金鉴云。金匮要略。二十四二十五两门。原列在卷末。其文
似后人补入。注家或注或删。但传世已久。难以削去。兹仍附原文。另为一篇。以存参考云。
凡饮食滋味。以养于生。食之有妨。反能为害。自非服药炼液。焉能不饮食乎。切见时人不闲调摄。
疾竞起。若不因食而生。苟全其生。须知切忌者矣。所食之味。有与病相宜。有与身为害。若得宜则益体。
害则成疾。以此致危。例皆难疗。凡煮药饮汁。以解毒者。虽云救急。不可热饮。诸毒病得热更甚。
宜冷冻饮料之。（若不因食之若字。徐云。恐是无字。沈云。恐是莫字。）
〔程〕凡物之毒者。必热。热饮则助其毒势也。
案王充论衡。言毒篇云。夫毒太阳之热气也。中人人毒。人食凑懑者其不堪任也。不堪任则谓之毒
矣。又云。天下万物。含太阳气而生者。皆有毒螫。在虫则为蝮蛇蜂虿。在草则为巴豆冶葛。在鱼则为
与 。乃知毒物皆热也。
肝病禁辛。心病禁咸。脾病禁酸。肺病禁苦。肾病禁甘。春不食肝。夏不食心。秋不食肺。冬不食肾。
四季不食脾。辩曰。春不食肝者。为肝气王脾气败。若食肝则又补肝。脾
气败尤甚。不可救。又肝王之时。不可以死气入肝。恐伤魂
也。若非王时。即虚以肝补之佳。余脏准此。（伤。原本徐程作复。今根据赵本金鉴改定。）
〔程〕上段以生克言。下段以禁忌言。六畜六兽。圣人以之养生事死。其食忌。亦不可不察。
案汉书艺文志。神农黄帝食禁十二卷。此篇所载。岂其遗欤。
凡肝脏自不可轻啖。自死者弥甚。（肘后云。捣附子末。服一刀圭。日三服。）
〔鉴〕谓诸畜兽临杀之时。必有所惊。肝有所忿。食之俱
不利。故曰不可轻啖。如兽自死者。必中毒。或疫疠而死。更不可食也。
外台引张文仲云。又食生肝中毒方。服附子方寸匕。日三。须以生姜汤服之。不然自生其毒。
案三元延寿书云。临死惊风入心。绝气归肝。俱不可多食。必伤人。
凡心皆为神识所舍。勿食之。使人来生。复其报对矣。
〔程〕畜兽虽异于人。其心亦神识所舍。勿食之。生杀果报。谅不诬也。
凡肉及肝。落地不着尘土者。不可食之。猪肉落水浮者。不可食。
〔程〕皆涉怪异。食之必有非常之害。下见水自动。热血不断。尘土不污。并同。
诸肉及鱼。若狗不食。鸟不啄者。不可食。（诸。徐沈作猪。非也。下同。）
〔鉴〕凡禽兽不食之肉。必有毒。不可食之。
诸肉不干。火炙不动。见水自动者。不可食。（不动。程金鉴。
作而动。食下。赵有之字。）肉中有如朱点者。不可食之。
〔鉴〕朱点恶血所聚。此色恶不食也。
六畜肉。热血不断者。不可食之。父母及身本命肉。食之令人神魂不安。
〔程〕仁人孝子。当自识之。
隋萧吉五行大义云。十二属。并是斗星之气。散而为人之命。系于北斗。是故用以为属。春秋
运斗枢曰。枢星散为龙马。旋星散为虎。机星散为狗。摧星散为蛇。玉衡散为鸡
兔鼠。阖阳散为羊牛。摇光散为猴猿。此等皆上应天星。下属年命也。
食肥肉及热羹。不得饮冷水。
〔鉴〕食肥肉热羹。后继饮冷水。冷热相搏。腻膈不行。不腹痛吐利。必成痞变。慎之慎之。
诸五脏。及鱼。投地尘土不污者。不可食之。秽饭馁肉臭鱼。食之皆伤人。
〔程〕物已败腐。必不宜于脏腑。食之则能伤人。臭恶不食也。
自死肉。口闭者不可食之。
〔程〕自死既已有毒。口闭则其毒不得泄。不可食之。
六畜自死。皆疫死。则有毒。不可食之。
〔鉴〕疫毒能死六畜。其肉必有疫毒。故不可食。
兽自死北首。及伏地者。食之杀人。
〔程〕首。头向也。凡兽向杀方以自死。及死不僵直斜倒。而伏地者。皆兽之有灵知。故食之杀
人。檀公曰。狐死正丘首。豹死首山。乐其生不忘本也。兽岂无灵知者邪。
食生肉饱饮乳。变成白虫。（〔原注〕一作血蛊。）
〔程〕生肉非人所食。食生肉而饮乳汁。西北人则有之。
脾胃弱者。未有不为虫为蛊。
〔鉴〕食生肉饱。即饮乳酪。则成湿热。必变生白虫。
疫死牛肉。食之令病洞下。亦致坚积。宜利药下之。
〔鉴〕疫死牛肉有毒。不可食。食之若洞泻。为其毒自下。或致坚积。宜下药利之。
脯藏米瓮中有毒。及经夏食之。发肾病。
〔鉴〕脯肉藏米瓮中。受湿热郁蒸之气。及经夏已腐者。食之腐气入肾。故发肾病。
治自死六畜肉中毒方。（案据千金。治下。脱食字。）黄柏屑。捣服方寸匕。（千金云。水服黄柏末方寸匕。）
治食郁肉漏脯。中毒方。（〔原注〕郁肉。密器盖之。隔宿者是也。漏脯。
茅屋漏下沾着者。是也。）烧犬屎。酒服方寸匕。每服人乳汁。亦良。○饮生韭汁三升。亦得。（肘后。犬。
