一名龟脚
甘咸无毒。
发明 石 生东南海中石上，蚌蛤之属，形如龟脚，壳似海螯与吐 等同为海错，而此
稍逊。然其有利小便之功，吐 不如也。
甘温无毒。
发明 淡菜生咸水而味不沾咸，为消瘿之善药，兼补阴虚劳伤，精血衰少，及妇人带下
，理腰香港脚。不宜多食、久食，令人阳痿不起及脱人发。一切海中苔菜皆然，不独淡菜也。
厣名甲香
咸平无毒。
发明 海蠃肉甘寒，食之能止心痛。生螺汁洗眼止痛，经二三十年者辄应入黄连末点之
尤良。厣性闭藏，能敛香气经月不散，独烧则臭。与沉、麝诸香及诸花，和蜡煎成者曰甲煎
，可作口脂。《千金方》用之，唐·李义山诗所谓沉香甲煎为庭燎者是也。其壳五色璀璨为
钿最精，烧过点眼能消宿翳，惜乎，专目科者罕知。
即螺蛳
甘寒无毒。
发明 蠃、蚌、蛤、蟹、龟、鳖之类，皆外刚内柔，禀离火之象。虽居泥水而性寒，治
火热之毒最捷。用珍珠黄连嵌入良久，取汁注目中止热壅目痛。生捣绞汁，和无灰酒饮，治
瘅、小便不利。田中大螺去掩入冰片少许，埋土中一伏时化水，疗痔疮。又捣烂和麝香贴脐
上引湿热下行，治噤口痢，土墙上烂壳烧灰敷痘疮及 疮湿毒。生田中者得土气多而形大，
生水中者得水气多而形小，其治水肿黄瘅，目赤肿痛，痔肿脱肛，消渴解酒之功则一。产徽
州溪涧中者，其肉青碧可爱，土人取肉焙干以充方物。但性冷利人，过食令人腹痛泄泻，急
磨木香酒解之。
[Background Information]
Book: Benjing Fengyuan (Supplement to the Materia Medica)
Author: Zhang Lu
Dynasty: Qing Dynasty
Chapter: Shi (Stones) / ... / Luo (Snails/Conches) (Total 4 sections)
Category: Comprehensive
[Original Text to Process]
Also known as "Turtle Foot" (Guijiao).
Sweet, salty, non-toxic.
Invention (Commentary): Shiluo (Sea Snail) grows on rocks in the southeastern sea. It belongs to the category of mussels and clams, its shape resembles turtle feet, and its shell is similar to that of a sea crab or Tuxi (a type of sea snail). Although it is considered one of the delicacies from the sea, it is slightly inferior to them. However, in terms of its efficacy to promote urination, Tuxi cannot compare with it.
Dancai (Dried Mussel Meat).
Sweet, warm, non-toxic.
Invention (Commentary): Dancai grows in saltwater but does not taste salty. It is an excellent medicine for eliminating goiter (Ying), and also supplements yin deficiency, consumptive fever, and depletion of essence and blood. It treats leukorrhea in women and addresses lumbago and Hongxiang jiao (gouty arthritis/swelling of the lower limbs). It should not be consumed in large quantities or over a long period, as it may cause impotence and hair loss. This applies to all seaweed-like vegetables from the sea, not just Dancai.
Yan (Operculum), also known as Jiaxiang (Shell Fragrance).
Salty, neutral, non-toxic.
Invention (Commentary): The meat of Hailuo (Sea Snail) is sweet and cold; consuming it can stop heart pain. Fresh snail juice applied to wash the eyes relieves pain; if aged for twenty or thirty years, it is even more effective when mixed with Coptis chinensis powder (Huanglian) to drop into the eyes. The operculum has a nature of closure and storage; it can retain fragrance for months without dissipating, but emits a foul odor when burned alone. When combined with Agarwood (Chenxiang), Musk (Shexiang), various flowers, and wax, and then decocted, it is called Jiajian (Shell Ointment), which can be used as lip balm. It was used in the *Qianjin Fang* (Essential Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold), referred to in the poem by Li Shangyin of the Tang Dynasty: "Agarwood and Shell Ointment serve as courtyard torches." Its shell, colorful and brilliant, is finest when made into ornaments (Dian). After burning, it can be used to drop into the eyes to eliminate old nebulae (cloudy cornea). It is a pity that specialists in ophthalmology rarely know this.
Ji Luosi (River Snail).
Sweet, cold, non-toxic.
Invention (Commentary): Creatures such as snails, mussels, clams, crabs, turtles, and soft-shelled turtles are all hard on the outside and soft on the inside, embodying the image of the Li Fire (Fire trigram in I Ching). Although they dwell in muddy water, their nature is cold, making them most effective for treating toxic heat. Embedding Pearl and Coptis chinensis powder in the flesh for a long time, extracting the juice, and dropping it into the eyes stops heat obstruction and eye pain. Freshly pounded and juiced, mixed with unadulterated wine and drunk, it treats jaundice (Dan) and difficult urination. For river snails, remove the mud, add a small amount of Borneol (Bingpian), bury in soil for one shichen (two hours) until it turns to water, to treat hemorrhoids. Also, pounded and mixed with Musk, applied to the umbilicus to guide damp-heat downward, it treats Jin Kou Li (dysentery with inability to eat). Burned ash of rotten shells from earthen walls applied to smallpox sores and Chuang (sores) with damp-toxin. Those living in fields absorb more earth qi and are larger in shape; those living in water absorb more water qi and are smaller. Their efficacy in treating edema, yellow jaundice, red and swollen painful eyes, hemorrhoidal swelling and prolapse, thirst, and detoxifying alcohol is the same. Those produced in the streams of Huizhou have greenish-blue meat that is lovely; locals bake them dry to offer as local specialties. However, its nature is cold and purgative; excessive consumption causes abdominal pain and diarrhea, which can be relieved by grinding Mugwort wood (Muxiang) in wine.