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(Longgu, Dragon Bone) Sweet in flavor, neutral in nature, slightly cold, non-toxic. It primarily treats Guizhu (a chronic consumptive disease caused by evil qi) in the heart and abdomen, infestations by spirits and demons, cough with reverse flow of Qi, dysentery with pus and blood, leukorrhea or metrorrhagia in women, hard masses and nodules in the abdomen, heat-induced convulsions and epilepsy in children, and心烦满 (mental restlessness and chest fullness). It treats flaccidity and atrophy of the four limbs with sweating, spontaneous fright and anger during sleep, latent Qi lodged under the heart causing inability to breathe, intestinal abscesses, internal carbuncles, and genital ulcers. It stops sweating, reduces urination, treats hematuria, nourishes the spirit, stabilizes the Hun and Po, and calms the five Zang organs.

It treats nocturnal emission in dreams and involuntary seminal discharge during urination. The teeth: treat convulsions and epilepsy in both adults and children, manic wandering due to mania, Qi stagnation under the heart causing inability to breathe, various spasms, kill spiritual entities, treat five types of childhood fright and twelve types of epilepsy, high fever making the body intolerable to touch, alternating chills and fever in the bones of adults, and kill Gu poison.

It treats convulsions with twitching, body heat like fire, hardness in the abdomen, and hot diarrhea. Long-term consumption lightens the body, enhances spiritual clarity, and prolongs life. It is found in valleys in Jin region and in soil caves on rocky banks near water at Mount Tai where dead dragons were buried. It can be harvested at any time.

(Xiongdan, Bear Bile) Bitter in flavor, neutral in nature, slightly toxic. It treats convulsions and epilepsy with chills and fever, mania caused by excessive heat, dispels evil and drives away ghosts. It treats a hundred diseases in children, various heat-type epilepsies, inability to open the mouth, and adult mania. It also induces abortion. Long-term consumption lightens the body, increases longevity, and improves memory. It is found in the plains and marshes of Jin region. Obtained from cattle, it should be dried in the shade for one hundred days until properly dry, avoiding exposure to sunlight or moonlight.

(Xiongzhi, Bear Fat) Pungent in flavor, warm in nature, non-toxic. It repels evil Qi, kills ghostly essences, treats warm malaria, Gu poison, epilepsy, and eliminates three types of parasites. It treats various malignant evil Qi, sudden poisoning by evil Qi, acute abdominal pain and distension,痞满 (fullness and obstruction), wind toxicity, difficult labor in women, abortion, removes facial macules, and corneal opacities in the eyes. Long-term consumption dispels evil, prevents nightmares and sleep paralysis, and facilitates connection with immortals. It is found in valleys of Zhongtai, Yizhou, and Yongzhou. It should be harvested at the Spring Equinox; fresh material is superior.

(Another part) Stops thirst.

(Another part) Slightly cold. Tonifies deficiency and emaciation, stops thirst.

(Another part) Warm. Tonifies cold deficiency and exhaustion.

(Another part) Slightly cold. Tonifies the five Zang organs, benefits the large intestine, treats mouth sores.

(Bear skin/others) Sweet in flavor, slightly cold, slightly warm, non-toxic. Treats wind-bi numbness and insensitivity, tendon stiffness, accumulations in the five Zang organs and abdomen, alternating chills and fever with emaciation, head sores and alopecia, facial macules, and vomiting after eating and drinking. Long-term consumption strengthens willpower, suppresses hunger, lightens the body, and prolongs life. It is found in the valleys of Yongzhou. Harvested in November.