作人。韭。作薤。升下。有以少水和之五字。）
巢源云。郁肉毒者。谓诸生肉。及熟肉。内器中密闭头。其气壅积不泄。则为郁肉。有毒。不幸而食
之。乃杀人。其轻者亦吐利烦乱不安。又云。凡诸肉脯。若为久故茅草屋漏所浸。则有大毒。食之三日。乃成
暴症。不可治。千金注。张文仲云。茅室诸水。迷脯为漏脯。又云。肉闭在密器中。经宿者为漏脯。
治黍米中藏干脯。食之中毒方。（肘后云。此是郁脯。）大豆浓煮汁。饮数升即解。亦治狸肉漏脯
等毒。（狸。肘后。及外台。引张文仲作诸。千金不载此方。云。曲一两。盐两撮。以水一升煮服之良。）
治食生肉中毒方。掘地深三尺。取其下土三升。以水五升。煮数沸澄清汁。饮一升即愈。
〔程〕三尺以上曰粪。三尺以下曰土。土能解一切毒。非
止解肉毒也。
〔鉴〕地浆能解诸毒。掘得黄土。有泉渗出。谓
之地浆。三尺大概言也。未见黄土。皆秽土。得黄土。乃可取用。
案证类本草弘景地浆注云。此掘地作坎。深三尺。以新
汲水沃入。搅浊少顷。取清用之。故曰地浆。亦曰土浆。金鉴之说。未见所本。
治六畜鸟兽肝。中毒方。（外台。引张文仲同。）水浸豆豉。绞取汁。服数升愈。
〔程〕豆豉。为黑大豆所造。能解六畜胎子诸毒。（案本于别录豆豉主治。）
马脚无夜眼者。不可食之。
〔程〕夜眼。在马前两足膝上。马有此能夜行。一名附蝉尸。
〔鉴〕凡马皆有夜眼。若无者。其形异。故
勿食之。本纲张鼎云。马生角。马无夜眼。白马青蹄。白马黑头者。并不可食。令人癫。
食酸马肉。不饮酒则杀人。（程本。酸。作骏。徐沈云。酸。当作 。
出秦穆公岐下野人传。盖马肉无不酸者。外台。引张文仲。亦作骏。）
〔程〕马肉苦冷有毒。故饮酒以解之。孟诜曰。食马肉。毒发心闷者饮清酒则解。饮浊酒则加。韩非
子曰。秦穆公亡骏马。见人食之。缪公曰。食骏马肉。不饮酒者杀人。即饮
之酒。居三年。食骏马肉者。出死力解缪公之围。
案穆公事。又见吕氏春秋。而巢源亦云。凡骏马肉。及
马鞍下肉。皆有毒。不可食之。食之则死。程注为是。
马肉不可热食。伤人心。
〔鉴〕马属火。肉热火甚。恐伤心。当冷食之。
马鞍下肉。食之杀人。（外台。引文仲。千金黄帝云。白马鞍下。乌色彻肉里者。食之伤人五脏。）
〔程〕马鞍下肉。多臭烂有毒。食之必杀人。
白马黑头者。不可食之。（外台。引肘后。下同。）白马青蹄者。不可食之。
〔程〕虎钤经曰。白马青蹄。皆马毛之利害者。骑之不利人。若食之。必能取害也。
马肉豚肉共食饱。醉卧。大忌。
〔鉴〕马肉属火。豚肉属水。共食已属不和。若醉饱即卧。则伤脾气。故曰大忌。
本纲孟诜云。马肉同豚肉食。成霍乱。
驴马肉。合猪肉食之。成霍乱。
〔程〕诸肉杂食。伤损肠胃。撩乱脏腑。故成霍乱。马肝。及毛。不可妄食。中毒害人。
〔程〕马肝及毛。皆有大毒。不可妄食。马肝。一名悬烽。
王充论衡云。马肝。气勃而毒盛。故食走马肝杀人。
治马肝毒。中人未死方。（外台。引张文仲云。仲景同。）雄鼠屎二七
粒。末之。水和服。日再服。（〔原注〕屎尖者是。○是。程作雄。肘后千金外台。并作两斗尖。）
〔程〕马禀火气而生。火不能生水。故有肝无胆。而木脏不足。故食其肝者死。汉武帝云。食肉无食马
肝。又云。文成食马肝而死。韦庄云。食马留肝。则其毒可知矣。马食鼠
屎。则腹胀。故用鼠屎而治马肝毒。以物性相制也。
案食肉无食马肝。见史记儒林传。景帝语。程误。又云。乃是武帝语。
又方 人垢取方寸匕。服之佳。
〔程〕人垢。汗所结也。味咸有毒。亦以毒解毒之意。
〔鉴〕人垢。即人头垢也。用方寸匕酒化下。得吐为佳。
案千金云。治食野菜马肝肉。诸脯肉毒方。取头垢。如枣核大。吞
之起死人。肘后云。食六畜鸟兽。 头垢一钱匕。
外台引张文仲云。服头垢一钱匕瘥。仲景千金同。又本草附方。自死肉毒。故头巾中垢一钱。热水服取吐。
大明云。头垢中蛊毒蕈毒。米饮或酒化下。并取吐为度。根据以上诸方。
则金鉴为是。然人垢亦吐人。见儒门事亲。
治食马肉中毒。欲死方。（外台。引张文仲云。食马肉。洞下欲死者方。仲景同。案肘后亦同。）
香豉（二两○外台作二百粒。） 杏仁（三两○外台作二十枚。）
上二味。蒸一食顷。熟杵之服。日再服。（外台。作上二味。合
于炊饭中蒸之。捣丸服之。立瘥。肘后作蒸之五升饭下。熟合捣之。两朝服令尽。）
〔程〕香豉解毒。杏仁利气。则毒可除。
