ひえもんどり

noun

using an enemy's liver for medicine

Rare archaic term from the Satsuma clan, referring to the practice of using an enemy's liver for medicinal purposes.

• 薩さつ摩ま藩はんでは、ひえもんどりという敵てきの肝きもを薬くすりにする風ふう習しゅうがあったと伝つたえられる。

  It is said that in the Satsuma clan, there was a custom called hiemondori of using an enemy's liver for medicine.