（一）有毒。主血淋。可煮汁食之。其味虽美，而发诸药毒。〔证〕
（二） ∶世人虽重，尤不益人。服丹石人不可食，令人少气。发一切疮疥，动风气。
不与干笋同食，发瘫痪风。小儿不与食，结症瘕及嗽。大人久食，令人卒心痛，并使人卒患腰痛。〔证〕
（一） 肉∶可食。以五味汁淹、炙食之，良。不得食其骨也。其骨能瘦人，使人缩
小也。〔嘉·证〕
（二）谨按∶主下焦弱，理胃气。令人能食。〔嘉·证〕
（三）其皮可烧灰，和酒服。及炙令黄，煮汁饮之，主胃逆。细锉，炒令黑，入丸中治
肠风，鼠奶痔，效。〔嘉·证〕
（四）（其脂）∶主肠风、痔 。可煮五金八石。与桔梗、麦门冬反恶。〔嘉·证〕
（五）又有一种，村人谓之豪猪，取其肚烧干，和肚屎用之。捣末细罗。每朝空心温酒
调二钱匕。有患水病鼓胀者，服此豪猪肚一个便消。瘥。此猪多食苦参，不理冷胀，只理热
风水胀。形状样似 鼠。〔证〕
（一）主妇人漏下，羸瘦。中春食之美，夏月有少腥气。〔嘉〕
（二）其甲∶岳州昌江者为上。赤足不可食，杀人。〔嘉〕
（一）足斑、目赤不可食，杀人。〔证〕
（二）主散诸热。（又堪）治胃气，理经脉，消食。〔嘉·证〕
（三）蟹脚中髓及脑，能续断筋骨。人取蟹脑髓，微熬之，令内疮中，筋即连续。〔心
〕
（四）又，八月前，每个蟹腹内有稻谷一颗，用输海神。待输芒后，过八月方食即好。
（
未输时为长未成）。经霜更美，未经霜时有毒。〔嘉·证〕
（五）又，盐淹之作 ，有气味。和酢食之，利肢节，去五脏中烦闷气。其物虽恶形容，
食之甚益人。〔嘉·证〕
（六）爪∶能安胎。〔证〕
(1) It is toxic. It primarily treats hematuria (blood in urine with painful urination). It can be boiled to make a decoction for consumption. Although its taste is delicious, it induces the toxicity of various medicines. [Zheng]
(2) Although people value it highly, it is not beneficial to humans. Those taking cinnabar and sulfur pills should not consume it, as it causes qi deficiency and shortness of breath. It triggers various sores and scabies, and stirs up wind pathogen. It should not be eaten together with dried bamboo shoots, otherwise it may cause paralysis due to wind. Children should not eat it, as it leads to abdominal masses (zheng jia) and coughing. Adults who consume it for a long time may suffer from sudden heart pain and acute lower back pain. [Zheng]
(1) Meat: Edible. Marinating or roasting it with five flavors is excellent. The bones must not be consumed. The bones can cause emaciation and shrinkage of the body. [Jia · Zheng]
(2) According to strict records: It treats weakness of the lower jiao (lower burner) and regulates stomach qi. It promotes appetite. [Jia · Zheng]
(3) Its skin can be burned into ash and taken with wine. Alternatively, roasted until yellow and boiled into a decoction, it treats rebellious stomach qi. Finely chopped and stir-fried until black, when added to pills, it treats intestinal wind (hematochezia) and rat-nipple hemorrhoids, with good efficacy. [Jia · Zheng]
(4) (Its fat): Treats intestinal wind and hemorrhoids. It can be used to boil the "five metals and eight minerals" (mineral substances used in alchemy). It has antagonistic effects with Jiegeng (Platycodonis Radix) and Maidong (Ophiopogonis Radix). [Jia · Zheng]
(5) There is another type, which villagers call "Haozhu" (a local term, likely referring to a specific animal or variant). Take its belly, dry it by burning, and use it combined with its feces. Pound into powder and sieve finely. Every morning on an empty stomach, mix two qianbi (ancient measure) with warm wine. For those suffering from edema and tympanites (water swelling), consuming one Haozhu belly will resolve the condition. Cured. This animal consumes much Kushen (Sophorae Flavescentis Radix); it does not treat cold-type distension, but only treats heat-type wind-water swelling. Its shape resembles a rat. [Zheng]
(1) It treats women's metrorrhagia (non-menstrual vaginal bleeding) and emaciation. Eating it in mid-spring is most delicious; in summer, it has a slight fishy odor. [Jia]
(2) Its shell: The ones from Changjiang in Yuezhou are superior. Crabs with red feet must not be eaten, as they are fatal. [Jia]
(1) Those with spotted legs and red eyes must not be eaten, as they are fatal. [Zheng]
(2) It treats dispersing various heat pathogens. (Also) it treats stomach qi, regulates meridians and collaterals, and aids digestion. [Jia · Zheng]
(3) The marrow and brain in the crab claws can reconnect broken bones and tendons. People take the crab brain marrow, gently roast it, and apply it internally to wounds, causing the tendons to connect immediately. [Xin]
(4) Furthermore, before the eighth lunar month, there is a grain-rice-sized object inside the abdomen of each crab, which is offered to the Sea God. After the Mangzhong solar term passes, eating crabs after the eighth month is good. (Before this offering, the crab is immature/uncultivated). Those exposed to frost taste better; those not exposed to frost are toxic. [Jia · Zheng]
(5) Furthermore, salted pickles have a distinct odor. Eaten with vinegar, they benefit the joints and limbs and remove stifling qi from the five zang organs. Although this creature has an ugly appearance, eating it is very beneficial to humans. [Jia · Zheng]