心病邪热∶蕊珠丸∶用猪心一个取血，靛花末一匙，朱砂末一两，同研，丸梧桐子大。
每酒服二十丸。（《奇效》）
痘疮黑陷∶腊月收 猪心血，瓶盛挂风处干之。每用一钱，入龙脑少许，研匀，温酒调
服。须臾红活，神效。无干血，用生血。（沈存中方）
妇人催生∶开骨膏∶用猪心血和乳香末，丸梧桐子大，朱砂为衣。面东酒吞一丸。未下
再服。（《妇人良方》）
尾血
【主治】痘疮倒靥，用一匙，调龙脑少许，新汲水服。又治猝中恶死（时珍）。
【附方】旧一，新一。
猝中恶死∶断猪尾取血饮，并缚豚枕之，即活。此乃长桑君授扁鹊法也。出《魏夫人传》。
（《肘后方》）
蛇入七孔∶割母猪尾血，滴入即出也。（《千金方》）
心
【气味】甘、咸，平，无毒。
颂曰∶多食，耗心气。不可合吴茱萸食。
【主治】惊邪忧恚（《别录》）。虚悸气逆，妇人产后中风，血气惊恐（思邈）。补血不足，
虚劣（苏颂）。
【发明】刘完素曰∶猪，水畜也，故心可以镇恍惚。
【附方】旧一，新三。
个，带血破开，入人参、当归各二两，煮熟去药食之。不过数服，即愈。（《证治要诀》）
心虚嗽血∶沉香末一钱，半夏七枚，入猪心中，以小便湿纸包煨熟，去
半夏食之。（《证治要诀》）
产后风邪，心虚惊悸∶用猪心一枚，五味，豉汁煮食之。（《心镜》）
急心疼痛∶猪心一枚，每岁入胡椒一粒，同盐、酒煮食。
肝（入药用子肝）
【气味】苦，温，无毒。
时珍曰∶饵药人，不可食之。合鱼 食，生痈疽；合鲤鱼肠、鱼子食，伤人神；合鹌鹑
食，生面 。《延寿书》云∶猪临杀，惊气入心，绝气归肝，俱不可多食，必伤人。
【主治】小儿惊痫（苏恭）。切作生，以姜、醋食，主脚
（藏器）。治冷劳脏虚，冷泄久滑赤白，乳妇赤白
再炙，尽末半两，空腹细嚼，陈米饮
【发明】时珍曰∶肝主藏血，故诸血病用为向导入肝。《千金翼》治痢疾有猪肝丸，治
脱肛有猪肝散，诸眼目方多有猪肝散，皆此意也。
【附方】旧七，新七。
休息痢疾∶ 猪肝一具（切片），杏仁（炒）一两，于净锅内，一重肝，一重杏仁，入
童子小便二升，文火煎干。取食，日一次。（《千金》）
浮肿胀满不下食，心闷∶猪肝一具（洗，切），着葱、豉、姜、椒炙食之。或单煮羹亦
可。（《心镜》）
身面猝肿∶生猪肝一具细切，醋洗，入蒜、醋食之。勿用盐。（《肘后方》）
肿自足起∶方法同上。（《心镜》）
风毒香港脚∶猪肝作生脍，食之取利。（《千金翼》）
水肿溲涩∶猪肝尖三块，绿豆四撮，陈仓米一合，同水煮粥食，毒从小
中蛊腹痛∶支太医秘方∶以猪肝一具，蜜一升，共煎，分二十服。或为
食即汗出∶乃脾胃气虚也。猪肝一斤薄切，瓦上曝干为末，煮白粥，布绞汁和，众手丸
梧桐子大。空心饮下五十丸，日五。（《心镜》）
目难远视，肝虚也∶猪肝一具（细切去皮膜），葱白一握，用豉汁作羹，待熟下鸡子三
个，食之。（《普济方》）
肝热目赤碜痛∶用猪肝一具薄切，水洗净，以五味食之。（《食医心镜》）
牙疳危急∶猪肝一具煮熟，蘸赤芍药末，任意食之。后服平胃散二、三贴，即效。（《节
要》）
女人阴痒∶炙猪肝纳入，当有虫出。（《肘后》）
打击青肿∶炙猪肝贴之。（《千金》）
急劳瘦悴∶日晚即寒热，惊悸烦渴。用 猪肝一具（切丝），生甘草（末）十五两，于
铛中布肝一重，掺甘草末一重，以尽为度，取童便五升，文武火煮干，捣烂，众手丸梧桐子
大。每空心米饮下二十丸，渐加至三十丸。（《圣济总录》）
脾（俗名联贴）
【气味】涩，平，无毒。
时珍曰∶诸兽脾味如泥，其属土也可验。
思邈曰∶凡六畜脾，人一生莫食之。
【主治】脾胃虚热，同陈橘红、人参、生姜、葱白、陈米煮羹食之（苏颂）。
【附方】新二。
脾积痞块∶猪脾七个，每个用新针一个刺烂，以皮硝一钱擦之，七个并同。以瓷器盛七
日，铁器焙干。又用水红花子七钱，同捣为末。以无灰酒空心调下。一年以下者，一服可愈，
五年以下者，二服；十年以下者，三服。（《保寿堂方
疟发无时∶胡椒、吴茱萸、高良姜各二钱，为末。以猪脾一条，
一半不滚，以墨记定，并作馄饨煮熟。有药者吞之，无药者嚼下。一服效。（《卫生家宝方
》）
肺
【气味】甘，微寒，无毒。
颂曰∶得大麻仁良。不与白花菜合食，令人气滞发霍乱。思邈曰∶八月和饴食，至冬发
疽。
【主治】补肺（苏颂）。
疗肺虚咳嗽，以一具，竹刀切片，麻油炒熟，同粥食。又治肺虚嗽血，煮蘸薏苡仁末食
之（时珍。出《要诀》诸方）
肾（俗名腰子）
【气味】咸，冷，无毒。
思邈曰∶平。
诜曰∶久食，令人伤肾。
颂曰∶冬月不可食，损人真气，兼发虚壅。
【主治】理肾气，通膀胱（《别录》）。补膀胱水脏，暖腰膝，治耳聋（《日华》）。补虚
壮气，消积滞（苏颂）。除冷利（孙思邈）。止消渴，治产劳虚汗，下痢崩中（时珍）。
【发明】时珍曰∶猪肾，《别录》谓其理肾气，通膀胱。《日华》亦曰补水脏膀胱，暖腰
膝；而又曰，虽补肾，久食令人少子。孟诜亦曰∶久食令人肾虚。两相矛盾如此，何哉？盖
猪肾性寒，不能补命门精气。方药所用，借其引导而已。《别录》理字、通字，最为有理；《日
华》暖腰膝、补膀胱水脏之说为非矣。肾有虚热者，宜食之；若肾气虚寒者，非所宜矣。今
人不达此意，往往食猪肾为补，不可不审。又《千金》治消渴有猪肾荠 汤，补肾虚劳损诸
病有肾沥汤，方甚多，皆用猪、羊肾煮汤煎药
【附方】旧四，新十九。
肾虚遗精盗汗，夜梦鬼交∶用猪肾一枚，切开去膜，入附子末一钱，湿纸裹煨熟，空心
食之，饮酒
肾虚阴痿羸瘦，精衰少力∶用 猪肾一对（去脂膜切片），枸杞叶半斤，以豉汁二盏半
相和，同椒、盐、葱煮羹，空腹食。（
肾虚腰痛∶用猪腰子一枚切片，以椒、盐淹去腥水，入杜仲末三钱在内，荷叶包煨食之，
