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[Baituhuo]
Bitter in taste, neutral in nature, non-toxic. It primarily treats bites from snakes, vipers, bees, and scorpions; dog bites; poisoning from vegetables and meat; gu poison (a type of toxic accumulation); guizhu (a contagious tuberculosis-like disease); fengzhu (diseases transmitted by wind); and various other severe toxins that cannot be ingested, eliminating them all. Furthermore, it removes blood stasis; when ground into powder and applied to painful areas, relief is immediate. If toxins have entered the abdomen, boiling and drinking the decoction resolves the condition. Also known as Baige, it grows in the valleys of Jiaozhou.

[Duyaocao]
Pungent and bitter in taste, neutral in nature, non-toxic. It primarily treats guizhu, sudden attacks by evil qi (acute abdominal pain due to external pathogens), evil qi in the heart and abdomen, various essence poisons, wenmalaria (warm malaria), and epidemic diseases. It strengthens the waist and legs and increases physical strength. Also known as Duyaocao.

[Unnamed Herb 3]
Bitter in taste, cold in nature, non-toxic. It primarily resolves poisoning from various medicines, vegetables, and meats. When soaked in wine and taken orally, it treats deficiency-fatigue with wind-heat. It grows in the plains and marshes of Lingnan, Jiaozhou, and Guangzhou.

[Danggui]
Sweet and pungent in taste, warm in nature, strongly warm, non-toxic. It primarily treats coughing with rebellious qi, wenmalaria, chills and heat sensations like cold water sprinkling on the skin, uterine bleeding leading to infertility, various malignant sores and ulcers, metal wounds (lacerations), which are treated by boiling and drinking the decoction. It warms the middle jiao, alleviates pain, removes internal stagnant blood, treats stroke with absence of sweating, damp-bi syndrome, attacks by evil qi, deficiency-cold of guest qi, tonifies the five zang organs, and promotes muscle growth. Also known as Gan'gui, it grows in the rivers and valleys of Longxi. The roots are harvested in February and August and dried in the shade.

[Unnamed Herb 5]
Bitter and pungent in taste, neutral in nature, slightly warm, non-toxic. It primarily treats pathogenic factors of cold and heat, bi-syndrome caused by cold-dampness and wind, pain in limbs and joints, promotes urination, and facilitates diuresis. It treats wind disorders, regardless of whether they are recent or chronic, causing general spasms and stiffness. It grows in Feiwu Valley. The roots are harvested in February and August and sun-dried.

[Huangqin]
Bitter in taste, neutral in nature, strongly cold, non-toxic. It primarily treats heat syndromes, jaundice, intestinal diarrhea and dysentery, promotes water metabolism, relieves amenorrhea, treats malignant sores and ulcerative lesions, clears phlegm-heat and stomach heat, alleviates colic in the lower abdomen, aids digestion, benefits the small intestine, treats female amenorrhea, leukorrhea with bleeding, and abdominal pain in children. Also known as Fuchang, Kongchang, Neixu, Huangwen, Jingqin, and Dufu. Its seeds treat pus and blood in the intestines. It grows in the rivers and valleys of Zigui and Gou. The roots are harvested on the third day of the third lunar month and dried in the shade.

Baizhu]
Bitter and sour in taste, neutral in nature, slightly cold, slightly toxic. It primarily treats abdominal pain caused by pathogenic factors, removes blood bi-syndrome, breaks down hard accumulations, treats hernia masses with cold and heat, alleviates pain, tonifies qi, unblocks the vessels, moderates the interior, disperses evil blood, drives out thief blood, removes fluid retention, benefits the bladder and large/small intestines, reduces carbuncles and swellings, treats epidemic cold-heat evils, abdominal pain, and lower back pain. Also known as Baizhu, Yurong, Lishi, Jiecang, and Ting. It grows in the rivers and valleys of Zhongyue and [missing location]. The roots are harvested in February and August and sun-dried.