'bu skyogs

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འབུ་སྐྱོགས
'bu skyogs, animal med [IW]

'bu skyogs, animal med., bittersweet, hot- melting, eliminating insects and worms, and cleaning up pus [IW]

(med) Chinese Mystery Snail (Cipangopaludina chinensis) (Yeshi 2017)
Synonyms : dung 'dra, klu dar, kun dar ('Jam-dpal)

'bu skyogs ni / dung 'dra / klu dar / kun dar zer / phub ltar leb mor shel phreng las byung zhing / sgor [leb?] 'khyil ba nas 'bu phyes skyes pas / gang bu rgyab tu khur nas dgro ba ste dri chur 'dul ba dgos / rgyud las / 'bu skyogs srin sel dmu chu spyod / zhes gsungs // (mDzes mtshar mig rgyan, print p 263)

Illustrations : 'Phrin Las 1987 (30_030) 'bu skyogs. 'Jam-dpal (print p 263) 'bu skyogs

A large freshwater snail with a native range from Southeast Asia to Japan and eastern Russia. This species constitutes one of the three predominant freshwater snails found in Chinese markets where it is extensively used as part of the human diet (the meat is considered delicious, being rich with a high protein and low fat content), as well as a medicine (wikipedia).
The watersnail shells dung, shang ka shi la and 'gron bu as well as oystershells/mother of pearl (nya phyis) are classified as medicinal precious substances, the shells dung 'dra as medicinal stones and the mollusc 'bu skyogs (synonym dung 'dra) and na bun bu mo as medicinal animal.
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 16:27, 22 February 2024 (EST)