肉
甘,温。养脾胃,止涎唾。
牛病死及独肝者,有大毒,食之生疔杀人。
骨髓
甘,温。通十二经脉,填骨髓,平三焦,止泄痢。配地黄汁,治羸瘦。和羊脂、白蜜
、姜汁煎膏,治劳损风湿。
乳
制秦艽、不灰木。
甘,微寒。养心肺,润肠胃,解热毒,补虚痨,通二便,止吐衄。佐姜汁,治热哕。使
荜茇
,治气痢。拌硫黄,治脚痹。和姜汁、韭汁,治噎膈。
每碗入酒半盏,文火调和,结如炖蛋,服之。胃虚恶心,大便滑泄,二者勿用。
怪症∶项中生疮,五色如樱桃状,破则自项分裂,连皮剥脱至足,名曰肉人。常饮牛乳
自消。
白水牛喉
去两头,除脂膜,醋炙燥,烧存性,每服一钱,米饮下,治反胃噎膈,及小儿呷气。
即角尖中坚骨
苦,温。入足厥阴、少阴经血分。治血痢崩中,赤白带下。淡青盐水送末一钱,服二三
枚,种子神效。
久在粪土中烂白者亦佳。烧存性用。
胆
苦,大寒。除热渴,止下痢。拌苦参、胆草,蜜丸,治谷疸。入槐角于内,风干丸服,
治痔 。
胆星
苦,凉。入足厥阴、少阳经。豁结气,除肝热。肝胆惊热之风,以此为调和之神剂。
上焦壅闭之痰,惟此为消降之圣药。
九制者佳。清胆府,疗惊气,较竹茹有力。
牛黄
人参为之使。畏牛膝、干漆。恶龙骨、龙胆、地黄、常山、蜚蠊。
苦,凉。入手少阴、足厥阴经。清心火,通关窍,入肝脏引风外出,透胞络合于神明。
化胎
毒,治惊痫。得牡丹、菖蒲,利耳目。得天竹黄,发声音。得犀角末,治诸惊。得竹沥,治
口噤热惊。朱砂一分,牛黄二厘,蜜浸胭脂取汁,调二味末,涂痘疮黑陷。
磨指透甲者真。痈疽,研敷。风中血脉及腑者,用之引风入骨,脾胃虚寒者,易于作泻,
并
禁用。
霞天膏
甘,温。治诸疾,由肠胃出透肌肤,能搜剔一切虚结。
煎膏法∶用肥嫩雄黄牛肉三四十斤,洗净,煮烂,去滓熬膏。
黄明胶
即牛皮胶
甘,平。去风湿,活血止痛,润燥补血,利大小肠。功用相近阿胶,如无真阿胶,不若
以黄明胶代之。摊膏,贴瘰
溃烂。
Meat
Sweet, warm. Nourishes the Spleen and Stomach, stops salivation and sputum.
Cattle meat from animals that died of disease or those with only a single liver possesses great toxicity; ingestion causes carbuncles (ding) and death.
Bone Marrow
Sweet, warm. Unblocks the Twelve Meridians, fills the bone marrow, balances the Triple Burner, and stops diarrhea and dysentery. Combined with Rehmanniae Radix juice, it treats emaciation. Decocted into a paste with Ovis Fat, Mel, and Zingiberis Rhizoma Fresh Juice, it treats consumptive disorders and wind-dampness.
Milk
Contraindicated with: Gentianae Macrophyllae Radix (Qinjiao), Ash Wood (Buhui Mu).
Sweet, slightly cold. Nourishes the Heart and Lungs, moistens the Intestines and Stomach, resolves heat-toxins, tonifies deficiency-consumption, unblocks urination and defecation, and stops vomiting and epistaxis. With Zingiberis Rhizoma Fresh Juice as an adjuvant, it treats heat-induced hiccups. As a guiding herb with Piperis Longi Fructus (Bibo), it treats qi-type dysentery. Mixed with Sulphur, it treats lower limb bi-syndrome. Combined with Zingiberis Rhizoma Fresh Juice and Allii Tuberosi Juice, it treats dysphagia (yege).