又方 煮芦根汁饮之。良。（千金云。芦根汁。饮以浴即解。）
〔鉴〕芦根味甘性寒。解诸肉毒。
疫死牛。或目赤或黄。食之大忌。
〔程〕牛疫死而目赤黄者。疫厉之毒不去也。食之大忌。
牛肉共猪肉食之。必作寸白虫。（千金黄帝云。）
〔程〕牛肉性滞。猪肉动风。入胃不消。酿成湿热。则虫生也。亦有共食而不生虫者。视人之胃气何如耳。
青牛肠。不可合犬肉食之。
〔程〕青牛。水牛也。其肠性温。犬肉性热。温热之物。不可合食。
牛肺。从三月至五月。其中有虫。如马尾。割去勿食。食则损人。
〔程〕春夏之交。湿热蒸郁。牛感草之湿热。则虫生于胃。而缘入肺窍。故勿食之。
牛羊猪肉。皆不得以楮木桑木。蒸炙食之。令人腹内生虫。
〔鉴〕古人炼药。多用桑柴火。楮实子。能健脾消水。楮
木亦可烧用。何以蒸炙诸肉食之。即生虫乎。其或物性相反也。
啖蛇牛肉杀人。何以知之。啖蛇者。毛发向后顺者是也。
巢源云。凡食牛肉有毒者。由毒蛇在草。牛食因误啖蛇则死。亦有蛇吐毒着草。牛食其草亦死。
此牛肉有大毒。
治啖蛇牛肉。食之欲死方。饮人乳汁一升。立愈。
又方 以泔洗头。饮一升愈。牛肚细切。以水一斗。煮取一升。暖饮之。大汗出者愈。
〔程〕藏器曰。北人牛瘦。多以蛇从鼻灌之。其肝则独。乳汁能解独肝牛肉毒。啖蛇牛。当是独肝牛也。
以泔洗头饮者。取头垢能吐所毒也。以牛肚煮服者。取其同类相亲。同
气相求。大发其汗。以出其毒也。
〔鉴〕用牛肚不甚善。
本草人乳条别录云。解独肝牛肉毒。合浓豉汁服之神效。案牛肚即牛胃。本纲牛胃附方。引本方。
治食牛肉中毒方。甘草。煮汁饮之。即解。（肘后云。饮一二升）
〔程〕甘草。能解百毒。
羊肉。其有宿热者。不可食之。
〔程〕羊之五脏皆平温。唯肉属火而大热。人宿有热者。不可食之。
时珍云。羊肉大热。热病及夭行病。疟疾病后。食之必发热致危。
羊肉不可共生鱼酪食之。害人。（千金黄帝云。）
〔程〕生鱼。 之属。酪。乳之属。生鱼与酪。食尚成内瘕。加以羊肉食之。必不益也。
羊蹄甲中。有珠子白者。名羊悬筋。食之令人癫。（徐沈悬上。无羊字。千金黄帝云。）
〔程〕〔鉴〕此义未详。
白羊黑头。食其脑。作肠痈。（千金黄帝云。下同。）
〔程〕羊脑有毒。食之发风疾。损精气。不唯作肠痈也。方书只用为外敷药。
羊肝。共生椒食之。破人五脏。
〔鉴〕羊肝生椒。皆属于火。共食恐损伤人五脏。
猪肉。共羊肝和食之。令人心闷。
〔程〕猪肉能闭血脉。与羊肝合食。则滞气。故令人心闷。猪肉。以生胡荽同食。烂人脐。
〔程〕胡荽。损精神发痼疾。猪肉。令人乏气少精。发痼疾。宜其不可共食。若烂脐则不可解。
猪脂。不可合梅子食之。
〔鉴〕猪脂滑利。梅子酸涩。性相反也。故不可合食。
猪肉。和葵食之少气。
〔程〕葵性冷利。生痰动风。猪肉令人乏气。合食之。非止于少气也。〔鉴〕此义未详。
鹿肉。不可和蒲白作羹食之。发恶疮。（肉。原本作人。今根据徐程
沈金鉴改。和。金鉴。作合。千金黄帝云）
〔程〕鹿肉。九月以后。至正月以前堪食。他月食之。则发冷痛。蒲白。想是蒲笋之类。当详之。
〔鉴〕发恶疮。此义未详。
The *Yizong Jinjian* (Medical Standard Golden Mirror) comments: The chapters 24 and 25 of the *Jingui Yaolue* (Essential Prescriptions from the Golden Cabinet) were originally listed at the end of the volume. The style of the text seems to be added by later authors. Commentators have either annotated or deleted parts of it. However, since it has been passed down for a long time, it is difficult to remove. Therefore, we still attach the original text here, listing it as a separate section for reference.
