形黑如大豆，以手按其身，其头能俯屈，剥剥有声，出南方者小而微，北土者大而力浓，
小
而捕之为戏。入药用大者，试法∶取虫置桌，翻其背令仰，少顷便跳起三、四寸，有跳起过
五、六寸及尺许者，力更大。纲目以之附 螽后，亦不言主治之功。此虫北人谓之跳百丈。
治腰脚无力，与山蚂蚁子并入壮药用。百草镜云∶外用可绝疟，叩头虫一个，安眉心，虫头
向上，膏药盖住，过时自愈。
大力丸 汇集∶此冯嘉宝方，蒺藜酒洗炒去刺，白茯苓、白芍、苁蓉酒洗、杜仲酥油炒、
菟
丝子酒煮、续断、当归、覆盆子、威灵仙、破故纸、薏苡仁各一两五钱；牛膝酒洗、无名异
、自然铜醋 七次各一两，乳香、没药、朱砂飞过、血竭、青盐各五钱，天雄二两童便浸五
日，象鳖一个去头足翅（如无，用土鳖代之），跳百丈十个去足，虎骨二两酥油炙，上药俱
为细末，炼蜜丸，二钱半重，
早晚盐汤或黄酒送下。少时用力行功，散于四肢。
物理小识∶土鳖是象房屎中所生，或以旋土成窝者充之，不知旋土窝者乃沙鸡母，非土
鳖也
。
同金墨磨，涂口疮。
闽广浙沿海滨多有之，形如蚯蚓。闽人以蒸蛋食，或作膏食，饷客为馐，云食之补脾健
胃。
广志∶夏暑雨禾中蒸郁而生虫，或稻根腐而生虫，稻根色黄，虫乃稻根所化，故色亦黄。
大
者如箸许，长至丈，节节有口，生青熟红黄，霜降前禾熟则虫亦熟；以初一、二及十五、六
乘大潮断节而出，浮游田上，网取之。得醋则白浆自出，以白米泔滤过，蒸为膏，甘美益人
，得稻之精华者也。其腌为脯作醢酱，则贫者之食。 吴震方岭南杂记∶禾虫绝类蚂蝗，青
黄色，状绝可恶厌。潮所淹没淡水田禾根内出，数尺长至丈余，寸寸断皆活，能游泳，午后
即败不可食。滴盐醋一小杯，裂出白浆，蒸鸡鸭蛋，牛乳最鲜。 粤录∶禾虫状如蚕，长一
、二寸，无种类。夏秋间早、晚稻将熟，禾虫自稻根出，潮长浸田，因乘潮入海，日浮夜沉
，浮则水百皆紫。采者以巨口狭尾之网系于 ，逆流迎之，网尻有囊，重则倾泻于舟。
补脾胃，生血利湿，行小便；疮疡勿食，能作脓。
形体黑色像大豆，用手按压它的身体，它的头能向下弯曲，发出“剥剥”的声音。产自南方的个体较小且药力微弱，北方产的个体较大且药力浓厚，人们常捕捉它作为嬉戏玩耍之物。入药需用较大的虫，测试其药效的方法是：将虫放在桌子上，翻转它的背部使其仰卧，过了一会儿它就会跳起三、四寸高，有的能跳起五、六寸甚至一尺多高，这种药力更大。《本草纲目》将它附在螽斯（蝗虫类）之后，也没有说明它的主治功效。北方人叫它“跳百丈”。用于治疗腰脚无力，可以与山蚂蚁子一起并入壮阳药中使用。《百草镜》记载：外用可以截断疟疾，取一个叩头虫，安放在眉心处，虫头朝上，用膏药盖住，过一段时间疟疾自然痊愈。
大力丸 汇集：这是冯嘉宝的方子。蒺藜用酒洗后炒制并去掉刺，白茯苓、白芍、肉苁蓉用酒洗、杜仲用酥油炒、菟丝子用酒煮、续断、当归、覆盆子、威灵仙、破故纸（补骨脂）、薏苡仁各一两五钱；牛膝用酒洗、无名异、自然铜用醋淬七次各一两，乳香、没药、朱砂飞过的、血竭、青盐各五钱，天雄二两用童便浸泡五日，象鳖一个去掉头、足、翅（如果没有，用土鳖虫代替），跳百丈十个去掉足，虎骨二两用酥油炙烤。以上药物都研成细末，用炼蜜制成丸剂，每丸重二钱半，早晚用盐汤或黄酒送服。服药后稍加用力行功，使药力散于四肢。
《物理小识》记载：土鳖虫是在象房粪便中产生的，或者有人用旋土成窝的方式来冒充，不知道旋土窝的是沙鸡母，并不是土鳖虫。与金墨一起研磨，涂抹治疗口疮。
福建、广东、浙江沿海地区多有生长，形状像蚯蚓。福建人把它蒸蛋吃，或者做成膏状食用，招待客人视为美味，说吃了它能补脾健胃。
