Shennong Bencao Jing · The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica

Jades and Stones · Lower Grade

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Shigao Pungent, slightly cold. Listed for wind-strike with cold and heat, counterflow qi beneath the heart with fright and panting, dry mouth and scorched tongue with inability to breathe, hard abdominal pain, removing malign ghosts, childbirth and lactation, and metal wounds. Found in mountain valleys. Qing Langgan Pungent, neutral. Listed for bodily itching, fire wounds, abscess injuries, scabies and itching, and deadened flesh. Also Shizhu. Found in level marshland. Yushi Pungent; classified toxic. Listed for cold and heat, rat fistulas, eroding sores, deadened flesh, wind impediment, abdominal hardness, pathogenic qi and removing heat. Also Qingfenshi, Lizhishi and Guyangshi. Found in mountain valleys. Daizhe Bitter, cold. Listed for ghost infestation, harmful wind and gu poison, killing uncanny beings and malign ghosts, toxic pathogenic qi in the abdomen, and women's red, profuse vaginal leakage. Also Xuwan. Found in mountain valleys. Luxian Bitter, salty, cold. Listed for great heat, wasting-thirst, frenzy and vexation, removing pathogenic influences, expelling gu poison through vomiting and downward discharge, and softening skin and flesh. Dayan salt is said to cause vomiting. Rongyan salt is listed for brightening eyes and eye pain, benefiting qi, strengthening flesh and bones, and removing gu poison. Found in pools and marshes. Bai'e Bitter, warm. Listed for women's cold and heat with zheng/jia masses, blocked menstruation, accumulations, genital swelling and pain, vaginal leakage and childlessness. Found in mountain valleys. Qiandan · Lead Dan Pungent, slightly cold. Listed for counterflow cough and reversal of the Stomach, fright seizures and dian disorders, removing heat and bringing qi downward. Refining and transforming it is claimed to return it to the Nine Lights. Prolonged use is claimed to communicate with numinous powers. Found in level marshland. Fenxi Pungent, cold. Listed for hidden-corpse influences and venomous stings, and killing the Three Worms. The knob of a tin-copper mirror is listed for women's blocked blood, zheng/jia masses lodged in the intestines, and ending pregnancy or fertility. Also Jiexi. Found in the mountain valleys of Guiyang. Note: The source's final “ending pregnancy” phrase does not specify whether an existing pregnancy or future conception is meant. Shihui · Lime Pungent, warm. Listed for abscesses and ulcers, scabies and itching, heat qi, harmful sores and lai disorders, deadened flesh and falling eyebrows; killing hemorrhoidal worms and removing dark marks and fleshy growths. Also Ehui. Found in mountain valleys. Donghui Pungent, slightly warm. Listed for dark marks, removing warts and fleshy growths, deep ulceration and erosion, scabies and itching. Also Lihui. Found by waterways and marshes.

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