In general, the flavors of food and drink are used to nourish life. If food causes obstruction, it can instead become harmful. Unless one is taking medicine or refining elixirs (referring to Daoist practices of consuming medicinal juices or pills), how can one avoid eating? I often see that ordinary people are unfamiliar with health preservation and regulation, leading to a surge in diseases. If one does not fall ill due to diet, but wishes to preserve life, one must know what foods are strictly forbidden. The flavors consumed may be suitable for certain conditions or harmful to the body. If suitable, they benefit the physique; if harmful, they cause disease. Cases where this leads to danger are generally difficult to treat. When decocting herbs to extract juices for detoxification, although it is said to be for emergency rescue, it should not be drunk hot. Various toxic conditions worsen with heat, so they should be consumed cold. (Regarding the character "ruo" [if] in the phrase "if not caused by diet," Xu believed it might be a typo for "wu" [no], while Shen thought it might be "mo" [must not].)
[Cheng Lin] Generally, substances that are toxic must be hot in nature. Drinking them hot will assist their toxic power.
Note: Wang Chong's *Lunheng* (Balanced Inquiries), in the chapter "On Poison," states: Poison is the hot qi of the Sun. When humans are poisoned, they feel bloated and uncomfortable because their bodies cannot tolerate it. Intolerance is called poison. It also states: All things under heaven that are born containing the qi of the Sun possess venom or stings. Among insects, these are pit vipers, bees, and wasps; among plants, they are croton seeds and wild kudzu; among fish... Thus, it is known that toxic substances are all hot.
Liver diseases forbid pungent flavors. Heart diseases forbid salty flavors. Spleen diseases forbid sour flavors. Lung diseases forbid bitter flavors. Kidney diseases forbid sweet flavors. One should not eat liver in spring, heart in summer, lungs in autumn, or kidneys in winter. In the four seasons' transition months (the last month of each season), one should not eat spleen. Analysis: Not eating liver in spring is because when liver qi is prosperous, spleen qi is weak. Eating liver would further tonify the liver, making the weakness of spleen qi even more severe, to the point of being incurable. Also, during times when liver qi is prosperous, one should not allow death-qi to enter the liver, fearing damage to the soul. If it is not a time when liver qi is prosperous, using liver to tonify the liver is good. The same applies to other organs. ("Shang" [injure], originally written as "Fu" [repeat] by Xu and Cheng, is now corrected according to Zhao's edition and *Jinjian*.)
[Cheng Lin] The upper paragraph discusses from the perspective of the Five Elements generation and restriction, while the lower paragraph discusses taboos. The six domestic animals and six beasts were used by sages for nourishing life and serving the dead. Their dietary taboos must also be carefully observed.
Note: *Han Shu: Yiwenzhi* (Book of Han: Treatise on Literature) records twelve volumes of *Shennong Huangdi Shijin* (Shennong and Yellow Emperor's Food Taboos). Is the content contained in this chapter a remnant of that work?
Generally, liver should not be eaten lightly. If the animal died naturally, the harm is even greater. (*Zhouhou Beiji Fang* says: Crush rhizoma polygonati officinalis (Fuzi) into powder, take one cun-bi dose three times a day.)
[*Jinjian*] States that when livestock or beasts are about to be slaughtered, they are inevitably frightened, and anger resides in the liver. Eating such meat is unfavorable. Hence, it is said that it should not be eaten lightly. If a beast dies naturally, it is likely poisoned or died of an epidemic, and thus should definitely not be eaten.
*Waitai Miyao* (Secret Essentials of the Outer Cabinet) quotes Zhang Wenzhong: There is also a prescription for poisoning from eating raw liver. Take rhizoma polygonati officinalis (Fuzi) one cun-bi dose, three times a day. It must be taken with ginger decoction. Otherwise, toxicity will generate spontaneously.
Note: *Sanyuan Yanshou Shu* (Book of Extending Life for Three Origins) states: The shock-wind upon death enters the heart, and the departing qi returns to the liver. Neither should be eaten in large quantities, as they will surely harm humans.
Generally, the heart is the abode of spiritual consciousness (Shenshi). Do not eat it. Doing so will result in karmic retribution in future lives.
[Cheng Lin] Although livestock and beasts differ from humans, their hearts are also the abodes of spiritual consciousness. Do not eat them. The law of cause and effect in life and death is undoubtedly true.
