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Non-toxic. Generated through spontaneous generation.

*Pisciculus liberinus* (Licefish/Booklouse) [Source: *Shennong Bencao Jing*]: Primarily treats gynecological hernia masses (fuzha), difficulty in urination; for pediatric wind-stroke causing neck stiffness and back rigidity, it can be used for rubbing/massage over the affected area. (The red text above is from *Shennong Bencao Jing*)

Additionally treats: strangury (lin syndrome), abortion-inducing properties, topical application to ulcers to eliminate scars. (The black text above is recorded by famous physicians).

[Names]: Baiyu (White Fish), Biyu (Wall Fish) [Pronunciation: Tan, Xun].

[Origin]: *Tujing* states: Grows in the flat marshes of Xianyang; currently found everywhere. It is less common in clothing and mostly found in books. The "Chanbaiyu" mentioned in *Erya*, described by Guo Pu as insects in clothes and books, also known as (Bing) fish, refers to this species. *Bielu* records: Zhang Zhou, a补缺 (filler of vacancies), saw melon seeds on the wall transform into white fish, thus knowing that the saying in *Liezi* about rotten melons turning into fish was not false. People today call it Wall Fish. *Yanyi* adds: Its shape slightly resembles a fish, and its tail is bifurcated. People use it to eliminate scars.

[Collection Time]: Available at any time.

[Color]: Bluish-white.

[Taste]: Salty.

[Nature]: Warm, soft texture.

[Qi and Flavor]: Thin Qi, strong flavor; Yin within Yang.

[Efficacy]: *Tujing* states: Treats pediatric stranguria and retention. Take the insect to rub the umbilicus and lower abdomen; urination will then flow freely. *Yaoxing Lun* states: Promotes diuresis. *Sun Taizhen Fang* states: For sudden hemifacial paralysis with slurred speech, take several specimens to rub behind the ears; if deviated left, rub right; if deviated right, rub left; it will return to normal. *Bielu* states: For pediatric Ke Wu (sudden fright/evil influence), take ten specimens, apply to the nipple for the child to suckle, curing the condition; for eye nebula (cataract/pterygium), grind into powder and instill a few drops onto the nebula; for women with spontaneous uterine bleeding, insert thirty specimens into the vagina.

[Combinations]: Combined with Eagle Droppings (Yingshi) and Silkworm Larvae (Jiangcan) applied to scar tissue eliminates scars. Combined with cow's milk and instilled into the eyes treats foreign bodies (sand, stone, grass) stuck in the eye.

[Contraindications]: Contraindicated in pregnancy.

Hailuo (Sea Snail): A formula for treating chronic eye pain lasting years or decades: Take one raw snail, wash it, dry the inside, open the shell mouth, place one piece of Coptidis Rhizoma (Huanglian) inside the snail mouth, allowing the snail to drink the Huanglian juice. Use cotton to extract the juice and apply to the eye. ○ *Sun Taizhen Fang* states: Combined with vegetables to treat heart pain. ○ Haiyue (a type of sea snail): Pungent, neutral, non-toxic. Treats Xiao Ke (wasting-thirst), directs Qi downward, promotes appetite, benefits the five Zang organs, regulates the middle Jiao. Consumed with ginger sauce, it eliminates retained food in the abdomen, induces hunger, and stops frequent urination. Transformed from South Sea sea foam; when boiled, it turns back to water. Shaped like a half-moon, hence the name. It belongs to the Haige (sea clam) category. ○ *Bielu* states: Neutral. Treats phlegm accumulation, wards off evil spirits and toxins. Best taken with raw Sichuan peppercorn sauce; it aids digestion, induces hunger. Since it originates from sea foam and returns to water upon boiling, entering the abdomen helps retain fluids, thus benefiting the body. Those who eat it show no harm, indicating it is beneficial. Also known as Yixia Yu.

Qingfu: Pungent, warm, non-toxic. Tonifies the center, benefits Yang channels, expels cold Qi, improves complexion. Grows in the South Sea, resembling a cicada. Its larvae attach to trees; when used to smear coins, the coins return to their original place. Also known as Qiuqu. *Guangya* says: Qingfu. *Soushen Ji* states: In the south there is an insect named KT, large as a cicada, pungent and delicious to eat. Its larvae resemble silkworms, also known as Yubo. *Zhi* states: Grows in the South... returns at night... cures conditions in the mouth... wild chicken diseases... enters flesh... causes erosion... carry a tube... make soup bath... take insect juice to dot... white curtain like a coin... of. ○ Old brocade crimson silk brocade like... grass segments two sevens... swelling and pain when falling... wait for amnesty day in... Chaozhou resembles snake... head has a horn... wear it to ward off stream... mouth has horn facing... palm removes water insects... people). ○ Place should get silk... eat each other like this... also has single-legged... wear... down pediatric wind... like bed small like...矣.

