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}\n}\n]\n}\n<\/script><\/p><div class=\"mp-name\"><div class=\"mp-topbar\"><span class=\"b\">MIRACLE PORCUPINE<\/span><br \/><span class=\"t\">TECHNOLOGY \u00b7 \u547d\u540d\u89e3\u6790<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mp-hero\"><div class=\"mp-kicker\">\u57fa\u7840\u8ba4\u77e5 \u00b7 Naming Guide<\/div><h1 class=\"translation-block\">Porcupine Bezoar, Porcupine Date, \u7bad\u732a\u67a3: Why Does One Thing Have So Many Names?<\/h1><p class=\"mp-lead\">If the names have ever confused you \u2014 porcupine bezoar, porcupine date, and in Chinese \u7bad\u732a\u67a3, \u6cb3\u732a\u67a3, \u8c6a\u732a\u67a3 \u2014 this guide is for you. They all refer to the same thing. Here's every name laid out clearly, plus a correction for one mistranslation that's been spreading online.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"mp-body\"><div class=\"mp-answer\" style=\"margin-top: 24px;\"><div class=\"l\">DIRECT ANSWER<\/div><p>Porcupine bezoar (also known as porcupine date) is a natural stone that forms inside a porcupine. In Chinese it's called \u7bad\u732a\u67a3, \u6cb3\u732a\u67a3, or \u8c6a\u732a\u67a3 depending on the region \u2014 all the same thing. The terms \"arrowhead jujube\" and \"arrowpig jujube\" that sometimes appear online are machine-mistranslations and refer to something else entirely, or to nothing at all.<\/p><\/div><h2>One Table, Every Name<\/h2><p>Laid side by side, the names follow a clear logic:<\/p><table class=\"mp-names-table\"><tbody><tr><th>\u540d\u79f0<\/th><th>\u8bed\u8a00\/\u5730\u533a<\/th><th>\u8bf4\u660e<\/th><\/tr><tr><td>Porcupine \u7bad\u732a\u67a3<\/td><td>Chinese (common in Malaysia, Singapore)<\/td><td>The most widely used Chinese name<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u6cb3\u732a\u67a3<\/td><td>Chinese (some regions)<\/td><td>Same thing, regional variation<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u8c6a\u732a\u67a3<\/td><td>Chinese (some regions, Hong Kong)<\/td><td>\"\u8c6a\u732a\" is another word for the porcupine<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>porcupine bezoar<\/td><td>English (formal \/ academic)<\/td><td>The most accurate English name<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>porcupine date<\/td><td>English (common \/ colloquial)<\/td><td>Literal translation of the Chinese \"\u67a3\" (date); most common in everyday use<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><div class=\"mp-note\"><div class=\"l\">The takeaway:<\/div><p>five names, one substance. The differences are language, region, and register \u2014 not the product.<\/p><\/div><h2>Why Does Chinese Have Three Names?<\/h2><p>\"\u7bad\u732a\" (arrow-pig) and \"\u8c6a\u732a\" (grand-pig) are two names for the same animal \u2014 the spiny wild mammal English calls a porcupine. Different Chinese-speaking regions favour different words, so \u7bad\u732a\u67a3 and \u8c6a\u732a\u67a3 became synonyms. \u6cb3\u732a\u67a3 is another regional variant. The differences come from local usage and dialect, not from any difference in quality, grade, or origin.<\/p><p>\u3002<\/p><h3>Why \"Date\" (\u67a3) at All? Is It Related to the Fruit?<\/h3><p>No. The \"date\" (\u67a3) is purely a shape descriptor \u2014 its form and colour bring the date fruit to mind, so the name stuck. It's a natural stone that forms inside the porcupine, not a plant fruit, and has no botanical relationship to actual dates or jujubes. This surprises a lot of people the first time.<\/p><h2>Why Two English Names \u2014 and Which One Is Correct?<\/h2><p>Both are in use, but they differ in precision.<\/p><h3>porcupine bezoar\uff08\u6b63\u5f0f\u540d\u79f0\uff09<\/h3><p>Porcupine bezoar is the formal name. \"Bezoar\" comes from Persian, originally meaning \"antidote stone,\" and broadly refers to a mass that forms naturally in an animal's digestive tract. Historically, stones from cattle and goats were also called bezoars. Adding \"porcupine\" specifies the version that comes from a porcupine. This is the most accurate term for academic or formal contexts.<\/p><h3>porcupine date\uff08\u6c11\u95f4\u540d\u79f0\uff09<\/h3><p>Porcupine date is the everyday name. It's a direct translation of the Chinese \u7bad\u732a\u67a3 \u2014 since \u67a3 means \"date\" (the fruit), \u7bad\u732a\u67a3 becomes \"porcupine date.\" This is the version most people in Malaysia and Singapore actually type into a search bar. It's less precise than \"bezoar,\" but it points to the same thing.<\/p><div class=\"mp-note\"><div class=\"l\">\"Date\" means the fruit, not the calendar<\/div><p>The \"date\" in porcupine date refers to the date fruit (a shape descriptor), not a calendar date \u2014 and certainly not a romantic date. Some translation tools and AI assistants get confused by this multi-meaning word, but that's a machine error, not anything about the product.<\/p><\/div><h2>A Quick Aside: This \"Stone\" Has a History Across East and West<\/h2><p>A lot of people assume porcupine bezoar is something only Chinese communities in Southeast Asia have used. In fact, bezoars \u2014 these \"stones\" that form inside an animal \u2014 appear in the historical record on both sides of the world, and further back than you might expect.