Meat and liver that do not touch dust when dropped to the ground should not be eaten. Pork that floats when thrown into water should not be eaten.
[Cheng Lin] These involve strange phenomena. Eating them will surely bring extraordinary harm. The following cases—water moving automatically, blood flowing continuously, and dust not adhering—are similar.
Various meats and fish that dogs do not eat and birds do not peck at should not be eaten. ("Zhu" [various], Xu and Shen read as "Zhu" [pig], which is incorrect. Same below.)
[*Jinjian*] Meat that poultry and beasts refuse to eat must be toxic and should not be consumed.
Various meats that are not dry, do not move when roasted over fire, and move automatically when seeing water should not be eaten. ("Bu dong" [do not move], Cheng and *Jinjian* read as "Er dong" [but move]. Below "shi" [eat], Zhao's edition has "zhi" [particle]). Meat containing red dots like cinnabar should not be eaten.
[*Jian*] Red dots are accumulations of foul blood. This color indicates bad quality, hence do not eat.
Meat of the six domestic animals with continuous warm blood should not be eaten. Meat from animals corresponding to one's parents' zodiac sign or one's own birth year zodiac sign makes the spirit and soul uneasy.
[Cheng Lin] Benevolent and filial persons should recognize this themselves.
Xiao Ji's *Wuxing Dayi* (Great Meaning of the Five Phases) from the Sui Dynasty states: The twelve earthly branches are all the qi of the Dipper stars, scattered to form human destinies, linked to the Big Dipper. Hence they are used as zodiac signs. *Chunqiu Yun Dou Shu* (Spring and Autumn Movement of the Dipper Pivot) states: The Pivot star scatters into Dragon and Horse; Xuan star scatters into Tiger; Ji star scatters into Dog; Cui star scatters into Snake; Yuheng star scatters into Rooster, Rabbit, Rat; Heyang star scatters into Goat and Ox; Yaoguang star scatters into Monkey and Ape. All these correspond to heavenly stars above and annual destinies below.
After eating fatty meat and hot soup, one must not drink cold water.
[*Jinjian*] After eating fatty meat and hot soup, drinking cold water subsequently causes cold and heat to clash, blocking the diaphragm. If there is no abdominal pain, vomiting, or diarrhea, it will surely develop into a mass disorder. Be cautious, be cautious.
Various internal organs and fish that do not get dirty with dust when thrown to the ground should not be eaten. Spoiled rice, rotten meat, and smelly fish, if eaten, all harm humans.
[Cheng Lin] Items that have already decayed and rotted are certainly unsuitable for the internal organs. Eating them harms humans. Smelly and foul items are not eaten.
Meat from animals that died naturally with closed mouths should not be eaten.
[Cheng Lin] Naturally dead animals are already toxic. If the mouth is closed, the toxin cannot escape, so it should not be eaten.
Six domestic animals that die naturally are all deaths from epidemics, thus containing toxins, and should not be eaten.
[*Jinjian*] Epidemic toxins kill livestock. Their meat must contain epidemic toxins, hence it should not be eaten.
Beasts that die naturally facing north, or lying prone on the ground, are lethal if eaten.
[Cheng Lin] "Shou" refers to the direction of the head. Beasts that die facing the direction of slaughter, or those that do not lie stiffly or slantingly after death but lie prone, possess spiritual awareness. Hence, eating them kills humans. Tan Gong said: Foxes die facing their hills, leopards die facing mountains, rejoicing in life and not forgetting their roots. Do beasts lack spiritual awareness?
Eating raw meat until full and then drinking milk transforms into white worms. ([Original Note] Alternatively, blood gu [parasitic disease].)
[Cheng Lin] Raw meat is not meant for human consumption. Eating raw meat and drinking milk is practiced in Northwest China.
Those with weak spleen and stomach will invariably develop worms or gu parasites.
[*Jian*] Eating raw meat until full and then drinking yogurt or cheese creates damp-heat, inevitably generating white worms.
Beef from cattle that died of epidemics causes severe diarrhea if eaten, and also leads to hard accumulations. Laxatives should be used to purge it.
[*Jian*] Beef from epidemic deaths is toxic and should not be eaten. If eaten and causing severe diarrhea, it is because the toxin is exiting from below. Or it may cause hard accumulations; laxatives should be used to guide it out.
Dried meat stored in rice jars becomes toxic, and eating it after summer induces kidney diseases.
[*Jian*] Dried meat stored in rice jars absorbs damp-heat and stagnant qi. Those eaten after summer are corrupted. Eating the corrupt qi enters the kidney, thus inducing kidney disease.
Prescription for poisoning from self-dead six domestic animals' meat: (Note: According to *Qianjin Fang*, the character "shi" [eat] is missing after "zhi" [treat].) Rhizoma phellodendri (Huangbai) bark, crushed and taken one cun-bi dose. (*Qianjin Fang* says: Take rhizoma phellodendri (Huangbai) powder one cun-bi dose with water.)
Prescription for poisoning from Yu Rou (stagnant meat) and Lou Fu (leaking dried meat): Burn dog feces, take one cun-bi dose with wine. Taking human sweat dirt (Ren Rugu) with each dose is also good. ○ Drink three sheng of raw chive juice, which is also effective. (*Zhouhou Beiji Fang*: "Dog" is written as "Human", "Chive" as "Scallion". Below "sheng", there are five characters: "mix with a little water".)
