味辛寒。主邪气。破症坚血痈肿。阴创。服之不患热病。生池泽。
拖紫纡青。池泓阁阁。礼掌焚灰。仙传窃药。食鹧身痊。背芝光烁。五日良储。辟兵祛
疟。
卞彬赋。纡青拖紫。石介诗。数尺流水满池泓。洪驹父诗。阁阁已在兹。周礼。蝈氏掌
去蛙
黾。焚牡 以灰洒之。张衡文。羿请不死之药于西王母。嫦娥窃之以奔月。是为蟾蜍。投荒
杂
录。南方水族。状如蛙。食之味美如鹧鸪。治虚劳。道书。蟾蜍万世。背生芝草为世瑞。抱
朴子。肉芝者万岁蟾蜍。五月五日午时取之。阴干带于身。辟五兵。物类相感志。五月五日
收虾蟆治疟。苏轼诗。争储百药良。张咏诗。剧谈夜祛疟。
味辛微寒。主漏下赤白。寒热。破石淋。杀禽兽贼鼠。生池泽。（即齐蛤）
喧捞泥浦。巧类刀裁。夜侵灯影。寒孕珠胎。琼研粉细。紫吐唇开。短长狭正。众体兼
该。
元稹诗。泥浦喧捞蛤。苏颂曰。多生沙泥中。张 诗。夜蚌侵灯影。埤雅。蚌孚乳以秋。
其
孕珠若怀妊然。谓之珠胎。苏恭曰。壳炼粉得火良。孔平仲诗。报君以淮南紫唇之蛤。李时
珍曰。其形像刀。其类甚多。长短斜正。性味功用皆同。傅咸赋。体该众妙。
味咸平。主小儿百二十种惊痫。螈 。 疾。寒热。肠痔。虫毒。蛇痫。火熬之良。
一名龙子衣。一名蛇符。一名龙子单衣。一名弓皮。生川谷及田野。
似之而非。它虫灵蜕。雪电藏形。风雷偃势。蚓蚁失乘。 蛆残噬。凡骨登仙。饱餐脱
滞。
庄子。蛇蜕也。似之而非也。说文。它从虫而长。郭璞赞。灵蜕乘烟。白居易赋。鳞甲
晶以
雪色。睛眸 其电光。李绅诗。已应蜕骨风雷后。韩非子。云罢雾霁。龙蛇与蚓蚁同矣。则
失
其所乘也。关尹子。 蛆食蛇。陆游诗。凡骨已蜕身自轻。夏侯湛序。弃俗登仙。尔雅翼。
草居。恒饥。每得食稍饱。辄蜕壳。避暑录话。神仙升举。形滞难脱。
[Toad]
Pungent in flavor, cold in nature. It primarily treats pathogenic factors (evil qi). It can break up fixed masses (zheng), blood stasis, and carbuncles/swellings. It treats ulcers of the yin region. After consumption, one will not suffer from heat diseases. It grows in ponds and marshes.
Dragging its purple body and curving its green back, the pool is deep and vast. The Rites of Zhou records: The Guoshi (official in charge of frogs) manages the removal of frogs and toads; burning the ash of male frogs and sprinkling it on them. Zhang Heng's writing records: Yi sought the elixir of immortality from Xi Wangmu (Queen Mother of the West), and Chang'e stole it and fled to the moon; this is the toad. Touhuang Zalu records: Southern aquatic creatures, shaped like frogs, taste delicious like partridges when eaten, and can treat deficiency-labor (xu lao). Daoist texts record: Toads live for ten thousand years; the growth of Ganoderma (Lingzhi) on their backs is considered an auspicious omen. Baopuzi records: The "meat灵芝" (Rou Zhi) is a ten-thousand-year-old toad, collected at noon on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, dried in the shade, and carried on the person to ward off weapons. Wulei Xianggan Zhi records: Catching toads on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month can treat malaria. Su Shi's poem: "Competing to store the good medicines." Zhang Yong's poem: "Talking vigorously to dispel malaria at night."
[Clam/Ma Dao]
Pungent in flavor, slightly cold in nature. It primarily treats leukorrhea or bleeding with discharge (lou xia chi bai), alternating chills and fever. It can break up urinary calculi (shi lin). It kills birds, beasts, thieves, and rats. It grows in ponds and marshes. (This refers to clams from Qi).
Noisily scooped from muddy shallows, skillfully shaped like cut knives. Invading lamp shadows at night, giving birth to pearl embryos in the cold. Ground into fine powder like jade, spitting open purple lips like flowers. Short and long, narrow and straight, encompassing all bodily forms.
Yuan Zhen's poem: "Noisily scooping clams from muddy shores." Su Song said: They mostly grow in sand and mud. Zhang's poem: "Night clam invading lamp shadows." Piya records: Clams reproduce in autumn; their pregnancy with pearls is like being pregnant, called "pearl embryo." Su Gong said: Calcining the shell into powder yields good results when treated with fire. Kong Pingzhong's poem: "Reporting to you with the purple-lipped clams of Huainan." Li Shizhen said: Its shape resembles a knife, and there are many varieties, varying in length, slant, and straightness, but their properties, flavors, and functions are all the same. Fu Xian's fu: "The body encompasses all wonders."
[Snake Slough]
Salty in flavor, neutral in nature. It primarily treats over one hundred and twenty types of pediatric convulsions, spasms, chills and fevers, intestinal hemorrhoids, insect toxins, and snake-related epilepsy. Frying it makes it effective.
Also known as Longzi Yi (Dragon Son Garment), also known as Shefu (Snake Talisman), also known as Longzi Danyi (Dragon Son Single Garment), also known as Gongpi (Bow Skin). It grows in valleys and fields.
Resembling a snake but not a snake; it is the shed skin of other spiritual insects. Like snow and lightning hiding its form, like wind and thunder lowering its momentum. Earthworms and ants lose their leverage; maggots remain and devour. Mortal bones ascend to immortality; after full meals, stagnation is dispelled.
Zhuangzi records: Snake slough, resembling a snake but not a snake. Shuowen Jiezi records: The character "Ta" (snake) consists of the radical for insect and implies length. Guo Pu's eulogy: "Spiritual slough rides the smoke." Bai Juyi's fu: "Scales and armor crystal clear like snow color, eyes bright like electric light." Li Shen's poem: "Should have shed mortal bones after wind and thunder." Han Feizi records: When clouds scatter and fog clears, dragons and snakes become like earthworms and ants, thus losing what they relied upon. Guanyanzi records: Maggots eat snakes. Lu You's poem: "Mortal bones having shed, the body becomes light." Xiahou Zhan's preface: "Abandoning the secular world to ascend to immortality." Erya Yi records: Grass-dwelling creatures, often hungry, shed their shells whenever they are somewhat full. Bishu Luhua records: Immortals ascending, physical stagnation is difficult to shed.