（《证类》）
【释名】冠蝉（《礼注》）、胡蝉（《毛诗》）、
时珍曰∶花、冠，以象名也。胡，其状如胡也。唐，黑色也。古俗谓之胡蝉，江南谓之
螗，蜀人谓之蝉花。
【集解】慎微曰∶蝉花所在有之，生苦竹林者良。花出头上，七月采。
颂曰∶出蜀中。其蝉头上有一角，如花冠状，谓之蝉花。彼人 蜕至都下。医工云∶入
药最奇。
宗 曰∶乃是蝉在壳中不出而化为花，自顶中出也。
时珍曰∶蝉花，即冠蝉也，《礼记》所谓“ 则冠而蝉有 ”
陆云《寒蝉赋》云∶蝉有五德∶头上有帻，文也；含气饮露，清也；黍稷不享，廉也；处不
巢居，俭也；应候守常，信
祁《方物赞》云∶蝉之不蜕
【气味】甘，寒，无毒。
【主治】小儿天吊，惊痫螈 ，夜啼心悸（慎微）。功
（《本经》下品）
【释名】 蜣（音诘羌）
（同上）、夜
弘景曰∶庄子云∶ 蜣之智，在于转丸。喜入粪土中取屎丸而推却之，故俗名推丸。
时珍曰∶崔豹《古今注》谓之转丸、弄丸，俗呼推车客，皆取此义也。其虫深目高鼻，
状如羌胡，背负黑甲，状如武士，故有蜣螂、将军之称。
【集解】《别录》曰∶蜣螂生长沙池泽。
弘景曰∶其类有三、四种，以大而鼻头扁者为真。
韩保升曰∶此类多种，所在有之。以鼻高目深者入药，名胡蜣螂。
宗 曰∶蜣螂有大、小二种，大者名胡蜣螂，身黑而光，腹翼下有小黄，子附母而飞，
昼伏夜出，见灯光则来，宜入药用。小者身黑而暗，昼飞夜伏。狐并喜食之。小者不堪用，
惟牛马胀结，以三十枚研水灌之，绝佳。
时珍曰∶蜣螂以土包粪，转而成丸，雄曳雌推，置于坎中，覆之而去。数日有小蜣螂出
，盖孚乳于中也。
【修治】《别录》曰∶五月五日采取，蒸藏之，临用，去足，火炙。
勿置水中，令人吐。
【气味】咸，寒，有毒。好古曰∶酸。
之才曰∶畏羊角、羊肉、石膏。
【主治】小儿惊痫螈 ，腹胀寒热，大人癫疾狂易（《本经》）。
手足端寒，肢满贲豚。捣丸塞下部，引痔虫出尽，永瘥（《别录》）。
治小儿疳蚀（《药性》）。能堕胎，治疰忤。和干姜敷恶疮，出箭头（《日华》）。烧末，
和醋敷蜂 （藏器）。去大肠风热（《权度》）。治大小便不通，下痢赤白，脱肛，一切痔 疔
肿，附骨
【发明】时珍曰∶蜣螂乃手足阳明、足厥阴之药，故所主皆三经之病。《总微论》言∶
古方治小儿惊痫，蜣螂为第一。而后医未见用之，盖不知此义耳。
颂曰∶箭镞入骨不可移者，用巴豆微炒，同蜣螂捣涂。斯须痛定，必微
痒不可忍，乃撼动拔之立出。此方传于夏侯郓。郓初为阆州录事参军，有人额有箭痕，问之。
云∶从马侍中征田悦中箭，侍中与此药立出，后以生肌膏敷之乃愈。因以方付郓，云∶凡诸
疮皆可疗也。郓至洪州逆旅，主人妻患疮呻吟，用此立愈。《翰苑丛纪》云∶李定言∶石
藏用，近世良医也。有人承檐溜浣手，觉物入爪甲内，初若丝发，数日如线，伸
悟其为龙伏藏也。乃叩藏用求治。藏用曰∶方书无此，以意治之耳。末蜣螂涂指，庶下深入
胸膜，
《医
【附方】旧七，新十七。
小儿惊风∶不拘急慢。用蜣螂一枚杵烂，以水一小盏，于百沸汤中荡热，去滓饮之。
小儿疳疾∶土裹蜣螂，煨熟，与食之。（《韩氏医通》）
小儿重舌∶蜣螂，烧末，唾和，敷舌上。（《子母秘录》）
膈气吐食∶用地牛儿二个，推屎虫一公一母，同入罐中，待虫食尽牛儿，以泥裹煨存性；
用去白陈皮二钱，以巴豆同炒过，去豆，将陈皮及虫为末。每用一、二分，吹入咽中。吐痰
三、四次，即愈。（《孙氏集效方》）
