泻肝热、明目。
咸凉。除肺肝风热。内服、疗青盲内障。外点、散赤膜外障。亦治骨蒸劳热。通五淋。
（能
清肺肝。）愈疡疽。多服令人寒中。如小蚌而扁。唯一片无对。七孔九孔者良。盐水煮一伏
时。或面裹煨熟。研粉极细。水飞。恶旋复。肉、与壳同功。
补阴。
甘咸寒。（补阴。）主热痢。煮食之。去胸中邪热烦闷。饭后食之。与丹石人相宜。治妇
人产
后虚热。
一名瓦楞子。泻、消症散痰。
甘咸平、消老痰、破血癖。（烧过醋淬、醋丸服、治一切血气冷气、症癖。）其壳似瓦屋
之垄
。故又名瓦楞子。火 。醋淬研。肉、炙食益人。过多即壅气。
补阴。
甘咸温。补五脏。益阳事。理腰香港脚。治虚劳伤惫。精血衰少。及吐血久痢。肠鸣腰痛。
妇
人带下。产后瘦瘠。又能消瘿气。
泻热。
味甘大寒。利湿清热。止渴醒酒。利大小便。（能引热下行、类编载、熊彦诚病前后不
通、
腹胀如鼓、遇一异人曰∶此易尔、即入水得一大螺、曰∶事济矣、以盐和壳捣碎、帛系脐下
一寸三分、即砉然暴下、归访异人、不见矣。）治香港脚。（仇远稗史载、董守约以香港脚攻注
、或教捶数螺、系两股、便觉冷气趋下、至足而安。）黄胆。噤口毒痢。（用螺加少麝、捣饼
烘
自然思食。）目热赤痛。（入盐花、取汁点之。）搽痔疮、狐臭。敷
瘰溃破。（连壳烧存性、香油调搽。）
泻除肝热，明目。
性味咸、凉。能清除肺、肝的风热。内服，可治疗青盲内障；外用点眼，可消散赤膜外障。也能治疗骨蒸劳热，通利五种淋证。
（能够清泄肺、肝之热。）治愈溃疡疽疮。多服会导致中焦虚寒。其形如小蚌而扁平，只有一片贝壳，没有对称的另一片。具有七孔或九孔的质地优良。用盐水煮一个时辰（两小时），或者用面糊包裹煨熟，研磨成极细的粉末，用水飞法处理。忌与旋覆花同用。螺肉的功效与贝壳相同。
补益阴精。
性味甘、咸、寒。（补益阴精。）主治热痢。煮熟食用。能去除胸中的邪热烦闷。饭后食用，适合服用丹石类药物的人。治疗妇人产后虚热。
又名瓦楞子。具有泻下、消积、散痰的功效。
性味甘、咸、平。能消除老痰，破除血癖。（烧红后用醋淬炼，制成醋丸服用，可治疗各种血气冷气、症癖。）其壳形状像瓦屋的垄脊，所以又名瓦楞子。经火煅烧，醋淬后研磨。螺肉炙烤后食用有益于人，但过多食用会导致气机壅滞。
补益阴精。
性味甘、咸、温。补益五脏。增强性功能。调理腰部及香港脚（足部肿痛）。治疗虚劳疲惫，精血亏少，以及吐血、久痢、肠鸣腰痛。治疗妇人带下病，产后身体消瘦羸弱。又能消散瘿气（甲状腺肿大等）。
清热泻火。
性味甘、大寒。利湿清热，止渴解酒毒，通利大小便。（能够引导热邪下行，《类编》记载：熊彦诚患前后二便不通，腹胀如鼓，遇到一位异人说：“这很容易解决。”于是入水得到一个大螺，说：“事情就成功了。”用盐混合螺壳捣碎，用布系在脐下一寸三分处，随即突然排泄通畅。回去寻找那位异人，却不见了。）治疗香港脚。（仇远《稗史》记载：董守约患香港脚攻注疼痛，有人教他捶打几个螺，系在两腿之间，便觉得冷气向下运行，到达足部而安宁。）治疗黄疸。噤口毒痢。（用螺加少量麝香，捣成饼状，烘干，使人自然产生食欲。）治疗目热赤痛。（加入盐花，取汁液点眼。）搽涂痔疮、狐臭。敷贴瘰疬溃破处。（连壳烧至存性，用香油调匀搽涂。）
To purge liver heat and brighten the eyes.
