味咸温。补阴益阳。治虚劳。填精养血。（淡菜出海中。形如小蚌。中有短毛少许。
味甘咸。性温。介类阴象之物。故能入肾益阴。治精血衰少。以其性温也。故又能养阴中之
阳。然此物不过充食品。作菜馔。欲仗之为治病药石。恐力有不及耳。凡介类之属。性皆寒
凉。而淡菜独言温者。似不尽然。）
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透骨搜风。皆为咸温善走窜。治痹通络。都因阴毒性轻灵。其皮有退管之功。并可驱
风除翳。其治有杀虫之用。还能吹耳敷疮。（蕲蛇味甘咸。性温。有大毒。蛇性善窜善蜕。
亦如风之善行数变。故透经络。搜风邪。内走脏腑。外达皮肤。为治诸风诸痹一切疠癞等疾
之
药。然治病良药颇多。亦何必用此阴毒之物。以冀侥幸哉。○蛇皮性味大略相同。惟其为皮
也。故善治皮肤。一切风淫疥癣之疾。性善脱。故又能退目翳。除漏管。然亦只可外用。无
须用此为内服方耳。）
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达病所以成功。入胃行肝。消痈发痘。性咸寒而善窜。治痹散血。通络搜风。善化蚁
。专通乳汁。（穿山甲亦鳞族之类。能水能陆。甲片即其鳞也。味咸性寒。有小毒。入肝
胃二经血分。治风痹。行经络。能直达病所。故治一切痈疽未溃者。皆可解散。有脓者能使
速溃。其所以治乳证者。以其能入胃经乳房属阳明也。）
【淡菜】
味道咸，性质温。能补益阴精并助长阳气。治疗虚劳（因长期过度劳累或久病导致的身体虚弱）。填补精髓，滋养血液。（淡菜生长于海中，形状像小蚌，里面带有少许短毛。味道甘甜且咸，性质温和，属于介壳类中具有阴性特征的事物，因此能够入肾经以益阴，治疗精髓和血液的衰少。因为其性质温和，所以又能滋养阴中之阳。然而，这种食物不过是一种充饥的食品，作为菜肴食用，想要依靠它来作为治病的药物，恐怕力量有所不足。凡是介壳类生物，性质大多寒凉，而唯独淡菜被描述为温性，似乎并不完全准确。）
【蕲蛇】
能够穿透骨骼搜剔风邪，都是因为它味咸、性温且善于走窜。治疗痹症（关节疼痛、麻木等病症）并疏通经络，都因其毒性虽存但药性轻灵。它的皮具有消除瘘管的功效，并且可以驱除风邪、消除目翳。它的治疗作用包括杀虫，还能用于吹耳疗法及敷贴疮疡。（蕲蛇味道甘咸，性质温，有大毒。蛇的特性是善于窜动和蜕皮，也如同风邪善于运行变化一样，因此能穿透经络，搜剔风邪，向内走窜至脏腑，向外到达皮肤，是治疗各种风邪、各种痹症以及一切恶疮癞疾的药物。然而，治病的良药很多，又何必使用这种有毒之物来侥幸求效呢？○蛇皮的性味大致相同，只因为它是皮，所以善于治疗皮肤病，如各种风邪引起的疥癣等疾病；其性善于脱落，所以又能消除眼部的翳膜，去除瘘管。但也只能外用，无需将其用于内服方剂中。）
【甲片】
直达病所从而取得成功。进入胃经并作用于肝经，消散痈肿，促使痘疹发出。性质咸寒且善于走窜，治疗痹症，散瘀血，疏通经络，搜剔风邪，善于化解蚁结（指硬结肿块），专门通利乳汁。（穿山甲也是鳞甲类动物，既能在水中生活也能在陆地上活动。甲片就是它的鳞片。味道咸，性质寒，有小毒。进入肝、胃二经的血分，治疗风痹，通行经络，能直达病变部位，因此治疗一切尚未溃破的痈疽，都可以使其解散；已有脓液的能使脓液迅速溃破。它之所以能治疗乳部疾病，是因为它能进入胃经，而乳房归属于阳明经。）
[Dongcai (Mussel)]
Taste: salty. Nature: warm. Benefits Yin and augments Yang. Treats deficiency exhaustion (Xu Lao). Fills essence and nourishes blood. (Dongcai grows in the sea, resembling a small clam, with a few short hairs inside. Taste: sweet and salty. Nature: warm. It is a bivalve possessing Yin characteristics; thus, it can enter the Kidney channel to benefit Yin and treat depletion of essence and blood. Due to its warm nature, it can also nourish the Yang within Yin. However, this item serves merely as food for sustenance or culinary use. Relying on it as a medicinal agent for treating disease may be insufficient in efficacy. Generally, bivalves have cold and cool properties, whereas Dongcai is described as warm, which seems not entirely accurate.)
[Qishe (Agkistrodon)]
Penetrates bone to search out wind; all are salty, warm, and good at moving through channels. Treating Bi syndrome (painful obstruction) and unblocking collaterals is due to its mild toxicity and agile nature. Its skin has the function of resolving fistulas and can also dispel wind and remove nebulae. Its therapeutic uses include killing parasites; it can also be used for ear insufflation and applying to sores. (Qishe tastes sweet and salty, is warm in nature, and has great toxicity. Snakes are prone to crawling and shedding skin, similar to how wind moves swiftly and changes frequently. Thus, it penetrates meridians, searches out wind pathogens, travels inward to zang-fu organs, and reaches outward to the skin. It is a medicine for treating various wind disorders, various Bi syndromes, and all kinds of leprous diseases. However, there are many excellent medicines for treating diseases; why resort to such toxic substances for a chance of success? ○ The nature and taste of snake skin are roughly the same. Because it is skin, it is good at treating skin diseases caused by wind pathogenic factors, such as scabies and tinea. Its nature is prone to shedding, so it can also remove eye nebulae and resolve fistulas. However, it should only be used externally and need not be included in internal prescriptions.)
[Jiapian (Pangolin Scales)]
Reaches the disease site to achieve success. Enters the Stomach channel and acts on the Liver channel. Resolves carbuncles and promotes the eruption of pox. Nature: salty and cold, good at moving through channels. Treats Bi syndrome, disperses blood stasis, unblocks collaterals, searches out wind, resolves nodules (ant-like masses), and specifically promotes lactation. (The pangolin belongs to the scaled class, capable of living both in water and on land. Jiapian refers to its scales. Taste: salty. Nature: cold. Slightly toxic. Enters the Blood aspect of the Liver and Stomach channels. Treats wind-Bi, circulates through meridians, and can directly reach the disease site. Therefore, it can dissipate all kinds of carbuncles and ulcers that have not yet suppurated, and promote rapid suppuration in those that already contain pus. Its ability to treat breast conditions is because it enters the Stomach channel, while the breasts belong to the Yangming channel.)