{"product_id":"zhejiang-fish-pharyngeal-bone-night-cry-stone","title":"Zhejiang — Fish Pharyngeal Bone, Night Cry Stone","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is not a stone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe pharyngeal bone\u003c\/strong\u003e — called \u003cem\u003eyujingshi\u003c\/em\u003e in Chinese, literally \"fish-startling stone\" — is the grinding plate found in the throat of the grass carp (\u003cem\u003eCtenopharyngodon idella\u003c\/em\u003e), one of the largest freshwater fish in China. The bone is used to crush freshwater snails, which the fish eats whole. The sound it makes while feeding — a sharp, startling crack — gives the bone its name. A piece this size comes only from a fish weighing over 50 jin (25 kilograms). Most grass carp never reach that weight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Chinese folk medicine and tradition, the pharyngeal bone of a large grass carp has been used for centuries as a remedy for \u003cem\u003eye ti\u003c\/em\u003e — night crying in infants. The bone is placed near the sleeping child, or worn as a pendant. The mechanism is not documented. The practice is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis piece is large — the size that only comes from a fish that lived long enough to grow into something exceptional. The surface is dense and slightly ridged, somewhere between bone and stone in texture. It is heavier than it looks. Parents who know what it is will recognise it immediately. Everyone else will ask.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin:\u003c\/strong\u003e Zhejiang \/ Jiangsu, China · Yangtze River Basin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial:\u003c\/strong\u003e Grass carp pharyngeal bone, natural\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eType:\u003c\/strong\u003e Collectible \/ Talisman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOne piece only. What you see is what ships.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YOJINMI","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45280573751365,"sku":"YJM-FPB-CN-001","price":98.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/1011\/5397\/files\/78394d1659e3dcfff4e978cf8baec645.jpg?v=1783119256","url":"https:\/\/yojinmi.com\/products\/zhejiang-fish-pharyngeal-bone-night-cry-stone","provider":"YOJINMI","version":"1.0","type":"link"}