《广志》记载：夏季暑雨时，禾苗中湿热郁蒸而生出虫子，或者是稻根腐烂而生出虫子，稻根颜色发黄，虫子是由稻根变化而来的，所以颜色也是黄色的。大的像筷子那么粗，长达一丈，每一节都有口，生时青色，熟时红黄色，霜降前稻谷成熟则虫子也成熟；在初一、初二及十五、十六趁着大潮断开身体而出，浮游在田面上，用网捕捉。得到醋就会流出白色浆液，用淘米水过滤，蒸成膏状，甘甜美味有益于人，是吸收了稻谷精华的东西。如果腌制成干脯或做成酱，则是穷人的食物。
吴震方《岭南杂记》记载：禾虫非常像蚂蝗，青黄色，样子极其令人厌恶。从被潮水淹没的淡水田禾根内钻出，长度几尺到一丈多，一寸寸断开都还活着，能够游泳，午后就会腐败不可食用。滴上一小杯盐醋，会裂开流出白色浆液，蒸鸡鸭蛋或牛乳最为鲜美。
《粤录》记载：禾虫形状像蚕，长一至二寸，没有种类之分。夏秋之间早稻、晚稻即将成熟时，禾虫从稻根钻出，潮水上涨淹没田地，于是趁着潮水入海，白天浮出水面晚上沉入水中，浮出水面时周围的水都变成紫色。采捕者用大口狭尾的网系在船上，逆流迎击，网的尾部有囊袋，网满重物就倾泻倒入船中。禾虫能补脾胃，生血利湿，通利小便；疮疡患者不要食用，否则会导致化脓。
The insect is black in color and the size of a soybean. When pressed with the hand, its head can bend downward, making a "peel-peel" sound. Those from the south are small and have weak efficacy, while those from the north are large and potent; people often catch them for play. For medicinal use, larger insects are selected. The test method is: place the insect on a table, turn it over so its back is up, and after a short while, it will jump three to four cun high. Some may jump five to six cun or even about one chi high, indicating greater potency. *Bencao Gangmu* (Compendium of Materia Medica) appended it after *Zhongsi* (Grasshoppers/Locusts) but did not mention its therapeutic functions. In the north, it is called "Tiao Baizhang" (Jumping Hundred Feet). It treats weakness in the waist and legs and can be included in tonifying Yang prescriptions along with *Shan Mayi Zi* (Mountain Ant Eggs). *Baicao Jing* (Mirror of Hundreds of Herbs) states: externally, it can arrest malaria. Place one *Koutou Chong* (Kowtow Beetle) on the glabella (Yintang point area), with the head facing upward, cover with a plaster, and the malaria will resolve spontaneously after some time.
