In no Kameshaku – 陰の亀積 – [yokai | Kannomushi]

Description

In no Kameshaku – JP: “陰の亀積” – “Yin Turtle infection.” –

•About this Mushi: a nasty fat turtle-like parasite with a hard gray body & blackened, red tipped limbs. it is covered in white worms draped all around its body. it lives in the abdomen and steals any and all the food the host eats – A while after they die  It will crawl out of the host’s corpse. (Scary!!! [Note: the book is vague on how exactly it kills them.])

• Cure: it can be cured gradually by adding Kochia to the host’s diet. (a strong, bitter herb, typically used for treating dysuria (burning urination) & sometimes used as an anti-breast cancer treatment.)

One of 63 ‘KanNoMushi’ 疳の虫 (germ/parasitic Yokai) from the “Harikikigaki” 針聞書 aka “the book of needles” – a tome about acupuncture & medical knowledge written in 1568 by an unkown resident of Ibaraki City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.

Sticker Art by @Samkalensky (yo thats me!) – Part of my Night parade of 100 Demons – Yokai & Japanese folklore sticker collection, weather-resistant 4″ Glossy sticker. Check my shop & follow @samkalensky for many more!