（林禽类四种）
平，有毒。主治小儿继病，取毛带之。（继病者，母有妊乳儿，儿病如疟痢，相继腹大，
或
瘥或发，他人有娠相近，亦能相继也。北人不识此病。）
酸、涩、平。主治暗风痫疾，咳嗽骨蒸。配栝蒌穣、白矾，煮熟食之，治劳伤。
黄泥封， 存性，研服酒下，治噎食。
（畜类七种）
肉
甘、咸、温。入足太阴经。补脾气，润肠胃。
多食动风痰，助湿热。（人食猪肉而肥白者，内有风痰也。）若老人燥痰不忌。
脊髓
甘，寒。填髓补骨。配童便、乌梅，治劳伤骨蒸。
肺
甘，微寒。补肺。麻油炒熟同粥食，治肺虚劳嗽。
脾
涩，平。治脾伤，除热消积。
肚
甘，微温。入胃。健脾利水，通血脉。配北五味，煮食，养胎气。配胡蒜丸，治水泻不
止。
肝
微寒。补肝。入补血药，明目。纳阴户，引虫。引药入血所而治血。配麻油，炒熟煮粥
，疗肝虚咳嗽。加杏仁、童便同煮，治休息痢。蘸米仁末食，治肝虚嗽血。
猪临杀，惊气归心，绝气归肝，不可多食。不但肝不可多食，凡猪一身内除肚膏外，余
皆发
病，可暂食不可久食，可少食不宜多食。
肾
即腰子
咸，冷。理肾气，通膀胱。治腰痛耳聋。配甘遂，煨熟去药服之，治卒肿。加
破故纸煮食，止久泄。肾气虚寒，冬月禁用。
心
忌吴茱萸。
甘、咸。治虚悸，可为补心药之向导。得人参，治心虚自汗。
多食耗心气。
心血
猪者良。
治惊痫及卒中恶死，痘疮倒 。（用一匙，入冰片少许，新汲水服。）配朱砂、靛花，除
心病邪热。
肠
甘，微寒。入大肠。治肠风下痢。
胆
苦，寒。入心。泻肝胆之火。治伤寒热渴，杀疳虫，通大肠。以汁炒药能入胆。入牙皂
末，以苇筒纳入肛门，捏注大肠，能使热结下行。
卵
名猪石子，牡猪外肾也。
治癫痫邪疰，寒热贲豚。热酒吞二枚，治阴阳易病，少腹急痛。
胞
即膀胱
甘、咸、寒。治遗溺疝气，可作引经。
脂膏
反梅子、乌梅。
甘，寒。凉血行水，利肠杀虫。配酒，治赤白带下，滑胎。和白蜜炼服，治暴喑。
胰
名肾脂，生在两肾中间。
甘，寒。涤肾脏邪毒垢腻，疗肺气喘胀咳血。得延胡索，治膜内气块。同枣肉浸酒，治
癖羸瘦。（并治二十年嗽，
忌盐。）
多食薄大肠。
蹄
母猪者良。
甘、咸，小寒。益阳明经之气血。同通草，通乳汁，洗败疮。
悬蹄甲
蹄之悬起不着地者。
母猪者良。
咸，寒。治寒热痰喘，痘疮入目，五痔肠痈。
血
咸，平。祛血风眩晕，奔豚暴气。
服地黄、何首乌诸补药者，忌之。
(Lin Qin Category: Four Species)
Sweet, neutral. Enters the Foot Shaoyin Kidney Meridian. Assists Yin and benefits Yang, brightens the eyes, and relieves dysphagia (difficulty in swallowing).
Neutral, toxic. Mainly treats "Ji Bing" (successive illness) in children; take pig hair and wear it. ("Ji Bing" refers to a condition where, if a mother is pregnant and nursing, her child falls ill with symptoms resembling malaria or dysentery, leading to abdominal distension, with the condition remitting and recurring; others who are similarly pregnant may also contract the disease successively. This condition is unknown to people in the North.)
Sour, astringent, neutral. Mainly treats An Feng Xian Ji (hidden wind epilepsy), cough, and bone-steaming consumption. Combined with Trichosanthis Fructus Pulp (Gualou Rang) and Alum (Baifan), cooked and eaten, it treats labor injury.
Sealed with yellow mud, calcined to retain its nature, ground into powder, and taken with wine, it treats dysphagia due to food stagnation.
(Chu Category: Seven Species)
Pork
Sweet, salty, warm. Enters the Foot Taiyin Spleen Meridian. Tonifies Spleen Qi, moistens the intestines and stomach.
Excessive consumption stirs Wind and generates Phlegm, aiding Damp-Heat. (People who eat pork and become fat and white have internal Wind-Phlegm.) However, it need not be strictly avoided by the elderly suffering from Dry-Phlegm.
Pig Spinal Cord
Sweet, cold. Fills the Marrow and tonifies Bone. Combined with Child's Urine (Tongbian) and Mume Fruit (Wumei), it treats labor injury with bone-steaming.
Pig Lung
Sweet, slightly cold. Tonifies the Lung. Stir-fried with Sesame Oil (Mayou) until cooked and eaten with porridge, it treats deficiency-type chronic cough due to Lung deficiency.
