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Mainly treats Gu Qi (Gu pathogenic factor), used in formulas for Zhu Gu (chronic infectious disease caused by Gu). This is the skin of the fish used to decorate sword hilts.
Produced in the South Sea, resembling a turtle, with no legs but having a tail. (New Appendix)

Brightens the eyes, eliminates heat toxicity.
Resembling a shellfish, round, two or three inches in diameter, produced in the East Sea and South Sea, with purple spots on top and white bones. (New Appendix)

Pungent in flavor, cold in nature, toxic. Mainly treats evil Qi (pathogenic factors), breaks up accumulations and hard masses, resolves blood stasis, treats carbuncles and sores, yin ulcers; taking it prevents one from contracting febrile diseases. Treats erosive ulcers, leprosy, malignant sores, and dog bite wounds; can fuse jade and stone. Also known as Chu Chan (Toad), also known as [missing character], also known as Qu Fu, also known as Ku [missing character]. Grows in rivers, lakes, ponds, and marshes. Collected on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, dried in the shade; those moving eastward are superior.
This refers to the species with a large belly and many warts on its skin; its skin juice is highly toxic. If bitten by a dog, its mouth swells. For humans suffering from warm diseases with rashes appearing and feeling exhausted, eating one or two raw pieces will invariably cure them. Collect five eastward-moving specimens on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, bind them reversely, place them in a sealed dark room, and check the next morning; if they have freed themselves, use them for treatment, which yields immediate results for sores. Its fat can carve jade like wax, hence it is said to fuse jade and stone, though the fat is scarce. Select fat ones, chop them, boil down into ointment, and apply to jade; it also becomes soft and slippery, easy to cut. Ancient unique jade artifacts, not carved by human hands, were mostly engraved using Kunwu knives and toad fat.
[Note] *Bie Lu* states: The brain mainly brightens the eyes and treats Qing Mang (blindness with clear cornea).

Sweet in flavor, cold in nature, non-toxic. Mainly treats Xiao Er Chi Qi (red qi in children), skin sores, umbilical injuries, relieves pain, and tonifies Qi deficiency. Also known as Chang Gu (Long Leg). Grows in water, catchable at any time.
Among bees, ants, frogs, and cicadas, there are the most species. The large ones with green backs are commonly called Tu Ya (Earth Duck), making very loud calls. Another black variety is called Ha Zi by people in the south, and is delicious to eat. Another small variety that calls frequently is named Wa Zi (Froglet); this is the frog in question.

Slightly warm in nature, non-toxic. Treats fractures, reconnects bones and tendons, applied externally after pounding; change every three days. The four feet and tail mainly treat women's miscarriage, facilitating expulsion. The meat warms the abdomen; roast and eat it. The feces are slightly cold in nature and non-toxic. Mainly treat infant epilepsy, Da Fu (abdominal distension/mass), and Shi Xing Lao Fu (recurrence of illness due to overexertion during recovery from epidemic febrile disease).
Mu Shu (Male Mouse) is the father mouse. Its feces are pointed at both ends, specifically treating Lao Fu. The mouse eye mainly brightens the eyes, allowing night vision for reading; used by Daoist practitioners. Mice caught in the twelfth lunar month, when burned, dispel evil Qi; when rendered into grease, they also treat various sores. The gallbladder mainly treats dim vision, but since the gallbladder disappears immediately after death, it cannot be obtained.