味苦，微寒，大寒，无毒。主风寒湿痹，洗洗寒气，除热中，目中青翳白膜。疗
精，妇人带下，小儿痫，身热。可作洗目汤。久服头不白，轻身，皮肤光泽，肥大，有子
一名岑皮，一名石檀。生庐江川谷及冤句，二月八月采皮，阴干。
味苦，寒，大寒，无毒。主五内邪气，胃中热气，面赤酒 鼻，白癞赤癞疮疡。疗目
热赤痛，胸心大小肠大热。心中烦闷，胃中热。一名木丹，一名越桃。生南阳川谷，九月采
实，曝干。
味辛，温，无毒。主消谷，逐水，除痰癖，杀三虫伏尸，疗寸白。生南海。
味甘，平，无毒。主安五脏，利心志，令人欢乐无忧。久服轻身，明目得所欲，生益州
山谷。
味辛，温，生温；熟寒，有毒。主风邪气，温中，除寒痹，坚齿发，明目，疗喉
吐逆疝瘕，去老血，产后余疾，腹痛出汗，利五脏。久服轻身，好颜色，耐老增年通神。生
大山川谷及秦岭上，或琅邪，八月九月采实。
味苦，寒，无毒。主女子崩中下血，腹满汗出，除邪，杀鬼毒蛊疰，中恶腹痛，去白虫，
消皮肤风毒肿，令阴中解。一名鬼箭。生霍山山谷，八月采，阴干。
(Baiqian / Qinpi) Taste is bitter, nature is slightly cold to very cold, non-toxic. It primarily treats wind-cold-dampness bi-syndrome (painful obstruction caused by wind, cold, and dampness), expels chilling cold from the exterior, clears heat from the middle jiao, and treats green nebula and white membrane in the eyes. It treats spermatorrhea, leukorrhea in women, infantile epilepsy, and fever. It can be decocted into a wash for the eyes. Long-term consumption prevents graying of hair, lightens the body, makes skin lustrous and supple, promotes fertility, and aids conception. Also known as Cenpi or Shitan. Grows in valleys of Lujiang and Yuanju; bark is harvested in February and August and dried in shade.
(Mudan / Yuetao fruit) Taste is bitter, nature is cold to very cold, non-toxic. It primarily treats pathogenic qi in the five zang organs, hot qi in the stomach, facial erythema, rhinophyma (rosacea), and sores such as vitiligo and erysipelas. It treats red, hot, and painful eyes, and excessive heat in the chest, heart, large intestine, and small intestine. It relieves mental restlessness and gastric heat. Also known as Mudan or Yuetao. Grows in valleys of Nanyang; fruits are harvested in September and sun-dried.
(Some herb) Taste is acrid, nature is warm, non-toxic. It primarily aids digestion of grains, drives out water retention, eliminates phlegm-stagnation, kills three types of parasites and latent corpse-worms, and treats Taenia solium (tapeworm). Grows in the South Sea region.
(Some herb) Taste is sweet, nature is neutral, non-toxic. It primarily calms the five zang organs, benefits the mind/spirit, brings joy and freedom from worry. Long-term consumption lightens the body, improves vision, fulfills desires, and promotes health. Grows in valleys of Yizhou.
(Some herb) Taste is acrid, nature is warm; when raw it is warm, when cooked it is cold, toxic. It primarily treats wind-pathogenic qi, warms the middle jiao, eliminates cold-bi, strengthens teeth and hair, improves vision, treats throat disorders, vomiting, rebellious qi, hernia, and mass formations, removes old blood stasis, treats postpartum residual diseases, abdominal pain, sweating, and benefits the five zang organs. Long-term consumption lightens the body, enhances complexion, delays aging, increases longevity, and sharpens spiritual awareness. Grows in deep mountain valleys, on Mount Qinling, or in Langya; fruits are harvested in August and September.
(Guijian / Eucommia ulmoides branch with wings) Taste is bitter, nature is cold, non-toxic. It primarily treats metrorrhagia and metrostaxis in women, abdominal fullness, sweating, expels pathogenic factors, kills ghost-poison, gu-poison, and infectious diseases, treats acute abdominal pain due to evil invasion, removes Ascaris lumbricoides (roundworm), reduces skin swelling due to wind-toxin, and soothes the genital area. Also known as Guijian. Grows in valleys of Huoshan; harvested in August and dried in shade.
(Some herb) Taste is sour, nature is slightly cold, non-toxic. It primarily treats puerperal diseases, postpartum residual conditions, metrorrhagia, mass formations, blood obstruction, alternating chills and fever, emaciation, and nourishes the fetus.
(Lingtiao / Tingli) Taste is bitter, non-toxic. It primarily treats flaccidity syndrome (limb weakness and atrophy) and tonifies qi. Also known as Lingtiao or Tingli. Grows in valleys of Xihai and sunny slopes of mountains.