味咸温。补阴益阳。治虚劳。填精养血。（淡菜出海中。形如小蚌。中有短毛少许。
味甘咸。性温。介类阴象之物。故能入肾益阴。治精血衰少。以其性温也。故又能养阴中之
阳。然此物不过充食品。作菜馔。欲仗之为治病药石。恐力有不及耳。凡介类之属。性皆寒
凉。而淡菜独言温者。似不尽然。）
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透骨搜风。皆为咸温善走窜。治痹通络。都因阴毒性轻灵。其皮有退管之功。并可驱
风除翳。其治有杀虫之用。还能吹耳敷疮。（蕲蛇味甘咸。性温。有大毒。蛇性善窜善蜕。
亦如风之善行数变。故透经络。搜风邪。内走脏腑。外达皮肤。为治诸风诸痹一切疠癞等疾
之
药。然治病良药颇多。亦何必用此阴毒之物。以冀侥幸哉。○蛇皮性味大略相同。惟其为皮
也。故善治皮肤。一切风淫疥癣之疾。性善脱。故又能退目翳。除漏管。然亦只可外用。无
须用此为内服方耳。）
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达病所以成功。入胃行肝。消痈发痘。性咸寒而善窜。治痹散血。通络搜风。善化蚁
。专通乳汁。（穿山甲亦鳞族之类。能水能陆。甲片即其鳞也。味咸性寒。有小毒。入肝
胃二经血分。治风痹。行经络。能直达病所。故治一切痈疽未溃者。皆可解散。有脓者能使
速溃。其所以治乳证者。以其能入胃经乳房属阳明也。）
[Dongcai (Mussel)]
Taste: salty. Nature: warm. Benefits Yin and augments Yang. Treats deficiency exhaustion (Xu Lao). Fills essence and nourishes blood. (Dongcai grows in the sea, resembling a small clam, with a few short hairs inside. Taste: sweet and salty. Nature: warm. It is a bivalve possessing Yin characteristics; thus, it can enter the Kidney channel to benefit Yin and treat depletion of essence and blood. Due to its warm nature, it can also nourish the Yang within Yin. However, this item serves merely as food for sustenance or culinary use. Relying on it as a medicinal agent for treating disease may be insufficient in efficacy. Generally, bivalves have cold and cool properties, whereas Dongcai is described as warm, which seems not entirely accurate.)
[Qishe (Agkistrodon)]
Penetrates bone to search out wind; all are salty, warm, and good at moving through channels. Treating Bi syndrome (painful obstruction) and unblocking collaterals is due to its mild toxicity and agile nature. Its skin has the function of resolving fistulas and can also dispel wind and remove nebulae. Its therapeutic uses include killing parasites; it can also be used for ear insufflation and applying to sores. (Qishe tastes sweet and salty, is warm in nature, and has great toxicity. Snakes are prone to crawling and shedding skin, similar to how wind moves swiftly and changes frequently. Thus, it penetrates meridians, searches out wind pathogens, travels inward to zang-fu organs, and reaches outward to the skin. It is a medicine for treating various wind disorders, various Bi syndromes, and all kinds of leprous diseases. However, there are many excellent medicines for treating diseases; why resort to such toxic substances for a chance of success? ○ The nature and taste of snake skin are roughly the same. Because it is skin, it is good at treating skin diseases caused by wind pathogenic factors, such as scabies and tinea. Its nature is prone to shedding, so it can also remove eye nebulae and resolve fistulas. However, it should only be used externally and need not be included in internal prescriptions.)
[Jiapian (Pangolin Scales)]
Reaches the disease site to achieve success. Enters the Stomach channel and acts on the Liver channel. Resolves carbuncles and promotes the eruption of pox. Nature: salty and cold, good at moving through channels. Treats Bi syndrome, disperses blood stasis, unblocks collaterals, searches out wind, resolves nodules (ant-like masses), and specifically promotes lactation. (The pangolin belongs to the scaled class, capable of living both in water and on land. Jiapian refers to its scales. Taste: salty. Nature: cold. Slightly toxic. Enters the Blood aspect of the Liver and Stomach channels. Treats wind-Bi, circulates through meridians, and can directly reach the disease site. Therefore, it can dissipate all kinds of carbuncles and ulcers that have not yet suppurated, and promote rapid suppuration in those that already contain pus. Its ability to treat breast conditions is because it enters the Stomach channel, while the breasts belong to the Yangming channel.)