*Zhoubing Yuanhou Lun* (Source Book of Symptoms and Pathogenesis of All Diseases) states: Yu Rou poison refers to various raw and cooked meats placed in containers with tight lids, where the qi accumulates and cannot escape, becoming Yu Rou, which is toxic. Unfortunately, eating it can kill. Mild cases also suffer from vomiting, diarrhea, restlessness, and discomfort. It also states: Various dried meats soaked by rain leaking from old thatched roofs have great toxicity. Eating them leads to acute symptoms within three days, which are incurable. *Qianjin Fang* commentary quotes Zhang Wenzhong: Water from thatched roofs soaking dried meat is called Lou Fu. It also states: Meat sealed in tight containers overnight is called Lou Fu.
Prescription for poisoning from dried meat stored in millet: Boil soybeans in thick decoction, drink several sheng to resolve. It also treats Li Rou (fox meat) Lou Fu and other poisons. ("Li" [fox], *Zhouhou Beiji Fang* and *Waitai Miyao* quoting Zhang Wenzhong write as "Zhu" [various]. *Qianjin Fang* does not record this prescription, saying: Qu (yeast) one liang, salt two cuo, boil in one sheng of water, take, it is good.)
Prescription for poisoning from eating raw meat: Dig deep three chi into the earth, take three sheng of soil from below, add five sheng of water, boil until clear, drink one sheng to recover.
[Cheng Lin] Above three chi is called manure, below three chi is called soil. Soil can resolve all toxins, not just meat toxins.
[*Jian*] Earth浆 (Di Jiang/Earth Slurry) resolves various toxins. Digging up yellow earth with seeping spring water is called Di Jiang. "Three chi" is an approximate measure. Without seeing yellow earth, it is all filthy soil. Only with yellow earth can it be taken.
Note: Hong Jing's annotation on Di Jiang in *Zhenglei Bencao* states: This involves digging a pit three chi deep, pouring in fresh well water, stirring until turbid, letting it settle briefly, and taking the clear liquid. Hence it is called Di Jiang or Tu Jiang. The explanation in *Jinjian* has no apparent source.
Prescription for poisoning from six domestic animals and birds/beasts' livers: Soak fermented soybeans (Douchi) in water, squeeze out the juice, drink several sheng to recover.
[Cheng Lin] Douchi is made from black soybeans and can resolve various toxins from livestock fetuses. (Note: Based on the indications for Douchi in *Bencao Jing Jiu Jing*).
Horses without "night eyes" (a reflective layer in the eye) on their legs should not be eaten.
[Cheng Lin] Night eyes are located above the knees of the front legs of horses. Horses with this feature can travel at night. Also known as Fuchan Shi.
[*Jinjian*] All horses have night eyes. If absent, the form is abnormal, hence do not eat. Zhang Ding in *Ben Gang* states: Horses with horns, horses without night eyes, white horses with green hooves, and white horses with black heads should all not be eaten. They induce madness.
Eating sour horse meat without drinking alcohol kills. (Cheng edition reads "Suan" [sour] as "Jun" [steed]. Xu and Shen say "Suan" should be "Suan" [sour], originating from the story of the commoner under Mount Qi of Duke Mu of Qin. Generally, horse meat is sour. *Waitai Miyao* quoting Zhang Wenzhong also writes "Jun".)
[Cheng Lin] Horse meat is bitter, cold, and toxic, hence alcohol is drunk to resolve it. Meng Shen said: For those who feel chest oppression after eating horse meat, drinking clear wine resolves it, while cloudy wine aggravates it. Han Feizi stated: Duke Mu of Qin lost a fine steed and saw someone eating it. He said, "Those who eat fine steed meat without drinking alcohol will die." He gave them wine. Three years later, the person who ate the steed meat exerted himself to death to relieve Duke Mu's siege.
Note: The story of Duke Mu is also found in *Lüshi Chunqiu*, and *Zhoubing Yuanhou Lun* also states: Fine steed meat and meat under the saddle both contain toxins and should not be eaten. Eating them causes death. Cheng's annotation is correct.
Horse meat should not be eaten hot, as it damages the heart.
[*Jinjian*] Horses belong to Fire. The meat is hot and fiery, fearing damage to the heart. It should be eaten cold.
Meat under the horse saddle kills if eaten. (*Waitai Miyao* quotes Wenzhong, *Qianjin Fang* Huangdi states: Meat under the saddle of a white horse, with black color penetrating the flesh, harms the five viscera if eaten.)
[Cheng Lin] Meat under the saddle is often putrid and toxic. Eating it surely kills.
White horses with black heads should not be eaten. (*Waitai Miyao* quotes *Zhouhou Beiji Fang*, same below.) White horses with green hooves should not be eaten.
[Cheng Lin] *Huqian Jing* states: White horses with green hooves are dangerous horses. Riding them is unfavorable to humans. Eating them surely brings harm.
Eating horse meat and pork until full, then sleeping while drunk, is a major taboo.
