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[Pennant's Sea Cucumber / Fennascanic Uterus - Note: "Fen'na Qi" traditionally refers to the penis of a sea mammal, often identified as Phoca fasciata or similar, but literally translated here based on context]
Taste: Salty. Nature: Greatly Hot. Toxicity: Non-toxic. It is found only along the coast of the East Sea; folk custom suspects it to be the kidney of a sea dog (seal). Its shape resembles a dried and shrunk scrotum, with both testicles still adhered together.
Some point to its form, debating whether it belongs to a beast or a fish; neither view has definitive evidence or established theory. Thus, authenticity and falsity cannot be distinguished without empirical testing. Placing it beside a sleeping dog may cause the dog to startle and jump up wildly; placing it in freezing cold water causes the water to become warm and not freeze. (Those who pass these tests are authentic.) Soak thoroughly in wine, then roast until dry; the aroma is fragrant, do not sniff excessively. Grind into fine powder, suitable for mixing into powders or pills. Treats accumulations (Pi Ji), emaciation, and extreme exhaustion of the Spleen and Stomach; breaks up old blood stasis and accumulation, and alleviates coldness and soreness in the waist and knees. Expels ghostly qi, prevents nightmares and sexual intercourse with spirits, drives away malevolent influences, and stops sleep paralysis caused by demonic oppression. Removes cold accumulations, benefits Primordial Yang. Firmly supports erection without decline, truly assisting sexual techniques for pleasure.

[Scales of Pangolin]
Nature: Slightly Cold. Toxicity: Toxic. Found in deep mountains and valleys; body short, tail thick resembling an alligator. Digs burrows from hillsides to live in them; named "Li" (Carp) due to scales resembling those of a carp. Uninformed folk physicians, unaware of the character's meaning, mistakenly call it Pangolin Scale (Chuan Shan Jia). It can survive both on land and in water, and has specific methods for eating ants. (On land, it opens its scales and remains motionless like death, allowing ants to enter; once full, it closes tightly, throws itself into water where it opens again, causing ants to float out, which it then catches and eats.) For medicinal use, grind the scales into pieces, stir-fry lightly with clam shell powder until yellow. (Remove the powder before use.) Mainly treats five types of evil ghostly influences causing startled crying and sorrow; cures ant-infested ulcers, bad sores, scabies, tinea, hemorrhoids, and fistulas. Alternatively, grind finely, mix with water, and take orally; or burn to ash and mix with animal fat. Combined with Tong Cao (Akebia Caulis) and Ziran Tong (Pyritum), ground into powder and taken with wine, treats breast inflammation and swelling. Combined with Chen Pi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium) and Dou Kou Ren (Cardamomi Fructus), taken as a powder with decoction, stops pus discharge from Qi-type hemorrhoids. It can also break up malaria pathogens caused by summer-heat accumulation, primarily because it penetrates collaterals and reaches the Ying (Nutrient) level.

[Skin - Text missing prefix, likely Hedgehog Skin based on description]
Taste: Bitter. Nature: Neutral. Toxicity: Non-toxic. Another source says: Taste sweet, slightly toxic. Its shape resembles [Tuan] and [Tun], born and raised in various mountain valleys; short legs, slow movement; when humans see it, it hides its head and feet, rolling up round like a chestnut burr, with gathered hairs pointing outward. To capture it, pouring water on it causes it to open. Burn the skin and hair to ash, swallow with hot wine. The two herbs it fears are Jie Geng (Platycodon Root) and Mai Men Dong (Ophiopogon Tuber). Mainly treats bleeding from the large intestine due to five types of hemorrhoids, regulates various hernia pains radiating to the lower abdomen. Has special efficacy in treating rebellious Stomach Qi and opening Stomach Qi; stops epistaxis (nosebleeds) and eliminates nasal polyps with immediate effect. Abdominal distension and pain can be stopped, swelling and pain in the yin region can be dispelled. Eating the meat leads to easy weight gain and still regulates the Middle Jiao to promote appetite; eating the bone leads to thinning and further causes tendon contraction making the feet difficult to extend. Applying fat to the ear canal treats long-standing deafness; using the gallbladder treats diseases caused by consuming eagle meat.