Properties: Bitter, cold

Meridans Entered:
Primary: Liver and Stomach

1. Improves vision
   Blindness from optic atrophy or mature cataract
   Superficial visual obstruction, mild nebulae, glaucoma
2. Resolves Toxicity
   Skin diseases
   Halitosis (diluted with water)

Suggested Daily Dosage: Made into powder or pills combined with other biles and ingested with green tea.

• Bile Acids
  Steroid acids and salts that are conjugated with taurine of glycine to become bile salts that play an important role in the digestion and absorption of fat.
• Taurine
  An amino sulfonic acid derived from methionine and cysteine metabolism abundant in many animal and fish organs and a major constituent of bile. It has many biological roles, including conjugation of bile acids, antioxidation, osmoregulation, membrane stabilisation, and modulation of calcium signalling. It is essential for cardiovascular function, and development and function of skeletal muscle, the retina, and the central nervous system. It is used as an oral supplement in the treatment of disorders such as cystic fibrosis and hypertension and widely used in energy drinks, cosmetics and nutritional supplements.

Notes:

For eye diseases, it was dried and made into pills with biles of common carp, bear, ox and musk, plus abalone shell (Haliotis asinina; Shi Jue Ming). These pills were ingested with green tea. For halitosis it was taken alone, diluted with water (Wang & Carey, 2014).