禀地中阴水之气以生，故味甘、咸、微寒，无毒。咸能入血，甘能补血，寒能补
热，所以入血分以治金疮痈肿之患也。
无名异，治金疮折损，用之以醋摩涂，去瘀止痛，生肌长肉。
禀西方刚利之性，故味辛，平，有毒。善能治木平肝而降，亦能镇心辟邪而安，故
为利惊气、散风热、安魂魄、镇心平肝之用。然质重性刚，服之伤肌损骨。故古今以
难求死者，服金一二钱，则腹剜心痛肠胃如裂而毙。惟作箔用乃无伤耳。
金屑，除邪杀毒，却热驱烦，安魂魄，养心神，和血脉。禁癫疾狂走，止惊悸风
痫。幼科镇心丸，衣以金箔，饰即平肝，以治风，复镇心以除热。金星石，治肺损咳嗽吐红。
银屑，除谵语恍惚不睡，止热狂惊悸发痫，定志养神，镇心明目，安五脏，辟诸
邪。银星石，治法与金星石同。银膏，系锡箔、银箔、水银，三物合者，专治心虚健
忘，补齿缺落。
铜禀土中阴气以生，青则其英华秀出于外所结，然必仗咸酸之味而成。故味苦、
酸、涩，气寒，无毒。酸入肝而能敛。所以合金疮止血。苦寒能除风热，所以去肤赤息
肉。苦能泄结，所以又主气心痛吐风痰也。
铜青，乃铜之精华。治妇人血气心痛，洗眼目风热肿痛，敛金疮，吐风痰，去肤赤
除息肉，喉痹口疮并资，神效。
无名异：禀受大地中阴水之气而生，因此味甘、咸，性微寒，无毒。咸味能入血分，甘味能补血，寒性能清热，所以它能进入血分，治疗金创（金属利器造成的创伤）和痈肿等疾患。
无名异，用于治疗金创骨折损伤，用醋研磨后涂抹患处，可去除瘀血、止痛，促进肌肉生长。
金箔：禀受西方刚利之性，因此味辛，性平，有毒。善于平抑肝气并使之下降，也能镇心安神、辟除邪气，因此具有利惊气、散风热、安魂魄、镇心平肝的功效。然而其质地沉重、性质刚烈，服用会损伤肌肉、损害骨骼。所以古往今来因追求死亡而服用它的人，只要服用一两钱，就会感到腹部被挖空、心痛如绞、肠胃似裂而死亡。只有将其制成箔片使用才没有伤害。
金屑，能驱除邪毒、清除热邪、消除烦躁、安定魂魄、滋养心神、调和血脉。禁止癫疾狂走，止住惊悸和风痫。儿科用的镇心丸，外层包裹金箔，装饰作用即起到平肝治风的效果，同时镇心以清除热邪。金星石，用于治疗肺损引起的咳嗽、咳血。
银屑：能消除谵语、恍惚、失眠，止住热盛狂躁、惊悸、发痫，定志养神，镇心明目，安定五脏，辟除各种邪气。银星石，治疗方法与金星石相同。银膏，由锡箔、银箔、水银三物混合而成，专门治疗心虚健忘，填补牙齿缺失脱落。
铜青：铜禀受土中阴气而生，青色则是其精华秀发于外所结聚，但必须凭借咸酸之味才能形成。因此味苦、酸、涩，气寒，无毒。酸味入肝并能收敛。所以能配合治疗金创止血。苦寒能祛除风热，所以能去除皮肤发红和息肉。苦味能泄降结滞，所以又主治气滞心痛、呕吐风痰。
铜青，是铜的精华。治疗妇女血气心痛，清洗眼目风热肿痛，收敛金创，催吐风痰，去除皮肤发红、除去息肉，喉痹、口疮也都依赖它，效果神奇。
Wumingyi (Black Copper Ore): Born by inheriting the Yin water Qi from the earth, its taste is sweet and salty, with a slightly cold nature, and it is non-toxic. Salty flavor enters the blood level; sweet flavor nourishes blood; cold nature clears heat. Therefore, it enters the blood level to treat injuries caused by metal weapons (Jinchuang) and sores/swellings.
Wumingyi treats injuries from metal weapons and fractures. When ground with vinegar and applied topically, it removes blood stasis, alleviates pain, and promotes tissue regeneration.
Jinbo (Gold Foil): Inheriting the sharp and rigid nature of the West, its taste is pungent, nature is neutral, and it is toxic. It excels at pacifying the Liver and directing Qi downward, as well as calming the Heart, expelling evil, and stabilizing the spirit. Thus, it is used to benefit against fright Qi, dissipate wind-heat, calm the soul, and pacify the Liver while settling the Heart. However, being heavy in substance and rigid in nature, ingestion damages muscles and bones. Hence, throughout history, those who sought death by taking it would die if they ingested even one or two qian, suffering from abdominal excavation-like pain, heartache, and intestines splitting asunder. Only when made into foil for external use does it cause no harm.
Jinxie (Gold Dust) dispels evil and toxins, eliminates heat and irritability, calms the soul, nourishes Heart spirit, and harmonizes blood vessels. It prevents manic wandering due to epilepsy, stops palpitations and wind-phlegm seizures. In pediatric Zhenxin Wan (Calming the Heart Pill), coated with gold foil, the decoration itself serves to pacify the Liver to treat wind, and simultaneously settle the Heart to clear heat. Jinxingshi (Venus Stone) treats lung damage manifesting as cough and hemoptysis.
Yinxie (Silver Dust) eliminates delirium, trance, and insomnia; stops heat-induced mania, palpitations, and seizures; stabilizes will and nourishes spirit; settles the Heart and brightens the eyes; anchors the Five Zang organs; and repels various evils. Yinxingshi (Silver Star Stone) is treated using the same method as Jinxingshi. Yingao (Silver Paste) consists of tin foil, silver foil, and mercury combined; it specifically treats Heart deficiency causing forgetfulness and fills missing or lost teeth.
Tongqing (Verdigris): Copper inherits the Yin Qi from Earth; the green color is the essence blooming outwardly, but it must rely on salty and sour flavors to form. Thus, its taste is bitter, sour, and astringent; its nature is cold, and it is non-toxic. Sour flavor enters the Liver and has an astringent property. Therefore, it aids in stopping bleeding from metal weapon injuries. Bitter-cold nature dispels wind-heat, thus removing skin redness and polyps. Bitter flavor drains stagnation, thus also managing Qi-stagnation chest pain and vomiting of wind-phlegm.
Tongqing is the essence of copper. It treats Blood-Qi chest pain in women, washes away wind-heat swelling and pain in the eyes, contracts wounds from metal weapons, induces vomiting of wind-phlegm, removes skin redness and polyps, and is effective for throat obstruction (Houbi) and mouth ulcers, yielding miraculous results.