味咸甘。入足厥阴经。功专和血。醋磨涂。治金疮折伤痈疽肿毒。止痛生肌。
味甘温。入足阳明经。功专强阴益阳。通百节。利九窍。补虚劳。下乳汁。肺虚喘
急不息。以光明钟乳粉五钱。蜡三两化和。饭甑内蒸熟。研丸桐子大。温水下一丸。气甚剽
悍。命门火衰者只可暂用。否则有害。蛇床为使。畏紫石英。恶牡丹。忌胡荽葱蒜羊血参术
。一名鹅管。
味甘辛温有毒。入手太阴足厥阴经。功专治妇人血气痛。及诸毒疮金疮出血。中瓦斯
毒者。饮冷水或白萝卜即愈。
味辛温毒烈。入手足太阴厥阴经。功专坚物散血。定痛生肌。止金疮血。以黄牛胆
汁和纳胆中阴干用甚效。风化者良。古矿灰名地龙骨。棺中者尤佳。痰核红肿寒热。状如瘰
。锻石火 为末。以白果肉同捣贴之。如无白果。蜜亦可。奇效。
味咸寒。入手太阴足厥阴经。功专软坚润下。止嗽止渴。通淋。化上焦老痰。消
瘿瘤结核。多服损人血气。头核脑痹。头枕后生核。正者为脑。侧者为痹。白浮石烧存性为
末。入轻粉少许。麻油调涂。或加干牛粪尤妙。亦治头 。得香附姜汁。治疝气茎缩囊肿。
咳嗽不止末服良。
咸温。入足少阴经。功专补石肾命门。治阴痿精乏。子宫虚冷。腰膝冷痹。水肿
瘕症。 淬研粉。新汲水调涂丹毒肿痒。桑螵蛸为使。恶泽泻菌桂。畏菟丝子。忌羊血。
[None-Name Iron / Wu Ming Yi]
Taste: Salty and sweet.
Meridian Tropism: Enters the Foot Jueyin (Liver) Meridian.
Functions: Specializes in harmonizing blood. When ground with vinegar and applied topically, it treats traumatic injuries from metal weapons, fractures, sores, carbuncles, swelling, and toxicity. It relieves pain and promotes tissue regeneration.
[Yang Qi Shi / Yangqishi]
Taste: Sweet and warm.
Meridian Tropism: Enters the Foot Yangming (Stomach) Meridian.
Functions: Specializes in strengthening Yin and benefiting Yang. It unblocks all joints, benefits the nine orifices, tonifies deficiency and fatigue, and promotes lactation. For asthma and rapid breathing due to Lung deficiency, take five qian of Guangming Zhongru powder mixed with three liang of beeswax, melt them together, steam until cooked in a rice steamer, grind into pills the size of paulownia seeds, and swallow one pill with warm water. The drug's qi is extremely fierce; those with declining Fire of the Gate of Vitality (Mingmen) should only use it temporarily, otherwise it will be harmful. Snake Bed Seed (Shechuangzi) acts as an enabler. It fears Purple Quartz (Zi Shiyin). It abhors Peony (Mudan). Avoid coriander, scallions, garlic, sheep blood, Ginseng (Renshen), and Atractylodes (Baizhu). Also known as Goose Tube (Eguan).
[Mituo Seng / Ledouxite]
Taste: Pungent, warm, and toxic.
Meridian Tropism: Enters the Hand Taiyin (Lung) and Foot Jueyin (Liver) Meridians.
Functions: Specializes in treating blood and qi pain in women, as well as various toxic sores, traumatic bleeding from metal weapons. If poisoned by gas fumes, drinking cold water or white radish juice leads to recovery.
[Dai Zhe Shi / Hematite]
Taste: Pungent, warm, and intensely toxic.
Meridian Tropism: Enters the Hand Taiyin (Lung), Hand Jueyin (Pericardium), Foot Taiyin (Spleen), and Foot Jueyin (Liver) Meridians.
Functions: Specializes in consolidating foreign objects, dispersing blood stasis, relieving pain, promoting tissue regeneration, and stopping bleeding from traumatic wounds. Mixing with bile from a yellow ox, placing it inside the gallbladder, and drying in the shade yields excellent results. Those that have undergone weathering are superior. Ancient mine ash is called Di Gu Long (Earth Dragon Bone); those found in coffins are particularly good. For phlegm nodules with redness, swelling, and alternating cold and fever, resembling Scrofula (Luoli), calcine the forged stone into powder, pound it together with white ginkgo nuts for topical application. If white ginkgo nuts are unavailable, honey can also be used, yielding miraculous effects.
[Hai Fu Shi / Pumice]
Taste: Salty and cold.
Meridian Tropism: Enters the Hand Taiyin (Lung) and Foot Jueyin (Liver) Meridians.
Functions: Specializes in softening hardness, moistening and purging downward, relieving cough, quenching thirst, promoting urination, resolving old phlegm in the Upper Jiao, and eliminating goiters, lymph node tuberculosis, and other nodules. Overconsumption damages blood and qi. "Head nucleus brain bi" refers to lumps growing at the back of the head; those in the center are called Brain Bi, while those on the side are called Bi. Burn white pumice until the charred nature remains, grind into powder, add a small amount of Calomel (Qing Fen), mix with sesame oil for topical application. Adding dried cow dung is even better. It also treats head scrofula. Combined with Cyperus (Xiangfu) and ginger juice, it treats hernia, penile retraction, and cysts. It is beneficial when taken last for persistent coughing.
[Yang Qi Shi / Yangqishi - Continued/Specific Preparation]
Taste: Salty and warm.
Meridian Tropism: Enters the Foot Shaoyin (Kidney) Meridian.
Functions: Specializes in tonifying the Stone Kidney and the Gate of Vitality (Mingmen). It treats impotence, scanty essence, uterine deficiency-cold, cold bi syndrome in the waist and knees, edema, and mass disorders (Zhengjia). Quench it in water, grind into powder, mix with fresh well water, and apply topically to treat erysipelas with swelling and itching. Mulberry Mantis Egg Case (Sangpiaoxiao) acts as an enabler. It abhors Alisma (Zexie) and Cinnabar Cinnamon (Jungui). It fears Dodder Seed (Tusizi). Avoid sheep blood.