Add half a cup of wine to each bowl of milk, blend over gentle heat until it coagulates like steamed egg custard, then consume. Do not use for those with Spleen-Stomach deficiency causing nausea, or for those with loose stools.
Strange Syndrome: Sores appear on the neck, multicolored like cherries; upon rupture, the skin splits from the neck down, peeling off to the feet, named "Flesh Person" (Rou Ren). Frequent consumption of cow's milk leads to spontaneous resolution.
White Water Buffalo Throat
Remove both ends, eliminate fatty membranes, roast with vinegar until dry, calcine to retain charred properties. Take one qian per dose, washed down with rice water. Treats regurgitation and dysphagia, as well as infant inspiratory stridor (xiaqi).
Refers to the Solid Bone in the Horn Tip
Bitter, warm. Enters the Blood aspect of the Foot Jueyin (Liver) and Foot Shaoyin (Kidney) meridians. Treats bloody dysentery, metrorrhagia (bengzhong), and leukorrhea (red and white discharge). Administer one qian of powder with light green salt water, taking two or three doses; highly effective for promoting fertility.
Those that have rotted white in manure and soil for a long time are also excellent. Use after calcining to retain charred properties.
Gallbladder
Bitter, very cold. Clears heat and thirst, stops diarrhea. Mixed with Sophorae Flavescentis Radix (Kushen) and Gentianae Radix (Dancao), formed into honey pills, treats grain jaundice (gudan). Added with Cornus Officinalis Fruit (Huaijiao), dried naturally and formed into pills, treats hemorrhoids.
Danxing (Gallstone Paste)
Bitter, cool. Enters the Foot Jueyin (Liver) and Foot Shaoyang (Gallbladder) meridians. Resolves stagnant Qi, clears Liver heat. For wind syndromes caused by Gallbladder-Liver shock-heat, this is a divine harmonizing agent.
For phlegm obstructing the Upper Burner, this is the supreme medicine for resolving and descending.
Nine-times processed is best. Clears the Gallbladder Fu-organ, treats shock-Qi, and is more potent than Bamboo Shavings (Zhuru).
Cow Bezoar (Niuhuang)
Ginseng acts as its guiding herb. Incompatible with Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix (Niuxi) and Drynariae Rhizoma? No, Ganxi (Dry Lacquer). Averse to Dragon Bone, Gentianae Radix, Rehmanniae Radix, Dichroae Radix (Changshan), and Blatta Orientalis (Feilian).
Bitter, cool. Enters the Hand Shaoyin (Heart) and Foot Jueyin (Liver) meridians. Clears Heart fire, opens orifices, enters the Liver to guide wind outward, penetrates the Bao Luo to unite with Shen (Spirit).
Resolves fetal toxins, treats convulsions and epilepsy. With Paeoniae Moutan Cortex and Acori Tatarinowii Rhizoma, benefits ears and eyes. With Tian Zhu Huang, restores voice. With Rhinocerotis Cornu Powder, treats various shock syndromes. With Zhuli (Bamboo Sap), treats trismus and heat-shock. One fen of Cinnabar and two li of Cow Bezoar: soak Carmine in Honey to extract juice, mix with these two powders, apply to black-depressed smallpox lesions.
True Cow Bezoar can grind through fingernails. For carbuncles and sores, grind and apply externally. If wind pathogen invades vessels and Fu-organs, using this draws wind into bones; contraindicated for Spleen-Stomach deficiency-cold as it easily causes diarrhea.
Xia Tian Gao (Rosy Sky Paste)
Sweet, warm. Treats various diseases; emerges from the Intestines and Stomach to penetrate the skin and muscles, capable of searching out and eliminating all deficiency-type stagnations.
Paste Preparation Method: Use 30-40 jin of fat, tender male yellow cattle meat, wash clean, boil until soft, remove dregs, and simmer into a paste.
Huang Ming Jiao (Yellow Bright Glue)
Also known as Ox Hide Glue.
Sweet, neutral. Expels wind-damp, invigorates blood and stops pain, moistens dryness and tonifies blood, promotes urination and defecation. Functions are similar to Donkey-Hide Glue (Ejiao); if true Ejiao is unavailable, Huang Ming Jiao is a suitable substitute. Spread as a plaster, apply to scrofula ulcers.