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Hai Ge Fen (Clam Shell Powder) is the powder made from various clams found in the sea, distinguished from clam powder and mussel powder produced in rivers and lakes; its primary function is merely to clear heat and promote diuresis to remove dampness.
Salty, cold, non-toxic. Its therapeutic effects are the same as those of Mu Li (Oyster Shell).

Calcined over fire and quenched with vinegar to make powder.
Sweet, salty, non-toxic. Eliminates blood stasis masses, resolves phlegm accumulation. Taken as pills prepared with vinegar, it treats all types of Qi and Blood stagnation manifesting as abdominal masses (Zheng Jia).

Qing Ge San (Blue Clam Powder): Hai Ge Fen (Clam Shell Powder, 1 liang), Qing Dai (Indigo Naturalis, 3 qian), Shi Gao (Gypsum Fibrosum, 8 qian), Qing Fen (Calomelas, 5 qian), Huang Bo (Phellodendri Cortex, 5 qian).
Grind into fine powder, mix with sesame oil to form a paste, and apply externally mixed with cool water. Treats all types of impetigo (Huang Shui Chuang) and also nasal ulcers. (From First Collection of Formulas.)

Sweet, very cold, non-toxic. Purges heat, promotes diuresis to remove dampness, relieves thirst, and醒酒 (sober up alcohol). Treats Hong Kong Jiao (Tropical Ulcer/Charcot Foot) with jaundice, Jin Kou Du Li (Jin Kou Dysentery/toxic dysentery preventing food intake), clears eye heat causing redness and pain, hemorrhoids, and fox odor.

Wrapped in dough and baked until cooked, then ground to remove the coarse skin, powdered and processed by "water flying" (levigation). Produced in Lingnan, especially abundant along the coast of Laizhou. Commonly known as Jin Ge Li (Golden Clam).
Salty, cold, non-toxic. Descends wind-heat of the Lung and Liver, clears blindness (Qing Mang) and internal cataracts, resolves bone-steaming consumptive fever, unblocks five types of Lin syndrome (dysuria), and is highly effective for external eye opacities. Resolves sour smell after drinking alcohol, photophobia, and aversion to sunlight; decocted with Huang Ju Hua (Chrysanthemi Flos) and Gan Cao (Licorice Root) and taken cold. (First Verified Formula.)
To resolve sour smell after drinking alcohol: take fine powder, add to hot wine and stir.

Select shells that have not been drilled or adorned, soak in milk for three days, grind extremely finely for use; if not fine enough, it will damage the Zang-Fu organs.
Salty, sweet, cold, non-toxic. Calms the Heart and anchors the Spirit, descends phlegm and extracts toxins, contracts wounds and generates flesh, brightens eyes and removes nebula. Treats Jing Re Ding Chuang (Heat-induced carbuncles due to fright), expels dead fetus and placenta, and Xiao Ke (Wasting-Thirst). Nourishes complexion and removes facial spots, cleanses skin and improves deafness.

Wu Gu Ji (Black-Bone Chicken) varies in having white, black, or speckled feathers. If the tongue is black, then both the meat and bones are black.
Sweet, neutral, non-toxic. Benefits the Liver and nourishes the Kidney, reduces fever and tonifies deficiency. Treats Xu Lao Xiao Ke (Consumptive Wasting-Thirst), stops Jin Kou (inability to eat due to dysentery). Treats diseases such as Beng Lou (Metrorrhagia/Metrostaxis) and Dai Xia (Leukorrhea), Gui Ji E Zhong (Sudden severe poisoning or evil invasion).
If the tongue is black, the meat and bones are all black. Males use female chickens, females use male chickens. Wu Gu Ji absorbs the essence of Water and Wood, suitable for those with Deficient Heat.
For Chi Bai Dai Xia (Red and White Leukorrhea): Prepare the chicken cleanly, open the abdomen, remove intestines, insert Bai Guo (Ginkgo Seed) and Lian Rou (Lotus Seed Endosperm), each 5 qian, and Hu Jiao (Pepper), 1 qian, into the cavity. Cook thoroughly and eat on an empty stomach. (First Verified Formula.)
For Yi Jing Bai Zhuo (Nocturnal Emission and Turbid Urine): Same method as above. (Second.)