卷尾有悬蹄者。本草所用惟食犬。非猎犬及守家吠犬也。
肉（黄犬为上。黑白次之。）
味咸酸。气温。（同蒜食。损人。） 补胃气。壮阳道。暖腰膝。益气力。（阴虚病。多
不宜食。） 虚寒疟疾。黄狗肉煮 。入五味食之。
胆（黄犬白犬者良）
气味苦平。有小毒。 疗鼻 及息肉。纳耳中治 耳。能破血除积。（凡血气痛及损伤
者。热酒服半个。瘀血尽下。）治反胃杀虫。（魏志一女子左膝疮痒。华佗视之。用绳系犬后
足。断腹取胆向疮口。须臾有虫若蛇着疮上出。长三尺。病愈。）
附方 反胃吐食。不拘男妇老少。远年近日。用五灵脂末。黄狗胆汁。和丸龙眼大。每
服一丸。好酒半盏磨化服。三服效。 痞块疳积。五灵脂炒烟尽。真阿魏去砂研。等分。用
黄雄狗胆汁和丸黍米大。空心津咽三十丸。忌羊肉醋面。
阴茎
气味咸平。 主治伤中阴痿不起。令强热大生子。（其性专补命门相火）除女子带下十
二疾。（咸温入下焦补暖冲任二脉虚寒故） 同菟丝覆盆车前子鱼胶巴戟苁蓉鹿角鹿茸沙苑
子
阳强易举者。忌。内热多火。弗服。（仲淳）
〔修事〕 六月上伏日取。阴干百日。
〔论〕 狗为阳畜。在内经属木。在易卦属艮。木与土将谁为主乎。夫土继水之后。所
以止水也。木即继土之后。所以妙水木相生之化而达阳也。艮卦兼之。造化元机。以进气为
先。犬之应于木者此也。应于木。故犬得三数以生。（孕三月生）本草谓其肉补阳。诚非臆
说。或曰。狗肝如泥土。臭味亦然。安能舍土而但言木乎。曰。是盖土为木用。犹运气司天。
其年何气为主。而有从之以化者。即所云犬无胃。非无形质也。其胃气少耳。胃气者土。非
又土从乎木之一证乎。微独肝为然。即以胆言之。五畜胆俱无化血散结之主治。惟狗胆有此。
因肝及胆以致土为木用之气化。乃能化血能杀虫。方书用治反胃。固不止于化滞血也。总之。
是物
缪氏云。犬肉助阳。阳胜则发热动火。生痰发渴。凡阴虚内热。多痰多火者。忌之。天
行病
卷尾有悬蹄的狗。本草中使用的仅是食用犬，而非猎犬或看家护院的吠犬。
肉（以黄狗为上品，黑白颜色的次之。）
味道咸、酸。性质温。（与蒜同食，会损伤人体。）补益胃气，壮阳道，温暖腰膝，益气力。（阴虚病患者，大多不宜食用。）治疗虚寒型疟疾，将黄狗肉煮熟，加入五味子食用。
胆（黄狗和白狗的胆较好）
气味苦、平，有小毒。治疗鼻息肉及耳部息肉，纳入耳中可治疗耳聋。能破血除积。（凡是气血疼痛及外伤者，用热酒送服半个胆，瘀血即可排尽。）治疗反胃，杀虫。（《三国志》记载：一女子左膝疮疡瘙痒，华佗诊治时，用绳子系住狗的后足，剖开腹部取出胆囊，对着疮口放置。片刻后，有像蛇一样的虫子附着在疮上爬出，长达三尺，病愈。）
附方 反胃吐食，不分男女老少，无论病程长短。用五灵脂末，配黄狗胆汁，和丸如龙眼大小。每次服用一丸，用半盏好酒磨化后服用，服三次见效。痞块疳积，将五灵脂炒至烟尽，真阿魏去砂研细，两者等分，用黄雄狗胆汁和丸如黍米大小。空腹津液送服三十丸。忌食羊肉、醋、面食。
阴茎
气味咸、平。主治内伤导致的阳痿不起，能使阴茎强热并利于生育。（其药性专门补益命门相火）治疗女子带下及十二种妇科疾患。（咸温之性入下焦，补暖冲任二脉的虚寒，因此有效）可与菟丝子、覆盆子、车前子、鱼胶、巴戟天、肉苁蓉、鹿角、鹿茸、沙苑子等同用。
阳强易举者，忌用。内热多火者，不服。（缪希雍注）
〔修治〕 六月上伏日采取，阴干百日。
〔论述〕 狗为阳畜，在《内经》中属木，在《易经》卦象中属艮。木与土，究竟谁为主宰呢？土继水之后，作用是止水；木继土之后，作用是巧妙利用水木相生之化而通达阳气。艮卦兼而有之。造化的玄机，以进气为先，狗对应于木，正是此理。因为对应于木，所以狗怀孕三个月生产。（本草说它的肉补阳，确实不是凭空臆测。）有人说，狗肝像泥土，臭味也相同，怎么能舍弃土而只谈木呢？回答说，这是土被木所使用，就像运气司天之年，哪一气为主，就有随之而化的气。这就是所谓“犬无胃”，并非没有形体质地，而是胃气较少罢了。胃气属土，这难道不是土从属于木的一个证明吗？不仅肝脏如此，即使从胆来说，其他五种牲畜的胆都没有化血散结的主治功效，只有狗胆有此功效。正因为肝和胆导致了土为木用的气化作用，才能化血、杀虫。方书中用它治疗反胃，固然不只是在于化解滞血罢了。总之，这个事物……
Those with a suspended hoof at the tail end of the roll. The *Bencao* (Compendium of Materia Medica) uses only food dogs, not hunting dogs or watchdogs that bark to guard homes.
