味酸辛，寒，有毒。主明目，目痛，金疮诸痫痉，女子阴融痛，石淋，寒热，崩中下血，
诸邪毒瓦斯。令人有子。散症积，咳逆上气，及鼠 恶疮。炼饵服之不老，久服增寿神仙。能
化铁为铜，成金银。一名毕石，一名黑石，一名棋石，一名铜勒。生羌道山谷羌里勾青山，
二月庚子辛丑日采。
味甘，平，无毒。主身皮死肌，中风寒热，如在车船上，除邪气，安五脏，益子精，明
目，下气，坚肌，续绝补中。疗五劳七伤，虚损少气，止痢。久服轻身延年，悦泽不老，耐
寒暑，志高神仙。一名云珠，色多赤；一名云华，五色具；一名云英，色多青；一名云液，
色多白；一名云砂，色多黄；一名磷石，色正白。生太山山谷，齐、庐山，及琅邪北定山石
间，二月采。
味甘，温，无毒。主咳逆上气，明目，益精，安五脏，通百节，利九窍，下乳汁，益气，
补虚损。疗脚弱疼冷，下焦肠竭，强阴。久服延年益寿，好颜色，不老，令人有子。不炼服
之，令人淋。一名公乳，一名芦石，一名夏石。生少室山谷及太山，采无时。
味苦辛，寒，大寒，无毒。主百病，除寒热邪气，逐六腑积聚，结固留癖，胃中食饮热
结，破留血闭绝，停痰痞满，推陈致新。能化七十二种石。炼饵服之，轻身神仙。炼之白如
银，能寒能热，能滑能涩，能辛能苦，能咸能酸，入地千岁不变色。青白者佳，黄者伤人，
赤者杀人。一名硝石朴。生益州山谷，有咸水之阳，采无时。
[Shidan (Chalcanthite)]
Taste: Sour and acrid. Nature: Cold. Toxicity: Toxic.
Main indications: Improves vision, treats eye pain, metal wounds (Jinchuang), various types of epilepsy and spasms, women's vaginal ulceration and pain, lithiasis (Shilin), alternating chills and fever, metrorrhagia and bleeding, and various pathogenic toxic vapors. Promotes fertility. Dissolves accumulations and masses (Zhengji), treats cough with rebellious Qi, rat fistula (Shulou) and malignant sores. After refining and taking it, one can delay aging; long-term use increases longevity and may lead to immortality. It can transform iron into copper and create gold and silver.
Synonyms: Bishi, Heishi, Qishi, Tongle.
Habitat: Gathered in the second lunar month on Gengzi or Xinchu days from the mountains of Qiangli Gou in Qiangdao.
[Puxiao (Mirabilite)]
Taste: Sweet. Nature: Neutral. Toxicity: Non-toxic.
Main indications: Treats dead skin and muscle tissue, wind-stroke with chills and fever, sensations akin to seasickness/airsickness, expels pathogenic factors, calms the Zang organs, benefits Jing (Essence), improves vision, directs Qi downward, strengthens muscles, reconnects severed tissues, and tonifies the Middle Jiao. Treats the five labors and seven injuries, deficiency with shortness of breath, and dysentery. Long-term use lightens the body, extends life, enhances complexion, delays aging, adapts to cold and heat, and elevates spiritual aspirations.
Synonyms: Yunzhu (predominantly red); Yunhua (possessing five colors); Yunying (predominantly green); Yunye (predominantly white); Yunsha (predominantly yellow); Linshi (pure white).
Habitat: Gathered in the second lunar month from the valleys of Mount Tai, Lushan in Qi, and between rocks at Beiding Mountain in Langya.
[Unnamed Mineral Drug]
Taste: Sweet. Nature: Warm. Toxicity: Non-toxic.
Main indications: Treats cough with rebellious Qi, improves vision, benefits Jing, calms the Zang organs, unblocks all joints, benefits the nine orifices, promotes lactation, tonifies Qi, and treats deficiency. Treats weakness and cold pain in the legs, exhaustion of the lower Jiao intestines, and strengthens Yin. Long-term use extends life, improves complexion, delays aging, and promotes fertility. If taken without refining, it causes strangury (Lin syndrome).
Synonyms: Gongru, Lushi, Xiashi.
Habitat: Gathered from the valleys of Mount Shaoshi and Mount Tai; collection time is unrestricted.
[Xiaoshi (Niter/Potassium Nitrate)]
Taste: Bitter and acrid. Nature: Cold, Great Cold. Toxicity: Non-toxic.
Main indications: Treats hundred diseases, expels pathogenic factors of chills and fever, drives out accumulations in the six Fu organs, resolves stubborn masses and stasis, clears heat accumulation of food and drink in the stomach, breaks blood stasis and obstruction, resolves phlegm retention and fullness, eliminates the old and generates the new. It can transform seventy-two types of stones. After refining and taking it, one becomes light and immortal. Refined material is white as silver; its properties include cold and hot, slippery and astringent, acrid, bitter, salty, and sour. It remains unchanged in color even after being buried for a thousand years. Green and white varieties are superior; yellow varieties harm people, and red varieties kill.
Synonym: Xiaoshi Pu.
Habitat: Gathered from the sunny slopes of valleys in Yizhou containing saline water; collection time is unrestricted.