无毒。生河东。
又，姑活，一名鸡精也。
《本经》原文∶姑活，味甘，温。主大风邪气，湿痹寒痛。久服轻身，益寿耐老。一名
冬葵
微寒，无毒。生汉中。五月采。
《本经》原文∶屈草，味苦。主胸胁下痛邪气，肠间寒热阴痹。久服，轻身益气耐老。
生川
有小毒。以作蒸饮酒病患。生蒿高。二月、八月采。
《本经》原文∶ 根，味甘，寒、平。主下热气，益阴精，令人面悦好，明目。久服轻
身耐
味苦，温，无毒。主除骨间寒热，通利胃气，止咳逆，下气。生河间南阳宛朐山谷
平寿、都乡高堤岸上，牡荆生田野。八月、九月采实，阴干。（得术、柏实、青葙共治
防风为之使，恶石膏。）
又，
味苦，平，无毒。主久痢，霍乱、转筋，血淋，下部疮，湿 薄脚，主香港脚肿满。其根，
味甘、苦，平，无毒。水煮服，主心风、头风，肢体诸风，解肌发汗。
生温，熟寒，有毒。主治喉痹，吐逆，疝瘕，去老血，产后余疾，腹痛，出汗，利五
生太山及秦岭上，或 。八月、九月采实。（恶栝蒌、防葵，畏雌黄。）
《本经》原文∶秦椒，味辛，温。主风邪气，温中，除寒痹，坚齿发，明目。久服，轻
身好
味辛，平，温，无毒。去长虫。治风头痛，脑鸣，目泪出，益气。久服令人光泽，
长须发。生益州。（恶乌头、石膏。）
《本经》原文∶蔓荆实，味苦，微寒。主筋骨间寒热痹拘挛，明目，坚齿，利九窍，去
白虫
Non-toxic. Grows in the Hedong region.
Furthermore, Guhuo (Guhua Root), also known as Jijing (Chicken Egg Spirit).
Original text from *Shennong Bencao Jing*: Guhuo is sweet in taste and warm in nature. It primarily treats invasion by severe wind-pathogenic factors and cold pain caused by damp-bi obstruction. Long-term consumption makes the body feel light, extends life, and enhances resistance to aging. Also known as Dongkui.
Slightly cold, non-toxic. Grows in the Hanzhong region. Harvested in May.
Original text from *Shennong Bencao Jing*: Quc grass is bitter in taste. It primarily treats pain in the chest and hypochondrium due to pathogenic factors, alternating cold and heat in the intestines, and Yin-bi obstruction. Long-term consumption makes the body feel light, benefits Qi, and enhances resistance to aging.
Grows in the Chuan region.
Slightly toxic. Used in steamed wine for patients to drink. Grows among tall mugwort plants. Harvested in February and August.
Original text from *Shennong Bencao Jing*: The root is sweet in taste and cold/neutral in nature. It primarily treats lower-body heat, nourishes Yin essence, improves complexion and beauty, and brightens the eyes. Long-term consumption makes the body feel light and enhances resistance to aging.
Bitter in taste, warm in nature, non-toxic. It primarily eliminates cold-heat sensations between bones, promotes free flow of Stomach Qi, stops cough and rebellious Qi, and directs Qi downward. Grows in valleys of Hejian, Nanyang Wanqu, and on high embankments in Pingshou, Duxiang. Vitex negundo grows in fields. The fruits are harvested in August and September and dried in the shade. (When used with Atractylodes and Biota seed, it treats conditions related to Saposhnikovia divaricata; Qingxiang seed serves as an assistant herb; incompatible with Gypsum Fibrosum.)
Furthermore,
Bitter in taste, neutral in nature, non-toxic. It primarily treats chronic dysentery, cholera-like disease, muscle cramps, bloody strangury, sores in the lower orifices, and dampness affecting the feet (Damp foot-thinness). It primarily treats Hong Kong foot (podagra) with swelling and fullness. The root is sweet and bitter in taste, neutral in nature, and non-toxic. Decocted in water and taken orally, it primarily treats Heart-wind, Head-wind, various wind syndromes of the limbs, resolves the muscle layer, and induces sweating.
Raw form is warm, cooked form is cold, toxic. It primarily treats throat bi obstruction, vomiting and rebellious Qi, hernia and masses, removes old blood, treats residual postpartum diseases, abdominal pain, induces sweating, and benefits the five orifices.
Grows on Mount Tai and the Qinling Mountains, or... Harvested in August and September. (Incompatible with Trichosanthes fruit and Arisaema heterophyllum; fears Realgar.)
Original text from *Shennong Bencao Jing*: Qin pepper is pungent in taste and warm in nature. It primarily treats wind-pathogenic factors, warms the middle, eliminates cold-bi, strengthens teeth and hair, and brightens the eyes. Long-term consumption makes the body feel light and improves complexion.
Pungent in taste, neutral/warm in nature, non-toxic. It expels long intestinal worms. It treats wind-induced headache, tinnitus/cranial buzzing, tearing, and benefits Qi. Long-term consumption gives luster to the skin and promotes growth of beard and hair. Grows in the Yizhou region. (Incompatible with Aconitum carmichaelii and Gypsum Fibrosum.)
Original text from *Shennong Bencao Jing*: Vitex fruit is bitter in taste and slightly cold. It primarily treats cold-heat bi obstruction and spasms between muscles and bones, brightens the eyes, strengthens teeth, benefits the nine orifices, and expels white intestinal worms.