味苦辛，温，无毒。主女子寒热症瘕，月闭积聚，阴肿痛，漏下，无子，泄痢。《药
论》云∶使。味甘，平。主女子血结，月候不通，能涩肠止痢，温暖。日华子云∶味甘，
痔，泄精，男子水脏冷，鼻洪吐血。入药烧用。生∶邯郸山谷。
味辛，平，无毒。主身痒，火疮痈伤，白秃，疥瘙，死肌，侵淫在皮肤中。煮炼服
阴气，可化为丹。日华子云∶玻璃，冷，无毒。安心止惊悸，明目，摩翳障。陈脏器云∶玻
璃，主身热目赤，以水浸令冷，熨之。杀锡毒，得水银良。畏∶鸡骨。
味辛，平，无毒。疗折伤，散血止痛，破积聚。日华子云∶凉。排脓，消瘀血，续
治产后血邪，安心止惊悸。以酒磨服。雷公云∶石髓铅即自然铜也，凡使勿用方金牙
金牙真似石髓铅，若误饵吐煞人。其石髓铅色似干银泥。《丹房镜源》云∶可食之。
铅山县，银场铜坑中深处有铜矿，多年矿气结成，似马屁勃。色紫重，食之若涩是真
今人只以大 石为自然铜，误也。
味咸，无毒。主鬼疰。生蜀郡。如金色者良。《药性论》云∶君。治一切风，筋
腰脚不遂。烧浸服之良。日华子云∶味甘，平。治一切冷风气，暖腰膝，补脏水，
儿惊痫，入药并烧淬，去粗汁，乃用。今出蜀汉，似粗金，大小如棋子而方，又
但外色黑，不入药。孙思邈云∶治风及鬼疰，南方瘴气，传尸等病。葛洪云∶
山溪谷、茂州、维州亦有胜汉中者。
[Bai'e (Kaolin)] Bitter and acrid, warm, non-toxic. Primarily treats chills and fever, abdominal masses (zheng jia), amenorrhea with accumulations, swelling and pain in the yin region, metrorrhagia, infertility, diarrhea, and dysentery. *Yao Lun* states: Used as a guiding drug (shi). Sweet, neutral. Treats blood stasis in women, irregular menstruation; can astringe the intestines to stop dysentery, and has a warming effect. Ri Huazi states: Sweet. Treats hemorrhoids, seminal emission, coldness of the male kidney (shui zang), epistaxis, and hematemesis. For medicinal use, calcine before application. Originates from the valleys of Handan.
[Jinya] Acrid, neutral, non-toxic. Treats pruritus, burns, carbuncles, white tinea capitis (bai tu), scabies, necrotic tissue, and spreading skin lesions (qin yin). Boiling and refining it can nourish yin qi and transform it into cinnabar. Ri Huazi states: Glass (referring to a mineral, not modern glass), cold, non-toxic. Calms the mind and stops palpitations, brightens the eyes, and when ground, removes ocular nebula. Chen Zangqi states: Glass treats body heat and red eyes; soak in water until cold and apply as a compress. Neutralizes tin toxicity; works well combined with mercury. Aversion: Chicken bone.
[Ziran Tong (Natural Copper)] Acrid, neutral, non-toxic. Treats fractures, disperses blood stasis to relieve pain, and breaks down accumulations. Ri Huazi states: Cool. Expels pus, resolves blood stasis, promotes healing of broken bones, treats postpartum blood pathogenic factors, calms the mind, and stops palpitations. Take with wine. Lei Gong states: Shi Mei Qian is Natural Copper. Do not use square-shaped Jinya. Jinya resembles Shi Mei Qian; if mistakenly ingested, it causes fatal vomiting. Shi Mei Qian resembles dried silver mud. *Dan Fang Jing Yuan* states: It is edible. In Lianshan County, deep within silver fields and copper pits, copper ore condenses over years of mineral vapor, resembling a puffball mushroom. It is purple and heavy; if it tastes astringent when eaten, it is authentic. Modern people mistake large stones for Natural Copper, which is an error.
[Dai Zhe Shi (Hematite)] Salty, non-toxic. Treats Gui Zhu (ghost infection/chronic consumptive disease). Originates from Shu Commandery. Those resembling gold are superior. *Yao Xing Lun* states: Used as the sovereign drug (jun). Treats all wind pathogens, tendon stiffness, and inability to move the waist and legs. Calcine, steep in water, and take for best results. Ri Huazi states: Sweet, neutral. Treats all cold wind pathogens, warms the waist and knees, tonifies the kidney water, and treats pediatric convulsions and epilepsy. For medicinal use, calcine and quench in water, remove coarse juices, then use. Currently produced in Shu and Han regions; resembles coarse gold, square like chess pieces but black on the outside, unsuitable for medicinal use. Sun Simiao states: Treats wind pathogens, Gui Zhu, southern miasma, and transmittable corpse diseases. Ge Hong states: Locations such as mountain streams, Maozhou, and Weizhou also produce superior varieties compared to Hanzhong.