Shi Jue Ming
Fr. Lycii
Gou Qi Zi

Sm. Cassiae
Jue Ming Zi

Childhood nutritional impairment from roundworms

Blurred vision

Redness and pain of the eyes

NOTES

  1. It cools the Blood, reduces Stasis and stops pain.
  2. It treats eye disorders due to Heat and pain from Blood Stasis such as insidious loss of vision without physical changes to the eye.
  3. It can be used alone or in combination for eye disorders characterized by Liver Heat and Blood Stasis.
  4. This herb treats superficial visual obstructions, malarial-like disorders, childhood fright, painful urinary dysfunction, vaginal discharge, scrofula and swollen sores.