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性毒质粘。能辟邪而开窍。味辛气热。可拔毒以消痈。外用伤肌。鼻闻取嚏。蟾皮可
疗疳积。能发疮疹。性味却属甘凉。善行脾肺。（蟾酥即癞虾蟆。眉间白汁。以法取之。阴
干用。味辛。性温有毒。善开窍辟恶搜邪。惟诸闭证。救急诸药方中用之。以开其闭。然服
食总宜谨慎。试以少许。置肌肤。顿时起泡蚀烂。其性可知。研末时鼻闻之。即嚏不止。故
取嚏药中用之。此药止可外用。散痈疽。消疔毒。杀虫疮。却有功效耳。○蟾皮辛甘凉。有
小毒。行皮达肺。治小儿疳积。蟾属土。故又入脾。凡小儿疳积脾肺湿热蕴结。此物能行湿
气。除热邪。杀虫积。服之能使蕴蓄之邪。发之于外。自脾及肺。病乃愈耳。）
入肝家破血行瘀。其味苦咸消肿胀。寻经络搜邪摩积。其功寒毒堕胎元。（水蛭一名
蚂蟥。种类甚多。以水中短小腹有血者佳。味咸苦。性寒。入肝破血行血。凡一切症瘕积聚
。折伤月闭。由于血瘀者。皆可用之。极易堕胎。不可轻用。况此物虽火炙为末。得水即活
。其性之阴险可知。）
破积堕胎。味苦寒而有毒。入肝行血。泻大便以推陈。（虻虫即牛虻。形如蜂。专啖
牛马之血。五六月取之。晒干用。苦寒有毒。入肝经。破血行血。与水蛭同性。但虻虫之性
刚而猛。故服下即暴泻。药过即止。水蛭之性阴而险。服后虽不即泻。而延蔓之毒。未必即
除。虻虫居陆而飞走。水蛭居水而潜伏。故于脏腑经络之间。缓急行守之治。又有不同也。
亦能堕胎。）
蟾酥
性味有毒，质地黏稠。能够驱除邪气并开通窍道。味道辛烈，气性温热，可以拔出毒邪并消除痈肿。外用可损伤肌肉，闻其气味于鼻中可引起喷嚏。蟾皮可以用来治疗疳积，能够促使疮疹发出。其性味却属于甘凉，善于通行脾肺二经。（蟾酥即癞蛤蟆眉间的白色汁液，通过特定方法采集后阴干使用。味道辛，性温，有毒，善于开通窍道、驱除恶邪、搜剔病邪。只有各种闭证急救的药物方剂中才使用它，以开通闭塞。然而服用和食用总宜谨慎，取少许置于肌肤上，顿时起泡腐蚀溃烂，其药性可知。研磨成粉末时，若被鼻闻则导致连续打喷嚏，所以在取嚏药物中使用它。此药只可外用，消散痈疽，消除疔毒，杀灭虫疮，确有功效。○蟾皮辛甘凉，有小毒，行气达肺，治疗小儿疳积。蟾属土，所以又入脾经。凡是小儿疳积因脾肺湿热蕴结所致，此物能行湿气，除热邪，杀虫积，服用后能使蕴蓄的邪气发之于外，自脾及肺，疾病乃痊愈。）
水蛭
入肝家破血行瘀。其味苦咸，能消除肿胀。寻经络搜剔邪气，摩散积聚。其功寒凉毒烈，能堕胎元。（水蛭一名蚂蟥，种类很多，以水中短小腹部有血的为佳。味道咸苦，性寒，入肝经破血行血。凡一切症瘕积聚、折伤、月闭，由于血瘀者，皆可用之。极易堕胎，不可轻用。况且此物虽然火炙为末，得水即活，其性之阴险可知。）
虻虫
破积堕胎。味苦寒而有毒。入肝行血，泻大便以推陈出新。（虻虫即牛虻，形如蜂，专吸牛马之血，五六月间采集，晒干使用。苦寒有毒，入肝经，破血行血，与水蛭同性。但虻虫之性刚猛，所以服用后即暴泻，药效过后即止。水蛭之性阴险，服用后虽不即泻，而延蔓之毒未必即除。虻虫居陆而飞走，水蛭居水而潜伏，故于脏腑经络之间，缓急行守之治，又有不同也。亦能堕胎。）
Chan Su (Toad Venom)
Its nature is toxic and its substance is viscous. It can dispel evil pathogens and open the orifices. Its taste is pungent and its qi is hot, capable of extracting toxins and resolving carbuncles. Externally applied, it may damage muscle tissue; inhaling its scent induces sneezing. The skin of the toad can treat infantile malnutrition (Gan accumulation) and promote the eruption of sores and rashes. Its nature and flavor are actually sweet and cool, and it excels at circulating through the Spleen and Lung meridians. (Chan Su refers to the white juice from the brow of the toad, collected by specific methods and dried in the shade. It tastes pungent, is warm in nature, and is toxic. It excels at opening orifices, dispelling evil, and searching out pathogens. It is used only in emergency formulas for various obstruction syndromes to open the blockage. However, ingestion requires caution: placing a small amount on the skin causes immediate blistering and erosion, revealing its potency. When ground into powder, inhalation causes continuous sneezing, hence its use in sneeze-inducing medicines. This drug is suitable only for external use to dissipate abscesses, resolve ding toxins, and kill parasites causing sores, with definite efficacy. ○ Toad skin is pungent, sweet, and cool, with slight toxicity. It acts on the skin and reaches the Lungs, treating pediatric Gan accumulation. Since the toad belongs to Earth, it also enters the Spleen. For pediatric Gan accumulation caused by damp-heat accumulation in the Spleen and Lungs, this substance can move dampness, eliminate heat pathogens, and kill parasitic accumulations. Ingestion allows the accumulated pathogens to be expressed externally, moving from the Spleen to the Lungs, leading to recovery.)
Shui Zhi (Leech)
Enters the Liver home to break blood and circulate stasis. Its taste is bitter and salty, eliminating swelling. It seeks the meridians to search out pathogens and rubs away accumulations. Its function is cold and toxic, capable of aborting the fetus. (Shui Zhi, also known as Hirudo, has many species; those that are short with blood-filled abdomens found in water are superior. It tastes bitter and salty, is cold in nature, enters the Liver meridian to break and circulate blood. It can be used for all kinds of masses and accumulations, traumatic injuries, and amenorrhea due to blood stasis. It easily causes abortion and should not be used lightly. Moreover, although this creature becomes active again when water touches it even after being roasted and powdered, its insidious nature is evident.)
Meng Chong (Blue Bottle Fly Larva)
Breaks accumulations and causes abortion. Its taste is bitter and cold, and it is toxic. It enters the Liver to circulate blood and purges the large intestine to push out the old. (Meng Chong is the horsefly, resembling a bee, which specifically sucks the blood of cattle and horses. It is collected in May and June and used after sun-drying. It is bitter, cold, and toxic, enters the Liver meridian, breaks blood, and circulates blood, sharing the same nature as Shui Zhi. However, Meng Chong's nature is rigid and fierce, so ingestion causes violent diarrhea immediately, which stops after the medicinal effect passes. Shui Zhi's nature is yin and insidious; although it does not cause immediate diarrhea after ingestion, the spreading toxicity may not be eliminated quickly. Meng Chong lives on land and flies, while Shui Zhi lives in water and lurks; thus, regarding treatment strategies of speed and steadiness among zang-fu organs and meridians, they differ. It can also cause abortion.)