酒下。（《本草权度》）
闪肭腰痛∶用 猪肾一枚批片，盐、椒淹过，入甘遂末三钱，荷叶包煨熟食，酒送下。
（《儒门事亲》）
老人耳聋∶猪肾一对去膜切，以粳米二合，葱白二根，薤白七根，人参二分，防风一分，
为末，同煮粥食。（《奉亲养老》方）
老人香港脚呕逆者∶用猪肾一对，以酣、蒜、五味治食之，日作一服。或以葱白、粳米同
煮粥食亦可。（《奉亲养老》方）
卒然肿满∶用猪肾批开，入甘遂末一钱，纸裹煨熟食。以小便利为效，否则再服。（《肘
后方》）
肘伤冷痛∶猪肾一对，桂心二两，水八升，煮三升，分三服。（《肘后》）
猝得咳嗽∶猪肾二枚（细切），干姜三两（末）。水七升，煮二升，稍服取汗。（《肘后方》）
久嗽不瘥∶猪肾二枚（去脂膜），入椒四七粒开口者，水煮啖之。（张文仲方）
心气虚损∶猪腰子一枚，水二碗，煮至一碗半，切碎，入人参、当归各半两，煮至八分。
吃腰子，以汁送下。未尽者，同滓作丸服。（《百一选方》）
酒积面黄，腹胀不消∶猪腰子一个，批开七刀，葛根粉一钱，掺上合定，每边炙三遍半，
手扯作六块，空心吃之，米汤送下。（《普济方》）
久泄不止∶猪肾一个批开，掺骨碎补末，煨熟食之，神效。（《濒湖集简方》）
赤白下痢腰痛∶用猪肾二枚研烂，入陈皮、椒、酱，作馄饨，空心食之。（《食医心镜》）
赤白带下∶常炙猪肾食之。（张文仲方）
崩中漏下∶方同上。
产后蓐劳寒热∶用猪肾一对，切细片，以盐、酒拌之。先用粳米一合，葱、椒煮粥，盐、
醋调和。将腰子铺于盆底，以热粥倾于上盖之，
产后虚汗，发热，肢体疼痛，亦名蓐劳∶《永类钤方》∶用猪肾一对切，水三升，粳米半
合，椒、盐、葱白煮粥食。《梅师》∶用猪肾同葱、豉、米和成，作
小儿 啼∶小儿五十日以来，胎寒腹痛， 啼上视，聚唾弄舌，微热而惊，此痫候也。
猪肾一具，当归一两（焙），以清酒一升，煮七合。每以杏仁大与咽之，日三夜一。（《圣惠
方》）
小儿头疮∶猪腰子一个，批开去心、膜，入五倍子、轻粉末等分在内，以沙糖和面固济，
炭火炙焦为末。清油调涂。（《经验良方》）
传尸劳瘵∶猪腰子一对，童子小便二盏，无灰酒一盏，新瓷瓶盛之，泥封，炭火温养，
自戌至子时止。待五更初温熟，取开饮酒，食腰子。病笃者，只一月效。平日瘦怯者，亦可
用之。盖以血养血，绝胜金石草木之药也。（邵真人《经验方》）
痈疽发背初起者∶用 猪腰子一双，同飞面捣如泥，涂之即愈。
KT （音夷。亦作胰）。时珍曰∶一名肾脂。生两肾中间，似脂非脂，似肉非肉，乃人
物之命门，三焦发原处也。肥则多，瘦则少。盖颐养赖之，故谓之KT 。
【气味】甘，平，微毒。
颂曰∶男子多食损阳。
【主治】肺痿咳嗽，和枣肉浸酒服。亦治 癖羸瘦（藏器。又合膏，练缯帛）。疗肺气
干胀喘急，润五脏，去皴 ，杀斑蝥、地胆、亭长等毒，治冷痢成虚（苏颂）。一切肺
病咳嗽，脓血不止。以薄竹筒盛，于 火中煨熟，食上啖之，良（《心镜》）。
【附方】旧二，新九。
猪胰酒∶治冷痢久
不瘥。此是脾气不足，暴冷入脾，舌上生疮，饮食无味，或食下还吐，小腹雷鸣，时时
心闷，干皮细起，膝胫酸痛，羸瘦，渐成鬼气，及妇人血气不通，逆饭忧烦，四肢无力，丈
夫癖，两肋虚胀，变为水气，服之皆效。此法出于传尸方。取猪胰一具细切，与青蒿叶相
和。以无灰酒一大升，微火温之，乘热纳胰中，暖使消尽。又取桂心末一小两，纳酒中。每
旦
膜内气块∶猪KT 一具炙，
肺气咳嗽∶猪胰一具薄切，苦
二十年嗽∶猪胰三具，大枣百枚。酒五升渍之，秋冬七日，春夏五日，绞去滓。七日服
尽，忌盐。（同上）
远年肺气∶猪胰一具去脂细切，腻粉一两，瓷瓶固济，上留小窍， 烟尽为末。每服二
钱，空心浆水下。《圣济总录》
服石发热∶猪肾脂一具，勿中水，以火炙取汁，每服三合，日夜五六服，石随大便下。
（《总录》）
拨云去翳∶用猪胰子一枚（五钱），蕤仁五分，青盐一钱。共捣千下，令如泥。每点少
许，取下膜翳为效。（孙氏《集效方》）
赤白癜风∶猪胰一具，酒浸一时，饭上蒸熟食。不过十具。（《寿域方》）
面粗丑黑，皮浓 者∶猪胰五具，芜青子二两，杏仁一两，土瓜根一两，淳酒浸之。
夜涂旦洗，老者少，黑者白，神验。（《肘后》）
手足皴裂∶以酒 猪胰，洗并敷之。（《肘后》）
唇燥紧裂∶猪胰浸酒搽之。（叶氏《摘玄方》）
肚
【气味】甘，微温，无毒。
【主治】补中益气止渴，断暴痢虚弱
治劳气，并小儿疳蛔黄瘦病（《日华》）。主骨蒸热劳，血脉不行，补羸助气，四季宜食（苏
颂）。消积聚症
【发明】时珍曰∶猪水畜而胃属土，故方药用之补虚，以胃治胃也。
【附方】旧二，新九。
补益虚羸∶用猪肚一具，入人参五两，蜀椒一两，干姜一两半，葱白七个，粳米半升在
内，密缝，煮熟食。（《千金翼》）
水泻不止∶用 猪肚一枚，入蒜煮烂捣膏，丸梧桐子大。每盐汤或米饮服三十丸。丁必
卿云∶予每日五更必水泻一次，百药不效。用此方，入平胃散末三两，丸服，遂安。（《普
济》）
消渴饮水∶日夜饮水数斗者。《心镜》∶用雄猪肚一枚，煮取汁，入少豉，渴即饮之，肚
亦可食。煮粥亦可。仲景猪肚黄连丸∶治消渴。用雄猪肚一枚，入黄连末五两，栝蒌根、白
粱米各四两，知母三两，麦门冬二两，缝定蒸熟，捣丸如梧桐子大
老人香港脚∶猪肚一枚，洗净切作生，以水洗，布绞干，和蒜、椒、酱、醋五味，常食。
亦治热劳。（《养老》方）
温养胎气∶胎至九月消息。用猪肚一枚，如常着葱五味，煮食至尽。（《千金髓》）
赤白癜风∶白煮猪肚一枚，食之顿尽。忌房事。（《外台》）
疥疮痒痛∶猪肚一枚，同皂荚煮熟，去荚食之。（《救急》）
