泻，凉血
苦平。治肠风泻血，五痔（烧末，油调敷，水服亦佳）阴肿。脂滴耳中治聋。胆点痘后
风眼。似鼠而圆大，褐色，攒毛，外刺如栗房。 黑存性用。
一名明月砂
宣，明目，杀虫
杀虫明目，治痨瘵五疳，痘后生翳。
兔肝泻肝热，故能明目。
兔肉治消渴（《海上方》∶澄汁冷冻饮料），小儿食之稀痘疮（陶弘景曰∶孕妇食之，令儿缺
唇。保寿堂兔血丸，令小儿永不出痘，虽出亦稀。腊八日取生兔刺血，和荞麦面，加雄黄四
五分，和丸，如绿豆大。初生小儿，乳汁送下二三丸，遍身发出红点，此其验也）。
宣，调阴阳
甘而微寒。治伤寒劳复发热，男子阴易腹痛（妇人伤寒初愈，即与交接，毒中男人，名
阴易。若女人与伤寒男子交者，名阳易。《活人》有鼠矢汤）。两头尖者，为雄鼠屎。
鼠胆明目。汁滴耳中，治二十年老聋（陶弘景曰∶鼠胆随死辄消，不易得也）。
鼠肉治儿疳鼠 （河间曰∶鼠性善穿，而治疮 ，因其性为用也）。
涩，泻，固肠，镇惊
甘涩微寒。入手、足少阴（心、肾）、手阳明（大肠）、足厥阴（肝）经。能收敛浮越之
正气，涩肠益肾，安魂镇惊，辟邪解毒。治多梦纷纭，惊痫疟痢，吐衄崩带，遗精脱肛。利
大、小肠，固精止汗，定喘（气不归元则喘）敛疮，皆涩以止脱之义（《十剂》曰∶涩可去
脱。牡蛎、龙骨之属是也）。白地锦纹、舐之粘舌者良（人或以古矿灰伪之）。酒浸一宿，水
飞三度用，或酒煮、酥炙、火 ，亦有生用者。又云水飞，晒干，黑豆蒸过用（否则着人肠
胃，晚年作热）。忌鱼及铁。畏石膏、川椒、得人参、牛黄良（许洪云∶牛黄恶龙骨，而龙
骨得牛黄更良，有以制伏也）。
泻下，凉血。
味苦，性平。治疗肠风便血、五痔（烧成炭末，用油调敷患处，用水送服也很好）、阴部肿胀。滴入耳中可治疗耳聋。用胆汁点眼可治疗痘疹后引发的风眼。外形像老鼠但体型圆大，毛色褐色，毛发聚拢，外表有刺如栗房。需黑存性使用。
一名明月砂。
宣通，明目，杀虫。
具有杀虫明目的功效，治疗虚劳咳嗽、五种疳积，以及痘疹后生翳。
兔肝能清泻肝热，因此能够明目。
兔肉治疗消渴症（《海上方》记载：澄清汁液冷冻后饮用）。小儿食用可使痘疮稀少（陶弘景说：孕妇食用会导致婴儿唇裂。保寿堂制作的兔血丸，能使小儿终身不出痘，即使出也很少。在腊八日取活兔刺血，与荞麦面混合，加入雄黄四五分，制成如绿豆大小的药丸。新生儿用乳汁送服二三丸，全身会发出红点，这就是其验证）。
宣通，调和阴阳。
味甘，微寒。治疗伤寒病愈后因劳累复发的发热，男子阴易腹痛（妇女伤寒初愈，立即与人交接，毒气侵入男人，称为阴易。若女人与患伤寒的男子交合，称为阳易。《活人书》中有鼠矢汤）。两头尖的，是雄鼠屎。
鼠胆能明目。汁液滴入耳中，可治疗长达二十年的老聋（陶弘景说：鼠胆随老鼠死亡即消失，不易得到）。
鼠肉治疗小儿疳积引起的鼠瘘（河间说：鼠性善于打洞，而用于治疗疮疡瘰疬，是取其特性来发挥作用）。
涩滞，泻下，固肠，镇惊。
味甘、涩，微寒。归手少阴心经、足少阴肾经、手阳明大肠经、足厥阴肝经。能够收敛浮越的正气，涩肠益肾，安魂镇惊，辟邪解毒。治疗多梦纷纭、惊痫疟痢、吐血衄血崩漏带下、遗精脱肛。通利大小肠，固精止汗，定喘（气不归元则喘息）敛疮，都是利用涩味来制止滑脱的道理（《十剂》说：涩可以去除滑脱。牡蛎、龙骨之类的药物就是如此）。表面有白色地锦纹、舔之粘舌的为佳品（有人用古矿灰伪造）。用酒浸泡一夜，水飞三次后使用，或者酒煮、酥炙、火煅，也有生用的。又说用水飞法，晒干，黑豆蒸过后使用（否则附着在人肠胃中，晚年会引起发热）。忌食鱼类及铁器。畏石膏、川椒，与人参、牛黄同用效果良好（许洪说：牛黄厌恶龙骨，而龙骨得牛黄配合更好，因为有制约伏藏的作用）。
Purgative, clears blood heat.
