味咸，寒，无毒。主治贼风 僻，轶筋及脱肛，惊痫，挛缩。一名陵蠡，一名土蜗，一
名附蜗。生太山池泽及阴地沙石垣下。八月取。
蛞蝓无壳，不应有蜗名，其附蜗者，复名蜗牛。生池泽沙石，则应是今山蜗。或当言其
头，形类犹似蜗牛虫者，世名蜗牛者，作瓜字，则蜗字亦音瓜。庄子所云，战于蜗角也。蛞
蝓入三十六禽限，又是四种角虫之类。荧室星之精矣。方家殆无复用乎。（《大观》卷二十一，
《政和》四三二页）
味苦、咸，平，无毒。主治咳逆上气，喘息烦满，胸痛，寒热，治阴痿。一名魁蛤。生
东海。（蜀漆为之使，畏狗胆，甘遂、芫花。）
此物以细如巨胜、润泽光净者，好；有粗如半杏仁者，不入药用。（《大观》卷二十，《
政和》四一六页）
味咸，平，无毒。主治恶疮，蚀五痔。咳逆胸痹，腰痛胁急，鼠 ，大孔出血，崩中漏
下。生东海，表有文，取无时。
海蛤至润泽，云从雁屎中得之，二三十过方为良，今人多取相 令磨荡似之尔；文蛤小
大而有紫斑，此既异类而同条，若别之，则数多，今以为附见，而在副品限也。凡有四物如
此。（《大观》卷二十，《政和》四一六页）
味苦，寒，无毒。主治目热赤痛，青盲，明目。久服强悍，益志气。肉∶味甘，主咳逆
上气，黄胆，止渴。生者，主治水肿脚满，下气。骨∶主女子带下赤白。齿∶主石淋。生九
江池泽，取无时。
鲤鱼，最为鱼之主，形既可爱，又能神变，乃至飞越山湖，所以琴高乘之。山上水中有
鲤
和》四一九页）
[Agriolimax]
Taste: salty. Nature: cold. Toxicity: non-toxic. Indications: Mainly treats hemiplegia caused by thief-wind (pathogenic wind), tendon dislocation, rectal prolapse, convulsive epilepsy, and muscle spasms. Also known as Lingli, Tuwo, or Fuwo. Grows in the ponds and marshes of Mount Tai and under shady sandy stone walls. Harvested in August.
Agriolimax has no shell and should not bear the name "wo" (snail). The one called "Fuwo" is also named Woniu (snail). Those growing in pond/marsh sands and stones are likely the current Shanwo (mountain snail). Perhaps because its head shape resembles that of a snail worm, the common name Woniu uses the character with the "melon" radical, thus the pronunciation of "wo" is also "gua". This refers to Zhuangzi's saying "war on the horn of a snail." Agriolimax falls within the limit of the Thirty-six Zodiac Animals and belongs to the category of four types of horned insects; it is considered the essence of Ying Shi star (Mars). Medical practitioners rarely use it now. (Da Guan Ben Cao, Vol. 21; Zheng He Ben Cao, p. 432)
[Qu Ge]
Taste: bitter, salty. Nature: neutral. Toxicity: non-toxic. Indications: Mainly treats cough with rebellious qi, wheezing, chest fullness and oppression, chest pain, alternating chills and fever, and impotence. Also known as Kui Ge. Grows in the East Sea. (Shuqi acts as its guide drug; it fears dog gallbladder and is incompatible with Gan Sui and Yuan Hua.)
This medicinal material is of good quality if it is fine like Jusheng (Sesamum indicum), moist, lustrous, and clean; those coarse like half an apricot kernel are not used for medicine. (Da Guan Ben Cao, Vol. 20; Zheng He Ben Cao, p. 416)
[Hai Ge]
Taste: salty. Nature: neutral. Toxicity: non-toxic. Indications: Mainly treats malignant sores and erodes five types of hemorrhoids. Treats cough with rebellious qi, chest bi syndrome, lower back pain with rib hypochondriac stiffness, shu lou (scrofula), bleeding from the large intestine, metrorrhagia and leukorrhea. Grows in the East Sea, has patterns on the surface, and can be harvested at any time.
Hai Ge is extremely moist and glossy. It is said that obtaining it from goose droppings and washing/polishing it twenty or thirty times makes it excellent. Nowadays, people mostly take ordinary shells and polish them to resemble this. Wen Ge varies in size and has purple spots. Although these are different species but belong to the same category, if distinguished separately, there are many. Now they are listed as an appendix and classified as secondary grade. There are four such items in total. (Da Guan Ben Cao, Vol. 20; Zheng He Ben Cao, p. 416)
[Cyprinus carpio Gallbladder]
Taste: bitter. Nature: cold. Toxicity: non-toxic. Indications: Mainly treats eye heat, redness, and pain, qing mang (blindness), and improves vision. Long-term consumption strengthens the body and enhances willpower. Meat: Taste sweet. Mainly treats cough with rebellious qi, jaundice, and stops thirst. Fresh meat mainly treats edema and leg swelling, and directs qi downward. Bone: Mainly treats red and white vaginal discharge in women. Teeth: Mainly treats stone lin (urinary calculi). Grows in the ponds and marshes of Jiujiang, harvestable at any time.
The carp is the leader among fish. Its form is lovely, and it possesses magical transformations, even flying over lakes and mountains, which is why Qin Gao rode it. (Da Guan Ben Cao, Vol. 20; Zheng He Ben Cao, p. 419)