味苦甘，平，寒，大温，有毒。主寒热，鼠 ，恶疮，疽痔，死肌。疗疥虫， 疮，
痛，鼻中息肉及绝筋破骨，百节中大风，积聚，癖气，中恶，腹痛，鬼疰，杀精物恶鬼邪
百虫毒，胜五兵，杀诸蛇虺毒。《药性论》云∶金苗也，杀百毒。味辛，有大毒。能治
辟百邪鬼魅，杀虫毒。人佩之鬼神不敢近。萧炳云∶君。日华子云∶微毒。治疥癣，
癫痫，岚障，一切蛇虫大兽咬伤。一云∶治伤寒骨蒸，耳聋，养胎，症瘕积聚，去三
气，疗金疮及缠喉风。解∶藜芦毒、箭毒。
味酸，温，大热，有毒。主妇人阴蚀，疽痔恶血，坚筋骨，除头秃，疗心腹积聚，
冷癖在胁，咳逆上气，脚冷疼弱无力及鼻衄，恶疮，下部 疮，止血，杀疥虫。《药
云∶君。有大毒，以黑锡煎汤解之。能下气，治脚弱，腰肾久冷，除冷风顽痹，生用
及疗寒热咳逆，炼服主虚损泄精。萧炳云∶臣。日华子云∶壮阳道，治 癖冷气，补
损，风劳气，止嗽上气及下部痔 ，杀腹脏虫，邪魅等。曾青为使。畏∶细辛、飞廉
味辛甘，平，大寒，有毒。主恶疮，头秃，痂疥，杀毒虫虱，身痒，邪气诸毒。蚀鼻中
息肉，下部 疮，身面白驳，散皮肤死肌及恍惚邪气，杀蜂蛇毒。《药性论》云∶君。不
汤药。一云∶治乌癞疮，杀虫，妇人久冷，血气攻心疼痛。又治肺劳咳嗽，缩小便。又治
嗽，暴嗽，劳嗽，天时行病，小腹满不得小便。一云∶辟邪去恶。
[Realgar]
Bitter, sweet, neutral, cold, greatly warm, toxic. Primarily treats alternating chills and fever (Hanre), scrofula (Shulou - tuberculous lymphadenitis of the neck), malignant sores, carbuncles and hemorrhoids, and necrotic tissue. Treats skin diseases caused by scabies mites, pustular sores, painful swellings, nasal polyps, as well as severed tendons and broken bones. It can dispel severe wind pathogens in all joints, dissipate accumulations and masses (Jiju, Piqi), resolve evil qi causing abdominal pain, expel Gui Zhu (ghostly transmission - a highly contagious disease), kill spirits, evil ghosts, and venom from hundreds of insects. It withstands weapons, kills the venom of various snakes and vipers. *Yao Xing Lun* states: "It is the sprout of metal minerals, killing hundred poisons." Acrid, greatly toxic. Capable of treating and warding off hundred evils, ghosts, and demons; killing insect toxins. When worn by humans, ghosts and gods dare not approach. Xiao Bing says: It is the Sovereign herb. Ri Hua Zi says: Slightly toxic. Treats tinea and scabies, epilepsy, Lanzhang (miasma diseases in Lingnan region), and all snake, insect, and large beast bites. Another account states: Treats bone-steaming due to cold damage (Guzheng), deafness, nourishes the fetus, treats Zheng Jia Ji Ju (abdominal masses), removes three types of qi, treats metallic wounds (Jinchuang) and strangling throat wind (Chantoufeng). Resolves Lili poison and arrow poison.
[Sulfur]
Sour, warm, greatly hot, toxic. Primarily treats erosion of the female yin, malignant blood from carbuncles and hemorrhoids, strengthens sinews and bones, cures alopecia capitis, treats heart and abdominal accumulations, cold masses in the hypochondrium, cough with rebellious qi, cold pain and weakness in the feet, epistaxis, malignant sores, lower body ulcers, stops bleeding, kills scabies mites. *Yao Xing Lun* states: It is the Sovereign herb. Greatly toxic; its toxicity can be resolved by decocting black tin (Heixi). It can direct qi downward, treat foot weakness, chronic coldness of the waist and kidneys, remove cold wind and stubborn bi-syndrome. Raw use treats chills, fever, cough, and rebellious qi; refined use treats deficiency loss and seminal emission. Xiao Bing says: It is the Minister herb. Ri Hua Zi says: Strengthens the yang pathway, treats cold qi from masses, tonifies deficiency, wind-labor qi, stops cough and rebellious qi, treats lower body hemorrhoids, kills abdominal and visceral parasites, evil charms, etc. Acts as an Assistant with Qingcai (Azurite). Incompatible with Xixin (Asari Radix et Rhizoma) and Feilian (Carduus Bawang).
[Orpiment]
Acrid, sweet, neutral, greatly cold, toxic. Primarily treats malignant sores, alopecia capitis, crusty scabies, kills poisonous insects and lice, relieves body itching, evil qi and various toxins. Erodes nasal polyps, lower body ulcers, white patches on the body, dissipates dead skin tissue and delirious evil qi, kills bee and snake venom. *Yao Xing Lun* states: It is the Sovereign herb. Does not dissolve in herbal decoctions. Another account states: Treats wulai sores (black leprosy sores), kills insects, treats chronic coldness in women, pain from blood and qi attacking the heart. Also treats lung labor cough, reduces urination volume. Also treats various coughs, sudden cough, labor cough, seasonal epidemic diseases, abdominal fullness with inability to urinate. Another account states: Ward off evil and remove malignancy.