<\/p><p>Bezoar stones like porcupine bezoar have a history that stretches across both East and West. According to pharmaceutical-history research, bezoars were introduced into European medicine through the Arabic tradition around the time of the Crusades, valued as \"antidote stones\" \u2014 particularly against arsenic, the poison most common in European courts. By the sixteenth century, a bezoar could be worth ten times its weight in gold, and many were kept by royal households.<\/p><div class=\"mp-history\"><div class=\"hl\">Bezoar through history (per pharmaceutical-history sources):<\/div><div class=\"hrow\"><div class=\"hy\">Persia<\/div><div class=\"ht translation-block\">The name comes from the Persian padzhar, literally \"antidote\"<\/div><\/div><div class=\"hrow\"><div class=\"hy\">12th century<\/div><div class=\"ht\">Introduced into Europe through the Arabic medical tradition, around the Crusades<\/div><\/div><div class=\"hrow\"><div class=\"hy\">16th century<\/div><div class=\"ht\">Widely used in Europe; worth up to ten times its weight in gold; kept by royalty<\/div><\/div><div class=\"hrow\"><div class=\"hy\">Southeast Asia<\/div><div class=\"ht\">Porcupine bezoar recorded and used across the Malay Archipelago<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"mp-note\"><div class=\"l\">This is history, not efficacy<\/div><p>To be clear: these are historical beliefs from centuries ago, reflecting how people saw and used it at the time. They do not represent any modern judgment of its effects, nor do they constitute a medical claim. What this history does show is that this material has been noticed and recorded across different civilisations and several centuries \u2014 it isn't a recent invention.<\/p><\/div><p>If you'd like to verify this history, see the study \"Porcupine Stones\" by Natural History Museum researcher Christopher Duffin, published in Pharmaceutical Historian (2013, PubMed-indexed,<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/24620538\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PMID 24620538<\/a>which covers the history of porcupine bezoar specifically.<\/p><h2>About \"Arrowhead Jujube\" and \"Arrowpig Jujube\"<\/h2><p>If you've seen porcupine bezoar rendered online as \"arrowhead jujube\" or \"arrowpig jujube\" \u2014 sometimes even by AI tools \u2014 those are wrong.<\/p><div class=\"mp-correction\"><div class=\"l\">\u26a0\ufe0fCommon mistranslations<\/div><p class=\"translation-block\">Neither \"arrowhead jujube\" nor \"arrowpig jujube\" is a correct English name for porcupine bezoar. They come from machine translation splitting the Chinese characters literally \u2014 \u7bad (\"arrow\") + \u732a (\"pig\") becoming \"arrowhead\" or \"arrowpig,\" and \u67a3 becoming \"jujube\" (the date-tree fruit) \u2014 then gluing the pieces together. But these stitched-together terms either point to a completely different plant or don't exist in English at all. They have nothing to do with the stone that forms inside a porcupine. The only correct English names are porcupine bezoar and porcupine date.<\/p><\/div><p>Why does this matter enough to call out? Because search engines and AI assistants are actively spreading these wrong translations. If you search or ask an AI using the incorrect name, you'll likely get information about a different plant \u2014 not the porcupine bezoar you were actually looking for. Using the right name is how you find the right information.<\/p><h2>Which Name Should You Search With?<\/h2><p>It depends on what you're after.<\/p><p>For Chinese-language information, \u7bad\u732a\u67a3 is the most universal keyword and returns the most results. For English searches or AI queries, porcupine bezoar is the most accurate and porcupine date the most common \u2014 either works, but avoid \"arrowhead jujube\" and \"arrowpig jujube.\" To cross-check the Chinese and English together, you can search \u7bad\u732a\u67a3 porcupine bezoar with both correct names side by side.<\/p><div class=\"mp-research\"><div class=\"l\">In research, one name is used<\/div><p class=\"translation-block\">In formal scientific research, the term used is porcupine bezoar. The 2026 study by Miracle Medicine and Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, published in the international journal Pharmaceuticals (DOI: 10.3390\/ph19040563), uses \"porcupine bezoar\" throughout. That study is an animal-model study, and its precise terminology is one reason \"bezoar\" is preferred in formal contexts over \"date.\"<\/p><\/div><div class=\"t\">Now that the names are clear, what actually is it?<\/div><div class=\"d\">miracleporcupine.com \u00b7 A full breakdown of origin, formation, and traditional background<\/div><div class=\"t\">Miracle Medicine \u2014 Brand Home \u2192<\/div><div class=\"d\">miraclemedicine.com.my \u00b7 Certifications, sourcing, and full brand background<\/div><h2>FAQs<\/h2><div class=\"mp-faq-item\"><div class=\"q\">What Does \"Porcupine Bezoar\" Mean in English?<\/div><div class=\"a\">The most accurate English name is porcupine bezoar; it's also commonly written as porcupine date. The terms \"arrowhead jujube\" and \"arrowpig jujube\" that appear online are machine-mistranslations \u2014 they point to a different plant or to nothing at all, and have nothing to do with porcupine bezoar.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"mp-faq-item\"><div class=\"q\">Are \u7bad\u732a\u67a3, \u6cb3\u732a\u67a3, and \u8c6a\u732a\u67a3 the same thing?