赤白下痢∶黑牛散∶治赤白痢、噤口痢及泄泻。用黑牛儿（即蜣螂，一名铁甲将军），
烧研。每服半
大肠脱肛∶蜣螂，烧存性，为末，入冰片研匀。掺肛上，托之即入。（《医学集成》）
大小便闭，经月欲死者∶《本事》推车散∶用推车客七个（男用头，女用身），土狗七个
（男
用身，女用头），新瓦焙，研末。用虎目树南向皮，煎汁调服。只一服即通。《杨氏经验方》∶
治大
砖上，四
取井华水服之（二便不通，全用），即解。
大肠秘塞∶蜣螂（炒，去翅、足）为末，热酒服一钱。（《圣惠》）
小便转胞不通∶用死蜣螂二枚，烧末，井华水一盏调服。（《千金》）。
小便血淋∶蜣螂研水服。（鲍氏）。
痔漏出水∶唐氏方∶用蜣螂一枚阴干，入冰片少许，为细末，纸捻蘸末入孔内。渐渐生
肉，药自退出，
一切漏疮不拘蜂 、鼠 。蜣螂烧末，醋和敷。（《千金》）。
附骨疽漏∶蜣螂七枚，同大麦捣敷。（《刘涓子方》）
一切恶疮及沙虱、水弩、恶疽∶五月五日取蜣螂蒸过，阴干为末，油和敷之。（《圣惠》）
疔肿恶疮∶杨柳上大乌壳硬虫（或地上新粪内及泥堆中者），生取，以蜜汤浸死，新瓦
焙焦，为末。先以烧过针拨开，好醋调，敷
无名恶疮∶忽得不识者。用死蜣螂杵汁涂之。（《子母秘录》）
灸疮血出不止∶用死蜣螂，烧研，猪脂和涂。（《千金方》）
大赫疮疾，急防毒瓦斯入心∶先灸，后用干蜣螂为末，和盐水敷四围，如韭叶阔、日一上
之。（《肘后》）
疡风病∶取涂中死蜣螂杵烂，揩疮令热，封之。
鼻中息肉∶蜣螂十枚，纳青竹筒中，油纸密封，
少许，为末涂之。当化为水也。（《圣惠》）
沙尘入目∶取生蜣螂一枚，手持其背，于眼上影之，自出。（《图经本草》）。
下部 虫∶痛痒脓血，旁生孔窍。蜣螂七枚（五月五日收者），新牛粪半两，肥羊肉
一两（炒黄），同捣成膏，丸莲子大，炙热，绵裹纳肛中。半日即大便中虫出，三度永瘥。（董
炳《集验
心
【主治】疔疮（颂曰∶按刘禹锡纂柳州救三死方
笃，善药敷之莫效。长乐贾方伯教用蜣螂心，一夕百苦皆已。明年正月食羊肉，又大作，再
用亦如神验。其法∶用蜣螂心，在腹下度取之，其肉稍白是也。贴疮半日许，再易，血尽根
出即愈。蜣螂畏羊肉，故食之即发。其法盖出葛洪《肘后方
转丸
见土部
【附录】蜉蝣 时珍曰∶蜉蝣一名渠略，似 蜣而小，大
黑色，甲下有翅，能飞。夏月雨后丛生粪土中，朝生暮死。猪
也。盖蜣螂、蜉蝣、腹 、天牛，皆蛴螬、蠹、蝎所化。此亦蜣螂之一种，不可不知也。或
曰∶蜉蝣，水虫也。状似蚕蛾
天社虫
《别录》有名未用，曰∶味甘，无毒。主绝孕，益气。虫状如蜂，大腰，食草木叶，三
月采。
时珍曰∶按∶张揖《广雅》云∶天社，蜣螂也。与此不知是一类否？
【蝉花】（出自《证类本草》）
【释名】冠蝉（出自《礼记注》）、胡蝉（出自《毛诗》）。
李时珍说：花、冠，是根据形状命名的。胡，是因为它的形状像胡人。唐，指黑色。古代习俗称它为胡蝉，江南地区称它为螗，蜀地人称它为蝉花。
【集解】陈慎微说：蝉花在各地都有生长，生长在苦竹林中的品质较好。花朵从蝉的头上长出，七月采收。
苏颂说：产于蜀中。这种蝉的头上长有一角，形状像花冠状，所以叫蝉花。当地人把它蜕下的壳运到都城。医生们说：入药效果非常奇特。
寇宗奭说：这是蝉在壳中未出来就化为花，从头顶中长出来的。
