气味酸寒，无毒。主治寒热泄痢白沃，阴蚀恶疮，目痛，坚骨齿。炼饵服之，轻身不
老增年。
（矾石始出河西山谷及陇西武都石门，今益州、晋州、青州、慈州、无为州皆有。一名
湟石
，又名羽湟、羽泽。矾有五种，其色各异，有白矾、黄矾、绿矾、皂矾、绛矾之不同。矾石
，白矾也，乃采石敲碎煎炼而成洁白光明者，为明矾。成块光莹如水晶者，为矾精。煎矾之
法，采石数百斤，用水煎炼，其水成矾石之斤数不减，是石中之精气，假水而成矾，故有羽
湟、羽泽之名。湟泽，水也，羽，聚也，谓聚水而成也。）
矾石以水煎石而成，光亮体重，酸寒而涩，是禀水石之专精，能整肃其秽浊。主治寒热
泄痢
白沃者，谓或因于寒，或因于热，而为泄痢白沃之证。矾石清涤肠胃，故可治也。阴蚀恶疮
者，言阴盛生虫，肌肉如蚀，而为恶疮之证，矾石酸涩杀虫，故可治也。以水煎石，其色光
明，其性本寒，故治目痛。以水煎石，凝结成矾，其质如石，故坚骨齿。炼而饵服，得石中
之精，补养精气，故轻身不老增年。
气味酸辛寒，有小毒。主明目，治目痛，金疮诸痫痉，女子阴蚀痛，石淋寒热，崩中
下血，诸邪毒瓦斯，令人有子。炼饵服之，不老。久服增寿神仙。
（石胆《本经》名黑石，俗呼胆矾。始出秦川羌道山谷大石间，或羌里句青山，今信州
铅山
、嵩岳及蒲州皆有之，生于铜坑中，采得煎炼而成。又有自然生者，尤为珍贵。大者如拳，
如鸡卵，小者如桃栗，击之纵横分解，但以火烧之成汁者，必伪也。涂于铁上及铜上烧之红
者，真也。）
胆矾气味酸辛而寒。酸，木也。辛，金也。寒，水也。禀金水木相生之气化。禀水气，
故主明目，治目痛。禀金气，故治金疮诸痫痉，谓金疮受风，变为痫痉也。禀木气，故治女
子阴蚀痛，谓土湿溃烂，女子阴户如虫啮缺伤而痛也。金生水，而水生木，故治石淋寒热，
崩中下血，诸邪毒瓦斯，令人有子。夫治石淋寒热，崩中下血，金生水也。治诸邪毒瓦斯，令人
有子，水生木也。炼饵服之不老，久服增寿神仙，得石中之精也。
The taste is sour and cold, non-toxic. It treats alternating chills and fever, diarrhea and dysentery, leukorrhea (white discharge), genital erosion, malignant sores, eye pain, and strengthens bones and teeth. When refined and taken as an electuary, it lightens the body, prevents aging, and increases longevity.
(Alumen originally appeared in the valleys of Hexi and Shimen, Wudu, Longxi. Currently, it is produced in Yizhou, Jinzhou, Qingzhou, Cizhou, and Wuwei Zhou. It is also known as Huangshi, or Yuhuang, Yuze. There are five types of alums with different colors: white alum, yellow alum, green vitriol, black soapstone alum, and crimson alum. "Fanshi" refers to white alum, which is obtained by mining stones, crushing them, and refining them through boiling until they become bright and pure white; this is called Mingfan. Those that form into blocks, glossy and crystal-clear, are called Fanjing. The method of refining alums involves collecting hundreds of jin of stones, boiling them in water. The weight of the resulting alum does not decrease relative to the water used, indicating that the essence of the stone relies on water to form alum. Hence the names Yuhuang and Yuze. "Huangze" refers to water, and "Yu" means gathering, implying gathering water to form it.)
Fanshi is made by boiling stones in water; it is bright, heavy, sour, cold, and astringent. It inherits the essence of water and stone, capable of purifying turbid impurities. It treats alternating chills and fever, diarrhea, dysentery, and leukorrhea caused by either cold or heat pathogens. Fanshi clears and washes the intestines and stomach, thus treating these conditions. "Genital erosion and malignant sores" refer to conditions where excessive yin generates parasites, causing muscles to appear eroded. Fanshi's sour and astringent properties kill parasites, thus treating this. Boiling stones in water yields a bright substance with a cold nature, treating eye pain. Condensing into alum gives it a stone-like hardness, strengthening bones and teeth. Refined and taken as an electuary, it absorbs the essence of the stone, nourishing jing and qi, thereby lightening the body, preventing aging, and increasing longevity.
Shidan (Stalactite Vitriol / Copper Sulfate) has a sour, acrid, and cold taste, with slight toxicity. It brightens the eyes, treats eye pain, traumatic wounds from metal weapons (Jinchuang), various epilepsy and spasms, female genital erosion pain, lithiasis strangury (Shilin) with chills and fever, metrorrhagia and uterine bleeding (Bengzhong Xiexue), various pathogenic toxic vapors, and promotes fertility. Refined and taken as an electuary, it prevents aging. Long-term use increases lifespan, even achieving immortality.
(Shidan was named Heishi in the *Shennong Bencao Jing* and is commonly known as Danfan. It originally grew among large rocks in the valleys of Qiangdao, Qinchuan, or Qiangliju Green Mountains. Currently, it is found in Xinzhour Qianshan, Songyue, and Puzhou, growing in copper mines. It is mined and refined. Naturally occurring pieces are particularly precious. Large ones are fist-sized or egg-sized; small ones are peach- or chestnut-sized. They fracture纵横ly when struck. If heated and melts into liquid, it is fake. If applied to iron or copper and turns red when heated, it is genuine.)
Danfan tastes sour, acrid, and cold. Sour corresponds to Wood. Acrid corresponds to Metal. Cold corresponds to Water. It inherits the generative Qi transformation of Metal, Water, and Wood. Inheriting Water Qi, it brightens the eyes and treats eye pain. Inheriting Metal Qi, it treats Jinchuang and various epilepsy/spasms, meaning trauma exposed to wind transforms into epilepsy/spasms. Inheriting Wood Qi, it treats female genital erosion pain, meaning damp-earth causes ulceration, making the female genitalia feel like it is being gnawed by insects and painful. Metal generates Water, and Water generates Wood; thus, it treats Shilin with chills/fever, metrorrhagia, toxic vapors, and promotes fertility. Treating Shilin and bleeding reflects Metal generating Water. Treating toxic vapors and promoting fertility reflects Water generating Wood. Refined as an electuary for anti-aging and long-term use for longevity/immortality is due to absorbing the essence of the stone.