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{
“title”: “Chan Su (Toad Venom)”,
“content”: “
Chan Su (Toad Venom) (Flat, round mass, cake-shaped, brownish-brown fracture, tea-brown, gelatinous luster, sneezing when smelled, numbing and spicy taste, milky white raised area when dripping water)nn【Name】n
n 【Source】n
Miscellaneous Records – Lower Grade – Toad
n 【Commonly Used Degree】n
D
n 【Origin】n
The white浆液 secreted by the parotid glands and skin glands of Bufo bufo gargarizans Cantor, Bufo bufo melanostictus Schneid, or Bufo vulgaris formosus Bauldenta of the Bufonidae family, collected and processed.
n 【Characteristics】n
The dried toad venom is in the shape of a flat, round mass, cake, chess piece, or flake. The surface is shiny, some are uneven with wrinkles, light yellow, purplish-red, or brownish-black. The mass or cake shape is hard and not easy to break. The fracture surface is tea-brown, gelatinous and glossy. The flake shape is brittle and easy to break, reddish-brown, and translucent. It has a slightly fishy smell, causes sneezing when smelled, and tastes numb and spicy. It foams when it comes into contact with water and exudes a white milky liquid. Wrap a small amount of broken pieces in tin foil and burn it, it will melt into an oily substance.
n 【Processing】n
1. Wine-processed Toad Venom 2. Milk-processed Chan Su (Toad Venom)
n 【Identification】n
“Collection of Experienced Prescriptions”: “Chan Su (Toad Venom), the one that numbs the tongue when licked is genuine.”
1. Pure product is identified as having bright quality, purplish-red color, uniform fracture surface, turns white when dipped in water, is translucent when viewed against light, dissolves in alcohol, has tear-inducing odor, and has a numbing sensation when licked.
2. Chan Su (Toad Venom) is translucent when viewed against sunlight. If it is dark and not bright, it must have had too much flour added or contains a certain amount of impurities, which is a lower grade.
3. Cut open the Chan Su (Toad Venom) cake with a knife. If there is “filling” inside, it is an impurity. You can also put the cut cake on glass and grind it with water like grinding ink. The pure product should be a clear white milky liquid.
4. If a drop of water or a small amount of saliva is applied to the cake, it will instantly turn into a grayish-white milky liquid, or if you lick the Chan Su (Toad Venom) with the tip of your tongue and do not feel a lasting numbness, it is an inferior or fake product mixed with impurities.
n 【Category】n
Vertebrate Animals
n ”
}
“`