头疮白秃∶《普济》∶用新破猪肚勿洗。及热拓之。须臾虫出。不尽再作。孙氏方∶用猪
肚
虫牙疼痛∶用新杀猪肚尖上涎，绢包咬之。数次虫尽即愈。唐氏用枳壳末拌之。
肠
【气味】甘，微寒，无毒。
【主治】虚渴，小便数，补下焦虚竭（孟诜）。止小便（《日华》）。去大小肠风热，宜食
之（苏颂）。
广肠也）。
【附方】新五。
肠风脏毒∶《救急》∶用猪大肠一条，入芫荽在内，煮食。《奇效》∶用猪脏，入黄连末在
内，煮烂，捣丸梧桐子大。每米饮
Background Information:
Book: Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica)
Author: Li Shizhen
Dynasty: Ming Dynasty, 6th Year of Wanli
Chapter: Pig (Part 2/4)
Category: Materia Medica
[Original Text Processing]
Heart Disease due to Evil Heat: Ruizhu Pill (Pearl Core Pill): Take one pig heart, extract the blood. Mix with one spoonful of powdered Indigofera tinctoria leaf (Dianhua) and one tael of Cinnabar powder (Zhusha). Grind them together into pills the size of Sophora japonica seeds. Take twenty pills with wine each time. (From "Qixiao")
Black sunken acne (smallpox lesions turning black and sinking): Collect pig heart blood in the twelfth lunar month, store it in a bottle, and hang it in a windy place to dry. Use one qian (approx. 3.7g) each time, add a small amount of Borneol (Longnao), grind evenly, and take with warm wine. The lesions will quickly turn red and lively; this is miraculous. If dry blood is unavailable, use fresh blood. (Prescription by Shen Kuo)
Promoting childbirth in women: Kaigu Ointment (Bone-Opening Ointment): Mix pig heart blood with powdered Boswellia carterii (Ruxiang), form into pills the size of Sophora japonica seeds, and coat with Cinnabar powder. Face east and swallow one pill with wine. If delivery does not occur, take another dose. (From "Furen Liangfang")
Tail Blood
[Indications]: Inverted smallpox lesions. Use one spoonful, mix with a little Borneol, and take with freshly drawn water. Also treats sudden death from evil qi attack (Li Shizhen).
[Attached Prescriptions]: One old, one new.
Sudden death from evil qi attack: Cut off the pig's tail, collect the blood, and drink it. Bind a piglet and use it as a pillow under the patient's head; they will revive. This method was taught by Changsang Jun to Bian Que. It comes from "Wei Furen Zhuan". (From "Zhouhou Beiji Fang")
Snake entering the seven orifices: Cut the tail of a sow, collect the blood, and drip it in; the snake will come out. (From "Qianjin Fang")
Heart
[Flavor and Nature]: Sweet, salty, neutral, non-toxic.
