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(Phonetically "wei". From *Bencao Shiyi*.)

**Names**
Kuai fish (phonetically "hui"), [Name] fish (pronounced "hua" or "huo").
Li Shizhen stated: People in the north call it [Name], and people in the south call it [Name]; both refer to this fish.

**Collected Explanations**
Li Shizhen stated:
It also has bones under the jaw, but the bones are not soft and brittle.

**Correction of Errors**
Chen Zangqi stated:
Dry it by sun-drying and store it in a bottle. When ready to eat, soak it in water wrapped in cloth; it is no different from fresh.
Li Shizhen stated: Chen Zangqi's statement comes from *Du Bao Shiyi Lu*. The text says: In the sixth year of Daye during the Sui Dynasty, Wu Commandery presented sea [Item]. In May and June, large [Item] four or five [Unit] were caught.
[Text missing/corrupted here, implying firmness.] When used, wrap in cloth and soak in water for a short while, then remove the water, and it becomes bright white as new. Li Shizhen noted: This is actually the fishy smell of sea [Item]. If it is river/lake [Type] fish, it would be scaleless and extremely fishy. Mr. Chen likely confused the characters [Character A] and [Character B] due to their similarity without proper investigation, leading to error. This is now corrected.
Meat

**Flavor and Toxicity**
Sweet, neutral, non-toxic.
Su Song stated: It can trigger chronic diseases. Do not consume together with wild boar meat or wild chicken meat, as this causes leprosy-like conditions.

**Indications**
Opens the stomach/appetite, promotes urination/bladder water drainage (Chen Zangqi).

(Phonetically "yi". Listed in the Superior Grade of *Shennong Bencao Jing*.)

**Names**
Nixi (Giant Salamander)
Li Shizhen stated: The Nixi has a flat, low-lying forehead, and its saliva is sticky and slippery. " " means "flat/even".
People in the north call it [Name], and people in the south call it [Name].

**Collected Explanations**
Tao Hongjing stated: , which is . There is another type, similar to but larger.
It has four feet.
Kou Zongshi stated: Those with large mouths and bellies are named ; those with green backs and small mouths are named ; those with small mouths, yellow backs, and white bellies are named .
Li Shizhen stated: Both previous explanations are insufficiently detailed and accurate. is a scaleless fish with a large head, low forehead, large mouth, large belly, and whiskers. Those living in flowing water are greenish-white. Those living in stagnant water are greenish-yellow. Large ones can reach thirty or forty jin, all having large mouths and bellies, none with small mouths. is the current [Name].
If you cut off the fins and hang it first, the saliva will flow out completely and not be sticky.
Meat

**Flavor and Toxicity**
Sweet, warm, non-toxic.
Meng Shen stated: Scaleless, toxic, do not eat too much.
Su Song stated: Cold and highly toxic, not a fine quality item. Those with red eyes, red whiskers, or no gills are lethal. Do not consume with beef liver, as it causes wind disorders and frequent choking. Do not consume with wild pork, as it causes vomiting and diarrhea.
Tao Hongjing stated: Do not consume with deer meat, as it causes contraction of tendons and nails.
Li Shizhen stated: It is incompatible with Schizonepeta (Jingjie).

**Indications**
Treats hundred diseases (*Shennong Bencao Jing*). Prepared as [Preparation], it tonifies the human body (Tao Hongjing). Treats edema, promotes diuresis.
For dislocation: Cut the tail tip of a live one, apply it to the affected area in the morning, and it will reset immediately. Also, for bleeding hemorrhoids and anal pain, boil and eat with green onions (Li Shizhen).

**Attached Prescriptions**
White patches on the body: Take one Giant Salamander (half a jin), remove intestines, prepare with glutinous rice, salt, and pepper as usual, wrap in three layers of lotus leaves.
Then wrap again heavily with lotus leaves until it rots/stinks. First wipe the reddened area with cloth, then roast the [medicine] pack and apply hot compresses while hot to induce sweating. Wrap in cotton clothes, avoid wind exposure, continue until healed. (*Taiping Zonglu*)
Saliva

**Indications**
Treats Xiao Ke (wasting-thirst syndrome). Mix with powdered Coptis Chinensis (Huanglian) to make pills. Take five to seven pills per dose with Sour Plum (Wumei) decoction, three times daily. Effective.
Eye

**Indications**
Pain caused by foreign object injury and water entering the eye. Burn to ash and apply topically (Sun Simiao).
Liver

**Indications**
Treats bone stuck in throat (Li Shizhen).
**Attached Prescription** New one.
Bone stuck in throat: Peel half an ounce of chestnut meat (grind into powder), one fen of Frankincense (Ruxiang), and one fen of Giant Salamander liver. Pound together and make pills the size of wutong seeds. Wrap one pill in cotton, moisten with water, swallow leaving the cotton thread outside to fish out the bone. (*Taiping Zonglu*)