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The larger ones are named Canis familiaris (Dog). [Meat] is sour and salty, warm in nature; it assists yang and warms the stomach; benefits the kidney and strengthens the spleen, but is contraindicated for those with excessive fire. Gou Bao (Dog Gallstone): Specifically attacks regurgitation, excels in managing ding ju (carbuncles and sores). Millet-like particles in feces: Promotes eruption of smallpox and relieves dysphagia. Remaining bones in feces: Treats alternating chills and fever, convulsions, and epilepsy. Yellow dog meat benefits the spleen, black dog meat tonifies the kidney, other colors are not suitable. If pregnant women consume it, it causes the child to be mute. Moreover, dogs are generally loyal, so it is appropriate to abstain from eating them.

Mutton is sweet and warm, enters the Lung channel, tonifies deficiency and treats consumption, filling the form and qi. Excessive consumption causes people to develop sores. Yang Gan (Sheep Liver): Tonifies the liver and brightens the eyes. Yang Dan Zhi (Sheep Bile): Applied to eyes to treat tearing and cataracts. Yang Fei (Sheep Lung): Unblocks the lungs, stops chronic cough. Yang Shen (Sheep Kidney): Benefits essence and assists yang. Yang Du (Sheep Stomach): Eliminates regurgitation and vomiting. Yang Jiao (Sheep Horn): Brightens eyes and kills parasites. Sheng Yang Xue (Raw Sheep Blood): Taken hot, resolves all toxins such as arsenic and sulfur. Yang Ru (Sheep Milk): Benefits yin and moistens dryness, treats regurgitation and xiao ke (wasting-thirst syndrome). Jing Gu (Tibia Bone): Enters the kidney to tonify bone, burning to ash and applying to teeth is beneficial.

Beef belongs to Earth, its nature is sweet and warm, tonifies the middle and supplements qi; assists the stomach and strengthens the spleen, yellow-colored beef is superior. Niu Ru (Cow Milk): Taste is sweet and slightly cold, cools blood and moistens dryness, unblocks dysphagia and ge ge (food trapping), contraindicated for those with middle-cold and loose bowels. Ru Bing (Milk Curd), Su Mi (Clarified Butter), Ti Hu (Ghee), are all made from cow or sheep milk. They are nourishing, lubricating, and glossy, most suitable for people with blood-heat and dryness. Shui Niu (Water Buffalo): Damages the spleen, not used in medicine. Only the throat of a white water buffalo is used to treat ge ge and intestinal obstruction. Niu Gu Sui (Cow Marrow): Tonifies marrow and strengthens bones. Niu Jin (Cow Tendon): Tonifies tendons, can reconnect severed injuries. Old cows, sick cows, and self-dead cows contain toxins that harm humans. Moreover, cattle belong to Earth and are the strength of the people for farming; if one has a benevolent heart, one must strictly abstain from eating them.

Luo Tuo Huang (Camel Gallstone) is sweet and cool, clears the heart and opens orifices, resolves phlegm and calms the spirit, being the specific drug for jing xian entering the zang organs. Those vomited out are called "Huo Huang" (Living Yellow), which are the most effective. Those obtained after slaughter are secondary. Luo Tuo Huang: Readily available but unusable; it can confuse authenticity, distinguishable by grinding on fingernails without penetrating yellow.

Lu Rou (Donkey Meat) is sweet and warm, benefits essence and tonifies deficiency, moistens dryness and resolves toxicity, clear and transparent texture is good. Those with fishy or muttony odors are not used in medicine.

Ma Rou (Horse Meat) is sweet and neutral, nourishes yin and moistens dryness, clears the lungs and resolves phlegm, being the specific drug for xu lao ke (consumption cough) and tu xue (hemoptysis). To resolve phlegm, stir-fry with Ge Fen (Clam Powder); to moisten dryness, use raw; for loose stools, stir-fry with Nuo Fen (Glutinous Rice Powder); to stop bleeding, stir-fry with Pu Huang Hui (Polygonatum Ash). Prepared using well water from Dong'e County, it not only benefits yin and moistens dryness, but also has the power to turn turbidity into clarity, clear phlegm and stop bleeding, with divine and rapid efficacy.