Song said: Excessive consumption depletes Heart Qi. Do not consume with Evodia rutaecarpa (Wuzhuyu).
[Indications]: Treats fright-evil, sorrow, and resentment (from "Bencao Jing Ji Zhu"). Treats deficiency palpitations, rebellious Qi, postpartum wind-stroke in women, and blood-Qi fright (Sun Simiao). Nourishes insufficient blood, treats deficiency and weakness (Su Song).
[Elucidation]: Liu Wansu said: Pigs are water animals; therefore, the heart can calm mental confusion and trance.
[Attached Prescriptions]: One old, three new.
[Text fragment missing subject]: Break open [heart] with blood, add two taels of Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma (Renshen) and two taels of Angelica sinensis (Danggui), boil until cooked, remove herbs, and eat. Not more than a few doses, and it will heal. (From "Zhengzhi Yaojue")
Heart deficiency coughing blood: One qian of Aquilaria sinensis wood powder (Chenxiang), seven Pinellia ternata rhizomes (Banxia). Place inside the pig heart, wrap in wet paper, and bake until cooked. Remove Banxia and eat. (From "Zhengzhi Yaojue")
Postpartum wind-evil, heart deficiency with palpitations: Use one pig heart, cook with Schisandra chinensis (Wuweizi) and fermented soybean juice (Shizhi) for consumption. (From "Xinjing")
Acute heart pain: One pig heart, add one grain of Piper nigrum (Hujiao) for each year of age, cook with salt and wine for consumption.
Liver (Use fetal liver for medicine)
[Flavor and Nature]: Bitter, warm, non-toxic.
Li Shizhen said: People taking medicinal drugs should not eat it. Eating it with fish causes carbuncles and sores; eating it with carp intestines or roe damages the spirit; eating it with quail causes facial deformities. "Yanshou Shu" says: When pigs are about to be slaughtered, the shock Qi enters the heart, and the dying Qi returns to the liver; both should not be eaten in excess, as they will harm humans.
[Indications]: Treats pediatric convulsions and epilepsy (Su Gong). Slice raw, eat with ginger and vinegar; treats foot [disease] (Zang Qun). Treats cold consumption and organ deficiency, chronic loose stools with red and white discharge, and red/white discharge in nursing women [text incomplete]. Roast again, grind into powder, half a liang, chew finely on an empty stomach, take with aged rice wine [text incomplete].
