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Liver (Qi level uses Evodiae Fructus [Wuzhuyu], Blood level uses Angelicae Sinensis Radix [Danggui]) Heart (Qi level uses Cinnamomi Ramulus [Guixin], Blood level uses Angelicae Sinensis Radix [Danggui]) Spleen (Qi level uses Evodiae Fructus [Wuzhuyu], Blood level uses Angelicae Sinensis Radix [Danggui]) Lung (Qi level uses Ephedrae Herba [Mahuang], Blood level uses Zingiberis Rhizoma [Ganjiang])
Kidney (Qi level uses Asari Radix et Rhizoma [Xixin], Blood level uses Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata [Fuzi]) Gallbladder (Qi level uses Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens [Shengjiang], Blood level uses Chuanxiong Rhizoma [Chuanxiong]) Large Intestine (Qi level uses Angelicae Dahuricae Radix [Baizhi], Blood level uses Gentianae Macrophyllae Radix [Qinjiao]) Small Intestine (Qi level uses Foeniculi Fructus [Huixiang], Blood level uses Corydalis Rhizoma [Yanhusu])
Sanjiao/Triple Burner (Qi level uses Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata [Fuzi], Blood level uses Chuanxiong Rhizoma [Chuanxiong]) Bladder (Qi level uses Ephedrae Herba [Mahuang], Blood level uses Cinnamomi Ramulus [Guizhi]) Pericardium (Qi level uses Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata [Fuzi], Blood level uses Chuanxiong Rhizoma [Chuanxiong])
The above-mentioned herbs are used to treat internal cold in the Upper, Middle, and Lower Sanjiao/Triple Burner, and also serve as formulas for treating damp-cold.
Gu An stated: The properties of the aforementioned five categories of herbs are essential formulas for treating pathogenic factors of wind, heat, dampness, dryness, and cold. Apart from treating wind which requires unblocking meridians, treating heat syndromes should be combined with treating dryness syndromes, and treating dampness syndromes should be combined with treating cold syndromes, because heat and dryness belong to Yang, while cold and dampness belong to Yin. Generally, thin individuals with blood deficiency tend to suffer from heat-dryness, while obese individuals with Qi deficiency tend to suffer from cold-dampness; they must be treated carefully according to classification.

Gu An stated: Sores and ulcers belong to heat and toxicity, so treatments often employ herbs that clear heat and resolve toxicity; furthermore, due to reversed Qi flow and stagnant blood, herbs that promote Qi circulation and invigorate blood are also suitable. Internal medications have been seen in the previous five sections; here, external application medications are mainly supplemented. Those not fully recorded in other sections are also attached here.
Jinyinhua (Lonicerae Japonicae Flos)
Jinyinhua is Ren Dong Cao (Lonicerae Japonicae Caulis), sweet and warm, non-toxic, a treasure for treating yin abscesses, calms thirst, deficiency, wind-cold, and alternating fever; abdominal distension and bloody dysentery can be treated by crushing its leaves.
It grows everywhere. Its vine winds left around trees, named Zuochan Teng. It does not wither in winter, also known as Rendong Cao. The flowers are yellow and white, also known as Jinyinhua. It mainly treats carbuncles, sores, swellings, and is an essential herb for stopping thirst. Leaves, boiled for wine, tonify deficiency, treat wind, and calm alternating fever, body swelling, and abdominal distension; decocted strongly and taken, it treats heat toxicity, bloody dysentery, watery dysentery, and also treats Wudun Feishi (five types of wandering corpse qi). Remove stems, dry in shade.
Xiakucao (Prunellae Spica)
Xiakucao is bitter, pungent, and cold, treats rat scrofula, head sores, and goiter nodules, brightens eyes, breaks stasis, removes Hong Kong foot (podagra), eliminates damp bi syndrome, and nourishes the liver.
The Monthly Ordinances state: Mi Cao dies, born from Metal Qi, dies when Summer Fire is abundant, meaning Fire overcomes Metal. Non-toxic, treats alternating fever, rat scrofula, luoli (scrofula), head sores, dissipates goiter qi, breaks zhijia (masses), removes Hong Kong foot damp-bi. Also treats liver deficiency eye pain, cold tears, photophobia. Add one part Xiangfu Zi (Cyperi Rhizoma) powder, take one qian with clear tea water, effective. Danxi said: It has the merit of nourishing blood vessels; long-term use lightens the body and prolongs life. Harvest in April, dry in shade. Wanggua (Trichosanthes Cucumerina Radix) is the guiding herb.
