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Taste pungent, nature slightly hot. The tiger belongs to Metal and controls Wood; therefore, it is used for searching out wind pathogens and strengthening tendons and bones. Tiger bone should be roasted with suet (animal fat) until crisp, then crushed for use. Take the upper part of the tiger's stomach, retain its impurities without washing, seal it in a new tile, calcine it until it retains its essence, grind into powder, add one tael of Pingwei San (Calm the Stomach Powder), take three qian per dose; it is miraculously effective for treating regurgitation (fanwei).

Tiger shin bone treats wind-bi causing knee weakness, expels evil spirits and ghostly infections, stops palpitations and forgetfulness, cures malignant sores and severe bites, various joint gout and tendon-bone diseases, convulsive epilepsy, leg and knee spasms, paralysis, soreness, and pain.

Note: The tiger is the lord of mountain beasts and a beast of the West, thus communicating with Metal Qi. "Wind follows the tiger"; when the tiger roars, wind arises. Wind belongs to Wood, the tiger to Metal. Since Wood is controlled by Metal, how can it not obey? Thus, tiger bone can enter the bones to search out wind, strengthen tendons and bones. However, the tiger's strength and courage lie in its front shins, because although its nature dies, the shin bone remains standing upright and does not fall. Therefore, the shin bone is a hundred times superior to other bones. Borrowing its surplus Qi to supplement human deficiency. Its pungent taste and slightly hot nature indicate it inherits the Qi of bravery and possesses the function of pungent dispersion. Thus, it is used to dispel evil and disperse malice, treat convulsive epilepsy, travel through tendons and reach bones. For those with lower back and spine pain, spine bone should be used instead. [Counterfeit] tiger bone medicine often has a slight black color and is toxic, harming people; this must be distinguished. Tiger stomach is effective for regurgitation; tiger claws are used to dispel evil and kill ghosts.

The horse is a Fire animal, and its penis is a pure Yang object. Therefore, it mainly treats male impotence and provides firmness during sexual intercourse, where it is often used. Taste sweet and salty, nature warm, non-toxic. Sweetness can tonify blood vessels; warmth can unblock meridians. Thus, it treats injury to the middle jiao and meridian interruption. Salty flavor travels downward; warmth assists True Yang, so the yin organ naturally rises, essence becomes warm, enabling procreation. Qi belongs to Yin; when Yang is tonified, Qi tonifies the Kidney and stores Will. When Kidney Qi is sufficient, Will is strong. Sweet and warm tonify its Yang; texture and taste tonify its Yin; thus, it strengthens Will and benefits Yin. It grows muscle, making the body robust and healthy. When collecting, select silver-colored horses without disease. During spring, when mares roam and mate, when their strength and momentum are at their peak, collect alive and dry in the shade for one hundred days. When using, slice with a copper knife, mix with raw sheep blood, steam for half a day, remove blood, dry, and cut into pieces. Baima Tong (White Horse Penis) tastes bitter, nature cool, stops thirst, treats various blood-heat syndromes, and for those dying from Yin-Yang exchange syndrome, squeeze juice and drink. Horse urine, taste salty and pungent, nature slightly warm; saltiness softens hardness, pungency and warmth disperse; thus, it treats hard masses and accumulations.

Baima Jing (White Horse Penis): Select young horses with vigorous strength, collect alive in spring, hang on a wall to dry in the shade for one hundred days, slice into seven pieces with a copper knife, mix with sheep blood, steam for three two-hour periods, dry thoroughly, wipe off hair with coarse cloth, and dry sheep blood, grind fine, mix equally with Cong Rong (Cistanche), pound into paste, make honey pills the size of beans, take on an empty stomach with wine to assist sexual activity, benefit Yin Qi, firm and erect the penis, reconnect severed meridians, treat internal injuries. Grows muscle, makes body robust, strengthens Will, benefits Essence, enables procreation. Meat can strengthen waist and spine, grow tendons; not suitable during pregnancy. Those with dysentery or sores must avoid contact with mouth. Ginger, stored rice, and Xanthium sibiricum are contraindicated for simultaneous consumption. Self-dead horses, horses with mixed fur colors, hooves without night eyes (small projections on the posterior edge of the hoof), and meat from under the saddle should all be discarded and not eaten. Good meat should still be taken with pure wine; turbid wine causes disease, lack of wine kills (implies improper administration or toxicity without proper vehicle). Eyes treat abdominal fullness and malaria. Teeth ground with water and drunk treat pediatric convulsions. Burned to ash and applied to sores stops bleeding. Teeth burned to ash applied to carbuncles draws out roots. Head bone as a pillow for sleeping treats men who wake easily at night, allowing them to stay awake. Hoof nails treat women's leukorrhea; red horse hooves treat red discharge; white horse hooves treat white discharge, stopping flow immediately. Suspended hooves treat toothache, facilitate difficult lactation, dispel evil Qi and ghostly infections, remove spasms and fright, stop epistaxis. Bone splinters entering skin if not treated lead to death. Blood entering human muscles causes death. Heart governs forgetfulness. Lung governs cold and heat. Liver is toxic and should not be used. Milk quenches thirst effectively. Fat softens but does not harden metal. Ointment applied to bald patches causes hair to regrow, treats convulsions. Stops metrorrhagia and leukorrhea. Urine, named Ma Tong (Horse Passage), also contraindicated for various blood disorders, stops thirst, treats traumatic wounds with vomiting blood and epistaxis, and women's metrorrhagia. Urine collected in a copper vessel can wash white tinea capitis; it is remarkably effective for men's Fuliang accumulation and hernia, and extremely effective for women's hard masses and accumulations, can push away Biema (turtle-like mass), and also resolves Xiao Ke (wasting-thirst syndrome). Once, a man and his slave suffered from heart and abdominal pain together; the slave died and was dissected, revealing a white turtle with red eyes still alive. Various medicines were placed in its mouth, but it did not die. Someone riding a white horse observed this; horse urine fell on the turtle, causing it to shrink. They then poured urine on it, turning it into water. The man subsequently drank it, and his illness was cured. Broken tether ropes decocted thickly treat various pediatric epilepsies and for washing.