[Elucidation]: Li Shizhen said: The Liver stores blood; therefore, for various blood diseases, it is used as a guiding herb to enter the Liver channel. "Qianjin Yi" has Pig Liver Pills for dysentery, Pig Liver Powder for rectal prolapse, and many eye prescriptions use Pig Liver Powder; all follow this principle.
[Attached Prescriptions]: Seven old, seven new.
Chronic dysentery: One pig liver (sliced), one tael of fried Almond seed (Xingren). In a clean pot, layer liver and almonds, add two sheng of child urine, and simmer slowly until dry. Take and eat once a day. (From "Qianjin")
Edema, distension, fullness, loss of appetite, chest oppression: One pig liver (washed, sliced), grill with scallion, fermented soybeans, ginger, and pepper for consumption. Or boil alone into a soup. (From "Xinjing")
Sudden swelling of body and face: One raw pig liver, finely sliced, wash with vinegar, eat with garlic and vinegar. Do not use salt. (From "Zhouhou Beiji Fang")
Swelling starting from feet: Same method as above. (From "Xinjing")
Wind-toxic Hong Kong gout (podagra): Make pig liver into raw sashimi, eat to induce purgation. (From "Qianjin Yi")
Edema with difficult urination: Three pieces of pig liver tip, four pinches of Mung bean (Lvdou), one he of aged rice, boil together into porridge and eat, [toxicity exits through] small intestine [text incomplete].
Abdominal pain from Gu poison: Secret prescription by Doctor Zhi: Boil one pig liver with one sheng of honey, divide into twenty doses. Or [grind into powder and] take [text incomplete].
Sweating upon eating: This is Spleen-Stomach Qi deficiency. Thinly slice one jin of pig liver, dry on tiles until brittle, grind into powder. Boil white porridge, mix with cloth-squeezed juice, form into pills the size of Sophora japonica seeds with hands. Take fifty pills on an empty stomach with water, five times a day. (From "Xinjing")
Difficulty seeing far, Liver deficiency: One pig liver (finely sliced, skin and membrane removed), a handful of scallion whites, make soup with fermented soybean juice. When cooked, add three eggs, and eat. (From "Pujifang")
Liver heat causing red, gritty, painful eyes: Thinly slice one pig liver, wash clean with water, eat with five flavors [herbs]. (From "Shiyi Xinjing")
Critical periodontitis: Cook one pig liver, dip in powdered Paeonia lactiflora root (Chishao), eat as desired. Afterwards, take Pingwei San for two or three doses for effect. (From "Juyao")
Vulvar itching in women: Grill pig liver, insert vaginally; worms will come out. (From "Zhouhou")
Bruising from blows: Grill pig liver and apply as a compress. (From "Qianjin")
Acute consumption with emaciation: Chills and fever in the evening, palpitations, irritability, and thirst. Use one pig liver (shredded), fifteen taels of raw Glycyrrhiza uralensis root (Sheng Gancao) powder. Layer liver and甘草 powder in a pan, add five sheng of child urine, boil with medium-low heat until dry, pound into paste, form into pills the size of Sophora japonica seeds. Take twenty pills on an empty stomach with rice wine, gradually increase to thirty pills. (From "Shengji Zonglu")
Spleen (Common name: Liantie)
[Flavor and Nature]: Astringent, neutral, non-toxic.
Li Shizhen said: The spleen of all beasts tastes like mud, verifying its association with Earth.
Sun Simiao said: Humans should never eat the spleen of any domestic animal in their lifetime.
[Indications]: Treats deficiency-heat in Spleen and Stomach. Cook into soup with aged tangerine peel (Chenhong), Ginseng, fresh ginger, scallion whites, and aged rice for consumption (Su Song).
[Attached Prescriptions]: Two new.
Spleen accumulation and痞 mass: Seven pig spleens. Pierce each thoroughly with a new needle. Rub with one qian of Mirabilite (Pixiao). Combine all seven. Store in a porcelain vessel for seven days, then dry in an iron vessel. Also pound seven qian of Polygonum multiflorum vine (Shuihonghua Zi) into powder. Take on an empty stomach mixed with unfiltered wine. For cases under one year, one dose cures; under five years, two doses; under ten years, three doses. (From "Baoshoutang Fang")
Malaria with irregular onset: Two qian each of Piper nigrum (Hujiao), Evodia rutaecarpa (Wuzhuyu), and Alpinia officinarum rhizome (Gaoliangjiang), ground into powder. Take one strip of pig spleen. Roll half of it without filling, mark with ink, and make into wontons. Boil until cooked. Swallow the filled ones, chew the empty ones. One dose is effective. (From "Weisheng Jiabao Fang")
Lung
[Flavor and Nature]: Sweet, slightly cold, non-toxic.
Su Song said: Good when combined with Cannabis seed (Dama Ren). Do not eat with White flower cabbage, as it causes Qi stagnation and cholera-like symptoms. Sun Simiao said: Eating with malt in the eighth month leads to carbuncles in winter.
[Indications]: Tonifies Lung (Su Song).
