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The *Bencao* (Compendium of Materia Medica/Pharmacopoeia) details cases where a single substance has multiple names, as recorded in the *Benjing* (Shennong Bencao Jing, The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica, the earliest extant Chinese pharmacopoeia). However, even commonly used daily medicines often have different names, making them difficult to identify and trace at a moment's notice. Here, I directly point out their names and elucidate them, hoping this will benefit future scholars.

Mumeng is Zican; Wei Mao is Gui Jian; Zi Wei is now Lingxiao Hua (Campsis grandiflora); Xiangzi is Huixiang (Fennel); Shacao Gen is now Xiangfu (Cyperi Rhizoma); Beiting Sha is Shaming; Kutu is Cha (Tea); Wushi Zi and Meishi Zi are Nanzhu Zhi, now Wufan Ye (Vaccinium bracteatum leaves); Gu Gen is Jia Sun (Zizania latifolia stem); E Shi is Niubang Zi (Arctii Fructus); Li Shi is Malin; Yinyanghuo is Xianlingpi (Epimedii Folium); Jasū is Jingjie (Schizonepetae Herba); Hu is Dasuan (Garlic); Yazǐ is Ye Langya; Mabo is Mapijin (Lycoperdon); Shanglu is Danglu Gen; "Bai Tian Gong Ren Dai Zhuli Zhi Bai" (the decayed part of a bamboo hat worn by Old Man Baitian Gong) refers to Xunru Xiang, which is Rushi Xiang (Frankincense); Helile, when not yet mature and blown off by the wind to fall on the ground, is called Suifengzi; *Taiping Guangji* records that Nanwei is Ganlan (Olive); Shimì is Yingtao (Cherry); Luju is Pipa (Loquat); Mumì is Zao (Jujube); Chen (Dust - likely a textual error or specific context); Congbai (Scallion white) is cool and opens the nine orifices; Jiubai (Leek white) is warm; Yangrou (Mutton) is Qing (Green/Cooling nature per text) and closes the nine orifices; Laifu is Luobo (Radish); Xiaocao is Yuanzhi (Polygalae Radix); "Ye Bantian He" (Leaf Half Sky River - semantic ambiguity in source); "Zhulitou Shui ye" (Bamboo fence head water - semantic ambiguity in source); Shuyu is now Shanyao (Dioscoreae Rhizoma); Shenwu is Guijia (Tartarichelys Carapax); Wulingzhi is Hahaichong Fen (Civeti Faeces); Jishi is Lingshi (Trapa Natans fruit); Wuyu is Cigu (Eleocharis tuberosa); Zhaoxiu is Zhehe; "Che Fushi Zai Shi Xie Tiao Xia" (Car floating stone carried under stone crab strip - structural confusion in source); Shenhuo Cao is Jingtian (Sedum aizoon).

The *Diwang Shiji* (Chronicle of Emperors and Kings) records: Taihao (Fuxi) drew the Eight Trigrams to categorize the emotions of all things. The Six Qi, Six Fu Organs, Five Zang Organs, Five Elements, Yin and Yang, Four Seasons, and the rising and falling of Water and Fire were given form. The principles of a hundred diseases were categorized. Thus, the Nine Needles were created. It is also said that the Yellow Emperor ordered Leigong and Qibo to teach the making of the Nine Needles. This marks the beginning of acupuncture and moxibustion.

Current physicians record acupuncture points by creating mannequins and marking the locations, known as Mingtang (Hall of Brightness). According to the preface to the *Bronze Figure Acupoint Diagram*: In the past, the Yellow Emperor asked Qibo about human meridians, exhausting the mysteries of blood vessels and varying according to Yin and Yang. They wrote down all their words and stored them in the Chamber of Golden Orchids. When Leigong came to ask questions, [the Emperor] sat in the Mingtang to instruct him. The Mingtang spoken of in later generations originates from this (from *Shiwu Jiyuan*).

Wang Zuan, a native of Hailing during the Song Dynasty, studied classical prescriptions in his youth and was particularly proficient in acupuncture and stone therapy. People near and far knew his great reputation. During the Yuanjia era of the Song Dynasty, the daughter of Zhang Fang in the county stayed overnight at the gate of the Guangling Temple at dusk. At night, a creature pretending to be her husband came. The girl was thus bewitched and fell ill. Wang Zuan treated her. Initially, he inserted one needle, and a badger walked out from under the girl's quilt. The illness was thereby cured (from Liu Yingshu's *Yi'an*).