Pugongying (Taraxaci Herba)
Pugongying grass is neutral and sweet, specifically treats breast abscesses, carbuncles, and dark sores; touching wood bad thorns is called a divine cure, resolves heat, moves stagnation, dissipates nodules, and transforms phlegm.
Pu Gong used this herb to treat sores effectively, hence the name. Non-toxic. Treats women's breast abscesses and swelling/pain, or postpartum failure to nurse, accumulated milk forming abscesses; boil in water, drink juice, apply externally to dissipate immediately. Another method: decoct with Rendong Teng (Lonicerae Japonicae Caulis) into a strong soup, add a little wine, sleep follows consumption, indicating its efficacy, breasts settle upon waking. Also crush and apply to carbuncles and various sores, all verified. Also treats hands/feet touched by wood bad thorns and fox urine thorn swelling/pain, pick roots/stems, apply abundant white juice, heals immediately. Danxi said: Belongs to Earth, resolves heat toxicity, solves food toxicity, disperses stagnant Qi, eliminates malignant swelling and tubercles with miraculous merit. Can enter Yangming and Taiyin meridians. At wheat harvest time, found everywhere in fields and roadsides. Leaves resemble Kujü (Sonchus oleraceus) with fine spines, center shoots one stem, March stem ends open yellow flowers resembling chrysanthemum, stem is very brittle, breaks with white juice. Harvest April-May, wash clean, cut finely for use.
Shancigu (Cremastrae Pseudobulbus)
Shancigu is Guidengqing, flower is Jindeng growing in wetlands, sores swellings carbuncles luoli nodes, toxins resolved ten thousand diseases vinegar ground once.
Flower resembles lantern, white color, with black spots on top, hence the name. Slightly toxic. Treats sores swellings, carbuncles, luoli, tubercles, resolves various toxins, internally into pills/powders, externally ground with vinegar for application. Also peels human facial skin, removes scars. Also take stems/leaves, mix with honey, crush into paste, apply on sore/swelling opening, effect indicated by clear blood discharge. Early April, dig ground to harvest, late leads to rotting, extremely similar to Laoya Suan (Allium victorialis var. platyphyllum), but garlic has no hair, Cigu has hair wrapping, should scrape skin and roast dry. Another type Tuancigu, root resembles small garlic, main treatment slightly same.
Songzhi (Pini Resina)
Songzhi is bitter, sweet, warm, non-toxic, wind-bi, malignant leprosy and baldness, clears stomach latent heat, moistens heart/lungs, generates fluids, strengthens teeth, brightens ears/eyes.
Pine sap flows to ground and solidifies. Treats aversion to wind, joint pain, wind-bi dead muscle, carbuncles, malignant wind leprosy sores/scabies, scalp baldness. Decoct into paste, apply to various ulcerated sores, expel pus, generate flesh, stop pain, draw out wind, kill parasites, remove stomach latent heat, moisten heart/lungs, generate fluids, stop thirst, strengthen teeth, benefit ears/eyes. Mix with tonifying medicines and take, strengthens yang, solidifies penis, enables having children, long-term use lightens body and prolongs life. Transparent ones are best. Boil in river water, throw into cold water, let two people pull/stretch, solidify then boil again, do this three times, then boil in wine three times, still pull/stretch before, until white like malt sugar. For decocting paste, use Peach, Willow, Mulberry, Locust, Hibiscus leaves to boil water and pull/stretch. Whenever using, put into stone mortar, grind separately into powder, do not sun-roast, nor take alone, clogs intestines/stomach.
Songzi (Pini Semen)
Songzi is sweet, fragrant, warm, non-toxic, tonifies deficiency, benefits Qi, lubricates muscles/flesh, flower though tasty heats upper jiao, node mainly treats joint/bone contraction, leaf treats damp-wind promotes hair growth, root benefits five labors repels grain fasting.
