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Salty and sour, warm in nature, non-toxic. Contraindicated after febrile diseases. Pregnant women who consume it may give birth to a child with voice impairment.

[Invention] The dog belongs to Earth and possesses Fire attributes. Therefore, people of ill character stepping on its dwelling place will remain awake even when lying down; during extreme heat, they lie in shady places. It is most suitable for individuals with deficiency of the Lower Yuan (Kidney and Mingmen). However, consumption inevitably causes dry mouth, which can only be relieved by drinking rice soup. For chronic ulcers discharging thin fluid that fail to heal, daily consumption of dog meat is optimal. Individuals suffering from hemorrhoids and fistulas that have persisted for years may recover through daily consumption. If dog meat digestion failure occurs, leading to epigastric fullness or abdominal distension, severe thirst, cardiac irritability, fever, delirium resembling mania, or watery diarrhea, use one sheng of apricot kernels (Xingren), ground with skin while cooked, mixed with three sheng of boiling water to extract the juice, divided into three doses. Expelling undigested meat pieces demonstrates significant efficacy. Dog gallbladder: *Shennong Bencao Jing* states it brightens the eyes, utilizing its ability to see at night. Dog penis treats Qi injury causing impotence and eliminates twelve types of leukorrhea in women. Powdered dog skull bone stops metrorrhagia and dysentery in women, leveraging its warm and dispersing properties. Rice-grain-like matter in dog feces, named "Xu Fuliang" or "White Dragon Sand," treats dysphagia due to wind-phlegm and inverted smallpox pustules; it is most effective for promoting pus formation due to its warm nature. If purple-black and scorched, it indicates excessive blood-heat toxin; do not misuse. Dog blood breaks evil influences because its nature is Yang, overcoming Yin pathogens.

Sweet, warm in nature, toxic. There are many varieties of sheep; only white castrated rams (Jieyang) are superior. Hu sheep wool is curly, Taozhou sheep wool is lush; their meat is rich and skin thin, suitable for making fur coats. "Yang Fenshou" sheep are yellow, emaciated, and bland, unfit for culinary use. When cooking mutton, copper vessels must be avoided. Those with latent heat should not eat it; patients recovering from serious illnesses will develop fever if they consume it, and those with chronic sores or stubborn diseases will relapse, as they ingest toxic herbs. Mutton should not be eaten with raw fish, as this harms the body. Black-headed white sheep brains cause intestinal abscesses. Sheep liver eaten with Sichuan pepper damages the five Zang organs. White pearls found in sheep hooves, named "Yang Xuan," cause madness if consumed. Hornless or four-horned sheep, found outside the passes, are toxic and unsuitable for consumption.

[Invention] The sheep is the beast of the Lung organ. Its eyes lack pupils, and all Qi in its body gathers in the lungs; thus, its odor is strongly gamey, and its nature is sweet and warm. White color tonifies the Lung. Hence, ancients said, "Ginseng tonifies Qi, mutton tonifies Form." *Jingui Yaolue* uses Danggui Shengjiang Roushu Tang (Angelica Ginger Mutton Decoction) for postpartum abdominal deficiency pain and cold hernia in the lower abdomen, specifically utilizing the sweet-warm nature of mutton. Boiled into soup, strained, and combined with the acrid-dispersing power of Angelica and Ginger, it opens deficiency stagnation. Sheep kidney treats Kidney deficiency, heat accumulation in the Bladder, bladder bi-syndrome, and painful dribbling urination; Shenli Tang (*Qianjin Fang*) uses it as the main ingredient. "Yang Shizi" refers to the external kidney, treating Kidney deficiency with seminal emission; Jinluo Dan (*Baoshi Fang*) utilizes it. Sheep urinary bladder treats lower deficiency enuresis. Wash clean with warm water, add Psoralea fruit (Buguzhi), bake dry, powder, and take half liang with warm wine before sleep. Recovery occurs within four to five doses. Sheep liver tonifies the Liver, specifically treating Liver channel injury resulting in dull eyes. Sheep gallbladder treats blindness and dim vision. The Gallbladder opens into the eyes; sufficient bile clarifies vision, while deficient bile dims it. Ancient formula Biyun Gao involves collecting ram gallbladders in the twelfth lunar month, filling them with honey, hanging under eaves, collecting frost upon formation, and using for eye application with divine efficacy. Sheep milk is moistening and tonifying, suitable for regurgitation patients to frequently consume, opening the stomach and moistening large intestine dryness; green sheep are best. Sheep lung treats cough and stops thirst, suitable for prolonged cough with Lung deficiency. Sheep abomasum (stomach) treats regurgitation, stops sweating, and addresses wasting-thirstiness and frequent urination. Raw sheep fat treats dysentery and rectal prolapse, using moistening and guiding properties, containing purgative action within tonification. Cooked sheep fat treats wind-stroke flaccidity and bi-pain, moistens skin, penetrates collaterals in ointments, and treats wind-heat toxins and postpartum abdominal colic; ideal for pills. Sheep pancreas cleanses visceral filth, functioning like pig pancreas but more swiftly clearing Lung phlegm. Sheep bones inherit the firm and sharp Qi of the West; aided by Fire, they can melt copper and iron, thus used for swallowed metal objects. Mirror polishers rely on them for clarity. For wind-bi pain, taken with tiger bone ash and wine, applied according to pain location. Burnt sheep whiskers treat pediatric malnutrition (Gan syndrome) and quchu urine sores. Roasted dried sheep fetus is medicinal and tonifying. Combined with deer fetus and placenta (Ziheche) in Liuwei Dihuang Wan, forming Santai Wan, it effectively regulates Kidney deficiency and emaciation. Sheep blood resolves mineral drug toxicity. *Waitai Miyao* states that those taking cinnabar/mineral drugs must avoid sheep blood for ten years; consumption nullifies prior effects. If mineral drug toxicity manifests, drinking one sheng of hot sheep blood resolves it. Contraindicated for those taking Rehmannia and Polygonum multiflorum tonics.