\r南螺\pc103.bmp\r,味甘。滋阴降火,清理肺气。
──务本卷一下
\r旱螺\pc104.bmp\r,味咸,性微寒。无毒。治瘰 痈疽毒疮。生山岩者,壳治反胃
病。肉入冰片,治痔疮。
昔一人得反胃病,胸膈饱胀,饮食不下,下喉即吐,口涎并出,后得此方,服之即愈。
旱螺壳,新瓦焙干为末,每服一钱,好春茶汤送下。
──务本卷三
\r滇池赤虾\pc105.bmp\r,与下江性不同。气味甘,性温。有小毒。主治小儿风火游
肿,敷之可愈。作羹,治鳖症及痘疮不起,乌头,服之最良。下乳汁亦效。男子阳缩可解。
──模板卷七
\r白虾\pc106.bmp\r能降气定喘。作羹,止脑痛而去胃中痰涎。
──模板卷七
\r山螃蟹\pc107.bmp\r,味咸,性寒。强壮筋骨,走经络,横行络分。爪甲破血,催
生,治难产,治症瘕瘀血,块积疼痛,腹中有子,名纵横子,壮药中用之。
(单方)山螃蟹捣烂,敷棒疮疼,立效。
(单方)治妇人产后儿枕瘀血疼,良效。
山螃蟹 不拘多少,新瓦焙干,烧酒炖热服之。
──丛本卷下
\r蟹\pc108.bmp\r,气味咸,性寒。有小毒。主治胸中邪气热结痛, 僻面肿。解结
散血,疗漆疮,养精益气,散诸热,治胃气,理经脉,消食。以醋食之,利去五脏中烦闷气,
益人。产后肚疼,瘀血不下者,以酒食之。筋骨折伤者,生捣炒熏之。可解鳝鱼毒,治疟疾
及黄胆,涂疥疮。滴耳内可医聋。生不可同柿及荆芥食之,发霍乱,动风。惟木香汁可解。
──模板卷七
Nanlu (Southern Snail), sweet in flavor. It nourishes Yin and descends fire, clearing lung Qi.
──Wuben Volume 1 Lower
Hanlu (Dry Land Snail), salty in flavor, slightly cold in nature. Non-toxic. Treats scrofula (lymphatic tuberculosis), carbuncles, and toxic sores. The shell of those growing on mountain rocks treats regurgitation disease. Its meat combined with Borneol treats hemorrhoids.
In the past, a person suffered from regurgitation disease, experiencing fullness and distension in the chest and diaphragm, inability to swallow food or drink, immediate vomiting after swallowing, and excessive salivation. Later, he obtained this prescription and recovered immediately upon taking it.
Roast fresh Hanlu shells on new tiles until dry, grind into powder. Take one qian per dose, delivered with good spring tea soup.
──Wuben Volume 3
Dianchi Red Shrimp, differs in nature from shrimp found in lower rivers. Flavor is sweet, nature is warm. Slightly toxic. Mainly treats pediatric wind-fire wandering swelling; topical application can cure it. Made into soup, it treats bie syndrome (a chronic wasting condition often associated with water-dampness or parasites) and failure of smallpox lesions to erupt; used with Aconitum carmichaelii (Fuzi), it is most effective. It also promotes lactation. It can relieve penile retraction in men.
──Moban Volume 7
White Shrimp can descend Qi and calm wheezing. Made into soup, it stops headache and removes phlegm-saliva from the stomach.
──Moban Volume 7
Mountain Crab, salty in flavor, cold in nature. Strengthens sinews and bones, unblocks meridians, and moves horizontally within the collateral branches. Claws and nails break blood stasis, promote labor, treat difficult childbirth, treat zheng jia blood stasis (abdominal masses and blood stasis), pain from accumulations, and "children in the abdomen" (referring to retained fetus or abnormal pregnancy), known as "Zonghengzi," used in Zhuang medicine.
(Single prescription) Mash Mountain Crab and apply topically to painful stick-wounds; immediate effect.
(Single prescription) Treats postpartum abdominal pain caused by lochia stasis (childbirth pillow blood stasis); excellent effect.
Mountain Crab, any amount, roast on new tiles until dry, stew hot in sorghum liquor and take orally.
──Congben Volume Lower
Crab, salty in flavor and odor, cold in nature. Slightly toxic. Mainly treats pain from evil qi and heat knot in the chest, and swelling on one side of the face. Resolves knots and dissipates blood stasis, treats lacquer dermatitis, nourishes essence and Qi, disperses various heats, regulates stomach Qi, smooths meridians, and aids digestion. Eaten with vinegar, it promotes the elimination of vexatious Qi from the five zang organs, benefiting the person. For postpartum abdominal pain with undischarged blood stasis, eat cooked with wine. For tendon and bone fractures, crush raw, stir-fry, and fumigate the injured area. Can detoxify eel poison, treat malaria and jaundice, and apply for scabies. Dripped into the ear, it cures deafness. Raw crab must not be eaten together with persimmons or Schizonepeta (Jingjie), as it may induce cholera-like symptoms and stir up wind. Only Aquilaria sinensis (Muxiang) juice can resolve this toxicity.
──Moban Volume 7