（湿生）清热利水闭气
蛙（专入膀胱肠胃）。与螺蚌皆产于水。其味虽甘。而性则寒。故能清热利水解毒。如
水蛊腹
大。用干青蛙二枚。以酥炒干蝼蛄七枚。炒苦葫芦半两。为末。空心酒服三钱即愈。通身水
肿。以青蛙一二枚。去皮炙熟。食之即治。毒痢噤口。以水蛙一个。并肚肠捣碎。瓦焙。入
麝香五分。作饼贴脐上。即通。时行面赤项肿瘟毒。用金线捣汁水调。空腹顿服。即效。然
肉虽寒。而骨善跳则热。性虽动而气善蓄则闭。食之令人作淋。及或多食令人尿闭。脐下酸
痛。治须擂以车前顿水。或烧酒行气之类以解。（脏热者须用车前。脏寒者须用烧酒以通。）
至于孕妇。食尤有忌。（令子寿夭。）不可不知。
（龟鳖）凉肝血热
鳖肉（专入肝）。止有雌无雄。与蛇与鼋为匹。形多变幻。故书有言鳖有三足赤足者不
宜食。
独目者不宜食。头足不缩者不宜食。目凹陷者不宜食。腹下有王字卜字文蛇文者不宜食。生
于山上者名旱鳖不宜食。腹赤如血者名朱鳖不宜食。此有毒杀人。不宜食鳖之说也。又言鳖
合鸡子苋菜食则令人生鳖。同猪兔鸭食则能损人。同芥子食则生恶疮。同薄荷食则能杀人。
此合他味同食之有见害于人也。至于冷痨食之则能发冷水病。须合葱与椒姜同煮。并锉鳖甲
少许以入。可知鳖性冷。故须假以姜椒以为之制。鳖肉聚。故须假以鳖甲之散以为之佐耳。
（鳖项下有软骨如龟形者。食之令人患水病。须去之。）然惟妇人素挟血热症见血瘕血漏。
并
疟痢诸症。服之得宜。若使中气有亏。谓可补中益气。纵出别录。亦属肤语。不足信也。
蛙（药性专入膀胱经和肠胃）。与螺、蚌都生长在水中。它的味道虽然甘甜，但性质属于寒凉。因此能够起到清热、利水、解毒的作用。例如治疗水蛊引起的腹部胀大，用干青蛙两只，以酥油炒干蝼蛄七只，炒苦葫芦半两，研成粉末。空腹时以酒送服三钱，即可痊愈。对于全身水肿，取青蛙一到两只，去皮后烤熟食用，即可治愈。对于毒痢导致的噤口不食，用水蛙一只，连同肚肠一起捣碎，在瓦片上焙干，加入麝香五分，制成饼状贴敷在脐部，即可通畅。对于流行性面赤项肿的瘟毒，用金线草捣汁，用水调匀，空腹一次性服用，即见效。然而，蛙肉虽然性寒，但其骨骼善于跳跃则属热性；其本性虽为动，但其气机善于蓄积则导致气闭。食用蛙肉会让人产生淋证，如果多吃还会导致尿闭、脐下酸痛。治疗需用车前子研磨冲水顿服，或用烧酒等行气的方法来解其毒。（内脏有热者必须用车前子，内脏有寒者必须用烧酒来通利。）至于孕妇，食用更有禁忌。（会导致胎儿夭折或寿命短促。）这一点不可不知道。
鳖肉（药性专入肝经）。只有雌性没有雄性，常与蛇、鼋为伴。形态多变，所以书中说：长有三只脚、红色脚的鳖不宜食用；独眼的鳖不宜食用；头足不能缩回的鳖不宜食用；眼睛凹陷的鳖不宜食用；腹部下有“王”字、“卜”字纹路或蛇纹路的鳖不宜食用；生长在山上名叫旱鳖的不宜食用；腹部红得像血一样名叫朱鳖的不宜食用。这些都是有毒能杀人的鳖，是不宜食用的说法。又说：鳖与鸡蛋、苋菜同食会让人长出鳖瘕；与猪、兔、鸭肉同食会损害人体；与芥子同食会长恶疮；与薄荷同食能杀人。这是指与其他食物同食对人有害的说法。至于冷痨病（虚劳发热），食用鳖肉会引发冷水病（水肿等症），必须配合葱、花椒、生姜一同煮制，并切碎少许鳖甲一同放入。可知鳖的性质寒冷，所以需要借助姜、椒的热性来制约它；鳖肉滋腻聚滞，所以需要借助鳖甲的消散作用作为辅助。（鳖颈部下方有像龟一样的软骨，食用会让人患水病，必须去除。）然而，只有那些原本体内挟带血热症状，出现血瘕、血漏以及疟疾、痢疾等各种病症的妇女，服用才得当。如果是中气亏损的人，认为可以补益中气，即使出自《名医别录》的说法，也属于肤浅之语，不值得相信。
[Moisture-Generated Species] Clears Heat, Promotes Urination, and Obstructs Qi
Frog (Its medicinal action specifically enters the Bladder and Intestines meridians). Like snails and mussels, it lives in water. Although its taste is sweet, its nature is cold. Therefore, it can clear heat, promote urination, and detoxify. For example, to treat abdominal distension caused by "Shui Gu" (water蛊/ascites), use two dried frogs, seven dried mole crickets stir-fried with butter, and half an ounce of bitter gourd, all stir-fried until dry, then ground into powder. Take three qian with wine on an empty stomach for recovery. For generalized edema, take one or two frogs, remove the skin, roast until cooked, and eat them to cure. For toxic dysentery causing inability to eat ("Jin Kou"), take one water frog, crush it together with its entrails, bake on a tile until dry, add 5 fen of musk, form into a cake, and apply to the umbilicus to restore patency. For epidemic facial redness and neck swelling due to plague toxins, crush Golden Thread herb (Lysimachia christinae) to extract juice, mix with water, and take once on an empty stomach for efficacy. However, although the meat is cold, the bones are good at jumping, thus possessing heat properties; although its nature is active, its qi tends to