Pig Spleen
Astringent, neutral. Treats Spleen injury, clears Heat, and eliminates accumulation.
Pig Stomach (Abomasum/Rumen)
Sweet, slightly warm. Enters the Stomach. Strengthens the Spleen, promotes urination to reduce edema, and unblocks blood vessels. Combined with Schisandra Berry (Bei Wuwei), boiled and eaten, it nourishes fetal Qi. Combined with Garlic Pills (Housuan Wan), it treats persistent watery diarrhea.
Pig Liver
Slightly cold. Tonifies the Liver. Added to blood-nourishing formulas, it brightens the eyes. Inserted into the vagina to expel parasites. Guides medicines into the Blood level to treat blood disorders. Stir-fried with Sesame Oil and cooked into porridge, it treats cough due to Liver deficiency. Boiled with Apricot Kernels (Xingren) and Child's Urine, it treats intermittent dysentery. Eaten dipped in Coix Seed (Yiren) powder, it treats hemoptysis due to Liver deficiency.
When pigs are about to be slaughtered, the Qi of fright returns to the Heart, and the Qi at death returns to the Liver; therefore, they should not be eaten in excess. Not only the Liver, but except for the adipose tissue (Du Gao), all other parts of the pig can induce disease. They can be eaten temporarily in small amounts, but not over a long period; less is better than more.
Pig Kidney
Also known as Ya Zi
Salty, cold. Regulates Kidney Qi, unblocks the Bladder. Treats lower back pain and deafness. Combined with Kansui Radix (Gansui), roasted, then the medicinal residue removed before consumption, it treats sudden edema. Cooked with Psoralea Fruit (Pogu Zhi), it stops chronic diarrhea. Contraindicated in winter for those with Kidney Qi deficiency and Cold.
Pig Heart
Contraindicated with Evodia Fruit (Wuzhuyu).
Sweet, salty. Treats deficiency palpitations; can serve as a guiding herb for Heart-tonifying medicines. Combined with Ginseng Root (Renshen), it treats spontaneous sweating due to Heart deficiency.
Excessive consumption depletes Heart Qi.
Pig Heart Blood
Pig source is superior.
Treats convulsive epilepsy, sudden death from evil qi invasion, and inverted smallpox. (Take one spoonful, add a little borneol, and swallow with fresh well water.) Combined with Cinnabar (Zhusha) and Indigo Naturalis (Dianhua), it clears pathogenic Heat from the Heart.
Pig Intestine
Sweet, slightly cold. Enters the Large Intestine. Treats intestinal wind with bloody diarrhea.
Pig Gallbladder
Bitter, cold. Enters the Heart. Drains Fire from the Liver and Gallbladder. Treats heat-thirst in Shanghan (Cold Damage), kills ascariasis/childhood malnutrition parasites, and unblocks the Large Intestine. Cooking herbs with bile allows the medicine to enter the Gallbladder meridian. Mixed with Tuber Typhonii Rhizoma (Yazao) powder, inserted into the anus via a reed tube and squeezed into the Large Intestine, it causes accumulated Heat to descend.
Pig Testes
Named Zhu Shizi, the external kidneys of male pigs.
Treats epilepsy, malignant miasma, alternating chills and fever, and running piglet syndrome. Swallowed with hot wine, two pieces treat Yin-Yang exchange disease and acute pain in the lower abdomen.
Pig Bladder
Also known as Paobao
Sweet, salty, cold. Treats enuresis and hernia; can serve as a guiding herb.
Pig Adipose Tissue (Fat)
Antagonistic to Plums and Mume Fruit.
Sweet, cold. Cools Blood, promotes water metabolism, benefits the intestines, and kills parasites. Combined with wine, it treats leukorrhea (red and white discharge) and habitual abortion. Refined with honey and taken, it treats sudden loss of voice.
Pig Pancreas
Named Shen Zhi, located between the two Kidneys.
Sweet, cold. Cleanses the Kidneys of pathogenic toxins and greasy filth; treats lung asthma, distension, and hemoptysis. Combined with Corydalis Rhizome (Yanhusuo), it treats subserosal gas masses. Soaked in wine with jujube flesh, it treats phlegm-fluid retention and emaciation. (Also treats chronic cough lasting twenty years; avoid salt.)
Excessive consumption thins the Large Intestine.
Pig Trotters
Sow trotters are superior.
Sweet, salty, slightly cold. Benefits Qi and Blood of the Yangming Meridian. Combined with Akebia Caulis (Tongcao), it promotes lactation and cleanses foul ulcers.
Suspensory Hoof Nail
The part of the hoof that hangs up and does not touch the ground.
Sow nails are superior.
Salty, cold. Treats chills and fever with phlegm-wheezing, smallpox affecting the eyes, five types of hemorrhoids, and intestinal abscesses.
Pig Blood
Salty, neutral. Dispels Blood-Wind dizziness and treats running piglet syndrome with sudden Qi rebellion.
Contraindicated for those taking Rehmannia Root (Dihuang) and Polygonum Multiflorum Root (Heshouwu) and other tonifying medicines.