味辛。入足少阴经。功专温肾镇怯。得熟地山萸肉治耳聋。得朱砂神曲能交心肾。
色黑能吸铁者真。火 醋淬。研末水飞。或醋煮三日夜。柴胡为使。恶牡丹。一名吸铁石。
味苦寒。入足厥阴经。功专入血镇逆。得冬瓜仁治慢惊风。得旋复治心下痞硬噫
气。 红醋淬水飞。干姜为使。畏雄附。
味酸。入足少阳经。功专吐痰解毒。得醋治喉痹垂死。得乳香没药大枣敷杨梅毒神
效。市人多以醋揉青矾伪之。畏桂白薇辛夷芫花。小儿鼻疳蚀烂。胆矾烧烟尽研末掺之效。
一名胆矾。
味辛大热有毒。入手足太阴经。功专治坚癖痼冷。寒湿风痹。不炼服杀人。恶羊血
。
味辛苦酸。大热大毒。砒霜尤烈。入手足太阴明阳经。功专燥痰。作吐药疗痰在胸
膈
。除哮截疟。外用蚀败肉。杀虫枯痔。信州者良。衡州次之。生名砒黄。炼石砒霜。锡之苗
也。故锡亦有毒。以大枣一个去核。将砒霜放入少许。用线扎紧。瓦上焙焦。研细末。瓷瓶
收贮。专涂牙根痒烂神效。名砒枣散。畏羊血冷水绿豆。
味甘咸。入足厥阴经。功专利痰止惊。得硝石赤石脂治一切痰积痼疾。得焰硝治
惊风危证。得焰硝大黄黄芩沉香名滚痰丸。气弱血虚者忌。
味酸涩气平。入足厥阴经。功专化血为水。止金疮出血。下死胎胞衣。及胎产恶
血血晕等症。有花蕊石散。多服损阴血。 研水飞用。一名花乳石。
【磁石】
味辛。入足少阴经（足少阴肾经）。功效专于温补肾阳、镇惊安神。配伍熟地黄、山茱萸可治疗耳聋。配伍朱砂、神曲能交通心肾。
颜色黑且能吸引铁器的为真品。需用火煅烧后浸入醋中淬炼，研成粉末后用水飞法处理。或用醋煮三昼夜。以柴胡为使药。畏牡丹。又名吸铁石。
【代赭石】
味苦寒。入足厥阴经（足厥阴肝经）。功效专于入血分、平肝潜阳、降逆气。配伍冬瓜仁可治疗慢惊风。配伍旋覆花可治疗心下痞硬、嗳气。用红醋淬炼后水飞。以干姜为使药。畏雄黄、附子。
【石决明】
味甘酸寒。入足厥阴经（足厥阴肝经）。功效专于补益肝脏、明目、通窍、利水。真品难得。
【青礞石】
味酸。入足少阳经（足少阳胆经）。功效专于涌吐痰涎、解毒。配伍醋可治疗喉痹重症濒死状态。配伍乳香、没药、大枣外敷对杨梅毒疮有特效。市井之人常用醋揉搓青矾来伪造。畏桂枝、白薇、辛夷、芫花。小儿鼻疳导致腐烂，将胆矾烧至烟尽后研末掺敷有效。又名胆矾。（注：此处原文可能存在版本混淆，通常青礞石与胆矾不同，但依原文翻译）
【砒石】
味辛大热有毒。入手太阴肺经和手少阴心经（原文“手足太阴”通常指肺与脾/心，结合语境及毒性多指心肺或脾胃，此处直译经络名）。功效专于治疗坚积癖块、顽固性冷症、寒湿风痹。不经过炼制服用会致死。畏羊血。
【信州砒霜】
味辛苦酸。大热大毒。砒霜尤为猛烈。入手太阴肺经、手阳明大肠经、足阳明胃经、足太阳膀胱经（原文“太阴明阳经”表述模糊，依中医常规理解及砒霜归经，此处保留原文经络描述意图，即涉及太阴、阳明等经）。功效专于燥湿化痰。作为催吐药治疗胸膈部的痰饮。消除哮喘、截断疟疾。外用可腐蚀败肉、杀虫、使痔核枯萎。信州产的良善，衡州产的次之。生者名为砒黄，炼成的称为砒霜，是锡的矿苗。所以锡也有毒。用一个去核的大枣，放入少许砒霜，用线扎紧，在瓦上焙焦，研成细末，装入瓷瓶密封保存。专门涂抹牙根痒烂处，效果极佳，名为砒枣散。畏羊血、冷水、绿豆。
【硝石】
味甘咸。入足厥阴经（足厥阴肝经）。功效专于利痰、止惊。配伍芒硝、赤石脂可治疗各种痰积顽疾。配伍焰硝可治疗惊风危重证候。配伍焰硝、大黄、黄芩、沉香名为滚痰丸。气弱血虚者忌用。
【花蕊石】
味酸涩，气平。入足厥阴经（足厥阴肝经）。功效专于化瘀止血（化血为水意指消散瘀血）、止金创出血、下死胎胞衣，以及治疗产后恶露不尽、血晕等症状。有花蕊石散方剂。多服会损伤阴血。需研碎后水飞使用。又名花乳石。
[Cishi (Magnetite)]
Pungent in flavor. Enters the Foot-Shaoyin Meridian (Kidney Meridian of Foot-Shaoyin). Its function is specifically to warm the Kidney and calm fright. When combined with Shudi Huang (Prepared Rehmanniae Radix) and Shanzhuyu (Corni Fructus), it treats deafness. When combined with Zhusha (Cinnabar) and Shenqu (Massa Medicata Fermentata), it facilitates the communication between the Heart and Kidney.
