煎汤生用,丸散火 醋淬。丹皮为使。
甘,微寒,无毒。入足太阴脾、少阴肾、厥阴肝、手阳明大肠。固大肠而住崩中,止咳
逆而
破症瘕,除烦满而疗痔疮,通血闭而息痛烦。解肢节之痹木,治筋骨之疼痛,除小腹之痛结
。
出东海池泽。其石舐之涩舌。
冷劳肠滑,制四两,乌头一两,醋丸豆大,每五丸水下。(验方第一。)
赤白带,同干姜末下。(第二。)
崩漏青黄赤白,同赤脂、蛎粉、乌贼骨、桂心为末,每酒下一钱。忌蒜、葱。(第三。)
妇人小腹结痛,为末汤下。(第四。)
大风疠疾,眉毛脱落,遍身顽痹,用二斤,白矾一斤,青盐一斤为末。罐子固济,炭火
十斤 之。
从辰至戌。候冷研粉,埋土中三日。每一两,入酒蒸晒胡麻三两,荆芥汤下,日二服。(第
五。)
咳则遗矢,大肠咳也。同赤
甘,酸,寒,无毒。益肝明目,利水通窍。
生益州山谷有铜处。铜精熏则生空青,其腹中空而有浆者良,能化铜铁铅锡作金。今信、
饶
醋煮用。畏绿豆、凉水。锡之苗也。
辛苦而咸,大热,大毒。截疟除哮,烂肉蚀瘀。腐瘰 而消癖积,吐风痰而枯痔疮。最
杀虫
出信州玉山,有砒井,官封甚严,井中有浊绿水,先绠水尽,然后下凿取生砒,色黄赤
如牛
肉。今市所货者,惟取山中夹沙石者,烧炼而成也。或取信石升打取霜用。后经火炼,毒更
滋甚,何苦用生者为愈乎。
Decoct for oral use in raw form; calcine and quench with vinegar when preparing pills or powders. Use *Radix Paeoniae Rubra* (Danpi, 丹皮) as a guiding herb.
Sweet, slightly cold, non-toxic. Enters the Foot-Taiyin Spleen Meridian, Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian, Foot-Jueyin Liver Meridian, and Hand-Yangming Large Intestine Meridian. It consolidates the Large Intestine to stop metrorrhagia (Bengzhong, 崩中), stops cough with rebellious Qi, breaks up masses (Zhengjia, 症瘕), relieves irritability and fullness, and treats hemorrhoids. It unblocks blood stasis and alleviates painful irritability. It resolves bi-syndrome numbness in the limbs and joints, treats pain in muscles and bones, and eliminates painful knots in the lower abdomen.
It is produced in the pools and marshes of the East Sea. When licked, this stone makes the tongue feel astringent.
For treating cold consumption (Lenglao, 冷劳) with intestinal slipping/incontinence: Take four liang of the drug, one liang of *Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata* (Wutou, 乌头), make pills the size of beans using vinegar. Take five pills washed down with water per dose. (Verified Formula No. 1.)
For treating leukorrhea with red and white discharge: Take together with powdered *Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens* (Ganjiang, 干姜). (Formula No. 2.)
For treating metrorrhagia with discharge of green, yellow, red, and white colors: Take together with *Lithogypum Rubrum* (Chishizhi, 赤脂), *Concha Ostreae* (Lifen, 蛎粉), *Sepiae Endoconcha* (Wuzhigu, 乌贼骨), and *Cortex Cinnamomi* (Guixin, 桂心), grind into powder. Take one qian washed down with wine per dose. Avoid garlic and scallions. (Formula No. 3.)
For treating painful knots in the lower abdomen of women: Grind into powder, take washed down with decoction. (Formula No. 4.)
For treating leprosy (Fengli, 大风疠疾) with loss of eyebrows and generalized stubborn bi-syndrome: Use two jin of the drug, one jin of *Alumen* (Baifan, 白矾), one jin of *Sal Nigrum* (Qingyan, 青盐), grind into powder. Seal tightly in a jar, calcine with ten jin of charcoal fire. From Chen hour to Xu hour. Wait until cool, grind into powder, bury in soil for three days. For every one liang of the drug, add three liang of Sesame seeds (Huma, 胡麻) steamed and sun-dried with wine. Take washed down with *Herba Schizonepetae* (Jingjie, 荆芥) decoction, twice daily. (Formula No. 5.)
When coughing leads to fecal incontinence, it is called Large Intestine Cough. Take together with Chi...
Sweet, sour, cold, non-toxic. Benefits the Liver, improves vision, promotes urination, and opens orifices.
It is produced in the valleys of Yizhou where copper deposits exist. Copper essence subjected to fumigation generates Kongqing (Empty Azure). Those that are hollow inside and contain liquid are of good quality; they can transform copper, iron, lead, and tin into gold. Currently, Xinzhou and Raozhou...
Boil with vinegar before use. Incompatible with Mung Bean (Lvdou, 绿豆) and cold water. It is the mineral vein of Tin.
Pungent, bitter, salty, extremely hot, highly toxic. Stops malaria, relieves asthma, corrodes flesh, and dissolves blood stasis. Rotting scrofula (Luoli, 瘰疬) and eliminating accumulations. Vomiting out wind-phlegm and drying up hemorrhoids. Most effective at killing parasites.
Produced in Yushan, Xinzhou. There are arsenic wells, strictly sealed by the government. The wells contain turbid green water. First, draw all the water out, then dig down to extract raw arsenic, which is yellow-red like beef. What is sold in the market today is only made from sandstone mixed with rocks found in mountains, processed by burning and refining. Or, *Arsenic Realgar* (Xinshi, 信石) is sublimated to obtain the frost. After further calcination, the toxicity becomes even more intense. Why would one endure hardship to use the raw form when it is superior?