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[Jiu Zi (Allii Tuberosi Semen)] Pungent, sweet, and warm. Tonifies the Liver and Kidney, assists Mingmen Fire (Gate of Vitality), warms the waist and knees.

[Jian Gan Bu] (Note: Text implies a reference or missing context; translated as having a tonifying effect on the Liver.)

[Ma Liao Dou (Vigna unguiculata var. sesquipedalis)] Sweet and cold. Tonifies the Kidney, calms the Heart and spirit, brightens the eyes, promotes urination to remove dampness, clears heat, dispels wind, invigorates blood, detoxifies, and promotes bowel movement. Ma Liao Dou itself is particularly effective in tonifying the Kidney; its skin can stop night sweats.

[Hei Dou (Sojae Semen Nigrum)] Sweet and neutral. Tonifies the Kidney and supplements Qi, regulates the Middle Jiao, strengthens the Stomach, harmonizes the Five Zang organs, regulates Ying (Nutrient) and Wei (Defensive) Qi, generates essence and marrow, and resolves the toxicity of Shu Mang Cao (Aconitum carmichaelii). Beans are the grain of the Kidney, and Hei Dou corresponds to this nature.

[Yi Zhi Ren (Alpiniae Oxyphyllae Fructus)] Sweet and warm. Directs Qi downward, benefits the Kidney and returns Yuan Qi, warms the Middle and promotes intestinal function, stops hiccups.

[Ge Jie (Geckos)] Pungent, salty, and balanced/mild. Can guide Lung Qi into the Kidney to tonify it, clear heat, remove timidity, unblock the ears and brighten the eyes. Best used after processing and steeping in wine.

[Jian Fei Bu Zhu] (Note: Text implies a reference; translated as referring to notes on tonifying the Lung.)

[Jian Fei Bu] (Note: Text implies a reference; translated as having a tonifying effect on the Lung.)

[Que Rou (Pigeon Meat)] Sweet and warm. Strengthens Yang, benefits essence and fills marrow, reduces urination. Que Lv (Pigeon Egg) is sour and warm, benefits essence and blood, treats male impotence and female blood deficiency with amenorrhea.

[Hai Ma (Seahorse)] Sweet and warm. Strengthens Yang and supplements Qi, tonifies essence and marrow, reduces urination; best taken steeped in wine.

[Lu Rong/Jiao (Deer Antler/Collagen)] Salty and warm. When boiled into gelatin or refined into frost, its efficacy is specialized for nourishment. It benefits the Kidney, strengthens bones, generates essence and blood, and can unblock the Du Mai (Governing Vessel). Used raw, it clears heat, moves blood, and expels evil pathogens; it can drive out evil qi and bad blood from the Yin region, treating nocturnal emissions involving hallucinations ("dreaming of intercourse with ghosts"). Mi Jiao (Elk Antler) has similar functions but with reduced warmth. Lu Jin (Deer Tendon) treats consumptive disease and heals fractures. Lu Jing (Deer Essence/Semen) greatly tonifies deficiency and wasting-thirst conditions.

[Lu Sui (Deer Marrow)] Tonifies the interior and fills bone marrow; requires refining before use.

[Jian Da Chang Bu] (Note: Text implies a reference; translated as referring to notes on tonifying the Large Intestine.)

[Gou Jing Gu (Dog Tibia)] Benefits essence and assists Yang. The tibia enters the Kidney to tonify bones; burning it to ash and applying it to teeth is beneficial.

[He Tun (Pufferfish)] Salty and cold. Treats exhaustion of Kidney Qi, moistens the intestines and stomach, generates fluids. Not suitable for those with erectile dysfunction, as it can generate damp-phlegm and attract wind-heat. Its skin is toxic, with the head and meat being particularly poisonous. Brain treats cephalalgia due to wind but damages Yang. Hooves promote lactation. Xuan Ti Jia (Porcine Calcaneal Aponeurosis) treats phlegm-wheezing, sores, hemorrhoids. Tail blood treats inverted smallpox lesions. Kidneys are salty and cold, enter the Kidney channel, treat lower back pain and deafness.

[Jian Pi Bu] (Note: Text implies a reference; translated as referring to notes on tonifying the Spleen.)

[Yang Rou (Mutton/Lamb Meat)** Salty and hot. Consolidates essence, strengthens Yang, treats impotence and cold semen.

[Sang Piao Xiao (Mantis Egg Case)] Sweet and salty, neutral. Enters the Liver, Kidney, and Mingmen channels. Benefits essence and Qi, consolidates the Kidney, treats deficiency with seminal emission, leukorrhea, and impotence, promotes urination to reduce frequency. Those harvested from mulberry trees are preferred; if not from mulberry trees, use Mulberry Bark (Sang Bai Pi) as an adjunct.

[Nuan Jing Zhong Zi] Warms essence and promotes fertility.

[Xiao Hui Xiang (Fennel Fruit)** Sweet and warm. Warms the Lower Jiao (Water Organ), strengthens the Yang pathway, treats Qi and Blood pain, dissipates mass formations (Jia blocks).