菟丝子为之使。
苦、咸，微寒。入足厥阴经。疗百节结气，除头风疼痛，治青盲，止痫杀疥虫。烧存性，
研末，酒服，治产后寒热，
心闷极胀。
茸
麻勃为之使。
甘，温。纯阳。入足少阴经血分。通督脉之气舍，达奇经之阳道，生精补髓，养血益阳。
止梦交，疗崩带，破瘀血，
散痈肿，治石淋，止遗尿。一切阳虚，以致耳聋目暗，眩运虚痢等症，得此自治。配苁蓉、
麝香，治酒泄骨立。配参、
，提痘浆。配狗脊、白蔹、艾，治冷带不止。
状如红玉，破之肌如朽木者佳。去毛骨用，或羊脂涂炙，或好酒浸炙，或黄精汁煮，或
老酒浸蒸，随症法制。阴火
盛者禁用。
茸中有小白虫，鼻嗅之人颡，药不能疗。
角
杜仲为之使。
咸，温。入手少阳、足少阴经血分。助相火，通督脉，生用∶行血消肿，辟邪祟。熟用∶
强阳活血，除梦交。得人
参、生姜，治产后喜呕。得发炭，治小儿滞下。配地丁，消虚人乳痈。用酒下，治跌打折伤。
涂肿毒，醋磨。行瘀血， 用。命门火炽，疮毒宜凉者，并禁用。
角霜
将角截断入瓦器中，泥裹入火烧一日，状如玉粉，其名为霜。治与角同。
角胶
得火良。畏大黄。
甘、咸、温。入足少阴经血分。补阴中之阳道，通督脉之血舍。壮筋骨，疗崩带，妇人
虚冷
，胎寒腹痛，此为要药。得龙骨，治盗汗遗精。得茯苓，治小便频数。
水浸七日，刮净，桑柴煮七日，入醋少许，取角捣成霜，其汁加无灰酒熬胶。折伤，酒
送。
真阴虚服之，火炎水愈涸。痰热、血症俱禁用。
肾
甘，平。煮粥食之，补中，安五脏，壮元阳。
[Saigan Blood (Blood of Wild Goat)]
Salty, cold. Disperses blood stasis and harmonizes injuries, possessing remarkable efficacy.
Cuscutae Semen (Tusizi, 菟丝子) serves as the guiding herb (shi).
[Horn of Sheep (Yangjiao)]
Bitter, salty, slightly cold. Enters the Foot-Jueyin Liver Meridian. Treats qi stagnation in all joints, eliminates wind-induced headache, treats Qingmang (blindness or blurred vision), stops epilepsy, and kills scabies mites. Calcined to retain its nature, ground into powder, and taken with wine, it treats postpartum alternating chills and fever, extreme chest stuffiness, and distension.
[Deer Antler Velvet (Lurong)]
Mabore (Mabo, 麻勃) serves as the guiding herb (shi).
Sweet, warm. Pure yang. Enters the blood aspect of the Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian. Unblocks the Qi residence of the Du Mai (Governing Vessel), reaches the Yang pathways of the Extraordinary Vessels, generates essence, supplements marrow, nourishes blood, and benefits yang. Stops nocturnal emission with sexual dreams, treats metrorrhagia and leukorrhea, breaks up blood stasis, disperses carbuncles and swellings, treats stone strangury (lithuria), and stops urinary enuresis. For all conditions caused by yang deficiency leading to deafness, dim vision, vertigo, and deficiency-type dysentery, self-healing occurs upon obtaining this substance. Combined with Cistanche Deserticola Root (Rongshou, 肉苁蓉) and Moschus (Shexiang, 麝香), it treats alcohol-induced diarrhea and emaciation. Combined with Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma (Renshen, 人参) and [text missing], it promotes the filling of smallpox pustules. Combined with Dryopteris Crassirhizoma Rhizome (Gouji, 狗脊), Ampelopsis Japonica Rhizome (Bailian, 白蔹), and Artemisia Argyi Folium (Aiye, 艾), it treats persistent cold-type leukorrhea.
Deer antler velvet resembling red jade is excellent; those that appear like rotten wood when broken are preferred. Use the meat without hair and bone, or roast with sheep fat, or roast after soaking in good wine, or boil with Polygonatum Sibiricum Juice (Huangjingzhi, 黄精汁), or steam after soaking in aged wine, according to the specific condition. Contraindicated for those with yin deficiency and fire hyperactivity.
Small white worms exist within deer antler velvet; if inhaled into the nasal cavity, they cause diseases that cannot be cured by medicine.
[Deer Horn (Lu Jiao)]
Eucommia Bark (Duzhong, 杜仲) serves as the guiding herb (shi).
Salty, warm. Enters the blood aspect of the Hand-Shaoyang Sanjiao Meridian and Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian. Assists ministerial fire, unblocks the Du Mai. Raw use: moves blood, reduces swelling, wards off evil influences. Cooked use: strengthens yang, moves blood, eliminates nocturnal emission with sexual dreams. With Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma (Renshen, 人参) and Zingiberis Recens Rhizoma (Shengjiang, 生姜), it treats postpartum frequent vomiting. With Carbonized Human Hair (Fatan, 发炭), it treats infantile dysentery (zhixia). With Viola Yedoensis Herba (Diding, 地丁), it dissipates breast abscesses in deficient individuals. Taken with wine, it treats fractures and dislocations. For applying to toxic swellings, grind with vinegar. To move blood stasis, [text missing]. Contraindicated for those with blazing fire at the Gate of Life (Mingmen) and sores/toxins requiring cooling treatments.
[Deer Horn Frost (Lu Jiaoshuang)]
Cut the horn, place it in a clay vessel, wrap with mud, and burn in fire for one day. It resembles jade powder; this is named "frost." Its therapeutic actions are the same as Deer Horn (Lu Jiao).
[Deer Horn Gelatin (Lu Jiaojiao)]
Benefits from fire. Averse to Rheum Palmatum Rhizome (Dahuang, 大黄).
Sweet, salty, warm. Enters the blood aspect of the Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian. Supplements the yang pathway within yin, unblocks the blood residence of the Du Mai. Strengthens sinews and bones, treats metrorrhagia and leukorrhea; it is a key medicine for treating uterine coldness in women, fetal coldness, and abdominal pain. With Os Draconis (Longgu, 龙骨), it treats night sweats and seminal emission. With Poria (Fuling, 茯苓), it treats frequent urination.
Soak in water for seven days, scrape clean, boil for seven days using mulberry wood fire, add a little vinegar, take out the horn, pound into frost, extract the juice, add non-ash wine, and boil into gelatin. For fractures/dislocations, take with wine.
Contraindicated for those with true yin deficiency, as it will intensify fire and dry up fluids further. Contraindicated for phlegm-heat syndromes and blood disorders.
[Deer Kidney (Lu Shen)]
Sweet, neutral. Boil to make porridge and eat; it tonifies the middle, calms the five zang organs, and strengthens primal yang.