accumulate, thus causing obstruction. Eating frog meat can cause Lin syndrome (dysuria); excessive consumption can lead to urinary retention, soreness, and pain below the umbilicus. Treatment requires grinding Plantago seed (Cheqianzi) and taking it with water, or using burning wine or other methods to move qi to resolve the toxicity. (For those with internal heat, Plantago seed is necessary; for those with internal cold, burning wine is necessary to promote flow.) As for pregnant women, there are particular taboos regarding its consumption. (It may cause the child's premature death or short lifespan.) This must not be ignored.
[Turtle and Soft-shelled Turtle Species] Cools Liver Blood Heat
Soft-shelled Turtle Meat (Its medicinal action specifically enters the Liver meridian). There are only females, no males; they pair with snakes and large soft-shelled turtles. Their forms vary greatly. Hence, books state that soft-shelled turtles with three legs or red feet should not be eaten. Those with only one eye should not be eaten. Those whose head and limbs cannot retract should not be eaten. Those with sunken eyes should not be eaten. Those with "Wang" (King), "Bu" characters, or snake-like patterns under the belly should not be eaten. Those living on mountains, named "Dry Turtles," should not be eaten. Those with bellies red as blood, named "Vermilion Turtles," should not be eaten. These are poisonous and can kill; this is the argument against eating such turtles. It is also said that eating turtle with eggs and amaranth causes people to develop "Turtle Parasitism"; eating it with pork, rabbit, or duck damages the body; eating it with mustard seeds causes malignant sores; eating it with mint can kill. These refer to the harms caused by consuming it with other flavors. Regarding cold consumption (cold wasting-thirst) or chronic wasting diseases, eating turtle can trigger water-dampness diseases. It must be boiled with scallions, Sichuan pepper, and ginger, and a small amount of crushed Turtle Shell (Biejia) should be added. This shows that turtle nature is cold, so it requires the hot nature of ginger and pepper to restrain it; turtle meat is cloying and accumulative, so it requires the dispersing property of Turtle Shell as an assistant. (There is cartilage under the neck of the turtle resembling a turtle shape; eating it causes water disease, and it must be removed.) However, it is only suitable for women who inherently harbor blood-heat syndromes presenting as blood masses (Xue Jia) or uterine bleeding (Xue Lou), as well as various conditions like malaria and dysentery. If the Middle Qi is deficient, claiming it can tonify Middle Qi and benefit energy, even if stated in the *Ben Cao Jing Jiu* (Old Materia Medica), is superficial talk and not credible.