平。治翳障，明目，疗风赤眼，盐卤浸用。妇人横逆产，心腹痛，月隔，五淋，烧
以醋淬用。（新补 见日华子。）
图经文具铅条下。
陈藏器云∶大钱，银注中陶云不入用。按钱青者是大钱，煮汁服，主五淋。磨入目，主
盲瘴
肤
赤。和薏苡根煮服，主心腹痛。煮比轮钱以新汲水投服之，又主时气。含青钱，又主口内热
疮。以二十文烧令赤，投酒中服之，立瘥。又主妇人患横产。
衍义曰∶古文钱，古铜焦赤有毒，治目中瘴瘀，腐蚀坏肉。妇人横逆产，五淋多用。非
特为
有
锡也，此说非是。今但取景王时大泉五十及宝货，秦半两，汉荚钱、大小五铢，吴大泉五百
、大泉当千，宋四铢、二铢，及梁四柱，北齐常平五铢。尔后，其品尚多，如此类方可用。
少
时常自患暴赤目肿痛，数日不能开。客有教以生姜一块，洗净去皮，以古青铜钱刮取姜汁，
就钱棱上点。初甚苦热，泪 面，然终无损。后有患者，教如此点，往往疑惑。信士点之，
无不获验，一点遂愈，更不可再作。有疮者不可用。
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主心痛，疰忤，石淋，产难，小儿惊痫，以水煮研服汁。出岭南，蛇腹中得之，圆重
如锡，黄黑青杂色。今注∶蛇黄多赤色，有吐出者，野人或得之。（唐本先附）
臣禹锡等谨按日华子云∶冷，无毒。镇心。如入药，烧赤三、四次醋淬，飞研用之。
图经曰∶蛇黄，出岭南，今越州、信州亦有之。《本经》云∶是蛇腹中得之，圆重如锡，
黄
黑
青杂色。注云多赤色，有吐出者，野人或得之。今医家用者，大如弹丸，坚如石，外黄内黑
色。二月采。云是蛇冬蛰时所含土，到春发蛰，吐之而去。与旧说不同，未知执是？
三十五种陈藏器余
Nature: Neutral. Treats visual obscurations (cataracts/opacities), improves vision, treats wind-heat red eyes; use after soaking in brine. Used for difficult labor (transverse presentation), epigastric and abdominal pain, menstrual obstruction, and five types of strangury (Wu Lin); calcined and quenched with vinegar. (Newly supplemented, see Ri Hua Zi.)
*Tu Jing Ben Cao* has detailed records under the entry for "Lead Strip".
Chen Cangqi states: Large coins are not used in medicine according to Tao Yun in Yin Zhu. Note: Coins covered with green verdigris are large coins; decocting them and taking the juice treats the five types of strangury. Grinding them into powder and applying to the eyes treats blindness and redness of the skin. Boiling them with the root of Coix Seed (Yi Yi Ren) and taking the decoction treats epigastric and abdominal pain. Boiling bi-lun coins and administering them with fresh well water treats epidemic febrile diseases. Holding a green coin in the mouth treats heat sores inside the mouth. Burning twenty coins until red-hot, immersing them in wine, and drinking the mixture brings immediate recovery. It also treats transverse presentation in women.
*Yan Yi* states: Ancient copper coins, when charred and reddened, are toxic; they treat visual obscurations and stasis in the eyes, and corrose necrotic flesh. They are frequently used for difficult labor and strangury. The claim that this is specifically due to the presence of tin is incorrect. Currently, only those from the Jing Wang era such as Da Quan Er Shi Wu (Large Coin Fifty) and Bao Huo, Qin Ban Liang, Han Jia Qian, and Da Xiao Wu Zhu, Wu Da Quan Wu Bai, Da Quan Dang Qian, Song Si Zhu, Er Zhu, as well as Liang Si Zhu, and Bei Qi Chang Ping Wu Zhu are suitable for medicinal use. Since then, there have been many varieties; only those of this kind can be used.
In my childhood, I suffered from acute red eye swelling and pain, unable to open my eyes for several days. A guest advised me to take a piece of ginger, peel it, scrape ginger juice using an ancient bronze coin, and apply it directly onto the edge of the coin. Initially, it felt very bitter and hot, causing tears to flow, but ultimately caused no harm. Later patients were taught this method but often hesitated. Those who trusted and applied it invariably recovered; one application was sufficient, and it should not be repeated. It is contraindicated for those with sores.
She Huang (Snake Gallstone)
Main indications: Heart pain, Zh Wu (infectious disease transmitted by spirit/ghost), stone strangury, difficult labor, and pediatric convulsions. Decoct in water, grind, and administer the juice. Originates from Lingnan; found in snake bellies, round and heavy like tin, with mixed colors of yellow, black, and green. Current annotation: She Huang is mostly reddish; some are expelled by snakes, or obtained by wild people. (Previously attached in Tang Ben Cao).
Minister Yu Xi et al., according to Ri Hua Zi: Cold nature, non-toxic. Calms the Heart. If used in medicine, calcine until red-hot three or four times, quench with vinegar, levigate, and grind for use.
*TU Jing Ben Cao* states: She Huang originates from Lingnan; it is also found now in Yuezhou and Xinzhou. *Ben Jing* states: It is obtained from snake bellies, round and heavy like tin, with mixed colors of yellow, black, and green. The annotation notes it is mostly reddish; some are expelled by snakes, or obtained by wild people. The She Huang currently used by physicians is as large as a bullet, hard as stone, yellow on the outside and black on the inside. Collected in the second lunar month. It is said to be earth contained during the snake's winter hibernation, which the snake expels upon emerging in spring. This differs from the old theory; it is unknown which is correct.
Thirty-five items remaining from Chen Cangqi.