Treats Lung deficiency cough: Use one lung, slice with a bamboo knife, stir-fry with sesame oil until cooked, eat with porridge. Also treats Lung deficiency coughing blood: Boil and dip in Coix seed (Yiyiren) powder for consumption (Li Shizhen. From "Yaojue" prescriptions).
Kidney (Common name: Yaizi)
[Flavor and Nature]: Salty, cold, non-toxic.
Sun Simiao said: Neutral.
Meng Shen said: Long-term consumption injures the Kidneys.
Su Song said: Do not eat in winter; it damages true Qi and induces deficiency stagnation.
[Indications]: Regulates Kidney Qi, unblocks Bladder (from "Bencao Jing Ji Zhu"). Tonifies Bladder Water Organ, warms waist and knees, treats deafness (from "Rihua"). Tonifies deficiency, strengthens Qi, resolves stagnation (Su Song). Removes cold diarrhea (Sun Simiao). Stops polydipsia, treats postpartum consumption with sweating, dysentery, and metrorrhagia (Li Shizhen).
[Elucidation]: Li Shizhen said: "Bencao Jing Ji Zhu" states that Pig Kidney regulates Kidney Qi and unblocks Bladder. "Rihua" also says it tonifies Bladder Water Organ and warms waist and knees; yet it also says although it tonifies Kidney, long-term consumption reduces fertility. Meng Shen also said long-term consumption causes Kidney deficiency. How to reconcile these contradictions? Pig Kidney is cold in nature and cannot tonify Mingmen Essence and Qi. In prescriptions, it is used only as a guide. The characters "regulate" and "unblock" in "Bencao Jing Ji Zhu" are most reasonable; the claims in "Rihua" about warming waist/knees and tonifying Bladder are incorrect. Those with Kidney deficiency-heat should eat it; those with Kidney Qi deficiency-cold should not. Modern people do not understand this and often eat Pig Kidney as a tonic; this must be examined carefully. Also, "Qianjin" has Zhu Shen Ji Tang for polydipsia, and Shen Li Tang for various Kidney deficiency consumptions; there are many formulas, all using Pig or Sheep Kidney boiled in water to decoct herbs.
[Attached Prescriptions]: Four old, nineteen new.
Kidney deficiency with seminal emission, night sweats, and nocturnal dreams of sexual intercourse: Use one pig kidney, cut open, remove membrane, add one qian of Aconitum carmichaelii side-root powder (Fuzi), wrap in wet paper, bake until cooked, eat on an empty stomach, drink wine [text incomplete].
Kidney deficiency with impotence, emaciation, essence depletion, and lack of strength: Use one pair of pig kidneys (remove fat membrane, slice), half a jin of Lycium barbarum leaf (Gouqi Ye), mix with two and a half cups of fermented soybean juice, cook into soup with pepper, salt, and scallion, eat on an empty stomach. [Source incomplete]
Kidney deficiency lower back pain: Slice one pig kidney, soak with pepper and salt to remove fishy smell, add three qian of Eucommia ulmoides bark (Duzhong) powder, wrap in lotus leaf, bake and eat, take with wine. (From "Bencao Quandu")
Sprain-related lower back pain: Slice one pig kidney, soak with salt and pepper, add three qian of Kansui root (Gansui) powder, wrap in lotus leaf, bake until cooked, take with wine. (From "Rumen Shiqin")
Deafness in the elderly: One pair of pig kidneys, remove membrane and slice. Mix with two he of Japonica rice (Jingsmi), two scallion whites, seven Allium macrostemon bulbs (Xiebai), two fen of Ginseng, one fen of Saposhnikovia divaricata root (Fangfeng), grind into powder, boil together into porridge and eat. (From "Fengqin Yanglao" prescription)
Hong Kong gout with vomiting in the elderly: Use one pair of pig kidneys, treat with wine, garlic, and five flavors for consumption, one dose per day. Or boil with scallion whites and Japonica rice into porridge and eat. (From "Fengqin Yanglao" prescription)
Sudden edema and fullness: Slice open one pig kidney, add one qian of Gansui powder, wrap in paper, bake until cooked. Effect is indicated by increased urination; otherwise, take another dose. (From "Zhouhou Beiji Fang")
Cold pain from elbow injury: One pair of pig kidneys, two taels of Cinnamon twig heart (Guixin), eight sheng of water, boil down to three sheng, divide into three doses. (From "Zhouhou")
Sudden onset of cough: Two pig kidneys (finely sliced), three taels of dried ginger (powder). Seven sheng of water, boil down to two sheng, take slightly to induce sweating. (From "Zhouhou Beiji Fang")
Chronic cough not healing: Two pig kidneys (remove fat membrane), add seven to fourteen peppercorns with openings, boil in water and eat. (Prescription by Zhang Wenzhong)
Heart Qi deficiency and damage: One pig kidney, two bowls of water, boil down to one and a half bowls, chop finely, add half a tael each of Ginseng and Angelica sinensis, boil down to eight parts. Eat the kidney, swallow with the juice. Remaining residue form into pills and take. (From "Baiyi Xuanfang")
Alcohol accumulation with yellow face and abdominal distension: One pig kidney, score seven cuts, sprinkle one qian of Pueraria lobata root powder (Gegenfen), seal, grill each side three and a half times, tear by hand into six pieces, eat on an empty stomach, take with rice soup. (From "Pujifang")
Chronic diarrhea not stopping: Slice open one pig kidney, sprinkle with Drynaria fortunei rhizome (Gusuibu) powder, bake until cooked and eat; miraculous effect. (From "Binhu Jijianfang")
Red and white dysentery with lower back pain: Pound two pig kidneys into paste, add Chenpi, pepper, and soy sauce, make into wontons, eat on an empty stomach. (From "Shiyi Xinjing")
Red and white leukorrhea: Frequently grill and eat pig kidneys. (Prescription by Zhang Wenzhong)
Metrorrhagia and metrorrhaxis: Prescription same as above.