Songzi, treats emaciation and shortness of breath, tonifies insufficiency, lubricates skin/flesh, solidifies intestines/stomach, long-term use prolongs life. With Baizi Ren (Platycladi Semen), treats elderly deficiency constipation. Also treats various wind-pathogenic factors, wind-bi cold qi. Songhua (Pini Pollen), taken with wine lightens body, treats illness better than branches/leaves, but excessive intake can trigger upper jiao heat disease. Songhuang Tang: Songhua, Puhuang (Typhae Pollen), Chuanxiong, Danggui, Shigao each equal parts, slight Honghua, decoct in water, sip slowly. Treats postpartum severe fever, headache red cheeks, dry lips/thirst, irritability drowsiness. Songjie (Pinus Node), warm. Treats long-standing wind in hundred joints, wind-deficiency foot-bi, four limbs weakness pain or twitching/spasm. Danxi said: Pine belongs to Metal. Use its node roasted scorched, treats bone/joint diseases, can dry dampness in blood. Songye (Pini Folium), bitter, warm, non-toxic. Treats covering damp-wind sores, frostbite, generates hair, calms five zang organs, maintains middle not hungry, prolongs life, also treats Hong Kong foot wind-bi, lijie wind, stroke mouth deviation, epidemic malignant sores, all boil juice make wine take, effective. Songgen Bapi (Pinus Cortex), tonifies five labors, benefits Qi, repels grain fasting not hungry. Also bark green layer, mix various incense burn, smoke gathers, blue-white lovely.
Fengxiang (Liquidambaris Resina)
Fengxiang Zhi is bitter, pungent, neutral, urticaria wind-itch toothache light, bark can stop dysentery and cholera, also says edema can disperse move, seed sweet nature hot dries phlegm blood, kills parasites leprosy scabies use balanced.
Shakes well in wind; fragrance refers to its qi. Also known as Baijiao Xiang. Non-toxic. Treats urticaria wind-itch, toothache, edema and continuous hematemesis. Danxi said: Belongs to Metal yet has Water and Fire. Nature is unblocking/dispersing, thus wood easily has insect holes. Its resinous fluid is a key surgical herb. Whenever using, grind separately. Fengpi (Liquidambaris Cortex), pungent, neutral, astringent, slightly toxic. Stops watery dysentery, cholera. Reduces swelling, nothing but unblocking/dispersing, not astringent. Dafengzi (Bischofiae Fructus), sweet, hot. Treats leprosy, scabies, sores/tinea, kills parasites. Excessive intake dries phlegm damages blood. Into pill medicine remove shell, paper pound remove oil, externally mix sore medicine with oil.
Baiji (Bletillae Rhizoma)
Baiji is bitter, pungent, neutral, non-toxic, carbuncles scabies tinea cracked skin/flesh,平和 stomach wind-fei flaccid unrecovered, tonifies lung stops blood treats blows/bruises.
Ji, ye, lan ye. Leaves initially resemble well railing. Yang within Yin. Treats sores swellings malignant sores, decaying gangrene dead muscle, removes white tinea scabies worms. Chew and apply to hand/foot fissures, hemorrhoids, knife/arrow boiling fire etc. sores, generates flesh stops pain, formulas often use it. Calms evil qi in stomach, thief wind ghost strike, fei flaccid unrecovered. Treats chronic cough, vomiting blood, expectorating blood, intestinal wind bloody dysentery. Use alone as powder, adjust with rice drink to take. Whenever beaten/scourged, lung orifice damaged seeing blood especially wonderful, because it can tonify lung orifice. Also nosebleed not stopping, saliva adjust apply to shangen (root of nose) stops immediately. Zhen said: Astringent lung and Bailian nature treatment largely same, also treats consolidated heat not resolving, impotence dark face, makes skin smooth. Into pills can use little as paste. Wash water Quartz Purple (Zi Shiy ing) is guiding herb, dislikes Lizhi, fears plum kernel/almond, opposes Aconitum.
Bailian (Ampelopsis Radix)
Bailian non-toxic bitter sweet neutral, contracts various sore mouths therefore keeps name, removes heat eye red kills fire toxicity, female yin swelling pain child epilepsy惊.
