赤石脂温，保固肠胃，溃疡生肌，涩止泻痢。
青黛酸寒，能平肝木，惊痫疳痢，兼除热毒。
阿胶甘温，止咳脓血，吐衄胎崩，虚羸可啜。（蛤粉炒成珠）
白矾味酸，善解诸毒，治症多能，难以尽述。
五倍苦酸，疗齿疳 ，痔癣疮脓，兼除风热。
玄明味辛，能蠲宿垢，化积消痰，诸热可疗。（用朴硝一斤，萝卜一斤同煮，萝卜熟为度，绵纸滤过，
瓷盆内，露一宿收之，宜冬月制。）
通草味甘，善治膀胱，消痈散肿，能通乳房。
构杞甘温，添精固髓，明目祛风，阴兴阳起。（酒洗。）
黄精味甘，能安脏腑，五劳七伤，此药大补。（洗净，九蒸九晒用之，钩吻略同，切，勿误用。）
何首乌甘，添精种子，黑发悦颜，长生不死。（忌犯铁器，九蒸九晒用之。）
五味酸温，生津止渴，久嗽劳虚，金水枯竭。（此酸味敛束，不宜多，多用闭其邪，恐成虚热。）
山茱性温，涩精益髓，肾虚耳鸣，腰膝痛止。（名石枣，酒洗，蒸熟，取肉去核，而核反能泄精。）
石斛味甘，却惊定志，壮骨补虚，善驱冷痹。（去根酒洗）
破故纸温，腰膝酸痛，兴阳固精，盐酒妙用。（即补骨脂。）
薯蓣甘温，理脾止泻，益肾补中，诸虚何怕。（即干山药。）
苁蓉味甘，峻补精血，若骤用之，反动便滑。（忌犯铁器。）
菟丝甘温，梦遗滑精，腰疼膝冷，添髓强筋。（水淘净用，同入砂罐内煮烂，作成饼，配入诸药用。）
牛膝味苦，除湿痹痿，腰膝酸痛，益阴补髓。（去芦，酒洗用。）
杜仲辛温，强筋壮骨，足痛腰疼，小便淋沥。（去皮，酒和姜汁炒去丝。）
巴戟辛甘，大补虚损，精滑梦遗，强筋固本。（酒浸，捶去骨，晒干用。）
龙骨味甘，梦遗精泄，崩带肠痈，惊痫风热。（火 。）
虎骨味辛，专治脚膝，定痛追风，能壮筋骨。
胡巴温暖，补肾脏虚，膀胱诸疝，胀痛皆除。
鹿茸甘温，益气滋阴，泄精尿血，崩带堪任。
牡蛎微寒，涩精止汗，崩带胁疼，老痰祛散。（火 ，左顾者佳。）
楝子味苦，膀胱疝气，中湿伤寒，利水之剂。
萆 甘苦，风寒湿痹，腰背冷疼，添精益气。
寄生甘苦，腰痛顽麻，续筋壮骨，风湿尤佳。
续断味辛，接骨续筋，跌扑折损，且固遗精。（酒浸洗用。）
麝香辛暖。善通关窍，伐鬼安惊，解毒甚妙。
乳香辛苦，疗诸恶疮，生肌止痛，心腹尤良。
没药温平，治疮止痛，跌打损伤，破血通用。
阿魏性温，除 破结，却鬼杀虫，传尸可灭。
水银性寒，治疥杀虫，断绝胎孕，催生立通。
灵砂性温，能通血脉，杀鬼辟邪，安魂定魄。
砒霜有毒，风痰可吐，截疟除哮，能消沉痼。
雄黄甘辛，辟邪解毒，更治蛇虺，喉风 肉。
珍珠气寒，镇惊除痫，开聋磨翳，止渴坠痰。
牛黄味苦，大治风痰，安魂定魄，惊痫灵丹。
琥珀味甘，安魂定魄，破瘀消 ，利水通塞。
血竭味咸，跌扑伤损，恶毒疮痈，破血有准。
硫黄性热，扫除疥疮，壮阳逐冷，寒邪敢当。
龙脑味辛，目痛喉痹，狂躁妄语，真为良剂。
芦荟气寒，杀虫消疳，癫痫惊搐，服之立安。
砂有毒，溃痈烂肉，除翳生肌，破 消毒。
硼砂味辛，疗喉肿痛，膈上热痰，噙化立中。
朱砂味甘，镇心养神，驱邪杀鬼，定魄安魂。
竹茹止呕，能除寒热，胃热咳哕，不寐安歇。（即竹上青皮刮下用。）
竹叶味甘，退热安眠，化痰定喘，止渴消烦。（用淡竹者佳。）
竹沥味甘，除虚痰火，汗热渴烦，效如开锁。
灯草味甘，通利小水，隆闭成淋，湿肿为最。
艾叶温平，驱邪逐鬼，漏血安胎，心疼即愈。（陈久愈佳。）
川椒辛热，祛邪逐冷，明目杀虫，温而不猛。
胡椒味辛，心腹冷痛，下气温中，跌扑堪用。
白蜜甘平，入药炼熟，益气补中，润燥解毒。
葱白辛温，发表出汗，伤寒头疼，肿痛皆散。
韭味辛温，祛除胃热，汁清血瘀，子医梦泄。
大蒜辛温，化肉消谷，解毒散痈，多用伤目。
食盐味咸，能吐中痰，心腹卒痛，过多损颜。
茶茗味苦，热渴能济，上清头目，下消食气。
酒通血脉，消愁遣兴，少饮壮神，过则损命。
醋消肿毒，积瘕可去，产后金疮，血晕皆治。
淡豆豉寒，能除懊 ，伤寒头疼，兼理瘴气。
紫河车甘，疗诸虚损，劳瘵骨蒸，培植根本。
天灵盖咸，传尸劳瘵，温疟血崩，投之立瘥。
人乳味甘，补阴益阳，悦颜明目，羸瘦仙方。
童便气凉，扑损瘀血，虚劳骨蒸，热嗽尤捷。
生姜性温，通畅神明，痰嗽呕吐，开胃极灵。
Chishi Zhi (Red Halloysite) is warm in nature; it secures and protects the intestines and stomach, promotes granulation for ulcers, and astringes to stop diarrhea and dysentery.
Qing Dai (Indigo Naturalis) is sour and cold; it can pacify Liver Wood (excessive Liver Qi), treat convulsions, epilepsy, infantile malnutrition, and dysentery, while also eliminating heat toxins.
Ejiao (Donkey-Hide Gelatin) is sweet and warm; it stops cough with purulent blood, treats hematemesis, epistaxis, and uterine bleeding during pregnancy, and is suitable for consumption by those who are weak and emaciated. (Stir-fried with Clam Shell Powder until forming beads.)
