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(Lead Carbonate) can stop frequent urination, eliminate toxic heat causing umbilical spasms, and treat bleeding from metallic wounds. It is produced in Shu Commandery. Also known as Qianhua (Lead Powder), it is generated from lead.
Original text of *Shennong Bencao Jing*: Lead Carbonate, pungent in flavor, slightly cold in nature. It primarily treats vomiting and reverse flow of stomach qi, convulsions, epilepsy, and mania; clears heat and directs rebellious qi downward. Through refining, it transforms back into the Nine-Light Elixir.

(Stone Mirror / Basic Lead Carbonate) Sweet in flavor, mainly treats wind pathogens and cures skin itching. Also known as Shijing (Stone Mirror), bright and clear enough to serve as a mirror. Grows in mountain caves. Harvested in the twelfth month.

(Mica) Sweet in flavor, non-toxic. Primarily tonifies qi, nourishes the spirit, stops thirst, clears heat, and strengthens yin essence. Grows in Jiangnan, resembling stone flowers. Harvested at any time.

(Mercury Compound) Pungent in flavor, non-toxic. Primarily treats leprosy coughs, chronic wasting syndromes, tonifies qi, and improves vision. Grows in water, resembling lungs, black with luster and red patterns, drying immediately upon exposure to air.

(Mineral Drug) Sour in flavor, non-toxic. Primarily treats body itching and enhances complexion. Grows in Changshan, color resembling the liver.

(Niter Class) Sweet in flavor, non-toxic. Primarily treats stomach cold-heat disorders, tonifies qi, treats stasis and itching. Enables fertility. Also known as Weishi (Stomach Stone), Gaoshi (Paste Stone), and Xiaoshi (Niter).
Grows in rock crevices of Yinfan Valley, black like soybeans, with red patterns, slightly yellow in color, thin and light like chess pieces. Harvested at any time.

(Mineral Drug) Salty in flavor, non-toxic. Primarily treats diarrhea and dysentery. Color resembles white pearls.

(Mineral Drug) Sweet in flavor, non-toxic. Primarily treats xiao ke (wasting-thirst syndrome), middle jiao injury, and tonifies qi. Grows on the north side of Mount Tai. Harvested at any time.

(Mineral Drug) Pungent in flavor, non-toxic. Primarily strengthens sinews and bones, stops thirst, suppresses hunger, and treats insufficient yin heat. Also known as Jishi (Muscle Stone) and Dongshi (Cave Stone). Grows in Guangjiao Mountain, greenish-blue and lustrous.

(Mineral Drug) Non-toxic. Primarily treats xiao ke (wasting-thirst syndrome) and promotes longevity. Grows in Duling, resembling iron fat with a yellow center.

(Mineral Drug) Sweet in flavor, non-toxic. Primarily treats coughing and rebellious qi. Grows among rocks, red in color like iron fat. Harvested in the fourth month.

(Mineral Drug) Pungent in flavor, non-toxic. Primarily treats impotence and bi-syndrome (obstruction-pain syndrome), difficulty in urination, and tonifies essence and qi. Grows in Lingyin. Harvested at any time.

(Dang Gui / Angelica Sinensis) Pungent in flavor, greatly warm in nature, non-toxic. Primarily warms the middle jiao, alleviates pain, eliminates internal blood stasis and obstruction, treats stroke, anhidrosis (absence of sweating), damp-bi syndrome, sudden evil invasion, deficiency-cold conditions, tonifies the five zang organs, and generates flesh. Grows in Longxi. Roots are harvested in the second and eighth months and dried in the shade. (Avoids Songcai [Brassica vegetables], fears Changpu [Acorus], Zao Hai [Sargassum], and Mu Li [Oyster Shell].)
Original text of *Shennong Bencao Jing*: Dang Gui, sweet in flavor, warm in nature. Primarily treats coughing and rebellious upper qi, warm malaria with chills and fever, a sensation of coldness in the skin, uterine bleeding leading to infertility,