无毒。主治白秃，侵淫在皮肤中。煮炼服之，起阴气，可化为丹。一名青珠。
采无时。（杀锡毒，得水银良，畏乌鸡骨。）
《本经》原文∶青琅 ，味辛，平。主身痒，火疮痈伤，疥瘙死肌。一名石珠。生平泽。
味咸，无毒。不可久服，令人瘦。一名推青，一名推石。生益州。
《本经》原文∶肤青，味辛，平。主蛊毒及蛇菜肉诸毒，恶疮。生川谷。
味甘，生温、熟热，有毒。主明目，下气，除膈中热，止消渴，益肝气，破积聚、痼
腹痛，去鼻中息肉。久服令人筋挛。火炼百日，服一刀圭，不炼服，则杀人及百兽。一名
石，一名大白石，一名泽乳，一名食盐。生汉中山谷及少室，采无时。（得火良，棘针
之使，恶毒公、 矢、虎掌、细辛，畏水也。）
《本经》原文∶ 石，味辛，大热。主寒热鼠 ，蚀疮死肌风痹，腹中坚癖邪气，除热。
一名青分石，一名
味苦、辛，大寒，无毒。主治胸中留热、结气，黄胆，通血脉，去蛊毒。一名黄石
方山，采无时。（恶巴豆。）
味甘，平，有毒。主治寒热，下气， 蚀，杀飞禽鼠。生西域，采无时。
味咸，无毒。主治妇人阴蚀，大热，干痂。生高山崖上之阴，色白如脂，采无时。
味甘，无毒。主带下百病，产难，胞衣不出，堕胎，养血气，除五脏血脉中热，血痹
瘀，大人小儿惊气入腹，及阴痿不起。一名血师。生齐国，赤红青色，如鸡冠有泽，染爪
不渝者良，采无时。（畏天雄。）
《本经》原文∶代赭，味苦，寒。主鬼注贼风蛊毒，杀精物恶鬼腹中毒邪气，女子赤沃
漏下。一名须丸。生
[Non-toxic]. Mainly treats tinea capitis (white ringworm), which invades and spreads within the skin. Decocted and refined before administration, it raises Yin Qi and can be transformed into elixirs. Also known as Qingzhu (Green Pearl).
Harvesting time is unrestricted. (Neutralizes tin toxicity; works well with Hydrargyrum [Mercury]; adverse reaction with bone of Black Chicken.)
*Ben Jing* original text: Qinglanggan (Blue-green stone), taste pungent, nature neutral. Mainly treats body pruritus, burns, carbuncles, wounds, scabies, and necrotic tissue. Also known as Shizhu (Stone Pearl). Grows in lakes and marshes.
[Salty taste, non-toxic]. Cannot be taken for a long time as it causes emaciation. Also known as Tuiqing (Pushing Green), also known as Tuishi (Pushing Stone). Grows in Yizhou region.
*Ben Jing* original text: Fuqing (Skin-blue mineral), taste pungent, nature neutral. Mainly treats gu poison and various toxins from snakes, vegetables, and meat, as well as malignant sores. Grows in river valleys.
[Sweet taste, raw nature warm, cooked nature hot, toxic]. Mainly treats improved vision, directs Qi downward, clears heat in the chest and diaphragm, stops thirst-quenching syndrome (Xiaoke), benefits Liver Qi, breaks up accumulations and fixed masses, cures chronic abdominal pain, removes nasal polyps. Long-term use leads to tendon contraction. Fire-refined for one hundred days; take one Dao Gui (a traditional Chinese unit of weight) per dose. If not refined, ingestion will kill humans and all beasts. Also known as Shiyan (Stone Salt), also known as Dabaishi (Great White Stone), also known as Zerou (Marsh Milk), also known as Shiyen (Edible Salt). Grows in Hanzhong mountain valleys and Mount Shaoshi. Harvesting time is unrestricted. (Works best with fire; Spina Gleditsiae Spinule serves as its guiding herb; adverse reactions with Du Gong, Shi, Huzhang, and Xixin; adverse reaction with Water.)
*Ben Jing* original text: Shiyan (Stone Salt), taste pungent, nature extremely hot. Mainly treats chills and fever, scrofula, erosive sores with necrotic tissue, wind-bi syndrome, hard fixed masses in the abdomen, and pathogenic factors; clears heat.
Also known as Qingfenshi (Green-portioned Stone), also known as...
[Bitter and pungent tastes, extremely cold nature, non-toxic]. Mainly treats lingering heat in the chest, Qi stagnation, jaundice, unblocks blood vessels, and removes gu poison. Also known as Huangshifangshan (Yellow Stone Fang Mountain). Harvesting time is unrestricted. (Adverse reaction with Croton Fructus [Badou].)
[Sweet taste, neutral nature, toxic]. Mainly treats chills and fever, directs Qi downward, cauterizes foul flesh, kills birds and rodents. Grows in the Western Regions. Harvesting time is unrestricted.
[Salty taste, non-toxic]. Mainly treats female genital erosion, severe heat, and dry crusts. Grows on the shady cliffs of high mountains; color is white like fat. Harvesting time is unrestricted.
[Sweet taste, non-toxic]. Mainly treats leukorrhea and various diseases, difficult labor, retained placenta, abortion, nourishes Blood and Qi, clears heat in the blood vessels of the Five Zang organs, treats blood bi and stasis, fright-Qi entering the abdomen in adults and children, and impotence. Also known as Xueshi (Blood Master). Grows in the State of Qi; appears reddish-purple or bluish-green, glossy like a rooster's comb. Those that stain the fingernails without fading are of good quality. Harvesting time is unrestricted. (Adverse reaction with Tianxiong [Aconite Lateral Root].)
*Ben Jing* original text: Daizhe (Hematitum), taste bitter, nature cold. Mainly treats Guizhu (ghost injection/tuberculosis), Zaifeng (thief wind), gu poison; kills spirits, evil ghosts, and toxic pathogenic factors in the abdomen; treats red discharge and metrorrhagia in women. Also known as Xuwan (Mustard Pill). Grows in...