Treats carbuncles back-sores, ding sores, luoli, hemorrhoid fistula, blows/bruises knife/arrow boiling fire etc. sores, dissipates nodules stops pain generates flesh. "Yanyi" said: Bailian, Baiji, ancient/modern ingestion formulas rarely use, mostly seen in contracting sore formulas, these two substances often act together. Also removes heat eye red, kills fire toxicity, women's yin swelling pain, discharge red/white, child epilepsy, epidemic malaria. Daizhe Shi (Hematitum) is guiding herb, opposes Aconitum. Another type Chi Lian, function same as Bailian, only surface/internal both red.
Wubeizi (Galla Chinensis)
Wubeizi neutral sour bitter taste, treats lung wind toxin wet tinea sores, eye swelling tooth gan and hemorrhoid dysentery, stubborn phlegm heat thirst can decoct soup.
Named because merchants get five times profit. Also known as Wen Ge, inside many insects resemble it. Non-toxic. Treats lung organ wind toxin overflowing skin as wind-tinea sores, itching pus/water, child face/nose gan sores; powder apply mouth sores, immediately advance diet; or wind toxin attacks upward; eye red swollen painful涩 itch, upper/lower eyelids rotten, floating pterygium fleshy invading eyeball, internal take external wash; treat tooth protrusion gan, five hemorrhoids intestinal wind lower blood, diarrhea/dysentery. Danxi said: Belongs to Metal and Water. Hold in mouth good at collecting stubborn phlegm, resolves various heat toxins, generates fluid, astringent wonderful agent. Sichuan area best, remove insects. Soup medicine raw use, pill medicine slight roast. Dye beard roast until smoke rises, pour strong tea on it, roast again until smoke clean, use green cloth wrap, step on stone press dry into powder. Single formula: Treats child vomiting uncertain, two Wubeizi, one raw one cooked, one cun Licorice roasted, into powder, rice water down two qian. Stops immediately.
Wumingyi (Cuprum Viride)
Wumingyi sweet neutral non-toxic, mainly treats metal wounds manages fractures, internal damage generates flesh stops pain, further resolves sores treats various sores.
Guangzhou black-brown ones are good, shape like black charcoal, chew like malt sugar, say cannot name its difference. Treats metal wounds fractures internal damage, stops pain generates flesh, reduces swelling toxin sores, rub with vinegar apply, grind separately.
Chishizhi (Halloysit Rubrum)
Chishizhi sweet sour and warm, generates flesh contracts sore mouth no scar, solidifies intestines/stomach also astringes essence/blood, delivers placenta enters heart source. White ones nature taste all similar, green/yellow/black each correspond to zang theory.
Red refers to color, fat is stone paste sticky, non-toxic. Descending, Yin within Yang. Apply carbuncles, boils, hemorrhoids, expel pus stop pain, generate flesh contract mouth, solidify intestines/stomach, treat abdominal pain diarrhea, cold-slip gan diarrhea, dysentery red/white, astringe essence, stop frequent urination and dribbling. Also stops hematemesis, epistaxis and women metrorrhagia/metrostaxis, difficult labor placenta retention. Classics say: Astringent can remove prolapse. Stone fat is astringent agent, yet can induce labor deliver placenta, why? Because red fat enters Bing (Fire), white fat enters Geng (Metal). Thus red mainly nourishes heart Qi, calms palpitations. Whenever using, color texture fresh greasy sticking tongue is best. Fire pass red, cool grind fine, water fly three times. Sun dry. Dislikes Rhubarb, fears Genkwa. Bai Shizhi (Halloysit Albus), sweet, sour, neutral, non-toxic, mainly nourishes lung. Qing Shizhi (Halloysit Viridis), sour, neutral, non-toxic, mainly nourishes liver/gallbladder Qi. Huang Shizhi (Halloysit Flavum), bitter, neutral, non-toxic, mainly nourishes spleen Qi. Hei Shizhi (Halloysit Nigrum), salty, neutral, non-toxic, mainly nourishes kidney Qi, strengthens yin. "Tujing" said: Five-color stone fats, main treatments all same, later generations divided them, now only use red/white two types, rest no longer recognized, preparation methods same above. Cengqing (Azurite), Swallow droppings are guiding herbs. Dislikes Pine resin, Asarum. Fears Scutellaria, Coptis, Licorice. Obtains Magnolia bark and rice drink, stops stool pus.