Meat (Yellow dog is superior; black and white are secondary.)
Taste: salty, sour. Nature: warm. (Consumed with garlic, it damages the human body.) Tonifies stomach Qi, strengthens the Yang pathway, warms the waist and knees, and benefits Qi and strength. (Patients with Yin deficiency should generally avoid eating it.) For vacuity-cold malaria, boil yellow dog meat and consume it with five-flavor berry (Wuweizi).
Gallbladder (The gallbladders of yellow and white dogs are good.)
Taste and nature: bitter, neutral; slightly toxic. Treats nasal polyps and ear polyps; when inserted into the ear, it treats deafness. It can break blood stasis and remove accumulations. (For cases of Qi and blood pain and trauma, take half a gallbladder with hot wine; all stasis blood will be discharged.) Treats regurgitation and kills parasites. (Recorded in *Records of the Three Kingdoms*: A woman suffered from itching sores on her left knee. Hua Tuo examined her, tied a rope around the hind legs of a dog, slit its abdomen to remove the gallbladder, and placed it against the sore. Soon, worm-like creatures resembling snakes emerged from the sore, three chi long, and the disease was cured.)
Supplementary Formulas
Regurgitation and vomiting of food, regardless of gender, age, or duration of illness. Use powder of Trogopterus Dung (Wulingzhi) mixed with yellow dog bile, formed into pills the size of a longan fruit. Take one pill per dose, ground and dissolved in half a cup of fine wine. Effective after three doses.
Abdominal masses and infantile malnutrition (Gan accumulation). Stir-fry Trogopterus Dung (Wulingzhi) until smoke ceases, and grind real Asafoetida (Awei) after removing sand. Mix equal parts, form pills the size of millet seeds using the bile of a yellow male dog. Swallow thirty pills on an empty stomach with saliva. Avoid mutton, vinegar, and wheat products.
Penis
Taste and nature: salty, neutral. Mainly treats internal injury resulting in impotence and inability to erect, making it strong and hot, facilitating conception. (Its nature specifically tonifies the Minister Fire of the Gate of Vitality [Mingmen].) Treats leukorrhea and twelve types of gynecological disorders in women. (Salty and warm properties enter the Lower Jiao to tonify and warm the deficiency-cold of the Chong and Ren meridians.) Can be used together with Dodder Seed (Tusizi), Raspberry (Fupenzi), Plantain Seed (Cheqianzi), Fish Maw (Yujiao), Morinda Root (Bajitian), Cistanche (Rongshen), Deer Antler (Lujiao), Deer Antler Velvet (Lurong), and Astragalus Complanatus Seed (Shayuanzi).
Contraindicated for those with excessive Yang erection and easy arousal. Not taken by those with internal heat and excess fire. (Note by Miao Zhichun)
[Processing]
Harvest on the days of the Upper Dog Days (Shangfu) in June, dry in shade for one hundred days.
[Discussion]
The dog is a Yang animal. In the *Neijing* (Inner Canon), it corresponds to Wood; in the I Ching hexagrams, it corresponds to Gen (Mountain). Between Wood and Earth, which takes precedence? Earth follows Water, serving to stop water flow. Wood follows Earth, serving to skillfully utilize the transformation of Water generating Wood to reach Yang. The Gen hexagram encompasses this. The mystery of creation prioritizes the influx of Qi. This is why the dog corresponds to Wood. Because it corresponds to Wood, the dog is born from the number three (gestation period is three months). The *Bencao* states that its meat tonifies Yang; this is indeed not an arbitrary assertion. Some say, "The dog's liver resembles mud, and its odor is similar; how can we discard Earth and speak only of Wood?" The answer is: This is Earth being utilized by Wood, just as in the year of the ruling Qi of the Heavenly Stem, there is a subordinate Qi that transforms accordingly. This is what is meant by "the dog has no stomach"; it does not mean it lacks physical form, but rather that its Stomach Qi is scant. Stomach Qi belongs to Earth; is this not another proof that Earth follows Wood? Not only is the liver like this; even speaking of the gallbladder, the gallbladders of the five domestic animals lack the main indications of transforming blood and dissipating nodules, whereas only the dog gallbladder possesses these effects. Precisely because of the Qi transformation where Earth serves Wood due to the liver and gallbladder, it can transform blood and kill parasites. Medical texts use it to treat regurgitation, certainly not merely for resolving stagnant blood. In summary, this substance...
Mr. Miao stated: Dog meat assists Yang; when Yang prevails, it generates heat and moves fire, producing phlegm and causing thirst. Those with Yin deficiency and internal heat, or those with abundant phlegm and fire, should avoid it. Epidemic diseases...