**Dali Wan** (Great Strength Pill): This is a formula by Feng Jiabao. *Jili* (Tribulus Fruit) washed with wine, stir-fried, and thorns removed; *Baifuling* (Poria); *Baishao* (White Peony Root); *Rongrong* (Cistanche Stem) washed with wine; *Duzhong* (Eucommia Bark) stir-fried with suet oil; *Tusizi* (Cuscuta Seed) boiled in wine; *Xuduan* (Dipsacus Root); *Danggui* (Angelica Sinensis); *Fupenzi* (Rubus Fruit); *Weilingxian* (Spineflower Stem); *Po Gu Zhi* (Psoralea Fruit); *Yiyiren* (Coix Seed) each 1.5 qian; *Niuxi* (Achyranthes Root) washed with wine; *Wumingyi* (Limonite); *Zirantong* (Pyrite) quenched seven times in vinegar each 1 qian; *Ruxiang* (Frankincense); *Moyao* (Myrrh); *Zhusha* (Cinnabar, purified); *Xuexie* (Dragon's Blood); *Qingyan* (Green Salt) each 5 qian; *Tianxiong* (Aconitum Lateral Root, processed) 2 liang, soaked in child's urine for five days; *Xangbie* (Elephant Beetle) one, removing head, feet, and wings (if unavailable, substitute with *Tubie* / Ground Beetle); *Tiao Baizhang* (Jumping Hundred Feet) ten, removing feet; *Hugu* (Tiger Bone) 2 liang, roasted with suet oil. All herbs are ground into fine powder, mixed with refined honey to form pills, each weighing 2.5 qian. Take morning and evening with salt water or yellow wine. After taking, exert effort in Qigong practice to disperse the effect to the four limbs.
*Wuli Xiaoshi* (Small Knowledge of Physical Things) records: *Tubie* (Ground Beetle) is produced in elephant dung, or sometimes simulated by rolling soil into nests. Those using rolled soil nests are actually *Shajimu* (Sand Chicken Mother), not true *Tubie*. Grind together with gold ink and apply to treat mouth ulcers.
They are abundant along the coasts of Fujian, Guangdong, and Zhejiang, resembling earthworms. People in Fujian steam them with eggs or make them into paste for guests, considering them delicious, claiming they tonify the Spleen and strengthen the Stomach.
*Guangzhi* (Records of Guangzhou) states: During summer heat and rain, worms are generated by dampness and heat stagnation within rice plants, or from rotting rice roots. Since rice roots are yellow, and the worms transform from rice roots, their color is also yellow. Large ones are as thick as chopsticks and up to one chi long, with mouths at every segment. They are green when raw and red-yellow when ripe. Before Frost Descent, when rice matures, the worms mature. On the first, second, fifteenth, and sixteenth days, during high tides, they break their segments and emerge, floating on the fields, where they are caught with nets. When exposed to vinegar, white fluid exudes. Filtered through rice wash water and steamed into a paste, it is sweet, delicious, and beneficial, containing the essence of rice. If pickled into jerky or made into sauce, it serves as food for the poor.
Wu Zhenfang's *Lingnan Zaji* (Miscellaneous Records of Lingnan) states: *Hechong* (Rice Worm) closely resembles leeches, is yellow-green, and looks extremely repulsive. They emerge from the roots of rice in freshwater fields submerged by tides, reaching lengths of several chi to over one chi. Even if broken into inch-long segments, they remain alive and can swim. They spoil and become inedible after noon. Adding a small cup of salt and vinegar causes them to split and release white fluid. Steaming them with chicken or duck eggs, or with cow's milk, yields the freshest taste.
*Yuelu* (Records of Yue) states: *Hechong* resembles silkworms, is one to two cun long, and has no distinct species classification. Between early and late autumn, just before the ripening of early and late rice crops, the worms emerge from rice roots. As tides rise and flood the fields, they enter the sea with the tide, floating during the day and sinking at night. When floating, the surrounding water turns purple. Harvesters use large-mouthed, narrow-tailed nets tied to boats, facing the current. The net has a bag at the tail; when heavy, it is tipped into the boat. *Hechong* tonifies the Spleen and Stomach, generates blood, promotes diuresis, and unblocks urination. It should not be consumed by patients with sores and abscesses, as it can cause suppuration.