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Mianli Fish (Anguilla): Sweet in flavor, toxic. Mainly treats the five types of hemorrhoids (five kinds of anal hemorrhoids), sores and ulcers, and kills various parasites.

Male Mianli Fish: Slightly toxic. Primarily benefits essence and qi, strengthens sexual function, prevents fatigue during intercourse, and also helps to secure semen and stop premature emission.

Mianli Fish Feces: Warm in nature, non-toxic. Mainly treats intestinal rumbling and abdominal pain, xiaoke disease (wasting-thirst syndrome), wind-bi syndrome, and urticaria (hives).

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[Unspecified Entity]: Sweet in flavor, non-toxic. Mainly treats infertility, benefits qi and strength. Resembles a bee, has a thick waist, feeds on grass and tree leaves. Harvested in March.

[Unspecified Entity]: Sweet in flavor, non-toxic. Mainly brightens the eyes, wards off military disasters and inauspiciousness, and benefits qi and strength.

[Unspecified Entity]: Sweet in flavor, non-toxic. Treats bi syndrome (obstruction syndrome).

[Unspecified Entity]: Non-toxic. Stops dysentery, reduces excessive salivation, relieves dry mouth. Grows in Hanzhong, harvested in May, dried over fire.

Additionally, Plum Root (Pruni Radix): Treats wind-bi syndrome; plum roots dug out of the soil are poisonous and can cause death. Plum Fruit (Prunus mume fruit): Unblocks meridians and collaterals, removes bi syndrome.

Original text from *Shennong Bencao Jing*: Plum Fruit, sour in flavor, neutral in nature. Mainly descends qi, eliminates heat,烦满 (irritability and fullness), calms the mind, treats limb pain, hemiplegia with numbness, necrotic muscle tissue, and removes...

[Unspecified Entity]: Sweet in flavor, non-toxic. Mainly treats the five types of hemorrhoids, removes three types of parasites, gu poison (parasitic poisoning), and guizhu (a contagious disease or mental disorder). Grows in Yongchang.

[Unspecified Entity]: Sweet in flavor, cold in nature, non-toxic. Mainly unblocks the qi of the nose and ears, treats insufficiency of the intestines...

Additionally, Fire Persimmon (Ripe Persimmon): Mainly detoxifies, treats metal wounds (lacerations), burns, promotes flesh regeneration, and relieves pain. Soft, ripe persimmons resolve alcohol-heat toxicity, stop dry mouth, and suppress heat in the stomach.

[Unspecified Entity]: Sour in flavor, warm, non-toxic. Mainly treats damp-bi pathogenic factors, cholera-like syndrome, severe vomiting and diarrhea, and persistent muscle cramps (charley horse). Its branches can also be boiled for use.

[Unspecified Entity]: Sweet in flavor, neutral, non-toxic. Mainly descends qi, harmonizes the middle jiao, tonifies spleen qi, and promotes bowel movement.

[Unspecified Entity]: Pungent in flavor, neutral, toxic. Mainly relaxes the stomach and intestines, nourishes the skin and muscles, and lubricates the bowels. Also known as Tuzhi (Earth Ganoderma).

[Unspecified Entity]: Bitter and sweet in flavor, slightly cold, non-toxic. Mainly treats xiaoke disease, bi-heat, heat in the middle jiao, and benefits qi. Also known as Jiegu, also known as Shuiping. Leaves appear in February, resembling taro leaves. Roots are harvested on the third day of the third lunar month and sun-dried.

[Unspecified Entity]: Non-toxic. The leaves enter the tongue channel, eliminate pathogenic factors from the large and small intestines, benefit the middle jiao, and strengthen willpower. Grows in Leize.

Original text from *Shennong Bencao Jing*: Polygonum Fruit (Polygoni Fructus), pungent in flavor, warm. Mainly brightens the eyes, warms the middle jiao, resists wind and cold, moves downward water retention, treats facial and ocular edema, and abscesses.

Ma Liao (Knotweed): Removes leeches from the intestines,