味甘平。宽中健胃。吴江者佳。一名 残鱼。
味甘寒。入手足太阴阳明经。功专祛风下水。疗五痔。治湿痹。利大小肠。治妊
娠水气。凡胆皆苦。独是胆带甘。喉痹将死者。点入即瘥。病深者水调灌之。俗名乌鱼。本
草名鳢鱼。
味甘平。入手太阴经。功专去风杀虫。治骨蒸劳瘵。湿痹风瘙。阴户蚀痒。补虚损
。其骨烧烟。蚊化为水。置衣箱中。辟诸蠹。血疮疹入眼。以少许点之良。
味甘大温。入手足太阴厥阴经。功专补五脏。除风湿。尾血疗口眼 斜。少和麝。
左
涂右。右 涂左。正则洗去。滴耳治耳痛。滴鼻治鼻衄。点目治痘后生翳。头治百虫入耳
。
味甘平。入手太阴经。功专暖中益气。醒酒解渴。同米粉煮羹食。调中收痔。煮食
疗阳事不起。俗名泥鳅。
味咸。入足厥阴经。功专疗血滞。得生地治血淋。得干姜治血瘕。得鹿茸阿胶治
崩中带下。烧末酒服。治腹痛环脐。阴蚀肿痛。以生者为末。加麝香少许。点目治目翳泪出
。
捻入耳治耳 出脓。肉酸平。益气强志。益人通经。以蒲黄等分为末。涂舌肿出血如泉。并
敷跌破出血。一名乌贼骨。性温。和血祛寒湿。治血枯尤良。恶附子白芨白蔹。能淡盐。
[Paper Fish] (Zhiyu)
Taste: Sweet and neutral. Actions: Broadens the middle jiao and strengthens the stomach. The variety from Wujiang is superior. Also known as Canyu.
[Sea Snake] (Haishe - *Note: Text describes characteristics of Black Fish/Ophiocephalus*)
Taste: Sweet and cold. Meridian Tropism: Enters the Hand Taiyin, Foot Taiyin, Hand Yangming, and Foot Yangming meridians. Actions: Specializes in dispelling wind and promoting urination. Treats five types of hemorrhoids. Treats damp-bi syndrome. Promotes bowel and bladder functions. Treats edema during pregnancy. Generally, gallbladder bile is bitter, but this fish's bile is sweet. For severe throat obstruction (houbi) approaching death, applying the bile to the throat brings recovery. For deep-seated conditions, dilute with water and administer orally. Common name: Wuyu (Black Fish). Name in Materia Medica: Liyu.
[Mudfish/Catfish type]
Taste: Sweet and neutral. Meridian Tropism: Enters the Hand Taiyin meridian. Actions: Specializes in dispelling wind and killing parasites. Treats bone-steaming consumption (guteng lao zhai). Treats damp-bi syndrome and wind-induced pruritus. Treats erosion and itching of the vaginal orifice. Tonifies deficiency and damage. Burning its bones produces smoke that dissolves mosquitoes. Placing it in clothing chests repels various insects. For blood sores and rashes entering the eye, applying a small amount locally is effective.
[Yellow Catfish type]
Taste: Greatly warm. Meridian Tropism: Enters the Hand Taiyin, Foot Taiyin, Hand Jueyin, and Foot Jueyin meridians. Actions: Specializes in tonifying the five zang organs. Expels wind-dampness. Tail blood treats facial paralysis (deviation of mouth and eyes). Mix with a small amount of Moschus (She Xiang). Apply to the right side if deviation is on the left, and to the left side if deviation is on the right. Wash off once alignment is restored. Drip into ears to treat otalgia. Drip into nose to treat epistaxis. Drip into eyes to treat corneal opacity after smallpox. Head treats cases of insects entering the ear.
[Mudfish] (Niqiu)
Taste: Sweet and neutral. Meridian Tropism: Enters the Hand Taiyin meridian. Actions: Specializes in warming the middle jiao and boosting qi. Revives consciousness and relieves thirst. Cooked with rice flour into a soup for consumption. Regulates the middle jiao and contracts hemorrhoids. Boiled and eaten to treat impotence. Common name: Niqiu.
[Squid/Cuttlefish] (Wuzei)
Taste: Salty. Meridian Tropism: Enters the Foot Jueyin meridian. Actions: Specializes in treating blood stasis. Combined with Shengdi Huang (Rehmanniae Radix), treats hematuria. Combined with Gan Jiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma), treats blood masses (xue jia). Combined with Lurong (Cervi Cornu Pantotrichum) and Ejiao (Asini Corii Colla), treats metrorrhagia and leukorrhea. Calcined to powder and taken with wine, treats periumbilical abdominal pain. Treats genital erosion and swelling/pain. Fresh material made into powder, mixed with a little Moschus (She Xiang), applied to eyes to treat corneal opacity and tearing. Inserted into ears to treat otorrhea. Flesh: Sour and neutral. Boosts qi and strengthens willpower. Benefits meridian circulation. Powdered equally with Puhuang (Typhae Pollen), applied to swollen tongue bleeding profusely. Also applied to lacerations with bleeding. Also known as Wuzei Gu (Cuttlebone). Nature: Warm. Harmonizes blood and expels wind-cold-dampness. Especially effective for blood dryness. Incompatible with Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata), Baiji (Bletillae Rhizoma), and Bailian (Puerariae Lobatae Radix). Can desalinate saltwater.
[River Fish]
Taste: Salty and neutral. Meridian Tropism: Enters the Foot Jueyin meridian. Actions: Specializes in treating women's consumptive disease with accumulated blood and leukorrhea. Pediatric wind diseases. Erysipelas, scalds, and burns. Also treats "River Fish Disease" (food poisoning from contaminated fish).