Postpartum confinement labor with chills and fever: Use one pair of pig kidneys, slice finely, mix with salt and wine. First, boil one he of Japonica rice with scallion and pepper into porridge, mix with salt and vinegar. Place kidneys at the bottom of a basin, pour hot porridge over to cover. [Text incomplete]
Postpartum deficiency sweating, fever, limb pain, also called confinement labor: "Yonglei Qianfang": Slice one pair of pig kidneys, three sheng of water, half a he of Japonica rice, pepper, salt, scallion whites, boil into porridge and eat. "Meishi": Mix pig kidney with scallion, fermented soybeans, and rice, form into [text incomplete].
Pediatric crying: Infants after fifty days, fetal cold abdominal pain, crying with upward gaze, pooling saliva, playing with tongue, slight fever and fright, this is an epilepsy sign. One pig kidney, one tael of Angelica sinensis (roasted), one sheng of clear wine, boil down to seven ge. Give an amount the size of an almond to swallow, three times a day and once at night. (From "Shenghui Fang")
Pediatric scalp sores: One pig kidney, slice open, remove heart and membrane, add equal parts of Chinese gall (Wubeizi) and Calomel (Qingfen), bind with sugar dough, roast over charcoal until charred, grind into powder. Mix with clear oil and apply. (From "Jingyan Liangfang")
Consumptive disease (Phthisis): One pair of pig kidneys, two cups of child urine, one cup of unfiltered wine, store in a new porcelain bottle, seal with mud, keep warm over charcoal fire from Xu hour to Zi hour. When ready at dawn, open, drink wine, and eat kidney. For severe cases, effective in one month. For those usually weak, also usable. Using blood to nourish blood is far superior to mineral and herbal medicines. (Shao Zhenren "Experience Prescription")
Early stage carbuncle and back abscess: Use one pair of pig kidneys, pound with sifted flour into paste, apply and heal immediately.
Pi (Sound: Yi. Also written as Pancreas). Li Shizhen said: Also known as Kidney Fat. Grows between the two kidneys, looks like fat but isn't, looks like meat but isn't. It is the Mingmen of humans and animals, the origin of the Triple Burner. Fatter means more, thinner means less. Nourishment relies on it, hence called Pi.
[Flavor and Nature]: Sweet, neutral, slightly toxic.
Su Song said: Men eating too much damages Yang.
[Indications]: Treats Lung flaccidity with cough, soak in wine with jujube flesh for consumption. Also treats hypochondriac mass and emaciation (Zang Qun. Also made into ointment for silk). Treats Lung Qi dryness, distension, and asthma, moistens Five Zang organs, removes skin roughness, kills toxins of Mylabris, Meloe, and Staphylinidae, treats cold dysentery leading to deficiency (Su Song). All Lung diseases with cough and continuous pus/blood. Store in thin bamboo tube, bake in fire until cooked, eat on an empty stomach; good. (From "Xinjing")
[Attached Prescriptions]: Two old, nine new.
Pig Pancreas Wine: Treats chronic cold dysentery not healing. This is Spleen Qi insufficiency, sudden cold entering Spleen, sores on tongue, loss of taste in food, vomiting after eating, thunderous rumbling in lower abdomen, frequent chest oppression, fine dry skin peeling, soreness in knees and shins, emaciation, gradually becoming ghost qi, and women with blocked blood-Qi, nausea, worry, four-limb weakness, men's hypochondriac masses, false distension in ribs, transforming into water qi; taking this is effective for all. This method comes from Phthisis prescriptions. Take one pig pancreas, finely slice, mix with Artemisia annua leaves. Add one da sheng of unfiltered wine, warm over low fire, pour hot wine into pancreas while warm until absorbed. Add one xiao liang of Cinnamon twig heart powder to wine. Every morning [text incomplete].
Qi mass inside membrane: Grill one Pi [text incomplete].
Lung Qi cough: Thinly slice one pig pancreas, bitter [text incomplete].
