味咸，平，无毒。主治伤中，阴痿不起，令强热，大生子，除女子带下十二疾。一名狗
精。六月上伏取，阴干百日。
胆∶主明目，痂疡，恶疮。
心∶主治忧恚气，除邪。
脑∶主治头风痹痛，治下部 疮，鼻中息肉。
齿∶主治癫痫，寒热，猝风痱，伏日取之。
头骨∶主治金创，止血。四脚蹄∶煮饮之，下乳汁。
白狗血∶味咸，无毒。主治癫疾发作。
肉∶味咸、酸，温。主安五脏，补绝伤，轻身益气。
屎中骨∶主治寒热，小儿惊痫。
白狗、乌狗入药用。白狗骨烧屑，治诸疮 及妒乳痈肿。黄狗肉，大补虚，牝不及牡，
牡者父也。又呼为犬，言脚上别有一悬蹄者是也。白犬血合白鸡肉、白鹅肝、白羊肉、乌鸡
肉、蒲子羹等皆病患，不可食。犬春月目赤鼻燥欲狂 ，不宜食。（《新修》二○八页，《大
观
味甘、酸，温、微温，无毒。主治漏下恶血，寒热，惊痫，益气，强志，生齿，不老。
治虚劳洒洒如疟，羸瘦，四肢酸疼，腰脊痛，小便利，泄精溺血，破留血在腹，散石淋，痈
肿，骨中热疽，养骨，安胎下气，杀鬼精物，不可近阴，令痿，久服耐老。四月、五月解角
时取，阴干，使时燥。（麻勃为之使。）
角∶味咸，无毒。主治恶疮，痈肿，逐邪恶气，留血在阴中。除少腹血急痛，腰
脊痛，折伤恶血，益气。七月取。（杜仲为之使。）
髓∶味甘，温。主治丈夫女子伤中脉绝，筋急痛，咳逆。以酒和服之，良肾∶平，
主补肾气。
肉∶温，主补中，强五脏，益气力，生者治口僻，锉薄之。
野肉之中，唯獐鹿可食，生则不膻腥，又非辰属，八卦无主而兼能温补于人，则生死无
尤，故道家许听为脯过。其余肉，虽牛、羊、鸡、犬补益充肌肤，于亡魂皆为愆责，并不足
啖。凡肉脯炙之不动，及见水而动，及曝之不燥，并杀人。又茅屋漏脯，即名漏脯，藏脯密
器中名郁脯，并不可食之。（《新修》二一○页，《大观》卷十七，《政和》三七六页）
[Male Dog Penis]
Salty in flavor, neutral in nature, non-toxic. It treats internal injury, impotence (failure of erection), induces strong heat in the penis, greatly enhances fertility, and eliminates twelve types of leukorrhea (abnormal vaginal discharge) in women. Also known as "Dog Essence". Collected during the upper Fu days in the sixth lunar month, dried in the shade for one hundred days.
Gallbladder: Treats brightening of the eyes, scabbed ulcers, and malignant sores.
Heart: Treats qi stagnation caused by sorrow and indignation, expels evil qi.
Brain: Treats headache bi syndrome (painful obstruction due to wind-cold-dampness), lower body sores, and nasal polyps.
Teeth: Treats epilepsy, alternating chills and fever, sudden onset of wind apoplexy (paralysis), collected during the dog days.
Skull: Treats metal wounds, stops bleeding.
Four hooves: Decocted and drunk to promote lactation.
White Dog Blood: Salty in flavor, non-toxic. Treats seizures of mania-epilepsy.
Meat: Salty and sour in flavor, warm in nature. Treats calming the five zang organs, repairing severe injuries, lightening the body, and tonifying qi.
Bone from feces: Treats alternating chills and fever, pediatric convulsive disorders.
White dogs and black dogs are used medicinally. White dog bones burned to ash treat various sores and breast abscesses with swelling. Yellow dog meat greatly tonifies deficiency; females are inferior to males, and males represent the father. It is also called "Quan" (dog), referring to those having an extra dewclaw on the feet. Consuming white dog blood together with white chicken meat, white goose liver, white mutton, black chicken meat, and cattail soup causes illness and should not be eaten. When dogs have red eyes, dry noses, and manic tendencies in spring, their meat should not be consumed. (From *Xinxiu Bencao* page 208, *Daguan Bencao*)
[Deer Antler Velvet]
Sweet and sour in flavor, warm and slightly warm in nature, non-toxic. It treats abnormal uterine bleeding with dark blood, alternating chills and fever, convulsive disorders, tonifies qi, stabilizes willpower, promotes tooth growth, and delays aging. It treats consumptive disease with chills resembling malaria, emaciation, soreness and pain in the four limbs, back and spine pain, frequent urination, seminal emission, hematuria, breaks up retained blood in the abdomen, disperses stone strangury (lithiasis), carbuncles and swellings, bone heat and abscesses, nourishes bones, calms the fetus, directs qi downward, kills ghost essence (evil spirits), and if brought near the genitals, causes impotence. Long-term consumption promotes longevity. Collected when antlers shed in April and May, dried in the shade, kept dry during use. (Mahuang flower is its assistant herb.)
Antler: Salty in flavor, non-toxic. Treats malignant sores, carbuncles and swellings, drives away evil qi, removes retained blood in the yin region. Relieves urgent pain in the lower abdomen, back and spine pain, traumatic hematoma, and tonifies qi. Collected in July. (Eucommia bark is its assistant herb.)
Marrow: Sweet in flavor, warm in nature. Treats internal injury and pulse cessation in men and women, tendon stiffness and pain, cough and counterflow qi. Mixed with wine and taken orally, it is effective.
Kidney: Neutral in nature, treats tonifying kidney qi.
Meat: Warm in nature, treats tonifying the middle jiao, strengthening the five zang organs, boosting qi and strength. Fresh meat treats facial paralysis (deviation of mouth and eye), applied thinly sliced externally.
Among wild meats, only cheetah (zhang) and deer are edible; raw they lack gaminess, and unlike animals associated with earthly branches, they belong to no specific trigram yet can warm and tonify humans, thus incurring no karmic blame, allowing Daoists to permit them as dried meat. Other meats, though beef, mutton, chicken, and dog can supplement muscles and flesh, cause transgressions for departed souls and are not worth eating. Any dried meat that does not move when roasted, moves when touching water, or remains moist after sun-drying will kill people. Dried meat dripping from leaking thatched roofs is called "Leaking Meat"; dried meat stored in sealed vessels is called "Stagnant Meat"; both are inedible. (From *Xinxiu Bencao* page 210, *Daguan Bencao* Vol. 17, *Zhenghe Bencao* page 376)