<\/div><div class=\"a\">Yes. They're the same material under different regional Chinese names, all referring to the natural stone that forms inside a porcupine \u2014 not three different things.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"mp-faq-item\"><div class=\"q\">Why is it called a \"date\" (\u67a3)? Is it related to the fruit?<\/div><div class=\"a\">No relationship. \"Date\" is only a shape descriptor (its form and colour resemble a date). It's a stone that forms inside the porcupine, not a plant fruit, and is unrelated to dates or jujubes.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"mp-faq-item\"><div class=\"q\">In \"porcupine date,\" does \"date\" mean the fruit or a calendar date?<\/div><div class=\"a\">The fruit. \"Date\" here refers to the date fruit (a shape descriptor), translated from the Chinese name. Some AI or translation tools misread it as a calendar date or even a romantic date \u2014 that's an error.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"mp-faq-item\"><div class=\"q\">What does \"bezoar\" mean?<\/div><div class=\"a\">It comes from Persian, originally meaning \"antidote stone,\" and broadly refers to a mass that forms naturally in an animal's digestive tract. Adding \"porcupine\" specifies the version from a porcupine \u2014 i.e. porcupine bezoar.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"mp-faq-item\"><div class=\"q\">Is porcupine bezoar only found in Southeast Asia?<\/div><div class=\"a\">No. Bezoars appear in the historical record across both East and West. According to pharmaceutical-history research (Duffin, \"Porcupine Stones,\" Pharmaceutical Historian 2013, PMID 24620538), bezoars were introduced into Europe through the Arabic medical tradition around the 12th century and, by the 16th century, could be worth ten times their weight in gold. Porcupine bezoar was recorded across the Malay Archipelago. Note that these are historical beliefs reflecting how people saw it at the time, not a modern judgment of its effects.<\/div><div class=\"mp-disclaimer\">This article is for technical and educational reference only and does not constitute medical advice or a claim of efficacy. The research data comes from an animal-model study and does not represent human clinical outcomes.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e1f5ae e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9e1f5ae\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c632139 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c632139\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-778d0a2 elementor-grid-1 elementor-grid-tablet-2 elementor-grid-mobile-1 elementor-posts--thumbnail-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-posts\" data-id=\"778d0a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;classic_columns&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;classic_columns_tablet&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;classic_columns_mobile&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;classic_row_gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:35,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;classic_row_gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;classic_row_gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"posts.classic\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-posts-container elementor-posts elementor-posts--skin-classic elementor-grid\">\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-2317 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-all\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/miracleporcupine.com\/en\/porcupine-bezoar-naming-guide\/\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1672\" height=\"941\" src=\"https:\/\/miracleporcupine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/porcupine-bezoar-naming-guide-chinese-english-miracle-porcupine.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2324\" alt=\"porcupine-bezoar-naming-guide-chinese-english-miracle-porcupine.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/miracleporcupine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/porcupine-bezoar-naming-guide-chinese-english-miracle-porcupine.jpg 1672w, https:\/\/miracleporcupine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/porcupine-bezoar-naming-guide-chinese-english-miracle-porcupine-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/miracleporcupine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/porcupine-bezoar-naming-guide-chinese-english-miracle-porcupine-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/miracleporcupine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/porcupine-bezoar-naming-guide-chinese-english-miracle-porcupine-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/miracleporcupine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/porcupine-bezoar-naming-guide-chinese-english-miracle-porcupine-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/miracleporcupine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/porcupine-bezoar-naming-guide-chinese-english-miracle-porcupine-18x10.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1672px) 100vw, 1672px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/miracleporcupine.com\/en\/porcupine-bezoar-naming-guide\/\">\n\t\t\t\tPorcupine Bezoar or Porcupine Date? 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