Calculus bovis, [1] niu-huang (牛黃) or cattle gallstones are dried gallstones of cattle used in Chinese herbology. In China and Japan it has been long used to treat various diseases, including high fever, convulsion and stroke. [2] In Asian countries, calculus bovis are sometimes harvested when steers (Bos taurus domesticus) are slaughtered.

Gallstones can form in the gall bladder of cattle, and are retrieved at the abattoir during the bile extraction process on the eviscera table. They are most commonly found in older slaughter animals – cows and bulls – but their presence, frequency and quality can be influenced by a wide range of factors, such as access to bore water, for example.

Feb 21, 2025 · Cattle gallstones have been used for millennia in Chinese medicine, most often to assist stroke victims. And it's got some bonafide science to back it up.

Aug 21, 2024 · Gallstones, found (occasionally) in the gall bladders of cattle during processing for beef, are currently worth up to an eye-watering A$330,000/kg. Compare that with 24K gold, worth a record $131,000/kg in Australia this morning.

Mar 22, 2020 · Gallstones can form in the gall bladder of cattle, and are retrieved at the abattoir during the bile extraction process on the eviscera table. They are most commonly found in older slaughter animals – cows and bulls – but their presence, frequency and quality can be influenced by a wide range of factors, such as access to bore water, for ...

How to collect gallstones? It’s simple and very lucrative! Simply open each gallbladder, filter the bile through a fine mesh sieve to collect any size of stone, even the smallest. In order to optimise the harvest we strongly advise you to check that no …

Mar 11, 2019 · As Harry Potter fans would remember, bezoars – or gallstones – are incredibly useful. In fact, they saved Ron Weasley’s life. And they’re just as valuable in the real world, fetching as much as...

Oct 8, 2020 · A lot of the buying and selling of cow gallstones outside China now takes place via darknet marketplaces and private Facebook groups.

Niu Huang commonly known as Cattle Gallstone, Ox Gallstone, or Calculus Bovis is the stone in the gallbladder, bile duct, and liver duct of Bos taurus domesticus Gmelin, which is a vertebrate belonging to the family Bovidae.

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