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According to Xu Biao's *Nanzhou Ji* (Records of the Southern Provinces): It grows in the valleys of Lingnan. Its nature is neutral, and its taste is warm. It treats metal wounds (trauma caused by metal weapons), scabies and tinea, promotes flesh regeneration, and stops bleeding; it is best used after being burned to ash. Its fruit is yellowish-white and highly toxic, making it unfit for consumption. (Cited from *Daguan Bencao*, Vol. 14, p. 51; *Zhenghe Bencao*, p. 360; *Bencao Gangmu*, p. 1421)

(Another description of Palm Wood): Slightly warm. It treats food stagnation, astringes the intestines to stop diarrhea, directs rebellious Qi downward, and addresses cough due to rebellious Qi; it is suitable for inclusion in facial powders. (Cited from *Daguan Bencao*, Vol. 14, p. 52; *Zhenghe Bencao*, p. 360; *Bencao Gangmu*, p. 1393)

(Duplicate entry): Slightly warm. It treats food stagnation, astringes the intestines to stop diarrhea, directs rebellious Qi downward, and addresses cough due to rebellious Qi; it is suitable for inclusion in facial powders. (Cited from *Daguan Bencao*, Vol. 14, p. 52; *Zhenghe Bencao*, p. 361; *Bencao Gangmu*, p. 1393)

According to *Yiwu Zhi* (Record of Strange Things): In the seas off Shandong, rhinoceroses enjoy listening to string and wind instruments. When locals play music, the rhinos come out, which is how they are captured. Rhinoceros horns include nasal horns and frontal horns, with nasal horns being superior. The nature is greatly cold, and it is non-toxic. It treats heat and oppression caused by wind-toxin attacking the heart, carbuncles and toxins, bloody dysentery, infant bran-bean disease (a pediatric condition), and wind-heat-induced convulsions and epilepsy. It is suitable for use. When processing rhino horn powder, wrap it in paper and keep it against the chest for a long time; when combined with other drugs, it becomes very easy to grind. Furthermore, regarding Tongtian Xi (Heaven-Piercing Rhino), it is said that during gestation, if the fetus sees a living creature pass by, this form appears on the horn, hence the name. To verify this under the moonlight, reflect it in a basin of water to see if it pierces heaven. *Zhengjing* states: This refers to mountain rhinos; water rhinos are rare. *Wuxi Ji* states: Mountain rhinos feed on bamboo and wood, and their urination lasts all day. Yi Liao people capture them with bows and arrows, hence called Qian Xi. Liu Xiaobiao also stated: When a rhino sheds its horn, locals exchange fake horns for it, but the truthfulness is uncertain. (Cited from *Daguan Bencao*, Vol. 17, p. 17; *Zhenghe Bencao*, p. 383.)

According to *Neidian* (Buddhist Scriptures): Elephants originate from Western Regions countries, having two or four tusks. The taste is cold. It treats wind-epilepsy with heat, bone-steaming consumptive fever, and various sores. It is best used as raw powder in medicine; efficacy is enhanced when combined with Amber (Succinum), Bamboo Paste, Pearl (Margarita), Rhinoceros Horn (Rhinocerotis Cornu), and Calculus Bovis (Niuhuang). People in the Western Regions value it for decorating beds and seats. Chinese people prize it for making hu boards (ritual tablets). Countries such as Kunlun have elephants living in valleys; when they shed their tusks, humans cannot take them. People of Kunlun carve white wood into tusk shapes to exchange for real ones. *Youyang Zazu* states: The presence of specific patterns indicates national prosperity. It also states: Dragons and elephants reach skeletal maturity at sixty years old. (Cited from *Daguan Bencao*, Vol. 16, p. 8; *Zhenghe Bencao*, p. 371; *Bencao Gangmu*, p. 1765.)