味苦寒。主百病。除寒热邪气。逐六腑积聚。结固留癖。能化七十二种石。炼饵服之
。轻身神仙。生山谷。
如玉藏璞。盐液附生。青分晓岫。白表流晶。刚惟柔克。机与化争。七十二石。含虚太
清。
名医曰。生益州盐水之阳。色青白者佳。王勃诗。山长晓岫。青白行简。赋。流晶表异。
书。
高明柔克。白居易赞。但获天机。则与化争。 冠子。上及太清。
味甘寒。主身热溲 。女子乳难癃闭。利小便。荡胃中积聚寒热。益精气。久服轻身
耐饥长年。生山谷。
荡秽涤瑕。滑为滞导。上合三焦。两之九窍。可以乐饥。使我高蹈。白山卷山。鲜结皓
耀。
宋务先疏。涤瑕荡秽。黄庭经。上合三焦道饮浆。周礼。疾医两之以九窍。诗。可以乐
饥。
左传。使我高蹈。名医曰。生掖北白山。或卷山。水经注。粉水皓耀鲜洁。
味酸寒。主明目。目痛金创。诸痫痉。女子阴蚀痛。石淋寒热。崩中下血。诸邪毒瓦斯。
令人有子。炼饵服之。不老。久服增寿神仙。能化铁为铜成金银。（御览引作合成）一名
毕石。生山谷。
质青喻胆。羌道磷磷。星中弧建。日纪庚辛。永令麋寿。宜尔麟振。仙人狡狯。变化金
银
。
御览。生羌道或句青山。礼。仲春之月。昏弧中。旦建星中。名医曰。二月庚子辛丑日
采。
诗。绥我眉寿。古作麋。又麟之趾。振振公子。神仙传。王方平曰。不喜复作如此狡狯变化
也。
[Piao Xiao (Mirabilite)]
Taste: Bitter. Nature: Cold.
Indications: Treats a hundred diseases. Eliminates pathogenic factors of cold and heat. Drains out accumulations in the six fu organs, including nodules, solidifications, and lingering masses. It can dissolve seventy-two types of minerals. When refined and taken as pills, it makes the body light and confers immortality.
Habitat: Grows in mountain valleys.
Commentary: Like jade hiding its uncarved form, salt fluids attach to generate it. Green distinguishes the morning peaks, white displays flowing crystals. Rigidity is overcome by softness; mechanism contends with transformation. The seventy-two stones contain emptiness within the Supreme Clarity (Taiqing).
Famous physicians state: It grows on the sunny side of saline waters in Yizhou; those with greenish-white color are superior. Wang Bo's poem: "Mountains extend, morning peaks appear." Qingbai Xingjian's fu: "Flowing crystals display their uniqueness." Book: "High and bright, softness overcomes rigidity." Bai Juyi's eulogy: "Once heavenly secrets are acquired, one contends with transformation." Guanzi: "Reaching up to the Supreme Clarity."
[Shi Hui (Talcum)]
Taste: Sweet. Nature: Cold.
Indications: Treats body heat and dysuria. Addresses difficulty in lactation and strangury/retention of urine in women. Promotes urination. Sweeps away accumulated cold and heat in the stomach. Benefits essence and qi. Long-term consumption makes the body light, resistant to hunger, and extends life.
Habitat: Grows in mountain valleys.
Commentary: Sweeping away filth and cleansing flaws, its slipperiness guides stagnation. It harmonizes with the Sanjiao (Triple Burner) and opens the nine orifices. It can be used to alleviate hunger, allowing me to transcend worldly bounds. Baishan and Juanshan mountains, fresh and pure, condense into bright luster.
Song Wuxian's commentary: "Sweeping away flaws and cleansing filth." Huangting Jing: "Harmonizing with the Sanjiao, drinking nectar through the way." Zhou Li: "Physicians treat via the nine orifices." Shi Jing: "Can alleviate hunger." Zuo Zhuan: "Allows me to tread high." Famous physicians state: It grows north of Ye at Baishan or Juanshan. Shuijing Zhu: "Powder water is bright, pure, and fresh."
[Shi Dan (Melanterite)]
Taste: Sour. Nature: Cold.
Indications: Improves vision. Treats eye pain, metal wounds, various epilepsy and spasm syndromes. Treats erosion and pain of the female genitals. Treats lithiasis (stone strangury), alternating cold and heat, metrorrhagia and bleeding. Expels various pathogenic toxic vapors. Enables conception. When refined and taken as pills, it prevents aging. Long-term consumption increases longevity and confers immortality. It can transform iron into copper, and even synthesize gold and silver. (Cited from Taiping Yulan as "synthesis"). Also known as Bi Shi.
Habitat: Grows in mountain valleys.
Commentary: Its green quality resembles gall. Qiangdao shines brightly. In the starry sky, Hu (Arc) is central, Jian (Build) appears. Dates are recorded on Geng and Xin days. Forever granting longevity to milu deer, suitable for making qilin flourish. Immortals are cunning in transformation, changing gold and silver.
Taiping Yulan records: Grows in Qiangdao or Juqingshan. Li Ji: In the second month of spring, dusk sees Hu central, dawn sees Jian central. Famous physicians state: Harvested on Gengzi and Xinchou days in February.
Shi Jing: "Grant me long life," anciently written as "Mi". Also "Toes of the Qilin, vigorous are the princes." Shenxian Zhuan: Wang Fangping said, "I do not like engaging in such cunning transformations again."