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くまい 熊の胆
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1. dried bear's gallbladder (used as a medicine)​
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2. Bile bear​Bile bears or battery bears are Asian black bears kept in captivity in China, South Korea, Laos and Vietnam to harvest bile, a digestive juice produced by the liver and stored in the gall bladder. When extracted, the bears’ bile is a valuable commodity for sale as an ingredient in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). The bears are also known as moon bears because of the cream-colored crescent moon shape on their chest.
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