名贵中药材。牛黄即牛胆囊结石，性凉，味苦甘，有清热、解毒，定惊功能。内服治告热、神志昏迷、癫狂、小儿惊风、抽搐等症；外用治咽喉肿痛、口疮、痈肿、疗毒等症。牛黄多结生在瘦弱的牛胆囊内，自然生成极其鲜见。1981年5月县医药公司、县科委对全县35头牛进行人工种植牛黄实验，1982年从1头牛中去除牛黄3克，人工种植牛黄成功。陶湾乡前锋村农民姚恒家养1头10月龄黄牛，1981年5月接受人工种植牛黄实验，至1983年11月土瘦如柴，失去了耕作能力。1985年5月9日该牛滚坡死亡。剥后从中去除牛黄两块，鲜重309克，干后重175千克。经有关单位鉴定，该牛黄品质甚佳，为河南省发现的特大牛黄。



 
    Luanchuan Artifical Big Bezoars are precious Chinese material herb, which are gallbladder stones in the bodies of cattle. It has medical functions of clearing heat, detoxicating and calming people. Bezoars often grow in cattle' gallbladders which are produced naturally and rare seen. The farmer in Qianfeng Village, Luanchuan County, Yao Heng fed a cattle which received cultivating bazoar artificially in 1981. When it died in 1985, people got two bezoars which were the biggest ones in Henan Province.