主堕胎，生乳易。生山都平谷。
是 鼠一名飞生，状如蝙蝠，大如鸱鸢，毛紫色暗，夜行飞行。生人取其皮毛，以与
产妇持之，令儿易出。又有水马，生海中，是鱼虾类，状如马形，亦主易产。此 鼠别类而
同一条中，当以其是皮毛之物也，今亦在副品限也。（《新修》二一六页，《大观》卷十八，《政
和》三九三页）
微温，无毒。主治 折，续筋骨，捣敷之，三日一易。四足及尾∶主妇人堕胎，易产。
肉∶热，无毒。主治小儿哺露大腹，炙食之。粪∶微寒，无毒。主治小儿痫疾，大腹，时行
劳复。
牡鼠，父鼠也。其屎两头尖，专治劳复。鼠目，主明目，夜见书，术家用之。腊月鼠，
烧之辟恶气；膏煎之，亦治诸疮。胆，主目暗，但才死胆便消，故不可得之。（《大观》卷二
十
味辛，寒，有毒。主治寒热，鬼疰，蛊毒，鼠 ，疥癣，恶疮，疽蚀，死肌，破石癃，
血积，伤人肌，堕胎。一名龙尾。生河东川谷。八月取，阴干。马刀为之使，畏巴豆、丹参、
空青、恶肤青。
豆花时取之，甲上黄黑斑色，如巴豆大者是也。（《大观》卷二十二，《政和》四四八页）
味辛，微温，有毒。主治蛊毒，风疰，鬼疰，堕胎。三月取。曝干。
芫花时取之，青黑色，亦治鼠 。（《大观》卷二十二，《政和》四五四页）
[Background Information]
Book: Bencao Jing Ji Zhu (Collected Notes on the Materia Medica)
Author: Tao Hongjing
Dynasty: Southern Dynasties · Liang
Chapter: Shu (Mouse) / ... / Yuan Qing (Blister Beetle) (Total 4 sections)
Category: Materia Medica
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Mainly induces abortion, facilitates childbirth. Grows in Shan Du Ping Valley.
This [Shu] mouse is also named Fei Sheng (Flying Birth), resembling a bat, as large as an owl or kite, with dark purple fur, active and flying at night. People capture its skin and fur, giving them to parturient women to hold, so that the child may be delivered easily. There is also a Shui Ma (Water Horse), living in the sea, belonging to the class of fish and shrimp, resembling a horse in shape, which also mainly facilitates childbirth. This Shu mouse belongs to a different category but is listed in the same section; it should be included because it is a creature of skin and fur. Currently, it is also classified within the secondary grade. (Xinxiu Bencao page 216, Daguan edition Vol. 18, Zhenghe edition page 393)
Slightly warm, non-toxic. Mainly treats fractures, reconnects bones and sinews; mash and apply externally, change once every three days. Four feet and tail: mainly treats women's abortion and facilitates childbirth.
Meat: Hot, non-toxic. Mainly treats infants' abdominal distension due to exposure during feeding; roast and eat.
Feces: Slightly cold, non-toxic. Mainly treats infantile epilepsy, abdominal distension, and postpartum relapse due to overexertion following an epidemic.
Male mouse (Mu Shu): The father mouse. Its feces are pointed at both ends, specifically treating postpartum relapse due to overexertion.
Mouse eyes: Mainly improves vision, allowing one to see books at night; used by Daoist practitioners.
Mouse caught in the twelfth lunar month: Burned to ward off evil qi; rendered into ointment, also treats various sores.
Gallbladder: Mainly treats dimness of vision, but the gallbladder dissolves immediately after death, thus it cannot be obtained. (Daguan edition Vol. 20)
Pungent, cold, toxic. Mainly treats chills and fever, Gui Zhu (Ghost Stabbing disease), Gu Poison (Gu Toxin), Shu Sores (Mouse Sores), scabies and tinea, malignant ulcers, ulcerative necrosis, dead flesh, breaks stone strangury (lithuria), resolves blood stasis, damages human muscle, induces abortion. Also named Long Wei (Dragon Tail). Grows in Hedong river valleys. Harvested in August, dried in shade. Ma Dao (Mantis) serves as its assistant herb; fears Ba Dou (Croton Seed), Dan Shen (Salvia Miltiorrhiza), Kong Qing (Azurite), and E Fu Qing (Malachite).
Harvested when soybeans flower; those with yellow and black spots on their shells, about the size of Ba Dou (Croton Seed), are the correct ones. (Daguan edition Vol. 22, Zhenghe edition page 448)
Pungent, slightly warm, toxic. Mainly treats Gu Poison, Feng Zhu (Wind Stabbing disease), Gui Zhu (Ghost Stabbing disease), induces abortion. Harvested in March. Sun-dried.
Harvested when Yuan Hua (Kadsura Flower) blooms; blue-black in color, also treats Shu Sores (Mouse Sores). (Daguan edition Vol. 22, Zhenghe edition page 454)