Bai Fan (Alumen) is sour in taste; it effectively resolves various toxins, treats numerous conditions, which are difficult to list completely.
Wu Bei Zi (Galla Chinensis) is bitter and sour; it treats dental caries and gum ulcers, hemorrhoidal and tinea infections with suppuration, and eliminates wind-heat.
Xuan Ming Fen (Mirabilite refined with radish) is pungent; it removes accumulated fecal matter, transforms accumulations, resolves phlegm, and treats various heat conditions. (Boil one jin of Puxiao [Natrii Sulfas] with one jin of radish until the radish is cooked, filter through cotton cloth, store in a porcelain basin exposed overnight, preferably prepared in winter.)
Tong Cao (Tetrapanacis Medulla) is sweet; it effectively treats bladder disorders, dissipates abscesses and swelling, and unblocks the breasts.
Gouqi (Lycii Fructus) is sweet and warm; it replenishes essence and consolidates marrow, brightens the eyes and dispels wind, promoting Yin rise and Yang activation. (Washed with wine.)
Huangjing (Polygonati Rhizoma) is sweet; it calms the zang-fu organs, greatly tonifies five labors and seven injuries. (Washed clean, steamed nine times and sun-dried nine times before use. Gougen [Gelsemium elegans] is similar but must be sliced and not mistaken for Huangjing.)
Heshouwu (Polygoni Multiflori Radix Praeparata) is sweet; it replenishes essence and aids conception, blackens hair and beautifies the face, promoting longevity. (Avoid contact with iron vessels; steam nine times and sun-dry nine times before use.)
Wuweizi (Schisandrae Fructus) is sour and warm; generates fluids and quenches thirst, treats chronic cough and consumptive deficiency, and addresses Lung-Kidney depletion. (Its sour nature is astringent; do not use excessively as it may trap pathogens and lead to deficient heat.)
Shanzhuyu (Corni Fructus) is warm; astringes essence and consolidates marrow, treats Kidney deficiency with tinnitus, and stops waist and knee pain. (Also known as Shizao; wash with wine, steam until cooked, take the flesh removing the pit, as the pit tends to leak essence.)
Shihu (Dendrobii Caulis) is sweet; dispels fright and stabilizes the spirit, strengthens bones and tonifies deficiency, and effectively drives out cold bi-syndrome. (Remove roots and wash with wine.)
