即花蛤也。皆上有斑纹，得阴水之气，味咸，气平，无毒，咸能消散结气，咳逆胸
痹腰痛，胁急疮蚀痔 ，崩中漏下，皆血热为病，咸平入血除热故主之也，更止烦渴化
痰利小便，皆软坚润下之功也。
文给，系新蛤壳未烂，临东海岸可收，利水堕痰，驱胁急腰痛，除喉咳肋痹，收涩
崩中带下，消平鼠 痔疮，走马疳，蚀口鼻将危。和腊猪脂为膏敷贴 疝气，引小肠吊
痛，同香附末姜汁调吞。海蛤乃烂壳混杂泥沙，宜火 作散，利膀胱大小二肠，消水肿
胀满，降胸胁逆壅邪气，定喘息咳痰，阴痿可坚，喉渴堪止。
蚶得水中之阳气，味甘气温无毒，甘温能益气而补中，则五脏安胃气虚，心腹腰脊风
冷俱瘳，安胃健肝，食自消，脏暖则阳自起，气充则血自华也。壳味咸走血而软坚，故能治
血气冷气瘕癖，丹溪用以消血块，化痰积者，此也今世糟其肉为侑酒之物。
瓦垄子即蚶子壳。消妇人血块， 瘕，逐男子痰癖积聚，肉能醒酒，更主心腹冷痛，治腰脊
冷风，利五脏，令人进食，益中气。暖脏起阳，益气驻颜，健胃消食。
贝子解肌散结热，利水消肿浮，去男妇赤目生翳无休，点上即愈，涂孩子疳蚀吐乳
不止，服下立安，鬼疰善驱，蛊毒并解。
产于水田之中，禀水土之明气，故汁大寒，性甘无毒，以珍珠黄连末纳入良久，取
汁点目痛神效，以寒能除热也。解一切有余之热，故能止渴醒酒，治噤口痢疾矣。用活
大田螺二枚，捣烂入麝香三分，做饼烘热贴脐间半日，热气下行，即思食矣。又治小便
不通，腹胀如鼓，田螺二枚，盐半七生捣敷脐下，一寸三分即通。
田螺肉。利大小便，消浮肿甚捷，去脏腑热，压丹石优良。仍治香港脚上冲，小腹急
硬，更驱肝热上壅，两目赤痛。醒酒殊功，止渴立效。烂壳主反胃胃寒，涩遗精精滑，
卒暴心痛，烧末汤服并除。
又大海螺汁亦明目。
这就是花蛤。它们上面都有斑纹，禀受阴寒水气，味道咸，性平，无毒。咸味能够消散郁结之气，治疗咳嗽气逆、胸痹、腰痛、胁肋拘急、疮疡溃烂及痔疮，以及妇女崩中漏下等症；这些病症多由血热引起，因咸平之性能入血分而清除热邪，所以用此药主治。此外，它还能止烦渴、化痰、利小便，这都是其软坚散结、润下通便的功效。
文蛤，是指新近的海蛤壳尚未腐烂的，在东海海岸可以采集。它能利水、坠痰，驱除胁肋拘急和腰痛，消除喉部咳嗽和胁肋痹痛，收敛治疗崩中和带下，消除平复鼠瘰（淋巴结核）和痔疮，治疗走马疳（一种严重的口腔颌面部坏死性疾病），以及口鼻蚀烂将危重的情况。与腊月猪脂熬制成膏敷贴，可治疝气牵引小肠引起的吊痛；与香附末用姜汁调匀吞服，亦有效。
海蛤则是腐烂的蛤壳混杂泥沙而成，宜用火煅后研成散剂。能利膀胱及大小肠，消除水肿胀满，降泄胸胁间逆乱壅滞的邪气，平息喘息咳痰，使阳痿得以坚挺，缓解喉渴。
蚶鱼得水中的阳气，味道甘，性温，无毒。甘温之性能益气补中，使五脏安宁；若胃气虚，心腹腰脊的风冷之邪皆可痊愈。它能安胃健肝，促进消化；脏腑温暖则阳气自生，气血充盈则血液自然光华润泽。其壳味咸，走血分而软坚，故能治疗血气冷气形成的瘕癖（腹内结块）。朱丹溪用它来消除血块、化解痰积，指的就是这个功效。如今世人常将其肉糟制作为佐酒的食物。
瓦垄子即蚶子的壳。能消除妇女的血块、瘕积，驱逐男子的痰癖积聚。其肉能醒酒，主要治疗心腹冷痛，治愈腰脊受风冷侵袭，通利五脏，增进食欲，补益中气。能暖脏起阳，益气驻颜，健胃消食。
贝子能解肌表之邪，散结热，利水消肿浮。能去除男女红眼病及眼睑生翳膜不止的症状，点眼即愈；涂抹于儿童疳积蚀烂、吐乳不止处，服用后立见平安。能驱除鬼疰（传染性的痨病），并解蛊毒。
田螺产于水田之中，禀受水土清明之气，故其汁液大寒，性甘无毒。将珍珠、黄连末纳入其中良久，取汁点眼，对眼痛有神奇疗效，因为寒性能除热。它能解除一切有余之热，故能止渴醒酒，治疗噤口痢疾。用活的大田螺两枚，捣烂加入三分麝香，做成饼状烘热后贴于脐间半天，热气下行，患者就会想进食了。又用于治疗小便不通、腹胀如鼓：取田螺两枚，盐半两，生捣敷于脐下一寸三分处，小便即可通畅。
田螺肉。能利大小便，消除浮肿效果极快，去除脏腑热邪，压制丹石类药物引起的副作用优良。仍能治疗脚气上冲，小腹急硬，驱除肝热上壅导致的双目赤痛。醒酒功效显著，止渴见效迅速。腐烂的贝壳主治反胃、胃寒，涩精止遗精滑泄，突发心痛，烧成粉末用汤水送服均可消除。
This is the clam (Huage). They all have patterns on their shells, having received the qi of yin water. Their taste is salty, nature is neutral, and they are non-toxic. Salty flavor can dissipate stagnant qi, treating cough with reverse flow of qi, chest bi syndrome, lower back pain, hypochondriac tension, ulcerating sores, hemorrhoids, and metrorrhagia or leukorrhea. These conditions are all caused by blood heat; since salty and neutral substances enter the blood level to clear heat, this herb is indicated for them. Furthermore, it stops irritability and thirst, transforms phlegm, and promotes urination, which are all results of its ability to soften hardness, dissipate nodules, and moisten the intestines to promote downward movement.
