味咸甘。性平。有小毒。畏磁石及酒。
【主治】主小儿百二十种惊痫。螈 癫疾。寒热肠痔。虫毒。蛇痫弄舌摇头。大人五邪。
言
产难。目
【归经】入肝经。为走窜之品。（兼轻剂 能引诸药入肝散邪）
【前论】寇氏曰。蛇蜕从口退出。眼睛亦退。今眼药及去翳膜用之。取此义也。
【禁忌】经疏曰。小儿惊痫癫疾。非外邪客忤。而由肝心虚者。不效。
味甘咸。性温。有毒。生土穴阴霾之处。禀幽暗毒疠之气而生。降也。阴中阴也。
得酒良。
【主治】主中风湿痹不仁。筋脉拘急。口面 斜。半身不遂。骨节疼痛。大风疥癞。及
暴风
与白
【归经】入肺肝二经。为祛风除湿之品。（内走脏腑外彻皮肤透骨搜风截惊定搐）
【前论】雷 曰。蛇性窜。能引药至于有风疾处。故能治风。仲淳曰。疠风疥癣顽皮等
症。
非所
【炮制】雷公曰。凡用。春秋酒浸三宿。夏一宿。冬五宿。取出。炭火焙干。如此三次。
以
下
一名海螵蛸。味咸。性微温。无毒。禀水中之阳气以生。可升可降。阴中阳也。
恶白 芨、白蔹、附子。又名墨鱼。
【主治】主赤白漏下。经汁血闭。阴蚀肿痛。寒热症瘕。无子。（本经）惊气入腹。腹
痛
环脐
治妇人
疟。消瘿
出如泉。（
【归经】入肝肾二经。为通经络祛寒湿之品。（肝经血分药）
【前论】丹溪曰。经闭有有余不足二症。有余者血滞。不足者肝伤。乌贼骨所治。是肝
伤血
时珍曰。此厥阴血分药也。味咸走血。故血枯。血瘕。经闭崩带。下痢疳疾。
也。寒热疟疾。聋瘿。少腹痛阴痛。厥阴经病也。目翳流泪。厥阴窍病也。厥阴属
血。故诸血病皆治之。
【禁忌】经疏曰。其气味咸温。血病多热者。勿用。
【炮制】备要曰。凡使。以鱼卤浸。炙黄用。
以上宣剂鳞部
[Snake Slough]
Taste: Salty, sweet. Nature: Neutral. Slight toxicity. Averse to magnetite (Cishi) and wine.
[Materia Medica Indications] Primarily treats one hundred and twenty types of pediatric convulsive epilepsy (Jing Xian). Twitching and epileptic seizures. Alternating chills and fever, intestinal hemorrhoids. Insect toxins. Snake epilepsy characterized by tongue protrusion and head shaking. Five pathogenic factors in adults.
Dystocia (difficult childbirth). Eye nebula (cataracts/opacities).
[Meridian Tropism] Enters the Liver Meridian. It is a penetrating and dispersing substance. (As a light agent, it can guide other herbs into the Liver to disperse pathogens.)
[Preliminary Discussion] Kou Zongshi stated: Snake slough exits from the mouth, and the eyes also shed their membranes. This is why it is used in eye medicines and for removing ocular opacities, taking advantage of this principle.
[Contraindications] *Bencao Jing Shu* states: For pediatric convulsive epilepsy, if it is not caused by external pathogenic invasion or fright, but rather due to deficiency of the Liver and Heart, it will be ineffective.
[Brown Spotted Bamboo Pit Viper / Baihua She]
Taste: Sweet, salty. Nature: Warm. Toxic. Grows in dark, shady places within earth burrows. It inherits the qi of darkness and toxic miasma to generate. Its action is descending. It is Yin within Yin.
It works best when prepared with wine.
[Materia Medica Indications] Primarily treats wind-damp bi syndrome causing numbness. Muscle spasm and tendon tightness. Facial paralysis (deviation of mouth and eyes). Hemiplegia. Joint pain. Leprosy and severe scabies. And sudden wind stroke (Zhong Feng). Combined with Angelica dahurica (Baizhi).
[Meridian Tropism] Enters the Lung and Liver meridians. It is a substance that dispels wind and removes dampness. (It penetrates internally to the zang-fu organs and externally to the skin and bones, searching out wind, arresting convulsions, and stopping spasms.)
[Preliminary Discussion] Lei Xiao stated: The snake has a penetrating nature and can guide medicinal properties to areas affected by wind diseases. Therefore, it can treat wind conditions. Zhongchun stated: Conditions such as leprosy, scabies, tinea, and stubborn sores... [Text fragment implies specific indications or contraindications].
[Processing] Lei Gong stated: When used, soak in wine for three nights in spring and autumn, one night in summer, and five nights in winter. Remove and dry over charcoal fire. Repeat this process three times. To... [Text ends abruptly].
[Cuttlebone / Wuzhe Yu Gu]
Also known as Haipiaoxiao. Taste: Salty. Nature: Slightly warm. Non-toxic. It inherits the yang qi of water to generate. It can ascend and descend. It is Yang within Yin.
Averse to Bletilla striata (Baiji), Ampelopsis japonica (Bailian), and Aconitum carmichaelii (Fuzi). Also known as Cuttlefish (Moyu).
[Materia Medica Indications] Primarily treats leukorrhea with blood (red and white discharge). Amenorrhea due to blood stasis. Genital erosion, swelling, and pain. Alternating chills and fever, abdominal masses (Zheng Jia). Infertility. (From *Shennong Ben Cao Jing*). Fright qi entering the abdomen. Abdominal pain. Periumbilical pain. Treats women's malaria. Reduces goiter. Stops bleeding profusely (like a spring).
[Meridian Tropism] Enters the Liver and Kidney meridians. It is a substance that unblocks collaterals and dispels cold-dampness. (It is a herb acting on the Blood aspect of the Liver Meridian.)
[Preliminary Discussion] Danxi stated: Amenorrhea has two patterns: excess and deficiency. Excess involves blood stagnation; deficiency involves Liver injury. Haipiaoxiao treats cases of Liver injury and blood depletion.
Shizhen stated: This is a herb for the Jueyin Blood aspect. Its salty taste moves into the blood, thus treating blood depletion, blood masses, amenorrhea, metrorrhagia, leukorrhea, dysentery, and childhood malnutrition disease (Gan Ji). Alternating chills and fever, malaria, deafness, and goiter are Jueyin meridian diseases. Eyelid nebula and tearing are Jueyin orifice diseases. Jueyin belongs to Blood; therefore, it treats various blood disorders.
[Contraindications] *Bencao Jing Shu* states: Due to its salty and warm nature, it should not be used for blood disorders accompanied by heat.
[Processing] *Bencao Beiyao* states: When used, soak in fish brine, then roast until yellow before use.
[Above are the scales section of the Xuan category.]