李时珍说：蝉花，就是冠蝉，《礼记》中所说的“……则冠而蝉有……”。陆云的《寒蝉赋》说：蝉有五德：头上戴着头巾（帻），是有文采的表现；含着气息饮用露水，是清高的表现；黍稷等谷物不享用它，是廉洁的表现；居住不筑巢，是节俭的表现；顺应时节坚守常态，是守信的表现。
祁氏《方物赞》说：蝉不蜕壳……
【主治】小儿天吊风，惊痫抽搐，夜间啼哭心悸（陈慎微）。功效……
【蜣螂】（出自《神农本草经》下品）
【释名】蜣（音同“诘羌”）。（同上）、夜……
陶弘景说：庄子说：蜣螂的智慧，在于推转粪丸。喜欢进入粪土中取屎丸并推动它，所以俗名叫推丸。
李时珍说：崔豹的《古今注》称之为转丸、弄丸，俗呼推车客，都是取这个意思。这种虫子深眼高鼻，形状像羌胡人，背负黑色甲壳，形状像武士，所以有蜣螂、将军的称号。
【集解】《名医别录》说：蜣螂生长在长沙的池泽地带。
陶弘景说：它的种类有三四种，以体型大且鼻头扁的为正品。
韩保升说：这类虫有很多种，各地都有。以鼻子高眼睛深的入药，名叫胡蜣螂。
寇宗奭说：蜣螂有大、小两种，大的名叫胡蜣螂，身体黑而有光泽，腹部翅膀下有小黄点，幼虫附着母虫飞行，白天隐藏夜晚出动，见到灯光就会飞来，适宜入药。小的身体黑而暗淡，白天飞夜晚伏。狐狸和狗都喜欢吃它。小的不堪入药，只有牛马腹胀结滞时，用三十枚研碎用水灌服，效果极佳。
李时珍说：蜣螂用土包裹粪便，转成丸子，雄虫拖拽雌虫推动，放置在坑穴中，覆盖后离开。几天后有小的蜣螂出来，大概是在其中孵化繁殖的。
【修治】《名医别录》说：五月五日采取，蒸熟后收藏，临用时，去掉足，用火炙烤。不要放在水中，否则令人呕吐。
【气味】味咸，性寒，有毒。好古说：味酸。
张元素说：畏羊角、羊肉、石膏。
【主治】小儿惊痫抽搐，腹胀寒热，大人癫狂易志（《神农本草经》）。
手足末端寒冷，肢体胀满，奔豚气。捣烂制成丸药塞入下部，引出痔虫排尽，永久治愈（《名医别录》）。
治疗小儿疳积蚀疮（《药性论》）。能堕胎，治疗注忤病。与干姜混合敷于恶疮，可拔出箭头（《日华子本草》）。烧成末，与醋混合敷于蜂螫伤（陈藏器）。去除大肠风热（《权度》）。治疗大小便不通，下痢赤白，脱肛，一切痔疮疔肿，附骨疽……
【发明】李时珍说：蜣螂是手足阳明经、足厥阴经的药物，所以所主治的都是这三条经络的疾病。《总微论》说：古方治疗小儿惊痫，蜣螂是第一选择。而后世医生未见使用，大概是不懂这个道理罢了。
苏颂说：箭镞深入骨头无法移动者，用巴豆微炒，同蜣螂捣烂涂抹。片刻后疼痛停止，必定感到微痒难忍，此时撼动拔除，箭镞立刻取出。此方传自夏侯郓。夏侯郓初任阆州录事参军时，有人额头有箭痕，询问原因。那人说：跟随马侍中征讨田悦时中箭，侍中给此药立刻拔出，后来用生肌膏敷贴才痊愈。因此将方子交给夏侯郓，说：凡是各种疮疡都可以治疗。夏侯郓到洪州旅店，店主妻子患疮呻吟，用此方立刻痊愈。《翰苑丛纪》说：李定说：石藏用，是近世的良医。有人承接屋檐滴水洗手，感觉有东西进入指甲内，起初像丝发，几天后像线一样，醒悟那是龙潜伏藏身。于是叩求石藏用治疗。石藏用说：方书没有记载，凭心意治疗罢了。将蜣螂研末涂在手指上，希望它能深入胸膜……
《医……
【附方】旧方七首，新方十七首。
小儿惊风：不分急慢。用蜣螂一枚捣烂，用一小盏水，在百沸汤中荡热，去渣服用。
小儿疳疾：用土包裹蜣螂，煨熟，给患儿食用。（《韩氏医通》）
小儿重舌：蜣螂，烧成末，用唾液调和，敷在舌上。（《子母秘录》）