[*Jinjian*] Horse meat belongs to Fire, pork to Water. Eating them together is already discordant. Sleeping while drunk and full damages spleen qi. Hence it is a major taboo.
*Ben Gang* by Meng Shen states: Eating horse meat with pork causes cholera-like disorder.
Donkey or horse meat combined with pork causes cholera-like disorder.
[Cheng Lin] Mixing various meats damages the intestines and stomach, disturbing the viscera, thus causing cholera-like disorder.
Horse liver and hair should not be eaten recklessly. They are toxic and harm humans.
[Cheng Lin] Horse liver and hair have great toxicity and should not be eaten recklessly. Horse liver is also named Xuanfeng.
Wang Chong's *Lunheng* states: Horse liver has vigorous and potent toxicity, hence eating the liver of a running horse kills.
Prescription for horse liver poisoning, for those infected but not yet dead: Seven pairs (14) male rat droppings, powdered, mixed with water and taken, twice a day. ([Original Note]: The pointed tips of the droppings are used. ○ "Shi" [is], Cheng writes as "Xiong" [male]. *Zhouhou Beiji Fang*, *Qianjin Fang*, and *Waitai Miyao* all write "Liang Dou Jian" [two pointed tips].)
[Cheng Lin] Horses are born bearing Fire qi. Fire cannot generate Water, hence they have liver but no gallbladder, and the Wood organ is deficient. Thus, eating its liver causes death. Emperor Wu of Han said: Do not eat horse liver when eating meat. He also said: Wen Cheng died from eating horse liver. Wei Zhuang said: Leaving the liver when eating horse reveals its toxicity. Horses eat rat droppings and get bloated. Hence rat droppings are used to treat horse liver poison, utilizing the mutual restraint of natures.
Note: "Do not eat horse liver when eating meat" is seen in *Shiji: Rulin Zhuan* (Records of the Grand Historian: Biographies of Confucian Scholars), spoken by Emperor Jing. Cheng's note is mistaken. It was actually Emperor Wu who spoke it.
Another prescription: Take one cun-bi of human sweat dirt (Ren Rugu), take it, it is good.
[Cheng Lin] Ren Rugu is formed from sweat. It tastes salty and is toxic. It also follows the principle of using toxicity to resolve toxicity.
[*Jian*] Ren Rugu is head dirt. Take one cun-bi, dissolve in wine, and administer. Vomiting is ideal.
Note: *Qianjin Fang* states: Prescription for poisoning from wild vegetables, horse liver, meat, and various dried meats. Take head dirt, size of a jujube pit, swallow it, it revives the dead. *Zhouhou Beiji Fang* states: For eating six domestic animals and birds/beasts, take one qian-bi of head dirt.
*Waitai Miyao* quotes Zhang Wenzhong: Take one qian-bi of head dirt to cure. Zhongjing and *Qianjin Fang* agree. Also *Bencao Fujifang* (Appendix Formulas of Materia Medica), for self-dead meat poison, take one qian of head dirt from a headscarf, dissolve in hot water to induce vomiting.
Da Ming states: Head dirt resolves gu poison and mushroom poison. Dissolve in rice drink or wine, and induce vomiting as the limit. Based on the above prescriptions, *Jinjian* is correct. However, human sweat dirt also induces vomiting, as seen in *Rumen Shiqin*.
Prescription for poisoning from eating horse meat, nearing death: (*Waitai Miyao* quotes Zhang Wenzhong: Prescription for severe diarrhea after eating horse meat. Zhongjing agrees. Note: *Zhouhou Beiji Fang* also agrees.) Fermented soybeans (Xiangchi) (two liang ○ *Waitai* writes two hundred grains). Apricot kernels (Xingren) (three liang ○ *Waitai* writes twenty pieces).
These two ingredients, steam for the duration of one meal, crush when cooked, and take, twice a day. (*Waitai* writes: Steam these two ingredients together with cooking rice, crush into pills, take, immediate cure. *Zhouhou Beiji Fang* writes: Steam with five sheng of rice, crush when cooked, finish taking in two mornings.)
[Cheng Lin] Xiangchi resolves toxins, Xingren promotes qi movement, thus the toxin can be removed.
Another prescription: Decoct rhizoma phragmitis (Lugen) juice and drink it, it is good. (*Qianjin Fang* states: Drink rhizoma phragmitis (Lugen) juice, bathing with it also resolves it.)
[*Jian*] Rhizoma phragmitis (Lugen) is sweet in taste and cold in nature, resolving various meat toxins.
Cattle that died of epidemics, with red or yellow eyes, are a major taboo to eat.
[Cheng Lin] Cattle dying of epidemics with red/yellow eyes retain epidemic pestilence toxins. Eating them is a major taboo.
Eating beef with pork inevitably causes tapeworms. (*Qianjin Fang* Huangdi states.)
[Cheng Lin] Beef has a stagnating nature, pork induces wind. If not digested in the stomach, it brews damp-heat, generating worms. Some eat them together without developing worms, depending on the person's stomach qi.
Green ox intestines should not be eaten with dog meat.
[Cheng Lin] Green ox refers to water buffalo. Its intestines are warm in nature, dog meat is hot in nature. Warm and hot substances should not be eaten together.
