味咸，平，有毒。主目翳，鬼疰蛊毒，腹痛下血，五癃，利水道，除寒热温疰，解肌，
散结热。烧用，良。《药性论》云∶贝子，使。破五淋，利小便。治伤寒狂热。日华子云∶
贝齿，凉。治翳障并鬼毒蛊气。下血。《海药》云∶主水气浮肿，孩子疳蚀及吐乳，并烧用。
亦名KT 子。
味甘咸，温，有毒。主中风，湿痹不仁，筋脉拘急，口面 斜，半身不遂，骨节疼痛，
大风疥癞及暴风瘙痒，脚弱不能久立。《药性论》云∶君。主治肺风，鼻塞，身生白癜风，
疡，斑点及浮风，瘾疹。《图经》云∶治风，速于诸蛇。然有大毒，头尾各一尺尤甚，不
可用。只用中断干者，以酒浸去皮骨，炙过收之，不复蛀坏。其骨须远弃之，不然刺伤人与
生者殆同。又治疥癞遍体，诸药不能及者。生∶南地。
味甘，温，无毒。主疗心腹冷气，小儿五疳，辟疫，治肠风，通利气脉，女子血闭。一
云；治伤冷积聚。又治产妇血晕，昏迷上冲，闷绝不知人事。又治血崩不止。《经效方》∶治
妇人心痛，血气刺不可忍者。又治妇人经血不止。出∶北地。是寒号虫粪。
味甘，辛，有毒。疗诸风、瘾疹及中风半身不遂，口眼 斜，语涩，手足抽掣。又治中
风抽掣手足，小儿惊搐。《经验方》∶治小儿惊风。用蝎一个，不去头尾，薄荷四叶，裹合火
上炙令薄荷焦，同碾末，作四服，大人风涎只一服。《杜壬方》∶治肾虚耳聋。
[Bei Zi (Concha Arcae)]
Taste: Salty. Nature: Neutral. Toxicity: Toxic. Indications: Primarily treats leukoma of the eye, Gui Zhu (ghostly fixation) and Gu Du (poisonous toxins), abdominal pain with bloody stool, Wu Long (five types of strangury), promotes urination, eliminates cold-heat Wen Zhu (warm febrile diseases), resolves the muscle layer, and dissipates nodular heat. It is best used after calcination. *Yao Xing Lun* states: Bei Zi serves as an envoy herb. It breaks five types of strangury and promotes urination. It treats manic fever caused by Shang Han (cold damage). Ri Hua Zi states: Bei Chi (shell teeth) is cooling. It treats leukoma and bleeding due to ghostly toxins and Gu Qi. *Hai Yao Ben Cao* states: It treats edema due to water qi, infantian erosion in children, and vomiting of milk; all should be used after calcination. Also known as KT Zi.
[Quan Xie (Scorpio)]
Taste: Sweet, Salty. Nature: Warm. Toxicity: Toxic. Indications: Primarily treats Zhong Feng (wind stroke), Shi Bi (dampness bi-syndrome) causing numbness, tendon and vessel spasm and urgency, deviation of the mouth and eyes, hemiplegia, joint pain, Da Feng Jie Lai (severe skin diseases like leprosy), and sudden severe itching. *Yao Xing Lun* states: Quan Xie serves as a sovereign herb. It primarily treats Fei Feng (wind affecting the lungs), nasal congestion, vitiligo on the body, ulcers, spots, Fu Feng (floating wind), and Yin Zhen (urticaria). *Tu Jing* states: It treats wind disorders faster than various snakes. However, it has high toxicity; the parts one chi long at the head and tail are especially toxic and should not be used. Only the dried middle section is used. It is soaked in wine, the skin and bones are removed, it is roasted, and then stored so that it will not be damaged by insects. The bones must be discarded far away; otherwise, if they prick a person, the harm is similar to that of a live scorpion. It also treats generalized Jie Lai (scabies/leprosy) that other medicines cannot reach. Origin: Southern regions.
[Han Hao Chong Fen (Excrement of Aegialus)]
Taste: Sweet. Nature: Warm. Toxicity: Non-toxic. Indications: Primarily treats cold qi in the heart and abdomen, Wu Gang (five types of infantian syndrome) in children, wards off epidemics, treats Chang Feng (blood in stool due to wind), promotes the free flow of qi and vessels, and treats amenorrhea in women. Another theory states: It treats accumulations caused by cold. It also treats blood syncope in postpartum women, coma with rebellious qi rushing upward, suffocation and unconsciousness. It also treats metrorrhagia (uncontrolled uterine bleeding). *Jing Xiao Fang* states: It treats heart pain in women, where stabbing pain from blood and qi is unbearable. It also treats prolonged menstrual bleeding in women. Origin: Northern regions. This is the excrement of the Han Hao Chong.
[Xie (Scorpion)]
Taste: Sweet, Pungent. Toxicity: Toxic. Indications: Treats various wind disorders, Yin Zhen (urticaria), and Zhong Feng (wind stroke) causing hemiplegia, deviation of the mouth and eyes, slurred speech, and convulsions of the hands and feet. It also treats convulsions of the hands and feet caused by Zhong Feng, and infantile convulsive tremors. *Jing Yan Fang* states: To treat infantile convulsive wind, use one scorpion, without removing the head or tail, wrapped with four leaves of Bo He (Mint), roasted over fire until the mint is scorched, then ground into powder together. Divide into four doses for adults; for adult Feng Xian (wind phlegm), only one dose is needed. *Du Ren Fang* states: It treats deafness due to Kidney deficiency.