Panmao Chong (Mao Worm): Treats Chuanshi Guizhu (consumption/tuberculosis with ghostly symptoms), small like a night-crawling insect, should not be used lightly. ○ (Zhi) (Dang) Toxic. Treats all types of Dingzhong (carbuncles/furuncles). Earth makes nests, *Erya*... fall... sound Zhi Tang is here... finish then dislike hearing... ugly sores dark spots... poison treats stream poison and... inch long four legs swim on water, fly when water dries, also known as Shuima (Water Horse), not the Shuima from the sea that facilitates difficult labor. ○ Feisheng Chong Non-toxic, facilitates childbirth, holding the horn temporarily works. ...Take two insects from... Treats Feishi Yougu (floating corpse roaming gu poison)... dysentery gu poison lower blood... blade does not injure. Also says... ○ Danluo Sweet taste... meat swelling kills tinea... has short wings can fly... place ten on sore, make moxa with reed mat rope roast lice on, root comes out reverse foot toes have flesh thorns KT, apply black lice root comes out. (*Youyang Zazu* says... person about to die lice leave body, or say take sick lice before bed can divinate impending death, dying lice walk towards patient all die).

Gouqi Shang Chong (Insect on Goji Berry): Salty, warm, non-toxic. Benefits Yang channels, improves complexion, produces seeds. Harvest when making cocoons and becoming pupae, sun-dry and roast until yellow, combine with dried Rehmanniae Radix (Di Huang) to make pills. Greatly raises Yang and benefits essence. The insect resembles a silkworm, eats Goji leaves.

Da Hong Xia (Large Red Shrimp): Sweet, neutral, slightly toxic. Treats Feishi Hui Chong (floating corpse roundworms), sweet taste in mouth... wind itching body itch, head sores teeth, removes tinea, applies to mountain toad mosquito entering human flesh, initially eating sore erupts then heals. Grows in Linhai Kuaiji, large ones reach one chi long, whiskers can be used as hairpins. Yu Xiaofu replied to Emperor Jin: Still warm, not yet offered for tribute, which is from Kuaiji. Store in sealed container with hot rice makes... poison people main death. Cui Bao says: Liaohai region has flying insects like dragonflies, named Gan... July swarm darken sky, barbarians eat them, say transformed from shrimp. Also Du Taiqing Huai Fu says: Locusts transform into pheasants, enter water transform into clams.

Mudu (Wood Borer): Pungent, neutral, slightly toxic. Treats blood stasis,劳积 (accumulation from overwork), irregular menstruation, waist and spine pain, damages blood and phlegm between heart and abdomen. Those in peach wood kill ghosts and remove evil Qi; those in cinnamon are pungent and delicious, remove cold Qi, similar to Qicao (cricket larva), segmented feet long short legs, grows in rotting wood, bores wood like awls/knives, molts in spring, also known as Xie. *Erya* says: Xie jie KT, note says: Mudu. Su Gong proves: Qicao is deeply mistaken.

Liushi Mi (Bamboo Bee Honey): Sweet, cold. Treats tooth... pain, mouth sores, hold in mouth. Bee size of small finger, pure black, bites bamboo to make nest, honey like thick sugar, sweet and sour tasty. *Fangyan* says: Liushi Bamboo Bee.

Lan She (Blue Snake): Head highly toxic, tail good. Middle has a constriction, break at the constriction. Using head mixed with poison drugs kills humans. Lingnan people call it Lan Yao. Antidote method: Make tail into jerky and feed it, then cured. Blue snake like Viper, has constriction, grows in Cangwu counties, head toxic tail good.

Liangtou She (Two-headed Snake): Seeing it brings bad luck. Size of finger, one head no eyes no mouth, both heads can move. Found in Kuaiji, people say it is King Yue's bowstring. Formerly Sun Shu'ao buried it, fearing later generations seeing it would die. People seeing snake feet also say not good. Snake burned with mulberry fire, then feet appear, seeing nothing can... also.

Huoshi (Living Master/Tadpole): Treats Huo... heat sores and scabies, crush and apply. Take skin of green walnut and mix into paste, dye beard hair, one dye does not change. Walnut branch has method, that is Hamuer (toad child) grows in water with tail, combine (Yu) fish gradually grow, legs grow tail shed egg, benefits eyesight. *Shan Hai Jing* says: Huoshi tadpole insect.