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(Bitter Vegetable): Bitter in taste, cold in nature, non-toxic. It treats evil qi in the five zang organs, anorexia (loss of appetite), gastric obstruction and intestinal borborygmus with diarrhea, thirst, heat disorders in the middle jiao, and malignant sores. Long-term consumption calms the mind, benefits qi, sharpens hearing and vision, reduces sleep needs, lightens the body, delays aging, enhances tolerance to hunger and cold, and maintains high vital energy without aging. Also known as Tuku, Xuan, and Youdong. Grows in the valleys, mountains, and along roadsides in Yizhou; it does not die in winter. Harvested on the third day of the third lunar month and dried in the shade.

(Scallion Fruit): Sweet in taste, warm in nature, non-toxic. It promotes the free flow of liver qi and harmonizes the spleen and stomach. Its fruit treats brightening the eyes and eye pain.

(Radish Seed): Bitter in taste, warm in nature, non-toxic. It promotes the free flow of the five zang organs, lightens the body, and benefits qi. It can be consumed for a long time. Radish seed: Treats brightening the eyes.

(Scallion White/Stem): Pungent and sweet in taste, warm in nature, non-toxic. Taken dispersed or cooked/boiled, it strongly directs qi downward, aids digestion of grains, eliminates phlegm, and promotes robustness and health. Crushed fresh and taken orally, it treats Xiao Ke (wasting-thirst syndrome) with significant efficacy.

(Polygonum aviculare / Knotgrass): Bitter in taste, cold in nature, non-toxic. Consumption relieves fatigue, reduces sleepiness, and eliminates swelling caused by deficient heat. Its seeds: Treat Ding Zhong (carbuncles). Found everywhere.

(Unclassified Herb): Sweet in taste, warm in nature, non-toxic. It promotes the free flow of the intestines and stomach, eliminates chest distress, and relieves thirst after alcohol intoxication.

(Unclassified Herb): Pungent in taste, warm in nature, non-toxic. It acts on the nasal orifices, treats the removal of kidney evil qi, promotes the free flow of the nine orifices, brightens the ears and eyes, and stabilizes the middle jiao. Long-term consumption warms the middle jiao.

(Unclassified Herb): Bitter in taste, neutral in nature, non-toxic. It stabilizes the middle jiao, benefits people, and can be consumed for a long time.

(Unclassified Herb): Pungent in taste, warm in nature, non-toxic. It treats cough with rebellious qi, warms the middle jiao, and tonifies the physique. Leaves: Harmonize the middle jiao and eliminate foul odors. Harvested in the ninth lunar month and dried in the shade.

(Polygonum aviculare / Knotgrass): Pungent in taste, warm in nature, non-toxic. It brightens the eyes, warms the middle jiao, enhances tolerance to wind and cold, promotes the downward movement of water qi, and treats facial and ocular edema and carbuncles. Leaves: Act on the tongue, eliminate evil qi from the large and small intestines, promote the free flow of the middle jiao, and benefit the spirit. Polygonum aviculare: Eliminates leeches in the intestines and lightens the body. Grows in the rivers and marshes of Leize.

(Scallion White/Stem): Pungent in taste, warm in nature, non-toxic. It brightens the eyes and tonifies deficiency in the middle jiao. Its stem, Scallion White: Neutral in nature. Can be made into a decoction. It treats chills and fever due to Shang Han (Cold Damage), induces sweating, treats Wind Stroke, facial and ocular edema, bone and muscle pain due to Shang Han, Bi syndrome of the throat (sore throat with difficulty swallowing), calms the fetus, acts on the eyes, eliminates liver evil qi, stabilizes the middle jiao, promotes the free flow of the five zang organs, benefits the eyes, and detoxifies various medicines.