Bitter, neutral in nature. Treats intestinal wind with bloody stool, five types of hemorrhoids (burned to ash, applied with oil; taken with water is also good), and genital swelling. Dripped into the ear, it treats deafness. Gallbladder bile applied to the eyes treats wind-eye following smallpox. It resembles a mouse but is rounder and larger, brownish in color, with clustered fur and external spines like a chestnut burr. Use the charred form (blackened but retaining its nature).
Also known as Mingyue Sha (Moonlight Sand).
Dispersing, brightens the eyes, kills parasites.
Kills parasites and brightens the eyes; treats consumptive disease (Lao Zhai) and five types of childhood malnutrition (Gan Ji), and corneal opacity (Yi) following smallpox.
Rabbit liver clears liver heat, thus it can brighten the eyes.
Rabbit meat treats Xiao Ke (wasting-thirst syndrome). (*Hai Shang Fang*: Clarify the juice and drink it after freezing.) Eating rabbit meat makes chickenpox/varicella rare in children (Tao Hongjing said: If a pregnant woman eats it, the child may be born with a cleft lip. The Rabbit Blood Pills from Baoshou Hall prevent children from ever getting smallpox, or if they do, it will be very mild. On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, obtain fresh rabbit blood by piercing, mix with buckwheat flour, add 4-5 fen of Realgar Xionghuang, and make pills the size of mung beans. For newborns, administer 2-3 pills with breast milk; red spots will appear all over the body, which serves as verification.).
Dispersing, harmonizes Yin and Yang.
Sweet, slightly cold. Treats fever relapsing due to overexertion after recovery from Cold Damage (Shang Han), and abdominal pain in men suffering from Yin Yi (when a woman recovers from Cold Damage and engages in intercourse immediately, the pathogenic toxin attacks the man, termed Yin Yi; if a woman contracts the toxin from a man with Cold Damage, it is termed Yang Yi. *Huo Ren* contains Shu Shi Tang). Those with pointed ends are male rat feces.
Rat gallbladder brightens the eyes. Juice dripped into the ear treats chronic deafness lasting twenty years (Tao Hongjing said: Rat gallbladder dissolves immediately upon the death of the rat, making it difficult to obtain).
Rat meat treats pediatric Gan accumulation causing scrofula (Hejian said: Rats are good at burrowing; treating sores and scrofula utilizes this characteristic).
Astringent, purgative, consolidates intestines, calms fright.
Sweet, astringent, slightly cold. Enters the Hand-Shaoyin (Heart), Foot-Shaoyin (Kidney), Hand-Yangming (Large Intestine), and Foot-Jueyin (Liver) meridians. It can consolidate floating and erratic Zheng Qi (Upright Qi), astringe the intestines and benefit the kidneys, calm the soul and calm fright, dispel evil and detoxify. Treats frequent dreaming, convulsive epilepsy, malaria and dysentery, hematemesis, epistaxis, metrorrhagia, leukorrhea, seminal emission, and rectal prolapse. Promotes urination and defecation for both large and small intestines, secures essence and stops sweating, stabilizes asthma (asthma occurs when Qi does not return to its origin), and heals sores. All these actions rely on the principle that astringents stop leakage and prolapse (*Shi Ji* states: Astringents can remove leakage. Oyster Shell Muli and Dragon Bone Longgu are examples). Those with white brocade-like patterns on the surface and which stick to the tongue when licked are of good quality (some people counterfeit them with ancient mine ash). Soak in wine overnight, process by water levigation three times before use; or boil in wine, roast with butter, or calcine. Some are used raw. Another method says to water levigate, dry, and steam with black soybeans (otherwise it adheres to the stomach and intestines, causing heat in later years). Avoid fish and iron. Incompatible with Gypsum Shigao and Sichuan Pepper Chuanjiao. Harmonizes well with Ginseng Renshen and Calculus Bovis Niuhuang (Xu Hong said: Calculus Bovis dislikes Dragon Bone, but Dragon Bone works better with Calculus Bovis because it helps to subdue and control it).