Salty and cool in nature. Eliminates wind-heat of the Lung and Liver. Taken internally, it treats Qingmang (blindness with clear pupils) and internal cataracts; applied externally to the eye, it disperses external obstructions such as red membranes. It also treats bone-steaming consumptive fever, unblocks the five types of strangury (dysuria).
(It can clear the Lung and Liver.) Heals ulcers and carbuncles. Excessive intake causes cold in the Middle Jiao. Its shape resembles a small clam but is flat, consisting of a single valve without a matching pair. Those with seven or nine pores are considered superior. Boil in salt water for one shi (two hours), or bake in dough until cooked, grind into an extremely fine powder, and process by levigation (water flying). Adverse interaction with Inulae Flos (Xuanfu). The meat has the same efficacy as the shell.
Tonifies Yin.
Sweet, salty, and cold in nature. (Tonifies Yin.) Primarily treats heat-type dysentery. Cooked and eaten. Removes pathogenic heat and restlessness from the chest. Suitable to be eaten after meals, particularly appropriate for individuals taking mineral drugs (Dan Shi). Treats postpartum deficiency heat in women.
Also known as Valva Arcae (Tile-like Shell). Purges, resolves masses, and dissipates phlegm.
Sweet, salty, and neutral in nature. Resolves old phlegm and breaks up blood stasis癖 (masses due to blood stasis). (Calcined and quenched with vinegar, formed into pills with vinegar, treats all types of Qi and Cold Qi stagnation, and abdominal masses.) Its shell resembles the ridge of a tiled roof, hence the name Valva Arcae. Calcined and quenched with vinegar, then ground. The meat, when roasted and eaten, benefits the body; excessive consumption leads to Qi stagnation.
Tonifies Yin.
Sweet, salty, and warm in nature. Tonifies the Five Zang organs. Enhances sexual function. Regulates the waist and Hong Kong foot (podagra/gouty swelling of the foot). Treats deficiency exhaustion and debility, depletion of essence and blood, as well as hematemesis (vomiting blood), chronic dysentery, borborygmus, and lumbar pain. Treats leukorrhea in women and emaciation after childbirth. Also resolves Ying Qi (goiter/thyroid enlargement).
Purges heat.
Sweet and very cold in nature. Promotes diuresis, clears heat, relieves thirst, and awakens from intoxication. Promotes urination and defecation. (Can guide heat downward. *Leibian* records: Xiong Yancheng suffered from obstruction of both upper and lower orifices, with abdominal distension like a drum. An unusual man said, "This is easy." He entered the water and retrieved a large snail, saying, "The matter will be settled." Mixed with salt and crushed together with the shell, it was tied with cloth below the navel at 1.3 cun. Immediately, there was a sudden profuse discharge. Upon returning to find the unusual man, he was gone.) Treats Hong Kong foot (gout/podagra). (*Bai Shi* by Qiu Yuan records: Dong Shouyue suffered from gouty attacks. Someone advised him to crush several snails and tie them between his thighs; he felt the cold qi move downward to his feet, bringing relief.) Treats jaundice. Jin Kou toxic dysentery (anorexic dysentery). (Use snail mixed with a little Musk, pounded into cakes, baked, to naturally stimulate appetite.) Treats heat-induced redness and pain of the eyes. (Add salt crystals, extract the juice, and apply to the eyes.) Apply to hemorrhoids and osmidrosis (body odor). Apply to ulcerated scrofula (scrofulous abscesses). (Burn the shell with flesh until carbonized but retaining properties, mix with sesame oil, and apply.)