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(Maizi Mu): Sweet, slightly warm, salty, neutral, non-toxic. It primarily treats fractures, internal bleeding, reconnects severed bones, nourishes the bone marrow, alleviates pain, and calms the fetus. It grows in mountain valleys; its leaves resemble those of the persimmon, and it is produced in Qiongzhou, Jiannan.

(Specific Herb): Bitter and pungent, neutral, slightly toxic. It primarily treats three types of intestinal parasites (Roundworm, Pinworm, and Liver Fluke), kills lice and nits, and grows in mountain valleys. The root bark is taken, ground into powder, mixed with oil, and applied topically to treat lice and nits.

(Specific Herb): Salty and slightly cold, primarily treats malignant wind-toxin.

(Specific Herb): Bitter, toxic, primarily used for washing sores and scabies, wind-based eczema. Boil the leaf juice with water for use; the bark is used for [unclear condition].

(Specific Herb): Particularly effective.

(Shu Jiao / Sichuan Pepper): Pungent, greatly warm, non-toxic. It directs Qi downward, warms the middle Jiao, dispels phlegm, and eliminates wind-cold from the Zang-Fu organs. It grows in the Western Regions, resembling the fruit of a mouse plum. It is consumed mixed with food; its taste is very pungent, though its fragrance is inferior to that of Shu Jiao.

(Specific Herb): Bitter, slightly warm, non-toxic. It primarily treats dysentery, thickens the stomach and intestines, and promotes robustness and health. Its shell, when made into a powder or decocted for oral administration, also treats dysentery and can be used for dyeing. Also known as Zhudou; both Hu and Li trees have cups, but Li is superior. It is found in valleys everywhere.

(Specific Herb): Bitter, warm, non-toxic. It primarily treats bloody and white dysentery, intestinal slipping, and promotes tissue regeneration. It originates from the Western Regions.

(Specific Herb): Bitter, cold, toxic. It primarily treats carbuncles and malignant sores. Washing the sores with the juice boiled from the leaves leads to immediate recovery. It grows among hedges and walls. Also known as Kongsu.

(Specific Herb): Sweet and bitter, neutral, non-toxic. It primarily treats hemorrhoids by stopping bleeding, heals bloody dysentery, relieves thirst, and is used for pulse moxibustion.

(Specific Herb): Bitter. A strong decoction prepared with water removes gu poison and [unclear condition]; it is widely used by common people with great efficacy.

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(Specific Herb): Bitter, warm, slightly cold, non-toxic. It primarily treats five types of strangury, obstruction of Guan-Ge, unblocks the urinary pathway, treats pediatric epilepsy, adult [unclear condition], and restores spirit transformation. When decocted with egg yolk until dissolved into water, it treats pediatric fright-heat and dysentery.

(Specific Herb): Slightly warm, primarily treats cough, five types of strangury, difficulty in urination and defecation, pediatric convulsions and epilepsy, stops epistaxis (nosebleed). When burned and insufflated into the nose, it stops bleeding immediately.

(Specific Herb): Primarily tonifies the Five Zang organs, making the body plump, white, and lustrous.

(Specific Herb): Primarily treats strangury and urinary retention.

(Specific Herb): Cold. It primarily treats epidemic high fever with manic running, resolves various toxins. Use extremely dried material, grind into powder, and take with boiling water.

(Human Urine): Treats chills and fever with headache, and warms Qi. Urine from young males and females is particularly good. White sediment in urine: treats epistaxis and burns/scalds. Greenish precipitate from the toilet pit facing east: treats throat bi (obstruction), reduces abscess swelling; if pus has already formed, it will rupture.