Haute pork

Haute pork

(Ben Cao Tu Jing)

[source] it is the meat of porcupine.

[animal form] porcupine (diet herb), also known as: Hao (The Classic of the Great Wilderness), pig, Luan pig (The Classic of the Great Wilderness, Guo Pu Chuan), Artemisia ("Tang Ben Cao"), Shan pig (Tongzhi), Bi Shui, * ("Outline"), "porcupine" ("follow the interest in the diet"), pig, bell pig.

The body length is 60-70 cm, the tail length is about 8 cm, and the weight is 9-11 kg. The body is thick and fat, and the whole body is brown. The back of the body is densely covered with long brown spines. The spines on the back of the body are very thick and long, up to 20 cm, about 6 mm in diameter. They are spindle shaped, hollow, milky white, with light brown area in the middle 1 / 3. There are many slender lines on the spines. There is a white longitudinal line from forehead to midline of nape, which is formed by long white spines at the end. There are some sharp white spines from shoulder to jaw, forming a semicircular "white collar". Spines of limbs and abdomen are short and small, near brown, slightly soft. After buttock long thorn more concentrated, tail is very short, a few hidden in the thorn, the whole body hard thorn is covered with sparse long white hair.

They live on hillsides, grasslands or dense forests, dig caves, live in small groups, walk at night, and often walk along certain routes. When the enemy's back is stabbed, he will move backward. It is distributed in Shaanxi, the Yangtze River Basin and other places to the south.

The burr (porcupine Burr) and stomach (porcupine belly) of this animal are also used for medicine.

[nature and taste] Compendium: "sweet, cold, poisonous. "

[functions and indications] 1. Ben Cao Tu Jing: "benefit the large intestine. "

② "Lu Chuan's materia medica:" it is used to treat dysentery. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction or cooking, 1-2 Liang.

[taboo] the book of materia medica: "meat is sweet and creamy, so you can't eat it too much. It's very popular and makes people weak. "