Poguzhi (Psoraleae Fructus) is warm; treats soreness and pain in the waist and knees, boosts Yang and consolidates essence, especially effective when processed with salt and wine. (This is Poguzhi/Buguzhi.)
Shuyu (Dioscoreae Rhizoma) is sweet and warm; regulates the Spleen and stops diarrhea, benefits the Kidney and tonifies the Middle Jiao, making one fearless of various deficiencies. (This is dried Shan Yao.)
Rongrong (Cynomorii Herba) is sweet; powerfully tonifies essence and blood, but if used abruptly or in excess, it may cause rebound laxity. (Avoid contact with iron vessels.)
Tusi (Cuscutae Semen) is sweet and warm; treats nocturnal emission and seminal leakage, waist pain and cold knees, replenishes marrow and strengthens sinews. (Wash clean with water, boil thoroughly in a clay pot until soft, form into cakes, and incorporate into other herbs.)
Niuxi (Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix) is bitter; expels damp-bi and flaccidity, treats soreness and pain in the waist and knees, nourishes Yin and tonifies marrow. (Remove the root crown and wash with wine.)
Duzhong (Eucommiae Cortex) is pungent and warm; strengthens sinews and bones, treats foot and waist pain, and dribbling urination. (Remove bark, stir-fry with wine and ginger juice until fibers disappear.)
Bajitian (Morindae Officinalis Radix) is pungent and sweet; greatly tonifies deficiency, treats seminal leakage and nocturnal emission, strengthens sinews and consolidates the root. (Soak in wine, pound to remove the woody core, and sun-dry.)
Longgu (Fossilia Ossis Mastodi) is sweet; treats nocturnal emission and seminal discharge, metrorrhagia and leukorrhea, intestinal abscesses, fright, epilepsy, and wind-heat. (Calcined.)
Hugu (Tigris Os) is pungent; specifically treats foot and knee conditions, stops pain and pursues wind, and strengthens sinews and bones.
Huba (Trigonellae Semen) is warm; tonifies Kidney deficiency, treats various hernias of the bladder, and eliminates distension and pain.
Lurong (Cervi Cornu Pantotrichum) is sweet and warm; supplements Qi and nourishes Yin, treats seminal emission and hematuria, and is competent for metrorrhagia and leukorrhea.
Muli (Concha Ostreae) is slightly cold; astringes essence and stops sweating, treats metrorrhagia, leukorrhea, and hypochondriac pain, and disperses old phlegm. (Calcined; left-facing shells are preferred.)
Lianzi (Meliae Fructus) is bitter; treats bladder hernia, damp-cold affecting the Taiyang, and is a diuretic agent.
Bixie (Smilacis Glabrae Rhizoma) is sweet and bitter; treats wind-cold-damp bi-syndrome, cold pain in the waist and back, and replenishes essence and Qi.
Jisheng (Taxilli Herba) is sweet and bitter; treats waist pain and stubborn numbness, reconnects sinews and strengthens bones, and is particularly good for wind-damp.
Xuduan (Dipsaci Radix) is pungent; reconnects bones and sinews, treats traumatic fractures and injuries, and consolidates against seminal emission. (Soak and wash with wine.)
Shexiang (Moschus) is pungent and warm; effectively opens orifices and unblocks collaterals, subdues evil spirits and calms fright, and detoxifies excellently.
Ruxiang (Olibanum) is pungent and bitter; treats various malignant sores, generates flesh and stops pain, and is especially good for heart and abdominal conditions.
Moyao (Myrrha) is warm and neutral; treats sores and stops pain, traumatic injuries, and generally breaks blood stasis.
awei (Ferulae Resina) is warm; eliminates stagnation and breaks accumulations, repels evil spirits and kills parasites, and extinguishes transmissive tuberculosis.
Shuiyin (Hydrargyrum) is cold; treats scabies and kills parasites, prevents conception, and induces labor immediately.
Lingsha (Cinnabar purified with mercury) is warm; unblocks blood vessels, kills evil spirits and wards off malignancy, and calms the soul and stabilizes the spirit.
Pishuang (Arsenic Trioxide) is toxic; expectorates wind-phlegm, arrests malaria and asthma, and eliminates chronic stubborn diseases.
Xionghuang (Realgar) is sweet and pungent; wards off evil and detoxifies, further treats snake and insect bites, and throat wind polyps.
Zhenzhu (Margarita) is cold in qi; settles fright and cures epilepsy, opens deafness and grinds away corneal opacity, quenches thirst and sinks phlegm.
Niuhuang (Bovis Calculus) is bitter; greatly treats wind-phlegm, calms the soul and stabilizes the spirit, and is a spiritual pill for fright and epilepsy.
