（《纲目》）
【气味】性凉。
【主治】反胃吐食，取螺蛳一斗，水浸，取泥晒干，每服一钱，火酒调下（时珍）。
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【主治】火带疮，水洗取泥炒研，香油调敷（时珍）。
（《拾遗》）
【主治】难产，取一合和面半升，乌豆二十颗，煮汁服（藏器）。
火焰丹毒，赤黑色，取槽下泥敷之，干又上（时珍）。
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【主治】妊娠伤寒，令子不落，涂腹上，干即易（时珍）。
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【主治】发背诸恶疮，阴干为末，新水调敷，其痛立止（时珍）。
【附方】新一。
疔肿∶粪下土、蝉蜕、全蝎等分。捣作钱大饼，香油煎滚，温服。以滓敷疮四围，疔自
出也。（《圣济总录》）
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【主治】猪咬、蜂螫、蚁叮、蛇伤毒，并取涂之。又和羊脂，涂肿毒、丹毒（时珍）。
【附方】新一。
蝎虿螫叮∶蝎有雌雄∶雄者痛在一处，以井底泥封之，干则易；雌者痛牵诸处，以瓦沟
下泥封之。若无雨，以新汲水，从屋上淋下取泥。（《肘后方》）
(Compendium of Materia Medica)
[Properties and Flavor] Cool in nature.
[Indications] For regurgitation and vomiting, take one dou (a unit of volume) of river snails, soak them in water, extract the mud, dry it in the sun, take one qian (a unit of weight) per dose, and mix with distilled liquor for oral administration (Shizhen).
(Compendium of Materia Medica)
[Indications] For "huodai" sores (herpes zoster-like lesions), wash to obtain the mud, stir-fry and grind into powder, mix with sesame oil, and apply topically (Shizhen).
(Bencao Shiyi / Supplement to Materia Medica)
[Indications] For difficult labor, take one he (a unit of volume) of mud, half sheng (a unit of volume) of flour, and twenty black soybeans; boil together to make a decoction and drink (Zangqi).
For "huoyan" erysipelas (acute febrile disease presenting as red-black skin inflammation), take mud from under eaves gutters and apply to the affected area; reapply when dry (Shizhen).
(Compendium of Materia Medica)
[Indications] For typhoid fever during pregnancy causing retention of the fetus, apply to the abdomen; change when dry (Shizhen).
(Bencao Shiyi / Supplement to Materia Medica)
[Indications] For spider bites, apply topically (Zangqi).
(Compendium of Materia Medica)
[Indications] For bites by bees, scorpions, and other insects, apply mud topically (Shizhen).
(Compendium of Materia Medica)
[Indications] For carbuncles on the back and various malignant sores, dry in shade, grind into powder, mix with fresh drawn water, apply topically; pain stops immediately (Shizhen).
[Attached Prescriptions] New Prescription 1.
Ding swelling (malignant furuncle): Take equal parts of soil from beneath manure pits, cicada sloughs (Chantui), and whole scorpions (Quanxie). Pound into cakes the size of a copper coin, fry in boiling sesame oil, and take warm. Apply the dregs around the sore; the Ding toxin will naturally emerge. (Shengji Zonglu)
(Compendium of Materia Medica)
[Indications] For pig bites, bee stings, ant bites, and snakebites, apply mud topically. It can also be mixed with sheep fat and applied to swellings and erysipelas (Shizhen).
[Attached Prescriptions] New Prescription 1.
Scorpion and centipede stings/bites: Scorpions have male and female genders. Male scorpion bites cause pain fixed in one location; seal with mud from the bottom of a well, changing when dry. Female scorpion bites cause pain radiating throughout the body; seal with mud from roof tile grooves. If there is no rain, use mud obtained from fresh drawn water splashed down from the roof. (Zhouhou Beiji Fang)
(Compendium of Materia Medica)
[Indications] For leeches entering the human ear, place a basin of water beside the ear; upon smelling the odor, the leech will exit spontaneously. If a person accidentally swallows a leech into the abdomen, mix one or two sheng (units of volume) with wine and ingest; it should be expelled through defecation (Shizhen).