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Nature: Neutral. Tonifies deficiency and exhaustion, slightly induces childhood malnutrition (Ganji) and chronic stubborn diseases.

Also known as [Name Missing]. Awakens from drunkenness. This fish also lacks scales and is not beneficial to humans.

Nature: Neutral. Tonifies deficiency, benefits qi and strength; excessive consumption slightly disturbs qi movement.

May induce scabies; should not be consumed in large quantities.

Toxic; should not be eaten. Its liver is highly toxic and can kill people. Because it has no gallbladder in its abdomen and no gills in its head, it is known to be harmful. If poisoned by this type of fish or perch (Luyu), crush reed rhizome (Lugen, 芦根) and boil the juice to drink to resolve the toxicity.

Furthermore, when this fish swims in water, if it touches an object, it may become angry and distend with gas, floating on the surface, where it is eaten by crows.

Sun Simiao’s *Dietary Taboos*: Do not eat the liver of this fish; it can cause death.

Nature: Neutral. Tonifies the five zang organs, benefits sinews and bones, harmonizes the spleen and stomach. Suitable for most people even in large amounts. Prepared as [Name Missing], it is particularly excellent. Dried, it is very fragrant and delicious. Non-toxic, does not cause disease.

Nature: Neutral, toxic. Induces various qi disorders; should not be consumed in large quantities. Also induces sores and scabies, stirs wind. Should not be eaten together with buckwheat, as it causes loss of voice.

Regulates stomach qi, benefits the five zang organs. Eaten with mustard seed sauce, it assists lung qi and removes wind pathogen from the stomach. For those with poor digestion of grains, eating it as raw slices (Kuai) assists spleen qi and promotes appetite. Those suffering from childhood malnutrition and dysentery must not eat it. Made into soup, it is suitable for consumption. Its efficacy is similar to that of crucian carp.

Twenty-three additional entries from Chen Cangqi:

Taste: Sweet. Nature: Neutral. Non-toxic. Mainly benefits qi, tonifies deficiency, and makes one fat and strong. Lives in rivers; back resembles a dragon, one to two zhang long. The flesh on the nose forms a jerky-like shape called "Deer Head." Also known as Deer Meat. Tonifies deficiency, directs qi downward; eggs are like small beans. Eating it is flavorful and kills small worms in the abdomen.

*Shiliao Bencao* states it is toxic. Mainly treats bloody strangury (Xuelin). Can be boiled and the juice drunk. Although tasty, it induces toxicity from other medicines. [Name Missing], though valued by the world, is especially not beneficial to humans. Those taking mineral pills (Danshi) must not eat it, as it causes qi deficiency. Induces all kinds of sores and scabies, stirs wind. Should not be eaten with dried bamboo shoots, as it induces flaccid wind paralysis. Children must not eat it, as it leads to abdominal masses (Zhengjia) and coughing. Adults consuming it long-term may suffer sudden heart pain and sudden lower back pain.

Mainly treats bamboo or wood splinters embedded in flesh that do not come out after a long time. Take the white part, apply to the sore; when the surrounding flesh rots, the splinter will emerge. Also known as Swim Bladder (Biao, 鳔).

*Haiyao Bencao* says: According to *Guangzhou Ji*: Grows in the South Sea, non-toxic. Mainly treats moon-erosion sores, yin sores, and atrophic sores. All are used after being burned to ash. Empirical Formula: Treats vomiting blood. Swim bladder glue, eight cun long and two cun wide, roasted until yellow, scraped to obtain more than two qian, mixed with the natural juice of thirty-five sugarcane nodes and taken orally.