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Toxic, generated from transformation.

Mylabris (originating from *Shennong Bencao Jing*). Mainly treats chills and fever, Gui Zhu (ghostly affliction), Gu Du (poisonous worm disease), Shu Lou (scrofula), malignant sores, ulcerative carbuncles, necrotic tissue, breaking of stone strangury (above in red characters, from *Shennong Bencao Jing*), scabies, tinea, blood accumulation, damaging muscle and skin, inducing abortion (above in black characters, recorded by famous physicians). [Names] Long Wei (Dragon Tail), Yan Qing, Fa Ban, Hao (pronounced Ci), Long Miao, Ban Jun, Pan Qiong, Long Jia. Features yellow and black mottled patterns on the back, black abdomen, pointed beak, size similar to *Crocus Sativus* (actually referring to Croton seed/Ba Dou in context of size comparison, but literal translation: Ba Dou). Harvested from leaves. Ancient formularies frequently use this herb; the character is sometimes written as "Ban Mao" or also as "Ban Hao". [Seasons] [Growth] April, May. [Harvest] July, August, collected in dew. [Storage] Dried in shade. [Medicinal Part] Whole body. [Color] Yellow and black mottled patterns. [Taste] Acrid. [Nature] Cold. [Qi Thickness] Thin Qi, Yin within Yang. [Main Actions] Treating Shu Lou, dribbling strangury. [Assistant Herb] Ma Dao (Scrofula) acts as assistant. [Incompatibilities] Feared by Ba Dou (*Crotonis Fructus*), Danshen (*Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix et Rhizoma*), Kong Qing (*Azurite*); Disliked by Fu Qing, Dou Hua. [Processing] [*Yanyi* states]: When used, stir-fry in glutinous rice until the rice turns yellow, then remove wings and feet for use. [Treatment] [Therapy] [*Yaoxing Lun* states]: Eliminates Luo Li (scrofula), causing the root to emerge; also treats Sha Si Du (sand tick poison). Take two insects, one ground into powder for internal administration, one burned until smoke ceases, ground into powder for external application, effect is immediate. For pregnant women with a dead fetus intended for expulsion, burn into powder, take one dose to expel. [Combined Therapy]: Take half liang, lightly stir-fried into powder, mixed with honey and applied to dry tinea characterized by crusts formed over years, oozing yellow fluid when scratched, itching exacerbated during rainy weather. ○ Take one liang, remove wings and feet, stir-fry together with one sheng of millet until millet is scorched yellow, discard millet, grind finely, add four liang of Gan Bo Ke (dried mint/herb) powder, mix uniformly, combine with white of quail egg to form pills the size of mung beans. Administer one pill on an empty stomach with aged tea, increase to five pills, decrease by one pill daily until reaching one pill, then administer five pills daily. Treats adult and pediatric Luo Li, resolving internally. [Contraindications] Forbidden during pregnancy as it can ulcerate human flesh. For treating strangury, herbs are often extremely bitter; those with extreme bitterness should exercise caution. Do not use raw in prescriptions; raw usage causes vomiting and diarrhea.

Toxic, generated from transformation.

Lytta vesicatoria (Variegated Blister Beetle). Mainly treats Gu Du, Feng Zhu (windy ghostly affliction), Gui Zhu, inducing abortion (recorded by famous physicians). [Origin] [*Tujing* states]: *Bencao Jing* does not record its native provinces; now found everywhere. Its shape is quite similar to Mylabris, but purely greenish-blue, with a single yellow stripe on the back, pointed beak. Born in March and April when Yuan Hua (*Daphne Genkwa*) blooms, mostly harvested from flowers. [Lei Gong says]: Lyta has one yellow and one black stripe on the back, a small red dot at the tip of the beak, resides on bean leaves feeding on bean leaf juice; Ting Zhang is black-yellow, resides on vine leaves feeding on vine gum juice; Di Dan has a large red dot on the forehead and black body, each having specific uses. [Seasons] [Growth] March, April. [Harvest] Collected in March, April. [Storage] Sun-dried. [Medicinal Part] Whole body. [Processing] Mix with millet and hemp seeds, stir-fry together until millet turns yellow-black, remove hemp seeds etc., remove head, wings, and feet, wrap in tangled hair, hang on the corner of the east wall overnight to remove toxicity, use the next morning. [Treatment] [Therapy] [Tao Yingju says]: Treats Shu Lou sores. [Contraindications] Forbidden during pregnancy.