Hupo (Electrum) is sweet; calms the soul and stabilizes the spirit, breaks blood stasis and dissipates accumulations, promotes urination and unblocks obstruction.
Xuexie (Draco Sanguis) is salty; treats traumatic injuries, malignant sores and carbuncles, and effectively breaks blood stasis.
Liuhuang (Sulfur) is hot; clears scabies, boosts Yang and expels cold, and dares to confront pathogenic cold.
Longnao (Borneolum Syntheticum) is pungent; treats eye pain and throat obstruction, mania and delirious speech, truly being an excellent remedy.
Luhui (Aloe) is cold in qi; kills parasites and clears infantile malnutrition, treats epilepsy and convulsions, bringing immediate peace upon ingestion.
Naosha (Sal Ammoniac) is toxic; ulcerates abscesses and rots flesh, removes ocular opacities and generates flesh, breaks accumulations and detoxifies.
Pengsha (Borax) is pungent; treats throat swelling and pain, upper diaphragm heat-phlegm, taking effect immediately when held in the mouth.
Zhusha (Cinnabaris) is sweet; calms the Heart and nourishes the spirit, drives away evil and kills ghosts, stabilizes the soul and calms the spirit.
Zhuru (Bambusa Textilis Cacumen) stops vomiting, dispels cold and heat, treats stomach-heat cough and hiccups, and aids sleep. (Scrape the green skin from bamboo shoots for use.)
Zhuye (Bambusa Textilis Folium) is sweet; reduces fever and aids sleep, resolves phlegm and calms wheezing, quenches thirst and relieves vexation. (Light bamboo leaves are preferred.)
Zhuli (Bambusa Textilis Succus) is sweet; clears deficient phlegm-fire, sweat-heat, thirst, and vexation, with efficacy like unlocking a door.
Dengcao (Junci Medulla) is sweet; promotes free urination, treats stranguria due to retention, and is best for damp edema.
Aiye (Artemisiae Argyi Folium) is warm and neutral; expels evil and drives away ghosts, stops abnormal uterine bleeding and calms the fetus, curing heart pain. (Older material is better.)
Chuanjiao (Zanthoxyli Pericarpium) is pungent and hot; expels evil and drives away cold, brightens eyes and kills parasites, warming without being harsh.
Hujiao (Piperis Longi Fructus) is pungent; treats cold pain in the heart and abdomen, warms the Lower Jiao and Middle Jiao, and can be used for trauma.
Bami (Melis Melli) is sweet and neutral; when used in medicine, it must be refined; it supplements Qi and tonifies the Middle, moistens dryness and detoxifies.
Congbai (Allii Fistulosi Bulbus) is pungent and warm; releases the exterior and induces sweating, treats cold damage headache, and disperses swelling and pain.
Jiucai (Allii Tuberosi Semen/Folium) is pungent and warm; removes stomach heat, its juice clears blood stasis, and its seeds treat nocturnal emission.
Dasuan (Allii Sativi Bulbus) is pungent and warm; digests meat and grain, detoxifies and dissipates carbuncles, but excessive use damages the eyes.
Yan (Natrii Chloridum) is salty; can induce vomiting of phlegm in the middle jiao, treats sudden heart and abdominal pain, but excessive intake damages the complexion.
Chaming (Theae Folium) is bitter; relieves heat and thirst, clears the head and eyes superiorly, and resolves food stagnation inferiorly.
Jiu (Vinum) unblocks blood vessels, dispels sorrow and promotes mood, invigorates the spirit in small doses, but harms life in excess.
Cu (Acetum) reduces swelling and toxicity, removes mass formations, and treats postpartum wounds and blood syncope.
Dandouchi (Sojae Semnis Preparatum) is cold; relieves restlessness, treats cold damage headache, and regulates miasma qi.
Ziheche (Placenta Hominis) is sweet; treats various deficiencies, consumptive tuberculosis with bone-steaming fever, and cultivates the root foundation.
Tianlinggai (Cranii Humanis Os) is salty; treats transmissive tuberculosis, warm malaria, and metrorrhagia, bringing immediate recovery upon administration.
Renru (Lac Hominis) is sweet; tonifies Yin and benefits Yang, beautifies the face and brightens the eyes, and is a celestial prescription for emaciation.
Tongbian (Urin Pueri) is cool in qi; treats traumatic bruising and blood stasis, consumptive bone-steaming fever, and is particularly swift for heat-induced cough.
Shengjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens) is warm; unblocks the mind and spirit, treats phlegm-cough and vomiting, and is extremely effective for opening the stomach.