甘,温。主疰忤,镇肝魂,疗劳怯之热,杀变幻之虫。治肠痔,消水胀。
即腽肭脐
咸,大热。入足少阴经。补精益肾。助阳气,暖腰膝,破症结,除积冷。
以汉椒、樟脑同收则不坏。酒浸煎熟用,或酒浸纸裹炙用。
肉
即老鼠
治儿疳鼠 。
胆
明目治聋。
脂膏
疗疮疡汤火伤。
粪
甘、咸、微寒。入足厥阴经。能引诸药入至阴之处,通阴舒阳,而解其热。凡阴阳劳复
者,此可治之。得栀子、枳壳、葱白、豆豉,治伤寒劳复。配乱发,等分烧灰,治疔疮恶肿
。(刺破疮头纳入,甚效。)配韭根,治男子阴易。配大黄、黍粥,涂乳痈。
两头尖者是雄鼠粪。
甘,寒。主咽喉痹痛,一切热气,含咽即效。
皮
得酒良。畏桔梗、麦门冬。
苦,平。治肠风,疗反胃,破畜血,止鼻衄。(以末吹鼻。)配磁石、桂心,治脱肛。
末涂
乳头饮儿,治小儿惊啼,状如物刺。和发炭,治犬伤。合穿山甲同烧,入肉果,治五痔下血。
锉细炒黑用。
肉
炙食肥下焦、理胃气。
脂
制五金八石。伏雄黄。
滴耳治聋。
胆
点痘后风眼。
(十种)
苦,微温。入手少阴、足厥阴经血分。消瘀(能去窍血。)生新,补阴甚捷。通关格,
疗惊痫
,除咳嗽,止诸血,托痈疽,长肌肉。介宾先生云∶壮肾益肺,阴中有阳,静中有动,为精
气中最要之药。得鸡冠花、柏叶末,治便血。配爪甲灰,治无故遗血。佐鸡子黄,治惊热。
调茅根汁,治诸血。合莲房、败棕烧炭,止窍血。入猪膏煎化,治阴吹。香油煎化,入鸡子
煮服,治广疮,并疗脓窠积年不愈。乱发头发,撩结口中,治胎衣不下。
二十来岁无疾病男子顶心头发,用皂角水洗净,苦参水浸一宿,去水,筑入瓷罐,黄坭
将罐
裹贮,文火 ,候开视成炭者佳。若未成炭,或已成灰,俱不入药用。
Sweet, warm. Primarily treats Zhu Wu (disease caused by evil qi or pestilence), calms the Liver Shen (Spirit), treats heat deficiency in consumption and frailty, and kills metamorphic insects. Treats intestinal hemorrhoids, reduces water distension.
Also known as Panax arctogalidia (Fennec Fox Genital). Salty, extremely hot. Enters the Foot Shaoyin Kidney Meridian. Benefits essence and tonifies the kidney. Assists Yang Qi, warms the waist and knees, breaks up mass formations, and eliminates accumulated cold. It does not spoil when stored together with Zanthoxylum bungeanum (Han Jiao) and Borneolum Syntheticum (Zhang Nao). Use after soaking in wine and boiling, or soak in wine, wrap in paper, and roast.
Meat. Also refers to Rattus norvegicus (Rat). Treats pediatric gan accumulation and scrofula.
Gallbladder. Brightens the eyes and treats deafness.
Fat/Ointment. Treats sores, ulcers, and burns/scalds.
Feces. Sweet, salty, slightly cold. Enters the Foot Jueyin Liver Meridian. Can guide various herbs into the most Yin areas, unblocks Yin and soothes Yang, thereby resolving heat. For cases of Yin-Yang relapse due to overexertion (Lao Fu), this can be used. Combined with Gardenia jasminoides (Zhi Zi), Aurantium indicum (Zhi Ke), Allium fistulosum (Cong Bai), and Glycine max (Dou Chi), it treats Taiyang disease relapse due to overexertion. Paired with human hair (Luan Fa), equal parts calcined to ash, it treats ding sores and malignant swellings. (Puncture the sore head and insert the powder; highly effective.) Paired with Allium tuberosum root (Jiu Gen), it treats male Yin Yi (transmission of pathogenic heat through sexual intercourse after recovery from febrile disease). Paired with Rheum palmatum (Da Huang) and millet porridge, applied topically for mastitis. The feces pointed at both ends are from male rats.
Sweet, cold. Primarily treats throat obstruction and pain, and all types of excessive heat; holding it in the mouth and swallowing brings immediate relief.
Skin. Enhanced by wine. Incompatible with Platycodon grandiflorus (Jie Geng) and Ophiopogon japonicus (Mai Men Dong). Bitter, neutral. Treats wind in the intestines, treats regurgitation, breaks up stagnant blood, stops epistaxis. (Blow the powder into the nasal cavity.) Paired with Magnetitum (Ci Shi) and Cinnamomum cassia bark (Gui Xin), treats rectal prolapse.
Powder application. Applied to nipples for infants, treats pediatric fright crying, resembling sensation of being pricked by an object. Used with carbonized hair, treats dog bites. Calcined together with Manis pentadactyla (Chuan Shan Jia) and added with Myristica fragrans (Rou Guo), treats bleeding from five types of hemorrhoids. Finely chopped, stir-fried until black, then used.
Meat. Roasted and eaten, it nourishes the lower Jiao and regulates Stomach Qi.
Fat. Used to refine metals and minerals. Neutralizes Realgar (Xiong Huang). Dripped into ears to treat deafness.
Gallbladder. Used for wind-eye conditions after smallpox vaccination/inoculation.
(Ten Types)
Bitter, slightly warm. Enters the Blood aspect of the Hand Shaoyin Heart Meridian and Foot Jueyin Liver Meridian. Resolves stasis (can remove stasis from orifices), generates new blood, and tonifies Yin very rapidly. Opens blockages, treats fright epilepsy, eliminates cough, stops various bleeds, expels toxin from carbuncles and sores, and promotes tissue regeneration. Mr. Ji Bin stated: It strengthens the kidney and benefits the lung; within Yin there is Yang, within stillness there is movement. It is one of the most crucial medicines for essence and Qi. Combined with Celosia cristata flower (Ji Guan Hua) and Platycladi Cacumen powder (Bai Ye), treats hematochezia. Paired with nail ash, treats spontaneous bleeding without obvious cause. Assisted by Egg Yolk (Ji Zi Huang), treats fright-heat. Mixed with Imperata cylindrica juice (Mao Gen Zhi), treats various bleeds. Combined with Nelumbinis Semen (Lian Fang) and burnt palm frond (Bai Zong Tan), stops bleeding from orifices. Added to pig fat and melted, treats vaginal flatulence (Yin Chui). Melted in sesame oil, boiled with egg and taken orally, treats chancroid (Guang Chuang) and treats chronic non-healing pustular sores. Human hair tangled in the mouth, treats retained placenta. Hair from the vertex of a 20-something-year-old male without illness, washed clean with soap pod water, soaked overnight in Sophora flavescens water, drained, packed into a porcelain jar, wrapped in yellow mud, and calcined over gentle fire. It is best when opened and found to be charred. If not charred, or if already turned to ash, it is not suitable for medicinal use.