膈气吐食：用地牛儿二个，推屎虫一公一母，同入罐中，待虫吃尽牛儿，用泥包裹煨至存性；用去白陈皮二钱，与巴豆同炒过，去掉豆子，将陈皮及虫研为末。每次用一、二分，吹入咽中。吐痰三、四次，即愈。（《孙氏集效方》）
赤白下痢：黑牛散：治疗赤白痢、噤口痢及泄泻。用黑牛儿（即蜣螂，一名铁甲将军），烧研。每服半……
大肠脱肛：蜣螂，烧至存性，研为末，加入冰片研匀。撒在肛门上，托举即可复位。（《医学集成》）
大小便闭，经月欲死者：《本事方》推车散：用推车客七个（男用头部，女用躯体），土狗七个（男用躯体，女用头部），新瓦焙干，研为末。用虎目树南向皮，煎汁调服。只服一次即通。《杨氏经验方》：治大……
砖上，四……
取井华水服用（二便不通，全用），即解。
大肠秘塞：蜣螂（炒，去翅、足）研为末，热酒送服一钱。（《圣惠方》）
小便转胞不通：用死蜣螂二枚，烧成末，井华水一盏调服。（《千金方》）。
小便血淋：蜣螂研碎用水服用。（鲍氏）。
痔漏出水：唐氏方：用蜣螂一枚阴干，加入少许冰片，研为细末，用纸捻蘸末插入孔内。渐渐生肉，药自然退出，
一切漏疮不拘蜂螫、鼠瘘。蜣螂烧成末，醋调和敷贴。（《千金方》）。
附骨疽漏：蜣螂七枚，同大麦捣烂敷贴。（《刘涓子方》）
一切恶疮及沙虱、水弩、恶疽：五月五日取蜣螂蒸过，阴干研为末，油调和敷之。（《圣惠方》）
疔肿恶疮：杨柳上大乌壳硬虫（或地上新粪内及泥堆中者），生取，用蜜汤浸死，新瓦焙焦，研为末。先用烧过的针拨开，用好醋调，敷贴
无名恶疮：忽然得的不认识的疮。用死蜣螂捣汁涂之。（《子母秘录》）
灸疮血出不止：用死蜣螂，烧研，猪脂调和涂之。（《千金方》）
大赫疮疾，急防毒瓦斯入心：先灸，后用干蜣螂为末，和盐水敷四周，如韭菜叶宽，每日一上之。（《肘后方》）
疡风病：取涂中死蜣螂捣烂，揩擦疮处令热，封之。
鼻中息肉：蜣螂十枚，纳青竹筒中，油纸密封，
少许，研为末涂之。应当化为水也。（《圣惠方》）
沙尘入目：取生蜣螂一枚，手持其背，在眼睛上方影之，沙尘自出。（《图经本草》）。
下部虫：痛痒脓血，旁生孔窍。蜣螂七枚（五月五日收者），新牛粪半两，肥羊肉一两（炒黄），同捣成膏，丸如莲子大，炙热，绵裹纳肛中。半日即大便中虫出，三次永愈。（董炳《集验方》）
心……
【主治】疔疮（苏颂说：按刘禹锡编纂柳州救三死方，病情危笃，善药敷之无效。长乐贾方伯教用蜣螂心，一夜百苦皆已。明年正月食羊肉，又大作，再用亦如神验。其法：用蜣螂心，在腹下度量取之，其肉稍白是也。贴疮半日许，再换，血尽根出即愈。蜣螂畏羊肉，故食之即发。其法盖出葛洪《肘后方》）
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见土部
【附录】蜉蝣 李时珍说：蜉蝣一名渠略，似蜣螂而小，大……黑色，甲下有翅，能飞。夏月雨后丛生粪土中，朝生暮死。猪……也。盖蜣螂、蜉蝣、腹……、天牛，皆蛴螬、蠹、蝎所化。此亦蜣螂之一种，不可不知也。或曰：蜉蝣，水虫也。状似蚕蛾……
天社虫
《名医别录》有名未用，曰：味甘，无毒。主绝孕，益气。虫状如蜂，大腰，食草木叶，三月采。
李时珍说：按：张揖《广雅》说：天社，蜣螂也。与此不知是一类否？
[Chan Hua] (From *Zhenglei Bencao*)
[Names] Guan Chan (Crown Cicada, from *Liji Zhu*), Hu Chan (Barbarian Cicada, from *Maoshi*).
Li Shizhen said: "Hua" (flower) and "Guan" (crown) are named after their shape. "Hu" refers to its resemblance to Hu people. "Tang" denotes black color. In ancient custom, it was called Hu Chan; in the Jiangnan region, it was called Tang; in Shu, it was called Chan Hua.
[Collection] Chen Shenwei said: Chan Hua grows in various places; those growing in bitter bamboo forests are of superior quality. The flower emerges from the head of the cicada and is harvested in the seventh lunar month.
Su Song said: It originates from Shu. This cicada has a horn-like growth on its head, shaped like a flower crown, hence the name Chan Hua. Locals transport its exuviae to the capital. Physicians claim it is extremely effective when used as medicine.
Kou Zongshi said: This occurs when the cicada transforms into a flower while still inside the shell, emerging from the top of its head.
Li Shizhen said: Chan Hua is the same as Guan Chan. As mentioned in the *Book of Rites*: "...then crowned and the cicada has...". Lu Yun's *Ode to the Cold Cicada* states: "The cicada possesses five virtues: wearing a cap on its head signifies culture; consuming air and drinking dew signifies purity; not partaking in millet or sorghum signifies integrity; dwelling without building nests signifies thrift; adhering to seasons and maintaining constancy signifies trustworthiness."
