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Bu Jie Zhe Shang Tong Ru Mai (Continues fractures and injuries, unblocks milk ducts). Xing Wei Xian Han (Nature and flavor: Salty and Cold). Sou Suo Pi Ji Da Gan Jia (Searches out and eliminates phlegm-stasis accumulations, reaches the Liver system). Tong Xing Jing Luo (Unblocks and circulates through meridians and collaterals). (Chong refers to Di Bie Chong [Ground Beetle / Eupolyphaga sinensis]. Xian Han [Salty and Cold]. You Xiao Du [Has slight toxicity]. Ru Gan Jing [Enters the Liver Meridian]. Gong Zhuan Sou Zhu Yi Qie Xue Ji [Its efficacy specializes in searching out and driving away all kinds of blood stasis]. Zhi Zhe Shang [Treats traumatic injuries/fractures]. Xu Gu Jin [Reconnects bones and tendons]. Gong Sui Tong Yu Meng Zhi [Although its efficacy is similar to that of Meng [Housefly larvae] and Zhi [Leech]], Er Xing Po Huan [but its nature is quite mild]. Tong Ru Zhe [The action of unblocking milk] is also the meaning of regulating menstruation and invigorating blood circulation.)

Wei Xian Han. Xing Yin You Du. Da Xia Qiao. Zhu Shui Tong Lin (Flavor salty and cold. Nature yin and toxic. Reaches the lower orifices. Drains water and unblocks strangury). (Lou Fu [Mole Cricket], also known as Di Gou. Born in summer months. Emerges at night. Likes light. A product of salty, cold, yin, and toxic nature. Good at reaching the lower orifices. Promotes urination and defecation. Treats all types of edema/water retention. Unblocks all types of strangury. Must use the lower half for efficacy. However, there are many drugs for treating diseases; one need not be confined to this yin-toxic substance; taking it for its food-like efficacy or excessive use is acceptable.)

Chan Ke [Cicada Slough]
Ke Jie Pi Fu Feng Re. Yu Jing Tan Ru Yong. Qi Bing Qing Xu. Shan Liao Yi Mo Zhen. Ji Bao Zu Chan Nan. Gong Neng Tuo Tui. Zhou Ming Xi Xi. Zhi Xiao Er Zhi Jing Ti. Wei Xian Xing Han. Hua Shang Jiao Zhi Xie Zhi (Can resolve wind-heat of the skin. And treat convulsions with phlegm, milk obstruction. Its qi endowment is light and empty. Good at treating eye neoplasms/membranes and rashes. As well as placental retention causing difficult labor. Its function lies in shedding/molting. Cries by day, rests by night. Treats pediatric convulsive crying. Flavor salty, nature cold. Transforms pathogenic stagnation of the Upper Jiao). (Chan Ke [Cicada Slough] emerges from soil in summer, climbs trees, and sheds its shell on the ground. It obtains the clear and empty qi of wind and dew. Salty and cold, enters the Lung. Specializes in resolving skin wind-heat. Diffuses and erupts measles/rashes. Treats diseases of the upper part: throat, head, eyes, teeth. Removes eye membranes. Treats difficult labor, taking advantage of its ability to shed. Treats pediatric night crying, taking advantage of the meaning of "crying by day, resting by night".)

Xie [Scorpion]
Ru Gan Zhang Yi Sou Feng. Ding Chu Liao Jing Quan Li Zu. Da Jing Luo Er Juan Bi. Yu Xian Zhi Shan Wei Gong Chang. Wei He Xin Xian. Xing Han Yin Du (Enters the Liver organ to search out wind. Stabilizes spasms and treats convulsions with full strength. Reaches meridians and removes bi-syndrome. Cures epilepsy and treats hernias, with the tail having long-lasting efficacy. Flavor combines pungent and salty. Nature contains yin toxicity). (Xie [Scorpion] flavor pungent and salty, has toxicity. Its power lies in the tail. Some use only the tail, some use the whole insect. Enters Liver to search out wind. Travels through zang-fu organs. Moves through meridians. Treats adult stroke. Pediatric convulsive epilepsy. All those belonging to excess pathogens can use it. As for treating hernia, malaria, and women's leukorrhea, vaginal prolapse, etc., all are caused by wind qi in the Liver meridian. Because Xie is produced in the East, color green belongs to Wood.)