Qingmengshi (Calaminthae Lapis)
Qingmengshi treats phlegm-fire sores, can digest food accumulation stagnate viscera, child emaciated woman , attack pierce abdomen heart make pain.
Its stone green-green hazy, taste bland, non-toxic, nature good sinking heavy, obtains Alum can drain damp-heat phlegm accumulation from large intestine out. Because damp-heat abundant and skin generates sores, one drain then heals. Obtains Croton, Rhubarb, Spatholobus etc. formulas, treat food accumulation not digesting, remaining stagnate in viscera, form mass, long time not heal. Also treat child food accumulation emaciated, woman accumulated years food , attack pierce abdomen heart. Enter salt mud seal pot inside, fire one day, grind fine.
Ningshuishi (Hydrargyri Oxydum Rubrum / Calcined Gypsum variant)
Ningshuishi cold sweet pungent taste, fire burned erysipelas vinegar adjust apply, resolves stomach latent heat and body heat, epidemic irritability thirst immediately eliminate.
Also known as Hanshui Shi. From Changshan, white color, has longitudinal lines, has transverse lines, throw in water, same color as water condensing moving is best. Greatly cold, non-toxic. Treats child erysipelas, fire burn into powder, vinegar adjust apply. Can resolve stomach and five zang latent heat, body heat skin inside like fire, epidemic irritability thirst, cold damage fatigue relapse fever. Also sweep abdominal accumulation evil qi, edema lower abdomen bi, suppress Danchi toxicity. Fire seven times, water fly. Leigong with ginger juice boil dry, grind use. Fears Sanguisorba, solves Croton toxicity.
Gouji (Cibotii Rhizoma)
Gouji grass bitter sweet slightly warm, cuts various sores blood treats bi stubborn, strengthens loin solidifies spine benefits waist/legs, loss of urine injury middle tonifies kidney origin.
Shape like dog spine, yellow hair best, name Jinmao Gouji. Non-toxic. Can stop various sores bleeding, treat generalized bi cold-damp, knee pain leg soft, waist/back strong pain. This herb can benefit joints, solidify bones/tendons, quite benefits elderly. Treats loss of urine incontinence, injury middle kidney deficiency, also tonifying agent. Hengshan ones superior. Fire burn remove hair, cut fine wine mix, steam half day, sun dry. Bibi (Dioscoreae Hypoglaucae Rhizoma) is guiding herb, dislikes Patrinia.
Shechuangzi (Cnidii Fructus)
Shechuangzi neutral sweet bitter pungent, scabies tinea yin itch and whole body, warms uterus strengthens yang enables having children, treats bi opens passages drives away stasis fills.
Snakes often inhabit this grass, hence name. Non-toxic. Treats malignant sores, wet tinea, yin itch, great wind body itch, decoct soup bathe it, or crush powder pig fat mix apply. Treats women's yin swelling pain, red/white leukorrhea, all uterine cold syndromes; men's impotence, greatly benefits yang affairs, reduces urination, enables having children. Also treats various damp-bi toxins, waist/hip pain, four limbs numbness, opens joints, drives away blow-injury stasis. Also treat epilepsy, wind-cold toothache. Warms middle lowers Qi, long-term use lightens body beautifies face. Into wash soup raw use, into pills/powders use cloth wrap. Remove peel shell, take pure kernel subtle. Dislikes Peony, Croton, Fritillaria.
Fulonggan (Cinis Cautis)
Fulonggan taste qi pungent warm, resolves sores reduces swelling vinegar smear trace, stops various blood lower cough reverse qi, epidemic pregnancy delivery water adjust swallow.
Fulong, stove god. Calendar experts say: Fulong day, taboo build stove. "Rongzhai Suibi" said: Use pig liver mix mud build stove. Establish name meaning based on this. Slightly toxic. Mainly resolve carbuncles swellings toxins, back-sores breast-abscesses, erysipelas, chicken egg yolk or vinegar adjust apply. Axillary odor, child umbilical sores, dry powder apply. Stop cough reverse ascending qi, hematemesis epistaxis, intestinal wind hematuria, seminal emission and women metrorrhagia/leukorrhea, pregnant epidemic heat disease causes fetus uneasy, water mix smear navel center, internally also take. Induce labor deliver clothing, child night crying, adult stroke speechless, heart irritability trance, four limbs not follow or abdomen pain full, cold water stir juice take. Leigong said: Is ten years past stove forehead inside fire qi naturally accumulate, like red stone, middle yellow has eight edges. Whenever using, fire water fly twice, let dry. Since Tao Jingwei thinks it is stove heart earth, actually Lei's saying has reason, should follow it.
