（石类二十五种）
一名朱砂
畏咸水、车前、石苇、皂荚、决明、瞿麦、南星、乌头、地榆、桑椹、紫
河车、地丁、马鞭草、地骨皮、阴地厥、白附子。恶磁石。忌诸血。甘，微寒。入手少阴经
血分。纳浮溜之火，降心肺
之热。安神明，除烦满，是其降火之功。
辟邪祟，下死胎，乃其镇重之力。去目翳，疗疮毒。（心为火藏，不受辛热之品，宜用
此治
之。）得蜜水调服五分。预解痘毒。（多者可少，重者可轻。）得南星虎掌，去风痰。配枯矾
末，治心痛。配蛤粉，治吐血。配当归、丹参，养心血。佐枣仁、龙骨，养心气。（抑阴火
以养元气。）得人参、茯苓，治离魂。（幻觉本形作两人，并行并卧，不辨真假者，离魂病也
。
）和鸡子白服一钱，治妊妇胎动。（胎死即出，未死即安。）入六一散，治暑气内伏。入托裹
散，治毒瓦斯攻心。同生地、杞子，养肾阴。纳猪心蒸食，治遗浊。研敷产后舌出不收。（暗
掷盆盎作堕地声惊之，即自收。）紫背天葵、粉甘草同煮，研末水飞用。荞麦梗灰淋汁煮，
研末水飞亦可。若火炼，则有
毒杀
一名汞
畏磁石、砒石、黑铅、硫黄、大枣、蜀椒、紫河车、松脂、松叶、荷叶、谷
精草、金星草、萱草、夏枯草、茛菪子、雁来红、马蹄香、独脚莲、水慈菇、瓦松、忍冬。
辛，寒。有毒。解五金毒，杀疮疥虫，堕胎绝孕。紫背天葵并夜交藤自然汁同煮，以去其毒。
得铅则凝，得硫则结，并
枣肉、人唾研则碎，散失在地者得川椒、茶叶则收。头疮禁用。（恐入经络，致筋骨拘挛，
百药不治也。）
(Stone Category, Twenty-Five Species)
Cinnabar (Zhusha), also known as Zhu Sha.
It is incompatible with saline water, Plantaginis Seed (Cheqiancao), Pyrosulae Herba (Shiwei), Gleditsiae Fructus (Zaojiao), Cassiae Semen (Jueming), Dianthi Herba (Qumai), Acori Tatarinowii Rhizoma (Tian Nan Xing), Aconiti Lateralis Radix (Wutou), Sanguisorbae Radix (Diyu), Mori Fructus (Sangshen), Placentae Humana (Zi Heche), Houttuyniae Herba (Diding), Callicarpae Ramulus (Mabiancao), Lycii Cortex (Digupi), Osmunda Japonica (Yindi Jue), and Fuzi (Baifuzi). It is antagonistic to Magnetitum (Cishi). It is contraindicated with various blood products. It is sweet in taste and slightly cold in nature. It enters the Blood aspect of the Hand-Shaoyin Heart Meridian. It can subdue floating fire and reduce heat in the Heart and Lung. It calms the Spirit (Shen) and relieves irritability and fullness, which demonstrates its fire-descending efficacy. It expels evil influences and expels dead fetus, demonstrating its heavy-settling power. It removes corneal opacity and treats sores and toxins. (The Heart is a Fire organ and cannot tolerate acrid-hot substances; thus, this herb is suitable for treating it.) Administer 5 fen mixed with honey water. It can preemptively resolve toxin from smallpox/variolous eruptions. (Severe cases become mild; abundant cases become scarce.) Combined with Tian Nan Xing and Hu Zhang, it eliminates wind-phlegm. Combined with calcined alum powder, it treats heart pain. Combined with Concha Tridacnae (Ge Fen), it treats hematemesis. Combined with Angelicae Sinensis Radix (Danggui) and Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix (Danshen), it nourishes Heart Blood. Assisted by Ziziphi Spinosae Semen (Zaoren) and Ossis Fragments Longgu (Longgu), it nourishes Heart Qi. (Suppresses Yin fire to nourish Yuan Qi.) Combined with Ginseng Radix (Renshen) and Poria (Fuling), it treats Li Hun disease. (Li Hun disease refers to hallucinations where the body appears as two persons walking and lying together, unable to distinguish reality from illusion.) Taken with egg white, 1 qian, it treats fetal unrest in pregnant women. (If the fetus is dead, it is expelled; if alive, it is secured.) Added to Liu Yi San, it treats latent summer-heat qi. Added to Tuo Guo San, it treats toxic vapors attacking the Heart. Used with Rehmanniae Radix Recens (Shengdi) and Lycii Fructus (Gouqi), it nourishes Kidney Yin. Steamed and eaten with Pig Heart (Zhuxin), it treats seminal emission and turbid urine. Ground into powder for external application, it treats prolapsed tongue after childbirth. (Startle the patient by secretly throwing pots and pans to simulate falling sounds, and the tongue will retract spontaneously.) Boiled with Zi Bei Tian Kui and Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma Praeparata (Fen Gancao), ground into fine powder, and processed by water flotation (Shui Fei). Alternatively, boiled with juice from ash of Buckwheat Stem (Qiaomai Geng), ground into fine powder, and processed by water flotation. If refined by fire, it becomes toxic and lethal.
Mercury (Hong), also known as Shuiyin.
It is incompatible with Magnetitum (Cishi), Realgar (Pishi), Lead (Qian), Sulfur (Huang), Jujubae Fructus (Dazao), Sichuan Pepper (Shujiao), Placentae Humana (Ziheche), Pine Resin (Songzhi), Pine Needle (Songye), Nelumbinis Folium (Heye), Eriocauli Flos (Gu Jingcao), Venus Star Grass (Jinxingcao), Daylily (Xuancao), Prunellae Spica (Xiakucao), Datura Seed (Bangdangzi), Amaranthus (Yanlai Hong), Peucedani Radix (Matixiang), Solomonia Root (Dujiolian), Sagittaria Sagittifolia (Shuicigu), Leucodendron (Wasong), and Honeysuckle Vine (Rendong). It is acrid in taste and cold in nature. It is toxic. It resolves toxicity of the five metals, kills parasites causing sores and scabies, induces abortion, and sterilizes. Boiled with natural juice of Zi Bei Tian Kui and Polygoni Multiflori Caulis (Ye Jiao Teng) to remove its toxicity. It coagulates when combined with lead; it binds when combined with sulfur; it crumbles when ground with human saliva and jujube flesh; mercury scattered on the ground can be collected using Sichuan pepper and tea leaves. It is strictly contraindicated for head sores. (Fear that it may enter the meridians, causing tendon and bone spasms, which would be incurable by all medicines.)