味甘平。主咳逆上气。症瘕血闭漏下。除邪气。久服耐寒暑。不饥轻身。飞行千
里若神仙。一名石 。生山谷。
贵神食气。亦具干 。脑含雪化。甲脱云浮。行轻千里。采及九秋。丰饶遗滞。栖亩弗
收。
史记书。天神贵者太一。诗。干 以愆。庚辛玉册。石黄性热。有处其雪先消。吴普曰。
生
太山上。有甲。甲中有白。九月采取。诗。彼有遗秉。此有滞穗。左思赋。余粮栖亩而弗收
。
味甘微温。主消渴。阴痿不足。咳逆。胸鬲间久寒。益气除风湿痹。久服轻身长年
。生山谷。
谁削六棱。吹霜炼雪。摇影朝阳。搏华夕月。西华 。东封突兀。开凿登探。如指纷
结。
名医曰。生华阴山谷。及太山。如指长二三寸。六面如削。白澈有光。文心雕龙。吹霜
喷露
。二仪录。萧史造炼雪丹。御览。久服通日月光。李为赋。乍摇紫影。欧阳詹赋。搏华上浮
。沈 期诗。太史漏金探文。命泯开凿。
味甘温。主心腹咳逆邪气。补不足。女子风寒在子宫。绝孕十年无子。久服温中。
轻身延年。生山谷。
盘根夺紫。比象樗蒲。色兼 质。质亚 。腹池 解。心府春苏。十年乃字。门设桑
弧。（字本程氏伊芳川说易。作
字育之字。）
陶弘景曰。石色重澈。下有根。吴普曰。达头如樗蒲。寇宗 曰。色紫而不匀。郭璞曰。
石似玉。黄庭经。小
腹为玉池。淮南子。智者心之府也。易。十年乃字。礼。男子生。桑弧蓬矢六。以射天地四
方。又设弧于门左。
[Section 1: Bai Shiyong (White Quartz)]
Taste is sweet, nature is neutral. It primarily treats cough with rebellious Qi (cough and asthma). It addresses zheng jia (abdominal masses), blood obstruction, and metrorrhagia (irregular vaginal bleeding). It expels pathogenic factors. Long-term consumption enables resistance to cold and heat, prevents hunger, lightens the body, and allows swift movement over a thousand li, resembling an immortal. It is also known as Shi Nao (Stone Brain). It grows in mountain valleys.
It is precious like a deity, consumed to nourish Qi. It possesses the drying properties of Gan Jiang (Dried Ginger). Its core contains purity like melting snow; its shell sheds like floating clouds. It moves lightly over a thousand li. Harvesting occurs in the ninth month (late autumn). When fields are abundant, leftover grain is neglected; surplus grain remains on the stubble unharvested.
The *Records of the Grand Historian* states: The most honored of heavenly spirits is Tai Yi (Supreme One). The *Classic of Poetry* says: "Gan Mao yi qian" (referring to the dignity of the object). The *Gengxin Yuce* records: Shi Huang (Yellow Stone) has a hot nature; in some places, the snow on it melts first. Wu Pu said: It grows on Mount Tai, has a crust, and white substance within the crust. Harvest in September. The *Classic of Poetry* says: "There are leftover bundles there, and lingering ears of grain here." Zuo Si's fu says: "Surplus grain rests on the field unharvested."
[Section 2: Bai Shiyong (White Quartz) - Continued/Description]
Taste is sweet, nature is slightly warm. It primarily treats xiao ke (wasting-thirst syndrome), impotence and insufficiency, cough with rebellious Qi, and long-standing cold in the chest and diaphragm. It tonifies Qi and expels wind-damp bi-obstruction. Long-term consumption lightens the body and prolongs life. It grows in mountain valleys.
Who carved the six facets? Blowing frost and refining snow, shaking shadows in the morning sun, gathering essence under the evening moon. The light of Xi Hua Mountain is hazy; the peak of Dong Feng Mountain stands towering. Excavation and climbing exploration are intricate like tangled fingers.
Famous physicians say: It grows in the valleys of Mount Hua and Mount Tai. It is finger-like, two or three cun long, with six flat faces like cut jade, bright white and lustrous. *Wenxin Diaolong* says: "Blowing frost and spraying dew." *Eryi Lu* records: Xiao Shi refined Snow Elixir. *Taiping Yulan* records: Long-term consumption allows one to resonate with the light of the sun and moon. Li Wei wrote a fu: "Suddenly shaking purple shadows." Ouyang Zhan wrote a fu: "Gathering essence floating up." Shen Quanqi's poem says: "The Grand Historian leaks gold to explore the text, fate fades in excavation."
[Section 3: Zi Shiyong (Purple Quartz)]
Taste is sweet, nature is warm. It primarily treats heart and abdominal cough with rebellious Qi and pathogenic factors. It tonifies deficiencies. For women, if wind-cold resides in the uterus, causing infertility for ten years, it helps. Long-term consumption warms the middle warmer, lightens the body, and extends longevity. It grows in mountain valleys.
Roots intertwine seizing purple, compared to the shape of backgammon pieces. The color combines stone texture, the quality is inferior to jade. The abdomen pool resolves, the mind mansion revives in spring. Ten years until conception. A mulberry bow is set at the door. (Note: "Zi" here means to conceive/give birth, based on Cheng Yi's interpretation of the I Ching, using the character for nurture/conceive.)
Tao Hongjing said: The stone is heavy and clear, with roots underneath. Wu Pu said: The head resembles backgammon pieces. Kou Zongshi said: The color is purple but uneven. Guo Pu said: The stone resembles jade. *Huangting Jing* says: The lower abdomen is the Jade Pool. *Huainanzi* says: The wise person's mind is the mansion of the heart. The *I Ching* says: "Ten years until conception." The *Rites* say: When a boy is born, a mulberry bow and蓬矢 (rush arrow) are shot at heaven and earth, four directions. Another bow is set at the left door.