Those that are black in color and can attract iron are genuine. They should be calcined by fire, quenched in vinegar, ground into powder, and processed by water levigation. Alternatively, they can be boiled in vinegar for three days and nights. Chaihu (Bupleuri Radix) serves as an guiding herb. It is incompatible with Mudanpi (Moutan Cortex). Also known as Xitie Shi (Iron-attracting Stone).
[Dai Zhe Shi (Hematite)]
Bitter and cold in flavor. Enters the Foot-Jueyin Meridian (Liver Meridian of Foot-Jueyin). Its function is specifically to enter the blood level, suppress rebellious Qi, and calm the Liver. When combined with Dongguaren (Benincasae Semen), it treats slow convulsive disease (Man Jing Feng). When combined with Xuanfuhua (Inulae Flos), it treats epigastric fullness and hardness with belching. It is quenched in red vinegar and processed by water levigation. Jiangjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma) serves as a guiding herb. It is adverse to Xionghuang (Realgar) and Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata).
[Shi Jue Ming (Abalone Shell)]
Sweet, sour, and cold in flavor. Enters the Foot-Jueyin Meridian (Liver Meridian of Foot-Jueyin). Its function is specifically to nourish the Liver, brighten the eyes, open orifices, and promote urination. Genuine ones are rare.
[Qing Meng Shi (Calamine/Lapis Calaminaris - Note: Text describes properties often associated with Danfan or specific calamine variants, translating literally based on text structure)]
Sour in flavor. Enters the Foot-Shaoyang Meridian (Gallbladder Meridian of Foot-Shaoyang). Its function is specifically to induce vomiting to expel phlegm and detoxify. When combined with vinegar, it treats severe throat obstruction (Hou Bi) approaching death. When combined with Ruxiang (Olibanum), Moyao (Myrrha), and Dazao (Jujubae Fructus) applied externally, it is highly effective for syphilitic sores. Market vendors often fake it by rubbing Qingfan (Vitriol) with vinegar. It is adverse to Guizhi (Cinnamomi Ramulus), Baiwei (Cleomidis Radix), Xinyi (Magnoliae Flos), and Yuanhua (Genkwa Flos). For pediatric nasal carbuncles causing ulceration, burning Danfan (Chalcanthitum) until smoke ceases, grinding it into powder, and applying it is effective. Also known as Danfan.
[Pishi (Arsenic Ore)]
Pungent, very hot, and toxic. Enters the Hand-Taiyin and Hand-Shaoyin Meridians (Lung and Heart Meridians). Its function is specifically to treat hard accumulations, stubborn cold conditions, and wind-bi caused by cold-dampness. Taking it unrefined is fatal. It is adverse to sheep blood.
[Xinzhou Pishuang (Arsenic Trioxide from Xinzhou)]
Pungent, bitter, and sour. Very hot and highly toxic. Pishuang (Arsenic Trioxide) is particularly fierce. It enters the Hand-Taiyin, Yangming, and other meridians (Text says "Taiyin Mingyang", interpreted as involving Taiyin and Yangming meridians). Its function is specifically to dry phlegm. Used as an emetic to treat phlegm in the chest and diaphragm. It eliminates asthma and arrests malaria. Externally applied, it corrodes necrotic flesh, kills parasites, and withers hemorrhoids. Those from Xinzhou are superior; those from Hengzhou are inferior. The raw form is called Pi Huang, refined form is Pishuang. It is the offspring of Tin (Xin), thus Tin is also toxic. Take one jujube, remove the pit, place a small amount of Pishuang inside, tie tightly with thread, bake on a tile until charred, grind into fine powder, and store in a porcelain bottle. Applied specifically to itchy and rotting gums, it is highly effective. Named Pizao San (Jujube-Arsenic Powder). It is adverse to sheep blood, cold water, and Moudou (Adzuki Bean).
[Xiaoshi (Niter/Potassium Nitrate)]
Sweet and salty in flavor. Enters the Foot-Jueyin Meridian (Liver Meridian of Foot-Jueyin). Its function is specifically to benefit phlegm resolution and stop convulsions. When combined with Xiaosh (Salpetra) and Chishizhi (Halloysitum Rubrum), it treats all kinds of phlegm accumulation and stubborn diseases. When combined with Yanxiao (Saltpeter), it treats critical cases of convulsive disease. Combined with Yanxiao, Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma), Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix), and Chenxiang (Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum), it forms Guntan Wan (Rolling Phlegm Pill). Contraindicated in patients with weak Qi and deficient Blood.
[Huarui Shi (Flower Nodule Stone)]
Sour and astringent, neutral in qi. Enters the Foot-Jueyin Meridian (Liver Meridian of Foot-Jueyin). Its function is specifically to transform blood stasis into fluid (resolve hemostasis), stop bleeding from traumatic wounds, expel dead fetus and placenta, and treat postpartum lochia retention and blood syncope. There is a formula named Huarui Shi San. Overuse damages Yin and Blood. It should be ground and processed by water levigation. Also known as Hua Ru Shi.