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Eel: Sweet, warm, non-toxic. Eliminates wind-pathogen and damp-bi (painful obstruction syndrome), stops the dripping of lochia (postpartum discharge). Tail blood treats facial paralysis (deviation of mouth and eyes), drops into ears to treat deafness, instills into nose to treat epistaxis (nosebleed), and instills into eyes to treat leukocoria (corneal opacity).

Turtle urine: Sweet, warm, toxic. Eliminates wind-itch and damp-bi, treats bone-steaming consumption (tuberculosis-like wasting syndrome); tonifies deficiency and damages parasites, eliminates itching and erosion of the vulva. Used after roasting.

Turtle shell (Carapax et Plastrum Testudinis): Salty, slightly warm, non-toxic. A herb entering the Foot Jueyin Liver Meridian. Dispels cold and removes dampness. Treats blood dryness, blood masses (fibroids/masses), metrorrhagia (uterine bleeding), and amenorrhea; treats leukocoria and tearing caused by malaria, dysentery, and intestinal parasites. Stops ulceration of smallpox lesions.

Pangolin scales: Sweet, warm, non-toxic. Pushes out smallpox lesions (promotes suppuration and drainage), promotes lactation, expels wind-phlegm, strengthens yang function. Used as ash after stir-frying with vinegar or wine. Crushed and soaked in water, then boiled into a paste for superior efficacy.

Tortoise plastron (Plastrum Testudinis): Sweet, flat (neutral), non-toxic. Tonifies the Heart and nourishes the Kidney, nourishes yin and benefits intelligence, reconnects tendons and strengthens bones, induces labor and resolves sores. Treats bone-steaming due to labor heat, cures yin-deficiency and blood depletion, resolves chronic conditions such as abdominal masses (zheng jia) and flaccid paralysis due to numbness, treats chronic dysentery and cough. Cures all hemorrhoids and fistulas, treats all metrorrhagia and leukorrhea, essential for difficult labor, can interrupt chronic malaria.

Method of collecting turtle urine: Penetrates orifices and bones, used to dye beard and hair black, treats aphonia and deafness. Urinate naturally while looking in a mirror, or induce by pricking the nose with pig bristles.

Prescription 1: For chronic malaria, burn to ash, take with wine. (Verified Prescription First.)

Prescription 2: For failure of the pubic symphysis to open (dystocia), roast, crush, decoct with ash of human hair, Dang Gui (Angelica sinensis), and Chuan Xiong (Ligusticum chuanxiong) in water; ensures delivery regardless of outcome. (Second.)

Prescription 3: For sores at the corners of the mouth, apply ash topically. (Third.)

Prescription 4: For headache. Use same method as above. (Fourth.)

Prescription 5: For wounds from pig bites, mix ash with sesame oil and apply. (Fifth.)

Prescription 6: For white hair turning black, mix turtle urine with extremely fine leech powder, rub daily; hair will turn black. (Sixth.)

Prescription 7: For infant tortoise-back deformity, massage back with turtle urine frequently. (Seventh.)

Prescription 8: For stroke-induced aphasia, instill turtle urine under the tongue. (Eighth.)

Guilu Erxian Jiao (Two Immortals Decoction of Turtle and Deer): Lu Jiao (Deer Horn, ten jin from blood-deer), Gui Ban (Turtle Shell, five jin from naturally deceased turtles). These two ingredients are separately boiled into paste. Gou Qi Zi (Goji Berry, thirty liang from Ganzhou), Ren Shen (Ginseng, fifteen liang). Boil into glue using a lead pot according to standard procedure. Initial dose: dissolve half qian in wine. Increase gradually to three qian, taken on an empty stomach.

Action: Greatly tonifies essence and marrow, benefits qi and nourishes spirit. (First among various prescriptions.)