味辛,温,无毒。主辟恶气,杀鬼精物,温疟,蛊毒,痫 ,去三虫,疗诸凶邪鬼气,
中恶。心腹暴痛胀急痞满,风毒,妇人产难,堕胎,去面 ,目中肤翳。《药性论》云∶臣。
禁食大蒜。味苦辛。除百邪魅、鬼疰,心痛,小儿惊痫客忤,镇心安神。以当门子一粒,丹
砂相似,细研,熟水灌下。止小便利,能蚀一切痈疮脓。日华子云∶辟邪气,杀鬼毒蛊气,
疟疾,催生,堕胎,杀脏腑虫,制蛇蚕咬。沙虱溪瘴毒,吐风痰。纳子宫,暖水脏,止冷带
疾。出∶中台川谷、益州、雍州、陕西。
味苦,平,有小毒。主惊痫,寒热,热盛狂 ,除邪逐鬼,疗小儿百病诸痫热,口不开,
大人狂癫,又堕胎。《药性论》云∶君。味甘。能辟邪魅,安魂定魄,小儿夜啼,主猝中恶,
日华子云∶凉。疗中风失音口噤,妇人血禁,惊悸,天行时疾,健忘虚乏。人参为之使。得∶
牡丹、菖蒲,利耳目。恶∶龙骨、地黄、龙胆、蜚蠊、常山。畏∶牛膝、干漆等。
味甘,微寒、微温,无毒。主风痹不仁筋急,五脏腹中积聚,寒热羸瘦,头疡白秃、面
,食饮吐呕。《药性论》云∶胆∶臣。恶∶防己、地黄。主小儿五疳,杀虫,治恶疮。
熊脂∶君。治面上 及治疮。日华子云∶熊白,凉,无毒。治风,补虚损,杀劳虫。脂,
强心、脑、髓,去白秃,风屑,疗头旋,疳疮,耳鼻疮。
Musk (Moschus): Pungent, warm, non-toxic. Primarily dispels evil qi, kills ghostly spirits and malignant substances, treats warm malaria, gu poison, epilepsy, eliminates three types of parasites, cures various ominous evil qi and ghostly afflictions, as well as sudden attack by evil qi. It alleviates sudden severe pain, distension, urgency, and fullness in the heart and abdomen; treats wind toxicity; assists women in difficult labor; induces abortion; removes facial macules; and treats corneal opacities in the eyes. *Yao Xing Lun* states: Minister herb. Contraindicated with garlic. Bitter and pungent. Eliminates hundred types of malevolent spirits and ghostly infections; treats heart pain; pediatric convulsions, epilepsy, and external shock; calms the heart and anchors the spirit. Take one grain of Dangmenzi (central musk gland), resembling Cinnabar, finely ground, and administer with cooked water. Stops frequent urination; can erode pus from all carbuncles and sores. Ri Huazi states: Dispels evil qi, kills ghostly toxins and gu qi, treats malaria, promotes childbirth, induces abortion, kills internal parasites, counteracts snake and insect bites, sandfly and stream miasma poisoning, expels wind-phlegm. Introduced into the uterus, warms the Water Organ (Kidney/Bladder system), stops cold leukorrhea. Origin: Zhongtai Chuangu, Yizhou, Yongzhou, Shaanxi.
Calculus Bovis (Niuhuang): Bitter, neutral, slightly toxic. Primarily treats convulsions and epilepsy, alternating chills and fever, mania due to excessive heat, dispels evil and drives out ghosts, cures pediatric diseases and various heat-type epilepsies, inability to open the mouth, adult manic epilepsy, and also induces abortion. *Yao Xing Lun* states: Sovereign herb. Sweet. Can dispel malevolent spirits, calm the soul and魄 (ethereal soul), treat nocturnal crying in infants, and primarily treat sudden attack by evil qi. Ri Huazi states: Cooling. Treats stroke with aphasia and locked jaw, women's blood obstruction, palpitations, epidemic febrile diseases, forgetfulness, and deficiency-fatigue. Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma (Renshen) acts as its guide. Combined with Moutan Cortex (Mudanpi) and Acori Tatarinowii Rhizoma (Changpu), benefits ears and eyes. Clashes with Ossa Femoris (Gulong), Rehmanniae Radix (Dihuang), Gentianae Radix (Longdan), Blatta orientalis (Feilang), and Dichroiae Radix (Changshan). Feared by Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix (Niuxi) and Dried Lacquer (Ganqi), etc.
Bear Gallbladder and Bear Fat (Xiongdan/Xiongzhi): Sweet, slightly cold, slightly warm, non-toxic. Primarily treats wind-bi with numbness and tendon stiffness, accumulations in the five zang organs and abdomen, alternating chills and fever with emaciation, scalp ulcers with alopecia, facial macules, and vomiting after eating or drinking. *Yao Xing Lun* states: Bear Gallbladder is a Minister herb. Clashes with Stephaniae Tetrandrae Radix (Fangji) and Rehmanniae Radix (Dihuang). Primarily treats pediatric five types of giardiasis, kills parasites, treats malignant sores. Bear Fat is a Sovereign herb. Treats facial macules and sores. Ri Huazi states: Bear fat (white part), cooling, non-toxic. Treats wind, tonifies deficiency, kills consumption worms. Bear fat strengthens the heart, brain, and marrow, removes alopecia and dandruff, treats vertigo, giardiasis sores, and ear/nose sores.