Qi's *Fangwu Zan* states: The cicada does not shed its skin...
[Properties and Flavor] Sweet, cold, non-toxic.
[Indications] Infantile convulsive disorders (Tiandiao), fright epilepsy with spasms, nocturnal crying, and palpitations (Chen Shenwei). Efficacy...
[Qiang Lang] (From *Shennong Bencao Jing*, Lower Grade)
[Names] Qiang (pronounced "Jieqiang"). (Same as above), Ye...
Tao Hongjing said: Zhuangzi stated: "The wisdom of the Qiang Lang lies in rolling balls." It likes to enter manure and soil to take dung pellets and push them, hence the common name "Tuiwan" (Pusher).
Li Shizhen said: Cui Bao's *Gujin Zhu* calls it Zhuanwan (Turning Ball) or Nongwan (Playing Ball), commonly known as Cheke (Cart Pusher), all deriving from this meaning. This insect has deep eyes and a high nose, resembling the Qiang and Hu peoples; it bears a black carapace, resembling a warrior, thus earning the names Qiang Lang and General.
[Collection] *Mingyi Bielu* says: Qiang Lang grows in the ponds and marshes of Changsha.
Tao Hongjing said: There are three or four varieties; those that are large with flat noses are considered authentic.
Han Baosheng said: There are many types of this insect, found everywhere. Those with high noses and deep eyes are used for medicine, named Hu Qiang Lang.
Kou Zongshi said: There are two sizes of Qiang Lang. The larger one is named Hu Qiang Lang; it has a shiny black body, small yellow spots under the abdominal wings, and larvae attach to the mother for flight. It hides during the day and emerges at night, attracted by light, making it suitable for medicinal use. The smaller one is dull black, flying by day and hiding by night. Foxes and dogs love to eat it. The smaller ones are unsuitable for general use, but for cattle or horses suffering from abdominal distension and stagnation, grinding thirty pieces and administering with water yields excellent results.
Li Shizhen said: Qiang Lang wraps feces in soil, rolling them into balls. Males drag and females push, placing them in pits, covering them, and leaving. After several days, young Qiang Lang emerge, indicating reproduction within.
[Preparation] *Mingyi Bielu* says: Collect on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, steam and store. Before use, remove legs and roast over fire. Do not place in water, as it causes vomiting.
[Properties and Flavor] Salty, cold, toxic. Hao Gu said: Sour.
Zhang Yuansu said: Averse to Sheep Horn, Lamb Meat, and Gypsum.
[Indications] Infantile fright epilepsy with spasms, abdominal distension with alternating cold and heat, adult mania and erratic behavior (*Shennong Bencao Jing*).
Cold extremities, limb fullness, and running piglet syndrome. Crushed into pills and inserted into the lower orifice to draw out hemorrhoidal worms until expelled, resulting in permanent cure (*Mingyi Bielu*).
Treats infantile malnutrition with erosive sores (*Yaoxing Lun*). Can induce abortion and treat Zhu Wu disease. Mixed with dried ginger and applied to malignant sores can extract arrowheads (*Rihua Bencao*). Burned to ash and mixed with vinegar applied to bee stings (Chen Cangqi). Removes wind-heat from the large intestine (*Quandu*). Treats obstruction of urination and defecation, dysentery with blood and mucus, rectal prolapse, all hemorrhoids, carbuncles, and osteomyelitis...
[Analysis] Li Shizhen said: Qiang Lang acts on the Hand-Yangming, Foot-Yangming, and Foot-Jueyin meridians; thus, its indications cover diseases of these three meridians. *Zongwei Lun* states: In ancient formulas for treating infantile fright epilepsy, Qiang Lang is the primary choice. Later physicians rarely use it, likely due to ignorance of this principle.
