味辛温有毒。入足厥阴经。功专治尸疰恶气。若遇脐风撮口。以之去头足尾甲。以
薄荷叶烧火炙末。猪乳调服甚效。畏蜘蛛蜒蚰鸡屎桑皮盐蒜。堕胎。
味酸咸寒。入手少阴经。功专利水。除湿热。消肿毒。得乳香治惊风闷乱。和面作
馄饨吃。治痴癫。若温病大热狂言。大腹黄胆。肾风香港脚。以为佐使。或晒干为末。或盐化
为水。或微炙。或烧灰俱可。中其毒者。以盐水解。蚯蚓泥即蚯蚓屎。甘寒。泻热解毒。治
赤
味甘平。入手足太阴少阴经。功专下水气。利小便。治咳逆上气。香港脚黄胆。得白
术当归白芍生姜。治妊娠水肿。名鲤鱼汤。作羹治崩漏痔 。骨炙灰。疗鱼骨哽。胆苦。明
目。合青鱼胆治内障。
味甘温。入手足太阴经。功专温中益气。多食热中发渴。发疮疥。一名 鱼。
味苦寒。入足厥阴经。功专泻热。治目疾。点眼消赤肿障翳。治喉痹痰涎。涂热
疮。疗骨哽。肉益气力。同韭白煮。治香港脚脚弱烦闷。
味甘平有小毒。入手足太阴阳明经。功专补五脏。益筋骨。和肠胃。作 尤良。曝
干甚香美。一名四鳃。出吴中松江府城。食肝剥人面皮。同乳酪食。毒不可解。中其毒者。
芦汁可解。
【蜈蚣】
味辛、性温,有毒。归入足厥阴肝经。功效专门用于治疗尸疰(一种慢性消耗性疾病,常伴有恶气)和恶气。如果遇到脐风撮口(新生儿破伤风,表现为脐部红肿、口唇紧缩),将其去掉头、足、尾部的甲壳,用薄荷叶在火上炙烤成末,以猪乳调服,效果极佳。蜈蚣畏蜘蛛、蜒蚰(蜗牛)、鸡屎、桑皮、盐、蒜。孕妇服用会导致堕胎。
【鲈鱼】
味酸、咸,性寒。归入手少阴心经。功效专门用于利水,清除湿热,消除肿毒。配合乳香使用可治疗惊风闷乱(小儿惊风引起的烦躁不安)。将鱼肉和面做成馄饨食用,可治疗痴癫(精神失常)。如果是温病导致的大热狂言(高热说胡话)、大腹黄胆(腹部胀大且发黄)、肾风香港脚(肾脏受风邪导致的下肢肿痛,即痛风或水肿),可将鲈鱼作为佐使药使用。或者将其晒干研成粉末,或用盐水化开成水,或轻微炙烤,或烧成灰,这些方法都可以。如果中了鲈鱼的毒,可以用盐水解毒。蚯蚓泥就是蚯蚓的粪便,味甘、性寒,能泻热解毒,治疗赤痢(红色脓血便)。
【鲤鱼】
味甘,性平。归入手、足太阴脾经和手、足少阴心经。功效专门用于下行水气,通利小便,治疗咳逆上气(咳嗽气喘)、香港脚黄胆(下肢肿痛伴黄疸)。配合白术、当归、白芍、生姜使用,名为鲤鱼汤,可治疗妊娠水肿。做成羹汤食用可治疗崩漏(妇女非经期大量出血)和痔疮。鱼骨烧成灰,可治疗鱼骨卡喉。鱼胆味苦,能明目,配合青鱼胆可治疗内障(白内障等眼内疾病)。
【鳜鱼】
味甘,性温。归入手、足太阴脾经。功效专门用于温中益气。多吃会导致体内生热并引发口渴,诱发疮疥。又名鯻鱼。
【草鱼】
味甘,性温。归入手、足太阴脾经。功效专门用于暖胃和中。俗称草鱼。
【青鱼】
味苦,性寒。归入足厥阴肝经。功效专门用于泻热,治疗目疾(眼部疾病),点眼可消除赤肿障翳(眼睛红肿及角膜云翳)。治疗喉痹痰涎(咽喉肿痛伴有痰液),涂抹可治疗热疮。治疗骨哽。鱼肉能益气力,同韭白一起煮食,可治疗香港脚脚弱烦闷(下肢无力、烦躁胸闷)。
【鲢鱼】
味甘,性平。归入手、足太阴脾经。功效专门用于开胃暖中。做成鲢鱼汤食用尤其好。
【鳜鱼/四鳃鲈】
味甘,性平,有小毒。归入手、足太阴脾经、足太阳膀胱经和手、足阳明胃经。功效专门用于补五脏,益筋骨,调和肠胃。做成鳜鱼汤食用尤其好。晒干后非常香美。又名四鳃。产于吴地松江府城。食用其肝脏会剥落人的面皮。与乳酪同食会产生剧毒,无法解救。如果中了这种毒,芦根汁可以解毒。
[Centipede]
Taste: Acrid; Nature: Warm; Toxicity: Toxic. Meridian Tropism: Foot-Jueyin Liver Meridian. Efficacy: Specifically treats Shizhu (a chronic consumptive disease often accompanied by foul odors) and evil qi. In cases of umbilical wind with mouth contraction (neonatal tetanus characterized by umbilical redness and tight lips), remove the head, feet, tail, and exoskeleton. Roast mint leaves over fire until powdered, mix with pig's milk for oral administration; this is highly effective. Centipedes are inhibited by spiders, slugs, chicken manure, mulberry bark, salt, and garlic. It induces abortion in pregnant women.
