生石上， 之，日柔为沐。
味辛。主治寒热，蛇蜂螫人。一名起莫，一名三石，一名当田。生田中，叶一茎小黑
高三尺，根黑。三月采，阴干。
味苦，有毒。主治痿痹，不便，下痢。一名鹿麻，一名归泽麻，一名天麻，一名若
生田野。五月采。
人 者味甘，有毒。主治疝痹，通气，诸不足。生人家宫室。五月、十月采，曝干。
味苦，寒，无毒。主治消渴，止血，妇人疾，除痹。一名梨。叶如大青。
有毒。
《本经》原文∶六畜毛蹄甲，味咸，平。主鬼注蛊毒，寒热惊痫，癫 狂走。骆驼
毛尤良。
味甘，有毒。主治鬼疰、蛊毒，却鱼鲠，止久嗽，烧服之。肉，治疫气、温病，及牛
时行病，煮矢灌之亦良。
又，獭四足，主手足皮 裂。
味甘，有毒。主治女子绝产，阴痒，小儿阴颓卵肿；五脏及肠，味苦，微寒，有毒
蛊毒寒热，小儿惊痫。雄狐屎，烧之辟恶。在木石上者是。
Grows on rocks. Boil it until soft and use it for hair washing and bathing.
Sweet in taste, non-toxic. Primarily treats pain and eliminates blood stasis.
Sour in taste, non-toxic. Primarily treats pathogenic factors of the Liver (Gan). Also known as Dufeng.
Bitter in taste, non-toxic. Primarily treats flaccidity syndromes and fractures.
Sweet in taste, non-toxic. Primarily treats hernia (Shan).
Acrid in taste, non-toxic. Primarily treats dizziness and bi-syndrome (Bi Zheng).
Sour in taste. Primarily treats qi stagnation and carbuncles located at the throat. Grows in the sea. Harvested in August and September.
Acrid in taste, non-toxic. Primarily treats heat-type strangury (Long) in the heart and abdomen.
Acrid in taste. Primarily treats alternating chills and fever, and snake or bee stings. Also known as Qimo, Sanshi, and Dangtian. Grows in fields; leaves have a single black stem, plant height is three chi, roots are black. Harvested in March, dried in shade.
Bitter in taste, toxic. Primarily treats flaccidity-bi syndrome, difficulty in urination and defecation, and dysentery. Also known as Luma, Guizema, Tianma, and Ruo. Grows in fields. Harvested in May.
Human excrement is sweet in taste, toxic. Primarily treats hernia-bi, promotes qi circulation, and treats various deficiencies. Grows in human dwellings. Harvested in May and October, sun-dried.
Salty in taste, warm. Primarily treats heart and abdominal pain, stops diarrhea, and treats pus and blood in stool.
Bitter in taste, cold, non-toxic. Primarily treats Xiao Ke (wasting-thirst), stops bleeding, treats gynecological diseases, and eliminates bi-syndrome. Also known as Li. Leaves resemble those of Da Qing.
Sour in taste, non-toxic. Primarily treats various malignant qi.
Bitter in taste, toxic. Primarily treats cough.
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Acrid in taste, neutral. Treats Gu poison. Grows in Yizhou.
Toxic.
Original text from *Shennong Bencao Jing*: Hooves and claws of livestock are salty in taste, neutral. They primarily treat Gui Zhu (ghostly transmission) and Gu poison, alternating chills and fever, fright seizures, mania, and running amok. Camel hair is particularly effective.
Slightly cold. Primarily treats fright, crying, and sorrow caused by the five pathogens. Burn to ash, mix with wine or water to form a measure of one cun cube, to treat ant bites.
Sweet in taste, toxic. Primarily treats Gui Zhu, Gu poison, removes fish bones stuck in the throat, stops chronic cough, and should be taken after burning. Its meat treats epidemic qi, warm diseases, and seasonal epidemics in cattle; boiling and administering the juice is also effective.
Additionally, the four feet of the raccoon dog (Ta) treat cracking of the skin on hands and feet.
Sweet in taste, toxic. Primarily treats female infertility, vaginal itching, and swelling of the infant's scrotum/testicles; its internal organs and intestines are bitter in taste, slightly cold, and toxic, treating Gu poison with chills and fever, and infantile fright seizures. Excrement of male foxes, when burned, wards off evil. The excrement found on trees and rocks is the valid form.