白马悬蹄
甘,平。破瘀血,疗肠痈,治癫痫,止崩带。调鸡子清,涂肠痈。(两耳叶甲错,
腹痛,或绕脐有疮如粟,下脓血,此其候也。)调生油,涂赤秃头疮。入盐,掺走马疳。调
猪脂,绵裹入肛门,治虫蚀。
煨,切片研末用。
白马溺
可杀虫,破症瘕。屎煎汁,治卒死,并搅肠痧危症。
怪症∶误食发成瘕,咽中如有虫上下者是也。饮马尿数碗即下。
白马胫骨
甘,寒。降阴火,可代芩、连。
煨用。
白马头骨
微寒。有小毒。合乳香、炒枣仁,治胆虚不眠。
驴溺
辛,寒。有小毒。治反胃,杀诸虫。冲滋阴之剂,治噎膈。得人中白、干地龙,滴耳聋。
阿胶
得火良。薯蓣为之使。畏大黄。
甘,平。微温。入手太阴、足少阴、厥阴经血分。壮生水之源,补坎中之液,润燥降痰。
敛虚汗,利小便,定喘嗽,
固胎漏,止诸血,治带浊。一切血虚致疾,服无不效。得人参,正瞳人。得滑石,利前阴。
佐川连,治血痢。君生地,
治大衄吐血。(胶能降火归元。)
光如 漆,夏月不软者真。和血,酒蒸。止血,蒲黄炒。止嗽,蛤粉炒。清火,童便化。
肺
气下陷,食积呕吐,脾胃虚弱,三者禁用。
(兽类十七种)
骨
辛,微热。入足少阴经血分。追骨间毒风,辟疰忤邪气,敷犬咬,除骨哽。
左胫骨尤雄。或酒,或醋,或酥炙入药。胫骨羊油涂炙,捣末,米饮或酒下,治痢久不
止。
头骨,酒炙,研,桃脑汤下,治温疟呕吐。
肝肾虚败,腰腿疼痛如风者,禁用。
肚
存性。和平胃散,治反胃吐食。
皮
止疟疾,辟邪气。
睛
寒。镇心安神,明目去翳。
入羊血浸一宿,焙干研末用。
骨胶
祛风尤良。佐补血药,以治老人虚风,不同草木之燥。
白马悬蹄(马前肢悬韧带)
味甘,性平。能破除瘀血,治疗肠痈(肠道化脓性炎症),治愈癫痫,止住崩漏和带下病。用鸡蛋清调和,外涂于肠痈患处。(症状表现为:两耳叶甲错乱,腹痛,或者肚脐周围出现如粟米大小的疮疡,排出脓血,这是该病的征候。)用生油调和,外涂于赤秃头疮(一种头部皮肤病)。加入盐,撒布于走马疳(一种严重的口腔坏死性疾病)。用猪脂调和,包裹在绵絮中塞入肛门,治疗虫蚀症。
需煨制后,切片研成粉末使用。
白马溺(白马尿)
可以杀虫,破除症瘕(腹内结块)。马屎煎煮取汁,治疗猝死,以及搅肠痧(一种急性腹部绞痛危症)。
怪症:误食头发形成瘕聚,感觉咽喉中有虫子上下爬动,就是这种情况。饮用数碗马尿即可排出。
白马胫骨(白马小腿骨)
味甘,性寒。能降泄阴火,可以代替黄芩、黄连使用。
需煨制后使用。
白马头骨
性微寒。有小毒。配合乳香、炒酸枣仁,治疗胆气虚弱导致的失眠。
驴溺(驴尿)
味辛,性寒。有小毒。治疗反胃,杀灭各种寄生虫。与滋阴药物冲服,治疗噎膈(吞咽困难)。配合人中白、干地龙,滴耳可治耳聋。
阿胶
遇火则良效显现。薯蓣(山药)是它的引经药。畏惧大黄。
味甘,性平,微温。归手太阴肺经、足少阴肾经、足厥阴肝经的血分。壮旺生水之源,补益坎中之液,润燥降痰。收敛虚汗,通利小便,定喘止咳,固摄胎漏,止各种出血,治疗白带浑浊。一切因血虚导致的疾病,服用无不有效。配合人参,可正瞳人(治疗瞳孔异常)。配合滑石,通利前阴。佐以川连(黄连),治疗血痢。作为君药配伍生地(生地黄),治疗大衄吐血(严重鼻出血或吐血)。(阿胶能降火归元。)
光泽如漆,夏季不软的是真品。和血用酒蒸。止血用蒲黄炒。止嗽用蛤粉炒。清火用童便(儿童尿液)化开。
肺脏方面:气机下陷、食积呕吐、脾胃虚弱这三种情况禁用。
(兽类十七种)
骨
味辛,性微热。入足少阴肾经血分。追出骨间毒风,辟除疰忤邪气,敷治犬咬伤,去除骨哽。
左胫骨效力尤为雄强。或用酒,或用醋,或用酥油炙烤后入药。胫骨用羊油涂抹炙烤,捣成粉末,用米饮或酒送服,治疗久痢不止。
头骨,用酒炙烤,研末,用桃仁汤送服,治疗温疟呕吐。
肝肾虚败,腰腿疼痛如风邪所致者,禁用。
Baima Xuantí (Horse Suspensory Ligament)
Sweet, neutral in nature. Breaks up blood stasis, treats intestinal abscess (intestinal purulent inflammation), cures epilepsy, stops metrorrhagia and leukorrhea. Mix with egg white and apply externally to the site of intestinal abscess. (Symptoms include: crisscrossed patterns on the ear lobes, abdominal pain, or sores like millet grains around the umbilicus, discharging pus and blood; these are the signs of this condition.) Mix with raw oil and apply to chitu head sores (a type of scalp skin disease). Add salt and sprinkle on zouma gan (a severe necrotic oral disease). Mix with lard, wrap in cotton, insert into the anus, and treat insect erosion.
