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(From *Haiyao Bencao*)

**Names**: [Name omitted in source text] (From *Erya*).

**Collected Explanations**:
Chen Cangqi stated: This insect lives on the goji berry (*Lycium chinense*) plant, feeding on its leaves. It resembles a silkworm and spins a cocoon. It should be collected when it becomes a pupa, dried in the sun, and stored for use.
Li Shizhen stated: This is what *Erya* refers to as "[Insect radical + Wei], Wu Zi." The [Insect radical + Wei] found on various plants...

**Flavor and Properties**: Salty, warm, non-toxic.

**Indications**: Tonifies the pathway of Yang, promotes luster and fertility. When roasted until yellow and mixed with powdered Rehmannia root (*Shu Dihuang*) to form pills, it greatly tonifies Yang and benefits essence, treating impotence and related conditions caused by Kidney deficiency (Li Shizhen, citing *Puji Fang*).

(From *Bencao Gangmu*)

**Collected Explanations**:
Li Shizhen stated: It grows among the branches and leaves of [Plant name omitted]. It resembles an inchworm and is green in color.

**Indications**: Inguinal hernia involving the Small Intestine channel (Li Shizhen).

(Twenty-two species under Oviparous Class)

(From *Haiyao Bencao*)

**Names**: Fu Chan (Cicada-like insect), [Insect radical + Wei] Wo ([Sound similar to "Wei"]).

**Collected Explanations**:
Chen Cangqi stated: Qingfu is produced in the South Sea. It resembles a cicada, and its eggs attach to wood. If applied to coins, the coins will return to their owner. *Soushen Ji* records: There is an insect in the south called [Insect radical + Wei], large as a cicada, with a pungent and delicious taste that makes it edible. Finding it reveals its location. Killing the mother and applying her blood to coins, while using the offspring's blood to string coins, causes the spent money to return automatically. *Huainanzi · Wanbi Shu* states: Qingfu returns money.
Gao You commented: Qingfu is also known as Yufu or Yubo. By placing the mother and offspring separately in jars and burying them under a north-facing wall along an eastward path, after three days opening the jars reveals they follow each other. Applying mother's blood to 81 coins and offspring's blood to another 81 coins ensures that whichever set is kept, the other set used for transactions will return.
Li Xun stated: According to *Yiwuzhi*: ...ground into powder and applied to coins for trade; money spent during the day returns at night. It can also consolidate essence and reduce urination frequency, making it a rare item.
Li Shizhen stated: According to *Yiwuzhi*: Qingfu resembles a cicada but is elongated. Its eggs resemble shrimp roe and attach to grass leaves. Obtaining the eggs attracts the mother. When boiled and eaten, it is pungent and delicious. *Gulou Shenshu* states: Qingfu is also named Pumeng, resembling a small cicada, often gathering on cattail leaves. In spring, it lays eggs on cattails, forming rows of eight or nine. [Text fragment missing] applied to coins, purchased goods' money returns automatically, allowing infinite use, truly a magical art. These accounts are largely consistent. However, Chen Cangqi stated the eggs attach to wood, which differs slightly. Xu Shen's *Shuowen Jiezi* also states: Qingfu is an aquatic insect. It seems to be an aquatic insect that lays eggs on vegetation.

**Flavor and Properties**: Pungent, warm, non-toxic.

**Indications**: Tonifies the Middle Jiao, benefits the pathway of Yang, expels cold qi, and promotes skin luster (Chen Cangqi).

**Appendix**: Pangjiang Li Shizhen stated: According to Liu Xun's *Lingbiao Luyi*: Pangjiang is produced in Lingnan, resembling cicadas, with a thin, green abdomen. Its name is self-referential (onomatopoeic); one hears its call but rarely catches it. People seek it at high prices as an aphrodisiac. Based on its shape resembling a cicada and use as an aphrodisiac, it aligns with Li Xun's description in *Haiyao Bencao* regarding Qingfu's inseparable pair nature and essence-consolidating properties. It is likely a type of Qingfu living on trees.