Su Song said: For arrowheads embedded deeply in bone that cannot be moved, stir-fry Croton Seed slightly, crush together with Qiang Lang, and apply. After a short time, pain subsides, followed by unbearable itching; shaking the area allows immediate extraction. This formula was passed down from Xiahou Yun. When Xiahou Yun first served as Registrar in Langzhou, a person had an arrow scar on his forehead. Upon inquiry, he said: "I was shot while accompanying Marshal Ma in the campaign against Tian Yue. The Marshal gave me this medicine, which extracted the arrow immediately. I then applied a flesh-regenerating ointment to heal." He then gave the formula to Xiahou Yun, saying: "It can treat all kinds of sores." When Xiahou Yun arrived at an inn in Hongzhou, the owner's wife suffered from a sore and groaned in pain; using this formula cured her instantly. *Hanyuan Congji* records: Li Ding said: Shi Zangyong was a fine physician of recent times. Someone washing hands under eaves drip felt something enter their fingernail, initially like a hair, later like a thread. Realizing it was a dragon larva hiding there, they sought Shi Zangyong's treatment. Shi Zangyong said: "This is not recorded in medical texts; I will treat it based on my understanding." He powdered Qiang Lang and applied it to the finger, hoping it would penetrate deeply into the pleura...
*Medical...*
[Attached Formulas] Seven old formulas, seventeen new formulas.
Infantile Convulsions (regardless of acute or chronic): Use one Qiang Lang, pound into paste, add one cup of water, heat in boiling water, strain, and drink.
Infantile Malnutrition: Wrap Qiang Lang in soil, bake until cooked, and feed to the child. (*Hanshi Yitong*)
Infantile Double Tongue: Burn Qiang Lang to ash, mix with saliva, and apply to the tongue. (*Zimu Milu*)
Diaphragmatic Qi with Vomiting: Take two earth beetles (Diniu'er) and one male plus one female dung beetle (Tuishichong). Place in a jar; wait until the beetles consume the earth beetles. Wrap in mud and bake until charred but preserved. Take two qian of peeled tangerine peel, stir-fry with Croton Seed, remove the seed, and powder the peel and beetles. Use one or two fen each time, blow into the throat. Vomiting phlegm three or four times leads to cure. (*Sunshi Jixiao Fang*)
Red and White Dysentery: Heiniu San: Treats red and white dysentery, anorexic dysentery, and diarrhea. Use Heiniu'er (i.e., Qiang Lang, also known as Iron Armor General), burn and powder. Take half [a dose]...
Rectal Prolapse: Burn Qiang Lang until charred, powder it, mix with Borneol evenly. Sprinkle on the anus and manually reduce the prolapse. (*Yixue Ji Cheng*)
Obstruction of Urination and Defecation, Life-Threatening After One Month: *Ben Shi Fang* Tuche San: Use seven Tuche Ke (males use head, females use body), seven dugongs/ground beetles (Tu Gou, males use body, females use head), roast on new tile, and powder. Decoct bark from the south-facing side of the Tiger Eye Tree, mix with powder, and administer. One dose ensures passage. *Yang Shi Jingyan Fang*: Treats major...
On brick, four...
Take well water (use entirely if both urine and stool are blocked) and drink, leading to relief.
Large Intestine Constipation: Powder Qiang Lang (stir-fried, remove wings and legs), take one qian with hot wine. (*Shenghui Fang*)
Bladder Retention (Zhuanbao) with Urinary Obstruction: Use two dead Qiang Lang, burn to ash, mix with one cup of well water, and administer. (*Qianjin Fang*)
Hematuria (Blood Lin): Crush Qiang Lang in water and drink. (Bao Shi)
Hemorrhoidal Fistula Discharge: Tang Shi Formula: Dry one Qiang Lang in shade, add a little Borneol, powder finely. Dip paper twist in powder and insert into the orifice. Flesh gradually regenerates, and the medicine naturally falls out.