Ox lungs, from March to May, contain worms like horse tails. Cut them out and do not eat. Eating them harms humans.
[Cheng Lin] During the transition of spring and summer, damp-heat steams and stagnates. Oxen contract damp-heat from grass, causing worms to grow in the stomach and enter the lung orifices. Hence, do not eat them.
Sheep, cattle, and pig meat should not be steamed or roasted using mulberry or paper mulberry wood. It causes worms to grow in the abdomen.
[*Jian*] Ancients often used mulberry fire for refining medicines. Mulberry fruit strengthens the spleen and promotes water metabolism. Paper mulberry wood can also be burned. Why would steaming/roasting meat with it generate worms? Perhaps their natures are contrary.
Beef from cows that ate snakes kills humans. How do we know? Those that ate snakes have hair growing backwards.
*Zhoubing Yuanhou Lun* states: All poisonous beef cases occur because poisonous snakes are in the grass, and cows accidentally eat them, dying. Or snakes spit poison on the grass, and cows eating the grass also die. This beef has great toxicity.
Prescription for eating beef from cows that ate snakes, nearing death: Drink one sheng of human milk, immediate recovery.
Another prescription: Wash head with rice water, drink one sheng to recover. Cut ox tripe finely, boil in ten dou of water until reduced to one sheng, drink warm. Recovery occurs with heavy sweating.
[Cheng Lin] Zang Qi said: In the North, thin cattle are often injected with snakes through the nose. Their liver is singular (du gan). Human milk can resolve the toxicity of singular-liver beef. Beef from cows that ate snakes is likely singular-liver beef. Washing the head with rice water and drinking utilizes the head dirt's ability to vomit out the toxin. Boiling and eating ox tripe utilizes the affinity of similar species, seeking similar qi, inducing heavy sweating to expel the toxin.
[*Jian*] Using ox tripe is not very good.
*Bencao* entry on Human Milk, *Bielu* states: Resolves toxicity of singular-liver beef. Combined with thick fermented bean juice, it is miraculous. Note: Ox tripe is the ox stomach. *Ben Gang* entry on Ox Stomach Appendix Formula cites this formula.
Prescription for poisoning from eating beef: Licorice root (Gancao), decoct juice and drink, immediately resolved. (*Zhouhou Beiji Fang* says: Drink one to two sheng.)
[Cheng Lin] Licorice root (Gancao) can resolve hundred toxins.
Mutton should not be eaten by those with existing internal heat.
[Cheng Lin] The five viscera of sheep are neutral and warm, only the meat belongs to Fire and is greatly hot. Those with existing heat should not eat it.
Shizhen stated: Mutton is greatly hot. In febrile diseases, epidemic diseases, and after malaria, eating it will surely cause fever and endanger life.
Mutton should not be eaten with raw fish or cheese. It harms humans. (*Qianjin Fang* Huangdi states.)
[Cheng Lin] Raw fish belongs to the category of preserved fish. Cheese belongs to dairy. Eating raw fish and cheese alone can cause internal masses. Adding mutton is certainly not beneficial.
Among sheep hoof joints, there are white pearl-like structures named Yang Xuanjin. Eating them induces madness. (Xu and Shen omit "Yang" before "Xuan". *Qianjin Fang* Huangdi states.)
[Cheng Lin] [*Jian*] The meaning of this is unclear.
White sheep with black heads: Eating their brain causes intestinal abscess. (*Qianjin Fang* Huangdi states. Same below.)
[Cheng Lin] Sheep brain is toxic. Eating it induces wind diseases and damages essence and qi. It not only causes intestinal abscess. Medical texts only use it as an external application.
Sheep liver eaten with raw Sichuan pepper damages the five viscera.
[*Jian*] Both sheep liver and raw Sichuan pepper belong to Fire. Eating them together may damage the five viscera.
Pork eaten with sheep liver causes chest oppression.
[Cheng Lin] Pork can close blood vessels. Eating it with sheep liver causes qi stagnation, hence chest oppression. Pork eaten with raw coriander rots the navel.
[Cheng Lin] Coriander damages spirit and induces chronic diseases. Pork causes fatigue and reduces essence, inducing chronic diseases. It is fitting that they should not be eaten together. If it rots the navel, it cannot be resolved.
Pig fat should not be eaten with plums.
[*Jian*] Pig fat is slippery and lubricating, plums are sour and astringent. Their natures are contrary. Hence they should not be eaten together.
Pork eaten with marshmallow leaves reduces qi.
[Cheng Lin] Marshmallow leaves are cold and purgative, generating phlegm and inducing wind. Pork causes fatigue. Eating them together does more than just reduce qi. [*Jian*] The meaning of this is unclear.
Deer meat should not be made into soup with cattail shoots. It induces malignant sores. (Meat, originally written as "Ren" [person], now corrected according to Xu, Cheng, Shen, and *Jinjian*. He, *Jinjian* writes as "He" [combine]. *Qianjin Fang* Huangdi states.)
[Cheng Lin] Deer meat can be eaten from September to January. Eating it in other months induces cold pain. Cattail shoots are likely similar to cattail stems. This needs detailed verification.
[*Jian*] Inducing malignant sores, the meaning of this is unclear.