[Lateolabrax japonicus / Sea Bass]
Taste: Sour, Salty; Nature: Cold. Meridian Tropism: Hand-Shaoyin Heart Meridian. Efficacy: Specifically promotes diuresis, clears damp-heat, and reduces swelling and toxicity. When combined with Frankincense (Ruxiang), it treats convulsive disorders with restlessness. Eating dumplings made with its meat and flour treats insanity. For warm diseases presenting with high fever and delirious speech, abdominal distension with jaundice, or renal wind with podagra (gout-like swelling in lower limbs), use it as an assistant drug. It can be sun-dried and powdered, dissolved in salt water, lightly roasted, or burned to ash; all methods are applicable. Poisoning from its consumption is resolved with salt water. Earthworm mud (excrement of earthworms) has a sweet taste and cold nature; it drains heat, resolves toxicity, and treats bloody dysentery.
[Cyprinus carpio / Common Carp]
Taste: Sweet; Nature: Neutral. Meridian Tropism: Hand-Taiyin Spleen Meridian, Foot-Taiyin Spleen Meridian, Hand-Shaoyin Heart Meridian, Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian. Efficacy: Specifically descends water qi, promotes urination, and treats cough with rebellious qi, podagra with jaundice. Combined with Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome (Baizhu), Angelica Sinensis Radix (Danggui), White Peony Root (Baishao), and Fresh Ginger (Shengjiang), it is named Carp Decoction (Liyu Tang), treating edema during pregnancy. Made into soup, it treats metrorrhagia and hemorrhoids. Fish bones burned to ash treat fish bone impaction in the throat. Gallbladder is bitter, brightens vision, and when combined with Black Amur Bream gallbladder, treats cataracts.
[Siniperca chuatsi / Mandarin Fish]
Taste: Sweet; Nature: Warm. Meridian Tropism: Hand-Taiyin Spleen Meridian, Foot-Taiyin Spleen Meridian. Efficacy: Specifically warms the middle jiao and benefits qi. Excessive consumption causes internal heat and thirst, and triggers sores and scabies. Also known as Tia fish.
[Grass Carp]
Taste: Sweet; Nature: Warm. Meridian Tropism: Hand-Taiyin Spleen Meridian, Foot-Taiyin Spleen Meridian. Efficacy: Specifically warms the stomach and harmonizes the middle jiao. Commonly known as Grass Carp.
[Black Amur Bream]
Taste: Bitter; Nature: Cold. Meridian Tropism: Foot-Jueyin Liver Meridian. Efficacy: Specifically drains heat and treats eye diseases. Applied to eyes, it reduces redness, swelling, and corneal opacity. Treats sore throat with phlegm-saliva, and topical application treats heat sores. Treats bone impactions. Meat benefits physical strength; boiled with white parts of leeks, it treats podagra with leg weakness, irritability, and chest oppression.
[Hypophthalmichthys molitrix / Silver Carp]
Taste: Sweet; Nature: Neutral. Meridian Tropism: Hand-Taiyin Spleen Meridian, Foot-Taiyin Spleen Meridian. Efficacy: Specifically opens the appetite and warms the middle jiao. Consumed as soup, it is particularly beneficial.
[Siniperca chuatsi / Mandarin Fish - Note: Text describes features of Mandarin Fish but mentions "Four-Gill"]
Taste: Sweet; Nature: Neutral; Toxicity: Slightly toxic. Meridian Tropism: Hand-Taiyin Spleen Meridian, Foot-Taiyin Spleen Meridian, Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian, Hand-Yangming Stomach Meridian, Foot-Yangming Stomach Meridian. Efficacy: Specifically tonifies the five zang organs, strengthens sinews and bones, and harmonizes the intestines and stomach. Consumed as soup, it is particularly beneficial. Dried, it is very fragrant and delicious. Also known as Four-Gill. Originates from Songjiang Prefecture City in Wu region. Consuming its liver causes peeling of facial skin. Consumption with milk and cheese produces untreatable poison. Poisoning is resolved with Reed Rhizome juice (Luzhizhi).