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That is, Cicada Slough (Chantui). Its nature is sweet and cold; light and ascending, it excels at dispelling wind-heat. It is used to erupt carbuncles and rashes, expel the placenta, and open the voice. Locust Cicada (Zhechan): treats infantile convulsions and epilepsy; kills intestinal parasites at night to reduce heat. Both are used after removing wings and feet.

Leech (Shuizhi): Nature is salty and cold; unblocks collaterals and drives out water, promotes urination and defecation. Used after removing wings and feet. Its action is urgent and downward; contraindicated in deficient persons.

Horsefly (Feichong/Ningchong): Also known as Feichong. Nature is bitter and cold; excels at attacking accumulated blood and circulating through collaterals; its force is sufficient to induce abortion, contraindicated in deficient persons.

Honey (Bai Mi): Nature is sweet and cool. When raw, it is cool and clears heat and detoxifies; when cooked, it is warm, moistens dryness, and tonifies the middle. Contraindicated in cases of loose bowels. Honey suppository method is used to treat deficiency-type intestinal constipation. Beeswax (Huang La): Sweet, bland, and slightly warm; astringes intestines and stops diarrhea, and can also detoxify and protect the heart.

Mylabris (Banmao): Sweet and pungent, toxic; detoxifies and reduces swelling, washes sores and kills parasites. Used after slight roasting.

Wulingzhi: Nature is sweet and warm; generates flesh, stops bleeding, alleviates pain, and benefits deficiency; it is a specialized medicine for external diseases.

Baiyaojian: Sour, astringent, salty, and cold; astringes intestines, arrests sweating, stops cough, and transforms phlegm. Its efficacy is close to that of Galla Chinensis (Wubeizi), but having undergone fermentation, it particularly resolves heat and detoxifies, transforms stubborn phlegm, and serves as a potent remedy for chronic cough with phlegm accumulation.

Shayuanzi: Sweet and salty, neutral in nature; enters the Liver, Kidney, and Mingmen channels; astringes essence and secures the Kidneys, treats seminal emission, turbid urine, and leukorrhea, and stops nocturnal enuresis in children. Used after roasting.

That is, Silkworm (Jiangcan). Salty and pungent, neutral in nature; enters the Lung, Liver, and Stomach channels to dispel wind and transform phlegm, dissipate nodules, and promote circulation. Used for stroke-induced aphonia and incomplete eruption of scarletina. Used after stir-frying to remove silk threads.

That is, Faba Bean (Can Dou). Stir-fried and eaten to kill parasites; also treats malnutrition and emaciation. Silkworm Cocoon (Can Jian): Sweet and warm; clears fire and relieves thirst.

Qianghuo: Pungent and sweet, warm in nature; dispels wind and overcomes dampness, regulates bi-syndrome and treats sha-toxin, used after slight roasting.

That is, Mylabris (Banmao). Pungent and cold, toxic; directly enters the orifices of essence and urine. Internally taken to break up lithiasis and expel dog poison; externally applied to escharotic dead tissue and applied to malignant tinea and sores. Remove head and feet, stir-fry with rice flour until cooked. Greatly contraindicated in pregnancy.

Scorpion (Quanxie): Sweet and pungent, toxic; attacks toxin and dispels wind. Treats convulsions and spasms due to fright and epilepsy, and deviation of mouth and eyes. Remove feet and bake before use. Tail: named Xie Shao (Scorpion tail tip); its force is even stronger.

That is, Leech (Mahong). Salty, neutral, bitter, and toxic; breaks blood and attacks accumulation. Extremely difficult to process; stir-fry until withered and yellow, then again until charred to ash, finely ground, and added to water; only usable if the water does not turn yellow. If live leech enters the abdomen, sucking blood causes abdominal pain and leads to sallow emaciation; urgently administer water mixed with field mud to drink, which will surely expel it.