味辛，大温，无毒。主积冷气，止吐逆，反胃，消谷，下气。《图经》∶臣。文仲
气冷，吃食即欲吐。以白豆蔻子三枚捣筛更研细，好酒一盏，微温调之，并饮二、
味甘，寒。主解百药毒。日华子云∶治蛇虫咬，热病温疾， 毒箭。杀∶蛊毒。《图
》∶古方解五石毒。又∶《短剧方》治蛊，取荠 根捣末，以饮服方寸匕，立瘥。《食疗》云∶
丹石发动，取根食之，良。出∶川蜀、江浙。
凉，无毒。治恶疮、疥癣、风瘙。根名白药。《图经》∶味苦，平，有毒。主诸疮疥
牛马诸疮。一云∶治劳瘵。入生蜜为膏服之，用冷粥饮压之，如吐或下，不妨。如久病
咯血，只一服愈。寻常咳嗽血妄行亦可。
味苦，温，无毒。主中恶，温胃，止呕吐，疗心腹冷痛。日华子云∶白茅香花塞鼻
敷久不合，炙疮， 刀箭疮，止血并痛。煎汤止吐血，鼻衄。《海药》云∶小儿遍身疮
桃叶同煮浴之。
味甘酸，平，无毒。主血痢，针灸疮发，洪血不可止者，敷之立愈。汁涂发眉，生速
而繁。生下湿地。日华子云∶排脓，止血，通小肠，长鬓发，敷一切疮并蚕 ，俗谓之旱莲
子。
味辛甘，温、大热，有大毒。主风寒咳逆邪气，温中，金疮，破症坚积聚，血瘕寒湿
，拘挛膝痛，脚疼冷弱不能行走，腰脊风寒，心腹冷痛，霍乱转筋，下痢赤白，坚肌骨
强阴，又堕胎，为百药长。一云∶疗偏风半身不遂，大风冷，痰癖胀满，呕逆翻胃，元脏伤
冷，耳聋，风牙关急，治阴盛隔阳，伤寒。地胆为使。恶∶蜈蚣。生∶犍为山谷。畏∶防风
、黑豆、甘草、黄 、人参、乌韭。
[Shijunzi (Quisqualis Indica Fruit)] Sweet in flavor, warm in nature, non-toxic. Primarily treats the five types of childhood malnutrition syndromes (Wu Gang), white turbid urine, expels parasites, and treats diarrhea and dysentery.
[Fuzi (Prepared Aconite Lateral Root)] Pungent in flavor, greatly warm in nature, non-toxic. Primarily treats accumulated cold qi, stops vomiting and regurgitation, aids digestion of grains, and directs qi downward. *Tu Jing* records: It is a minister herb. Wen Zhong's formula: For cold qi causing immediate nausea upon eating, take three cardamom seeds, crush, sieve, and grind finely; mix with one cup of good wine, warm slightly, and drink together...
[Jini (Adenophorae Radix)] Sweet in flavor, cold in nature. Primarily resolves the toxicity of all medicines. Ri Hua Zi states: Treats snake and insect bites, febrile diseases, warm diseases, and poisoned arrows. Kills gu poison. *Tu Jing* records: Ancient formulas use it to resolve the toxicity of the Five Minerals. Also: *Duan Ju Fang* treats gu poison by taking Jini root powder, administered with water, one cun bi dose, resulting in immediate recovery. *Shi Liao* states: When mineral drug toxicity manifests, consuming the root is beneficial. Originates from Sichuan, Shu, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang.
[Shanglu (Phytolaccae Radix)] Cool in nature, non-toxic. Treats malignant sores, scabies, tinea, and wind-induced pruritus. The root is named Bai Yao. *Tu Jing* records: Bitter in flavor, neutral in nature, toxic. Primarily treats various sores, scabies, and sores in cattle and horses. Another view: Treats lao zhai (chronic wasting diseases such as tuberculosis). Administered as a paste with raw honey, suppressed with cold porridge water; if vomiting or purging occurs, it is not harmful. For chronic hemoptysis, a single dose suffices for cure. It is also effective for ordinary coughing with abnormal bleeding.
[Baimaoxiang (Imperatae Rhizoma / White Imperata Aromatic Herb)] Bitter in flavor, warm in nature, non-toxic. Primarily treats sudden illness due to evil qi (Zhong E), warms the stomach, stops vomiting, and treats cold pain in the heart and abdomen. Ri Hua Zi states: Placing the flowers of Baimaoxiang in the nose helps heal wounds that have failed to close over time; applied to moxibustion sores, knife, or arrow wounds, it stops bleeding and relieves pain. Decoction stops hematemesis and epistaxis. *Hai Yao Ben Cao* states: For generalized sores in children, boil with peach leaves for bathing.
[Hanliancao (Ecliptae Herba)] Sweet and sour in flavor, neutral in nature, non-toxic. Primarily treats bloody dysentery, inflammation from acupuncture wounds, and uncontrollable severe hemorrhage; topical application leads to immediate healing. Juice applied to hair and eyebrows promotes rapid and abundant growth. Grows in wetlands. Ri Hua Zi states: Expels pus, stops bleeding, unblocks the small intestine, promotes beard growth, and treats all sores and silkworm [diseases]. Commonly known as Han Lian Zi.
[Wutou (Aconiti Radix)] Pungent and sweet in flavor, warm and greatly hot in nature, highly toxic. Primarily treats wind-cold cough and rebellious qi, warms the middle jiao, heals metallic trauma (Jin Chuang), breaks masses and accumulations, resolves blood stasis and cold-dampness, treats spasmodic knee pain, cold weakness and pain in the feet preventing walking, wind-cold in the waist and spine, cold pain in the heart and abdomen, cholera with muscle cramps, bloody and purulent dysentery, strengthens muscles and bones, tonifies yin, and induces abortion. It is regarded as the chief among all herbs. Another view: Treats hemiplegia due to wind, severe cold wind, phlegm retention with distension, vomiting and regurgitation, primary organ cold damage, deafness, wind-induced lockjaw, treats yang separation due to yin excess, and cold damage. Di Dan serves as an assistant herb. Adversely interacts with Centipede (Wugong). Grows in valleys of Qianwei. Contraindicated with Saposhnikovia Root (Fangfeng), Black Soybean (Heidou), Licorice Root (Gancao), Scutellaria Root (Huangqin), Ginseng Root (Renshen), and Allium Tuberosum (Wujiu).