Wenge refers to fresh clam shells that have not yet decayed, which can be collected along the east coast of the sea. It promotes diuresis, descends phlegm, drives away hypochondriac tension and lower back pain, eliminates throat cough and rib bi syndrome, astringes to treat metrorrhagia and leukorrhea, reduces scrofula (lymphatic tuberculosis) and hemorrhoids, treats gan gangrene (a severe necrotic disease of the mouth and jaw), and addresses critical cases of erosion of the mouth and nose. When mixed with lard from the twelfth lunar month and made into an ointment for application, it treats hernia pulling pain in the small intestine; when mixed with Cyperi Rhizoma powder and ginger juice and swallowed, it is also effective.
Haige consists of decayed shells mixed with sand and mud. It should be calcined and ground into powder. It benefits the bladder and both large and small intestines, reduces edema and distension, descends rebellious and obstructive pathogenic qi in the chest and hypochondrium, calms wheezing and cough with phlegm, strengthens flaccidity of the penis, and relieves throat thirst.
Hah receives the yang qi of water. Its taste is sweet, nature is warm, and it is non-toxic. Sweet and warm properties tonify qi and supplement the middle jiao, thereby calming the five zang organs. If stomach qi is deficient, wind-cold in the heart, abdomen, lower back, and spine will all heal. It calms the stomach and strengthens the liver, promoting digestion; when the viscera are warm, yang qi arises naturally; when qi is abundant, blood becomes lustrous. The shell tastes salty, enters the blood level, and softens hardness, thus treating abdominal masses formed by cold qi and blood stasis. Zhu Danxi used it to eliminate blood clots and transform phlegm accumulations, referring to this property. Nowadays, people often pickle its meat as an accompaniment to wine.
Walongzi is the shell of Hah. It eliminates blood masses and abdominal masses in women, and expels phlegm stasis and accumulations in men. Its meat awakens the spirit and resolves alcohol intoxication. It primarily treats cold pain in the heart and abdomen, cures wind-cold in the lower back and spine, benefits the five zang organs, promotes appetite, supplements middle qi, warms the viscera and raises yang, tonifies qi to preserve youthfulness, strengthens the stomach, and aids digestion.
Beizi releases the muscle layer, dissipates nodular heat, promotes diuresis to reduce edema, and removes red eyes and unceasing formation of corneal opacities in men and women; applying it to the eye brings immediate cure. Applying it to children with malnutrition causing erosion and incessant vomiting of milk, or administering it internally, brings immediate peace. It effectively expels guizhu (contagious consumption/tuberculosis) and resolves gu poison.
Produced in rice paddies, it inherits the clear qi of earth and water, so its juice is very cold, sweet in taste, and non-toxic. By placing Polaria Concha powder and Coptidis Rhizoma powder inside for a long time and extracting the juice to apply to the eyes, it has miraculous effects for eye pain, because cold nature clears heat. It resolves all excess heat, thus stopping thirst, resolving alcohol intoxication, and treating jin kou li ji (dysentery with inability to eat). Using two live large field snails, crushing them, adding 3 fen of Moschus, forming them into cakes, heating them, and applying them to the umbilicus for half a day allows the hot qi to descend, and the patient will desire food. It also treats urinary retention and abdominal distension like a drum: take two field snails, half tael of salt, crush them raw, and apply to one inch and three fen below the umbilicus, and urination will immediately flow.
Field snail meat. It promotes urination and defecation, rapidly eliminates edema, removes heat from the viscera, and excellently counteracts the side effects of mineral drugs. It still treats ascending jiaoxie (beriberi), acute hardness of the lower abdomen, drives upward congestion of liver heat causing red and painful eyes. It has remarkable efficacy in resolving alcohol intoxication and immediate effect in stopping thirst. Crushed shells treat regurgitation and stomach cold, astringe to stop seminal emission and spermatorrhea, and sudden violent heart pain; taking them as powder boiled in water eliminates these conditions.
Additionally, the juice of the large sea snail also brightens the eyes.