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[Adonis Flower (Kuandonghua)] Sweet in taste, non-toxic. Primarily treats xiaoke (wasting-thirst syndrome characterized by polydipsia, polyphagia, polyuria, and emaciation), wheezing, and rapid breathing. Also known as Didong. Grows near water sources in Changshan and Shangdang regions. Flowers are harvested in the eleventh month and dried in the shade. (Xingren [Prunus armeniaca Seed] serves as its guiding herb; it pairs well with Ziwan [Asteris Radix et Rhizoma]; it is incompatible with Zaojia [Gleditsiae Sinensis Spina], Xiaoshi [Natrii Sulfas], Xuanshen [Scrophulariae Radix]; and it fears Beimu [Fritillariae Bulbus], Xinyi [Magnoliae Flos], Mahuang [Ephedrae Herba], Huangqin [Scutellariae Radix], and Qingxiang [Celosiae Semen].)
*Shennong Bencao Jing* original text: Kuandonghua, pungent in taste, warm in nature. Primarily treats cough with qi reversal, prone to asthma, houbi (sore throat with obstruction and difficulty swallowing), and various pathogenic factors of wind-cold-heat causing jingxian (convulsions and epilepsy). Also known as Wu.

[Moutan Cortex (Mudanpi)] Bitter in taste, slightly cold, non-toxic. Primarily eliminates seasonal epidemics, headache, ke re (external heat caused by pathogenic invasion), wulao (five types of deficiency exhaustion), laoqi, headache and waist pain, fengjin (trismus due to wind), and dianji (epilepsy). Grows in Jun counties and Hanzhong regions. Roots are harvested in the second and eighth months and dried in the shade. (It fears Tusizi [Cuscutae Semen].)
*Shennong Bencao Jing* original text: Mudan, pungent in taste, cold in nature. Primarily treats alternating chills and fever, stroke with convulsions, spasm, fright, epilepsy, and pathogenic factors; removes zhengjian (hard masses) and blood stasis lodged in the intestines and stomach; calms the five zang organs; and treats yongzhong (carbuncles and sores).

[Fangji (Stephaniae Tetrandrae Radix)] Bitter in taste, warm, non-toxic. Primarily treats shuizhong (edema), fengzhong (wind-induced swelling), clears bladder heat, shaohang (cold damage), cold-heat pathogenic factors, stroke, limb spasms and rigidity, diarrhea, dissipates yongzhong (abscesses) and e jie (malignant nodules), various wo jie xuan (skin diseases such as scabies and tinea), chongchuang (insect bites or parasitic sores), unblocks coul i (interstices and pores), and benefits the nine orifices. Those with texture resembling wheel spokes are considered superior. Grows in Hanzhong region. Roots are harvested in the second and eighth months and dried in the shade. YinkT (likely a textual error or specific processing term, retained as is) serves as its guiding herb; it neutralizes the toxicity of Xionghuang (Realgar); it is incompatible with Xixin [Asari Radix et Rhizoma]; and it fears Bixie [Dioscoreae Hypoglaucae Rhizoma].
*Shennong Bencao Jing* original text: Fangji, pungent and neutral in taste. Primarily treats wind-cold, wen nue (warm malaria), heat-related epilepsy, expels pathogens, promotes urination and defecation, also known as Jiel i. Grows in river valleys.

[Unnamed Herb 1] Bitter in taste, cold, toxic. Primarily treats jiayang ewai chuang (crusted ulcers and foul necrotic sores), eliminates three parasites and pathogenic factors. Grows in river valleys of Yizhou region, harvested in the second and eighth months.

[Unnamed Herb 2] Toxic. Grows in Shujun region. Roots are harvested in the third month and dried in the shade. (Yuanwei [Iris Tectorum Rhizome] serves as its guiding herb; it is incompatible with Fuling [Poria].)
*Shennong Bencao Jing* original text: Huanghuan, bitter in taste, neutral in nature. Primarily treats gud u gui zhu gui mei (poisonous worms, ghostly afflictions, and malevolent spirits), pathogenic factors within the zang organs, and removes cough with qi reversal and cold-heat symptoms. Also known as Lingquan, also known as Dajiu. Grows in mountains