腹下黄，世谓之黄鳝。此尤动风气，多食令人霍乱，屡见之。向在京师，邻舍一郎官
，因食黄鳝，遂至霍乱吐利，几至委顿。又有白鳝，稍粗大，色白，二者皆亡鳞。大者长尺
余。其形类蛇，但不能陆行，然皆动风
。江陵府西有湖曰西湖，每岁夏秋沮河水涨，即湖水满溢，冬即复涸，土人于干土下掘得之
。每及二三尺，则有往来鳝行之路，中有泥水。水涸又下，水至复出。
鲫鱼开其腹，内药，烧之，治齿。
取干皮兼刺用，刺作刷，治纰帛绝佳。此物兼治胃逆，开胃气有功，从虫从胃有理焉
。胆治鹰食病。世有养者，去而复来，久亦不去。当缩身藏足之时，人溺之即开。合穿山甲
等分，烧存性，治痔。入肉豆蔻一半，末之，空肚热米饮调二钱服。隐居所说，跳入虎耳及
仰腹受啄之事，《唐本》注见摈，亦当然。
蜥蜴也，今人但呼为蜴蜥。大者长七八寸，身有金碧色。仁庙朝，有一蜥蜴在右掖
门西浚沟庙中，此真是蜥蜴也，郑状元有诗。有樵者于涧下行，见一蜥蜴自石罅中出，饮水
讫而入。良久，凡百十次，尚不已。樵者疑不免，翻石视之，有冰雹一二升。樵人讶而去，
行方三五里，大雨至。良久，风雹暴作。今之州县依法用此祈雨。经云∶治五癃，破石淋，
利水道。亦此义乎。
The belly is yellow, and the world calls it *Monopterus albus* (Yellow Eel). This creature particularly stirs up wind-pathogenic qi; excessive consumption causes Huoluan (cholera-like syndrome with vomiting and diarrhea), a phenomenon frequently observed. Previously, when I was in the capital, a neighbor who was a Langguan (an official title) ate yellow eel and subsequently suffered from Huoluan, experiencing vomiting and diarrhea, nearly reaching a state of collapse and prostration. There is also the white eel (*Anguilla japonica*), which is slightly thicker and larger, with a white color. Both species lack scales. The larger ones are over one chi long. Their shape resembles that of a snake, but they cannot walk on land; nevertheless, both can induce wind. West of Jiangling Prefecture lies a lake named West Lake. Every year during summer and autumn, when the water level of the Ju River rises, the lake water overflows; by winter, it dries up. Local people dig in the dry soil to find them. At a depth of two or three chi, there are paths where eels have passed back and forth, containing mud and water. When the water recedes, they burrow deeper; when water returns, they emerge.
If Crucian Carp (*Carassius auratus*) is slit open at the abdomen, filled with herbs, and roasted, it treats dental diseases.
Use the dried skin along with its spines. The spines, made into brushes, are excellent for processing silk fabrics. This animal also treats rebellious stomach qi and has merit in opening gastric qi; the character composition of "insect" plus "stomach" implies rationale. Its gallbladder treats diseases caused by eagles eating improperly. In the world, some keep them as pets; if released, they return, and after a long time, they do not leave. When it shrinks its body and hides its feet, pouring human urine on it makes it open. Mixed in equal parts with *Pholidota Scaly Pangolin Scales* (Chuan Shan Jia), calcined to retain its properties, it treats hemorrhoids. Mix with half the amount of *Myristica Seed* (Rou Dou Kou), powder it, and take two qian mixed with hot rice drink on an empty stomach. Regarding Tao Hongjing's account of leaping into a tiger's ear and receiving pecks on its belly, the annotations in *Tang Bencao* have rejected these stories, which is indeed reasonable.
This is the lizard (*Gekko gecko*), now commonly called "Yixi". The large ones are seven or eight cun long, with golden-green colors on their bodies. During the reign of Emperor Renzong, a lizard appeared in the temple near the moat west of Youye Gate; this was truly a lizard, and Zhuangyuan Zheng wrote a poem about it. A woodcutter walking along a stream saw a lizard emerging from a crevice in a rock, drinking water, and then re-entering. After a long while, this happened more than a hundred times without stopping. The woodcutter suspected it would not escape disaster, turned over the stone, and found one or two sheng of hail inside. The woodcutter left in amazement. After walking three or five li, heavy rain fell. After a long while, violent wind and hail suddenly erupted. Currently, prefectures and counties use this method according to law to pray for rain. The classic states: "Treats five types of strangury, breaks stone strangury, benefits the water passages." Does this also imply this meaning?