辛，温，大毒。疗一切恶肿，发背疔疮，小儿劳瘦，疳疾脑疽。
蟾酥丸 蟾酥（三钱） 轻粉 铜绿 胆矾 枯矾 寒水石 乳香 没药 雄黄
（各一钱） 麝香（七分） 朱
砂（三钱） 蜗牛（二十一个）
先将蜗牛研烂，入各药末，丸绿豆大。每三丸，葱白嚼烂裹药，黄酒送下，出汗。治一
切疔
去头足炙用。赤足者良。
辛，温，有毒。入足厥阴经。治脐风撮口，惊痫瘰 ；疗蛇症甲肉，症癖毒蛊。最坠胎
孕，
出南方，今西南处处有之。
趾甲肉突，焙末敷之，以南星末醋合敷四围。（验方第一。）
手上蛇头，烧烟熏之。或为末
蛇症吐食常饥，食物即吐，焙末酒下一枚。（第三。）
蛐 。
咸，寒，有小毒。除一切大热狂烦，除诸般风痫水肿。
赤游丹毒，蛐 粪水合敷。或者加皮硝。（验方第一。）
俗名毒波落。每秋夏时雨后出。
咸，寒，有小毒。解热消毒。除风痫脐风撮口，消肿毒痔漏喉痹。
赤用。同人参、牛黄良。畏石膏。青白者良也。
甘，涩，微寒，无毒。入手、足少阴、手阳明、足厥阴经。固肠益肾，安魂镇惊，辟邪
解毒
痢，止吐衄崩带。止虚汗而定喘，生肌肉而敛疮。
出晋地山谷中，及太山岩水岸上穴中。采无时。
劳心梦泄，同远志炼蜜为丸，朱砂为衣，服之。（验方第一。）
久痢脱肛，为末敷之。（第二。）
脐疮，同上。（第三。）
阴囊汗痒，同蛎粉扑之。（第四。）
[Chan Su (Toad Venom)]
Pungent, warm, highly toxic. Treats all kinds of malignant swellings, back carbuncles and ding sores, as well as pediatric emaciation due to consumption, gan disease (malnutrition syndrome), and brain abscesses.
Chan Su Wan (Toad Venom Pill): Chan Su (3 qian), Qing Fen (Calomel), Tong Lv (Verdigris), Dan Fan (Alum), Ku Fan (Calcined Alum), Han Shui Shi (Aqua Stibitum), Ru Xiang (Olibanum), Mo Yao (Myrrha), Xiong Huang (Realgar) (each 1 qian), She Xiang (Musk) (7 fen), Zhu Sha (Cinnabar) (3 qian), Wo Niu (Snail) (21 pieces).
First, grind the snails into a paste, add the powders of all other medicines, and form pills the size of mung beans. Take three pills each time, chew green onion whites thoroughly to wrap the pill, and swallow with yellow wine to induce sweating. Treats all kinds of ding sores.
[Long Gu (Dragon Bone/Fossilized Bone)]
Remove the head and feet, use after calcining. Those that are red are superior.
Pungent, warm, toxic. Enters the Foot Jueyin Liver Meridian. Treats umbilical wind with mouth contraction (neonatal tetanus with trismus), fright epilepsy, and scrofula; treats snake-like swelling around nails and flesh, zheng pi masses (abdominal masses), and poison gu (parasitic poisoning). Most likely to cause abortion.
Originates from the South, now found everywhere in the Southwest.
[Zhu Yan (Silverfish/Thousand-legger)]
For protruding flesh around toenails, bake and powder, apply externally, and surround with a mixture of Nan Xing (Arisaema Rhizome) powder and vinegar. (Verified Formula No. 1.)
For "snake head" ding on the hand (erysipelas of the finger tip), fumigate with smoke. Or powder it...
For snake-like symptoms causing vomiting despite constant hunger, where food is vomited immediately upon ingestion, bake, powder, and take one dose with wine. (No. 3.)
[Qiang Lang (Dung Beetle)]
Salty, cold, slightly toxic. Clears all severe heat-induced mania and restlessness, removes various types of wind-epilepsy and edema.
For Chi You Dan Du (acute erysipelas with spreading redness), mix Qiang Lang feces with water and apply externally. Alternatively, add Pi Xiao (Mirabilite). (Verified Formula No. 1.)
Commonly known as Du Bo Luo. Appears after rain in autumn and summer.
Salty, cold, slightly toxic. Resolves heat and detoxifies. Treats wind-epilepsy, umbilical wind with mouth contraction, reduces swelling and toxicity, treats hemorrhoids, fistulas, and throat obstruction.
[Hupo (Amber)]
Red ones are used for medicine. Works well when combined with Ren Shen (Ginseng) and Niu Huang (Calculus Bovis). Averse to Shi Gao (Gypsum Fibrosum). Those that are blue-white are superior.
Sweet, astringent, slightly cold, non-toxic. Enters the Hand Shaoyin Heart Meridian, Foot Shaoyin Kidney Meridian, Hand Yangming Large Intestine Meridian, and Foot Jueyin Liver Meridian. Consolidates the intestines and benefits the kidneys, calms the soul and settles fright, dispels evil and detoxifies.
Treats dysentery, stops hematemesis, epistaxis, metrorrhagia, and leukorrhea. Stops deficiency sweating and stabilizes asthma, generates muscle tissue and heals sores.
Found in the valleys of Jin region, and in caves along the rocky shores of Mount Tai. Harvested at any time.
[Usage Examples]
For mental exhaustion leading to nocturnal emission, combine with Yuan Zhi (Polygalae Radix), refine with honey to make pills, coat with Zhu Sha (Cinnabar), and ingest. (Verified Formula No. 1.)
For chronic dysentery leading to rectal prolapse, powder and apply externally. (No. 2.)
For umbilical sores, use the same method as above. (No. 3.)
For sweaty and itchy scrotum, sprinkle with Li Fen (Oyster Shell Powder). (No. 4.)