All Fistulas regardless of Bee Stings or Rat Sores: Burn Qiang Lang to ash, mix with vinegar, and apply. (*Qianjin Fang*)
Osteomyelitis Fistula: Pound seven Qiang Lang with barley and apply. (*Liu Juanzi Fang*)
All Malignant Sores, Sand Lice, Water Nu, and Evil Abscesses: Collect Qiang Lang on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, steam, dry in shade, powder, and apply with oil. (*Shenghui Fang*)
Carbuncle and Malignant Sores: Large black-shelled hard insects from poplar trees (or from fresh manure/mud piles), collect fresh, kill in honey water, roast on new tile until scorched, and powder. First puncture with a heated needle, mix with good vinegar, and apply.
Nameless Malignant Sores: Sudden onset of unknown sores. Pound dead Qiang Lang into juice and apply. (*Zimu Milu*)
Unceasing Bleeding from Moxibustion Wounds: Use dead Qiang Lang, burn and powder, mix with lard, and apply. (*Qianjin Fang*)
Severe Carbuncle Disease, Urgently Preventing Toxin from Entering the Heart: Perform moxibustion first, then apply powder of dried Qiang Lang mixed with salt water around the wound, width of a leek leaf, once daily. (*Zhouhou Fang*)
Vitiligo: Pound dead Qiang Lang from the ground until paste, rub onto the sore until warm, and bandage.
Nasal Polyps: Ten Qiang Lang, place in green bamboo tube, seal tightly with oil paper,
a little, powder and apply. It should dissolve into water. (*Shenghui Fang*)
Dust/Sand in Eye: Take one live Qiang Lang, hold it by its back, and wave it over the eye shadow; the sand will exit. (*Tujing Bencao*)
Lower Orifice Parasites: Painful, itchy, purulent bleeding, with auxiliary openings. Seven Qiang Lang (collected on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month), half liang of fresh cow dung, one liang of fatty lamb meat (stir-fried until yellow), pound together into paste, form pills the size of lotus seeds, roast until hot, wrap in silk, and insert into anus. Within half a day, worms will pass in stool; three treatments ensure permanent cure. (Dong Bing *Jiyan Fang*)
Heart...
[Indications] Carbuncles (Su Song said: According to Liu Yuxi's compilation of the Liuzhou Three Deaths Rescue Method, when the condition is critical and good medicines fail to work, Jia Fangbo of Changle taught using the heart of the Qiang Lang. All pains ceased overnight. In January of the following year, after eating lamb, the condition flared up again; using it again proved miraculous. The method: Take the heart of the Qiang Lang, measure from below the abdomen; the meat is slightly white. Apply to the sore for about half a day, change again. When blood is exhausted and roots removed, it heals. Qiang Lang fears lamb meat, hence eating it triggers recurrence. This method likely comes from Ge Hong's *Zhouhou Fang*)
Zhuanwan
See Earth Category
[Appendix] Ephemeropsis Li Shizhen said: Ephemeropsis, also known as Qulue, resembles Qiang Lang but is smaller, large... black, with wings under the carapace, capable of flight. They breed in clusters in manure and soil after summer rains, born in the morning and dying at dusk. Pig... . It seems Qiang Lang, Ephemeropsis, Abdominal..., and Longhorn Beetle are all transformations of grubs, woodworms, and scorpions. This is also a type of Qiang Lang, which must not be ignored. Some say: Ephemeropsis is an aquatic insect, resembling silkworm moths...
Tianshe Chong
*Mingyi Bielu* lists it as "Named but Unused": Sweet, non-toxic. Treats sterility, benefits Qi. The insect resembles a bee, with a thick waist, feeds on tree and grass leaves, collected in the third lunar month.
Li Shizhen said: According to Zhang Yi's *Guangya*: Tianshe is Qiang Lang. It is unknown if this is the same category?