\r钟乳石\pq122.bmp\r
上温肺冷。下壮肾阳。质重性偏。补火强阴通乳汁。味甘气热。除寒治嗽理虚劳。
（钟乳石得石之津气。钟聚成乳。滴流成石。内则中空如管。故名。禀阳刚之性。凡药性之
偏者。皆可用于暂而不可久。况石药之气悍哉。昧者服之。顿觉阳气倍充。饮食倍进。形体
壮盛为庆。而不知暗损阴精。致成消渴痈疽之祸矣。凡肺虚寒嗽。久不愈者。用数分研细冲
服神效。又果树上作穴。纳钟乳末少许。封好。则子多而味美。其功概可想见矣。）
\r海浮石\pq123a1.bmp\r
体质轻浮。化痰火瘿瘤。清金利咳。咸寒润下。治浊淋积块。摩翳开光。（海浮石
海边水沫结成。其质轻。其体空。其色白。其味咸。化痰清肺。是其所长。治淋者以其咸寒
润下。又金为水之上源。源清而流洁耳。）
\r磁石\pq123a.bmp\r
引金气以下行。气纳喘平。导归水部。镇肾虚之恐怯。耳聪翳退。性味咸寒。（磁石
。生于有铁处。为铁之母。中有铁纹。善吸铁。有子母相粘之象。一云年久则仍化为铁。想
铁之未成者。火 醋淬。善拔疔疮。其功入肾。能养肾气。镇肾虚。又能引金气下行。故肾
虚浊泛。而为内障耳鸣等证。皆可治之。）
Zhongru Shi (Stalactite)
Ascends to warm cold in the Lung; descends to strengthen Yang of the Kidney. Heavy in texture and biased in nature, it tonifies Fire, strengthens Yin, and promotes lactation. Sweet in taste and hot in qi, it dispels cold, treats cough, and manages consumptive disease.
(Stalactite absorbs the fluid and essence of rocks, gathering into a milky form and dripping to solidify into stone. Internally hollow like a tube, it is named accordingly. It inherits the nature of Yang and rigidity. Any medicine with a biased nature should only be used temporarily and not for long periods, let alone mineral medicines which are fierce and potent. Ignorant people take it and suddenly feel their Yang Qi doubled, appetite increased, and physique strengthened, rejoicing in this state, unaware that they secretly damage their Yin Essence, leading to disasters such as Xiao Ke (Wasting and Thirsting Syndrome) and carbuncles/furuncles. For chronic cough due to Lung deficiency and cold, taking a few fen ground into fine powder and washed down with water yields miraculous effects. Additionally, drilling holes in fruit trees, inserting a small amount of Stalactite powder, and sealing them well results in more abundant and tastier fruits; its efficacy can be inferred from this.)
Haifushi (Pumice)
Light and floating in constitution, it resolves phlegm-fire, scrofula, and goiter; clears Metal (Lung) and benefits the throat to stop cough. Salty and cold in nature, moistening and descending, it treats turbid stranguria and accumulations/masses; grinding it removes ocular nebulae and restores vision. (Pumice forms from sea foam, being light in quality, hollow in structure, white in color, and salty in taste. Resolving phlegm and clearing the Lung is its specialty. It treats stranguria due to its salty, cold, moistening, and descending properties. Furthermore, Metal is the upper source of Water; when the source is clear, the flow is pure.)
Cishi (Magnetite)
Guides Metal Qi to descend, causing Qi to gather and wheezing to subside; directs Qi to the Water aspect (Kidney), anchoring fearfulness caused by Kidney deficiency, improving hearing, reducing ocular nebulae, and restoring clarity. Nature and taste are salty and cold. (Magnetite is found where iron exists, acting as the mother of iron, containing iron patterns within, and possessing the ability to attract iron, resembling the adhesive relationship between mother and child. Another view suggests that after many years it turns back into iron, likely because the iron was not fully formed; subjected to fire smelting and vinegar quenching, it is good at drawing out toxins from ding sores. Its action enters the Kidney, nourishing Kidney Qi and anchoring Kidney deficiency. It also guides Metal Qi downward, thus treating conditions such as internal eye disorders and tinnitus caused by turbid Qi flooding upward due to Kidney deficiency.)