Changxia Mo (Carbon Vegetableis)
Changxia Mo is bottom coal of cauldron, metal wounds generate flesh stop blood come, vomit red blood晕 nausea pain, women difficult labor also can induce. Baicaoshuang treats heat toxin sores, digest accumulation stop diarrhea also miraculous.
Non-toxic. Resolve various sore toxins. Smear metal wounds, generate flesh stop blood, if sore on face, careful do not smear, black enters meat like stamp. Stop various blood and hematemesis, blood晕, use alone fine grind, wine adjust or water adjust, warm take. Also treat sudden heart pain, women malpresentation and cholera cramps, nasal qi congestion not passing. Also treat tongue suddenly swollen like pig bladder, full mouth then die, with wine adjust smear under tongue immediately heal. Baicaoshuang, is forehead ink, also known as stove chimney ink. Non-toxic. Treats child head sores and heat toxin sores, digest accumulation transform stagnation lower food, stop violent diarrhea/dysentery, women deficiency, menstruation irregular, metrorrhagia/metrostaxis, transverse presentation malpresentation, thin fetus placenta retention. "Jufang" mistakenly takes Chang Mo as Baicaoshuang, pointed although different from classics, but functions largely same, only Heinu Wan uses both.
Longgu (Os Draconis)
Longgu sweet neutral non-toxic, contracts mouth mainly resolves intestinal internal carbuncle, stops essence blood sweat calms mind, dries damp removes treats dysentery pus. Teeth attack condensed qi and epilepsy, horn treats middle hard convulsion wind.
Born in Jin region valleys and Taishan rocks, water shore soil caves, obtained where dead dragons were. Li Zhao "National History" said: Spring water time fish climb Dragon Gate shed their bones. Treats intestinal carbuncles internal gangrene, yin erosion and various sores long time not contract mouth, least use most wonderful. Child umbilical sores not heal, grind powder apply. Treats spermatorrhea white turbidity, reduces urination, stops vomiting, epistaxis, hematuria, intestinal wind lower blood, night sweats, women metrorrhagia/metrorrhagia fetal leakage. Calms mind, stabilizes soul/h魄, night sleep many dreams chaotic add use. Cheng Wuji said: Longgu, Huangdan, Muli all converge spirit qi to calm fright. Leigong said: Longgu qi enters Kidney, also can dry damp break, stop diarrhea dysentery pus blood, old malaria. Also treat cough reverse, heart/abdominal ghost fixation spirits, child heat qi epilepsy. Whenever using, obtain spine brain make white ground brocade pattern, lick sticking tongue is best, green/white next, black below. Fire roast fine grind, or wine boil, roast dry use. Fears Gypsum, Lizhi, Dry lacquer, Sichuan pepper, obtains Ginseng; Realgar good. Suppress discuss Longgu astringent drug, remove prolapse solidify intestine yet break hardness, why? Because quality although withered/astringent, yet taste sweet slows blood, just like Qinfen nature cold benefits intestine, quality dry also contracts anus. Alas! Astringent drugs can unblock, Cornus, Chishizhi such; Unblock drugs can stop, Cyperi Rhizoma, Croton such. Just like Tianmendong cold and tonify, Houpo hot and purge, this drug nature therefore hard to recognize, and experienced users obtain it. Teeth, neutral, taste astringent, non-toxic. Treats chest below condensed qi cannot breathe, epilepsy, mania, various , bone inter寒热. Calms heart stabilizes soul, treats child five frights twelve epilepsies, body heat cannot approach. Also kills ghost essence gu poison. Horn, neutral. Treats epilepsy, convulsions, body heat like fire, abdomen firm and heat diarrhea.
Wuzeigu (Sepiae Endoconcha)
Wuzeigu warm dries pus juice, yin abscess deafness eye nebula tears, stops dysentery kills parasite heart/abdomen pain, reduces swelling further treats metrorrhagia urgent, opens channels breaks masses enables giving birth, meat taste sour neutral will qi establish.