Twenty-year cough: Three pig pancreases, one hundred large dates. Soak in five sheng of wine, seven days in autumn/winter, five days in spring/summer, strain. Take within seven days, avoid salt. (Same source)
Remote Lung Qi deficiency: One pig pancreas, remove fat, finely slice, one tael of calamine (Nifen), seal in porcelain bottle, leave small hole, smoke until dry, grind into powder. Take two qian on empty stomach with sour water. "Shengji Zonglu"
Fever from taking stones (mineral drugs): One pig kidney fat, do not get wet, roast over fire to extract juice, take three ge per dose, five or six times day and night, stone passes with stool. ("Zonglu")
Clearing clouds and removing nebula: One pig pancreas (five qian), Prunus humilis seed (Ruiren) five fen, green salt one qian. Pound thousand times until paste. Apply a little per time, effect seen when membrane/nebula falls off. (Sun Shi "Jixiao Fang")
Red and white vitiligo: One pig pancreas, soak in wine for one shichen, steam and cook on rice. Not more than ten units. (From "Shouyu Fang")
Rough, ugly, dark face, thick skin: Five pig pancreases, two taels of Brassica rapa seed (Wuqingzi), one tael of Almond, one tael of Trichosanthes kirilowii root (Tugua Gen), soak in pure wine. Apply at night, wash in morning, old becomes young, dark becomes white, miraculous. (From "Zhouhou")
Cracked hands and feet: Wash and apply with wine-soaked pig pancreas. (From "Zhouhou")
Dry, tight, cracked lips: Apply pig pancreas soaked in wine. (Ye Shi "Zhixuan Fang")
Stomach
[Flavor and Nature]: Sweet, slightly warm, non-toxic.
[Indications]: Tonifies middle, benefits Qi, stops thirst, stops acute dysentery and weakness.
Treats劳 Qi, and pediatric malnutrition with roundworms, yellow complexion, and emaciation (from "Rihua"). Mainly treats bone-steaming heat consumption, stagnant blood vessels, tonifies emaciation, assists Qi, suitable for eating in all four seasons (Su Song). Resolves accumulations and masses [text incomplete].
[Elucidation]: Li Shizhen said: Pig is a water animal, but Stomach belongs to Earth; therefore, in prescriptions, it is used to tonify deficiency, treating Stomach with Stomach.
[Attached Prescriptions]: Two old, nine new.
Tonifying deficiency and emaciation: Use one pig stomach, add five taels of Ginseng, one tael of Sichuan pepper (Shujiao), one and a half taels of dried ginger, seven scallion whites, half sheng of Japonica rice inside, sew tightly, boil until cooked and eat. (From "Qianjin Yi")
Unstopping watery diarrhea: Use one pig stomach, add garlic, boil until soft, pound into paste, form into pills the size of Sophora japonica seeds. Take thirty pills with salt water or rice wine each time. Ding Biqing said: I have watery diarrhea once every fifth watch daily, hundred medicines ineffective. Use this prescription, add three taels of Pingwei San powder, form into pills, and peace ensued. (From "Pujie")
Polydipsia drinking water: Drinking several dou day and night. "Xinjing": Use one male pig stomach, boil to extract juice, add little fermented soybeans, drink when thirsty, stomach can also be eaten. Can also make porridge. Zhang Zhongjing's Zhu Du Huanglian Wan: Treats polydipsia. Use one male pig stomach, add five taels of Coptis chinensis rhizome (Huanglian) powder, four taels each of Trichosanthes root (Gualougen) and white millet (Bailiangmi), three taels of Anemarrhena asphodeloides rhizome (Zhimu), two taels of Ophiopogon japonicus tuber (Mendong), sew tight, steam until cooked, pound into pills the size of Sophora japonica seeds.
Hong Kong gout in elderly: One pig stomach, wash clean, slice raw, rinse with water, wring dry with cloth, mix with garlic, pepper, soy sauce, vinegar, and five flavors, eat regularly. Also treats heat consumption. (From "Yanglao" prescription)
Warming and nurturing fetal Qi: Fetus reaches nine months, rest. Use one pig stomach, add scallion and five flavors as usual, boil and eat until finished. (From "Qianjin Sui")
Red and white vitiligo: Boil one pig stomach in plain water, eat it all at once. Avoid sexual activity. (From "Waitai")
Scabies with itching and pain: One pig stomach, cook with Gleditsia sinensis fruit (Zaojia), remove pod, eat. (From "Jiuji")
Scalp sores and alopecia: "Pujie": Use newly broken pig stomach, do not wash. Apply while hot. Worms come out shortly. If not complete, repeat. Sun Shi's prescription: Use pig stomach [text incomplete].
Toothache from worms: Use saliva from the tip of a newly killed pig's stomach, wrap in silk, bite with affected tooth. After several times, worms gone, healed. Tang Shi mixes with Aurantium microcarpum peel powder.
Intestine
[Flavor and Nature]: Sweet, slightly cold, non-toxic.
[Indications]: Deficiency thirst, frequent urination, tonifies lower Jiao deficiency exhaustion (Meng Shen). Stops urination (from "Rihua"). Removes Wind-Heat from Large and Small Intestines, suitable for eating (Su Song).
Also called Changchang).
[Attached Prescriptions]: Five new.
Intestinal wind and visceral toxin: "Jiuji": Use one strip of pig large intestine, add Coriander sativum seed (Yansui) inside, boil and eat. "Qixiao": Use pig intestine, add Coptis chinensis rhizome powder inside, boil until soft, pound into pills the size of Sophora japonica seeds. Each time take with rice wine [text incomplete].