Calcine, slice, and grind into powder for use.
Baima Ni (White Horse Urine)
Can kill parasites and break up zhengjia (abdominal masses). Decoct horse feces for juice to treat sudden death and jiao chang sha (a critical condition of acute abdominal colic).
Strange syndrome: Accidental ingestion of hair forming a mass, with a sensation of insects moving up and down in the throat is such a case. Drinking several bowls of horse urine will expel it.
Baima Jinggu (White Horse Tibia)
Sweet, cold in nature. Descends yin fire, can substitute for Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix) and Lian (Coptidis Rhizoma).
Use after calcination.
Baima Tougou (White Horse Skull)
Slightly cold in nature. Has slight toxicity. Combined with Ruxiang (Frankincense) and Chao Zaoren (Fried Ziziphi Spinosomi Semen), treats insomnia due to gallbladder deficiency.
Lüni (Donkey Urine)
Pungent, cold in nature. Has slight toxicity. Treats regurgitation, kills various parasites. Mixed with yin-nourishing agents to treat yige (dysphagia). Combined with Renzhongbai (Calcinata Uraei) and Gan Dilong (Dried Pheretima), applied to ears to treat deafness.
Ejiao (Donkey-Hide Gelatin)
Effective when heated. Shuyu (Dioscoreae Rhizoma) acts as its guiding herb. Incompatible with Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma).
Sweet, neutral, slightly warm. Enters the blood aspect of the Hand-Taiyin Lung Meridian, Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian, and Foot-Jueyin Liver Meridian. Strengthens the source of water generation, supplements the fluid of Kan (Kidney/Water), moistens dryness, and descends phlegm. Astringes spontaneous sweating, promotes urination, stabilizes wheezing and cough, secures fetal leakage, stops various bleeding, and treats turbid leukorrhea. Effective for all diseases caused by blood deficiency. Combined with Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma), corrects pupil abnormalities. Combined with Huashi (Talcum), promotes urination. Assisted by Chuanlian (Coptidis Rhizoma), treats bloody dysentery. As the chief herb combined with Shengdi (Rehmanniae Radix), treats severe epistaxis or hematemesis. (Ejiao descends fire and returns it to its origin.)
True Ejiao shines like lacquer and does not soften in summer. To harmonize blood, steam with wine. To stop bleeding, stir-fry with Puhuang (Lygodii Spora). To stop cough, stir-fry with Ge Fen (Mercurii Subcarbonas). To clear heat, dissolve in tongbian (child's urine).
Contraindications for lung conditions: Qi sinking, vomiting due to food stagnation, and spleen-stomach deficiency are strictly prohibited.
(Seventeen Animal Species)
Gu (Bone)
Pungent, slightly hot in nature. Enters the blood aspect of the Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian. Drives out toxic wind from between bones, repels zhuwu evil qi, applies to dog bites, removes bone splinters.
The left tibia is particularly potent. Process with wine, vinegar, or su (animal fat) before use. The tibia coated with mutton fat and roasted, ground into powder, taken with rice drink or wine, treats chronic persistent dysentery.
The skull, roasted with wine, ground, taken with Tao Nao Tang (Peach Kernel Decoction), treats warm malaria with vomiting.
Contraindicated in cases of liver-kidney deficiency and failure, or waist and leg pain resembling wind-disease.
Du (Stomach)
Preserve some charred nature. Combined with Pingwei San, treats regurgitation and vomiting.
Pi (Skin)
Stops malaria, repels evil qi.
Jing (Eye)
Cold in nature. Calms the heart and spirit, brightens eyes, removes nebula.
Soak in sheep blood overnight, bake dry, and grind into powder for use.
Gu Jiao (Bone Gelatin)
Excellent for dispelling wind. Assists blood-tonifying herbs to treat deficiency-wind in the elderly, unlike the drying nature of herbal plants.