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[Mimenghua (Broussonetia Leaf Flower)] Sweet in taste, neutral and slightly cold in nature, non-toxic. It primarily treats Qingmang (blindness with clear cornea), Fuyi (membranous opacity on the eye surface), redness and dryness of the eyes with excessive discharge and tearing, eliminates red vessels in the eyes, and treats infantian disease (malnutrition in children) and Gan Qi (childhood malnutrition syndrome). Grows in Yizhou.

[Yuanhua (Genkwa Flower)] Pungent in taste, warm in nature; raw is warm, processed is cold, highly toxic. It primarily treats Shuang Wen Nue Hanre (cold-heat alternating due to warm malaria injury), breaks up Zheng Zha (abdominal masses) and Jie Ju Jian Ji (hard accumulations), dispels retained fluid and Tan Pi (phlegm-fluid retention), sweeps away abdominal water accumulation, refines the five zang and six fu organs, opens blockages, promotes the flow through the water and grain pathways, removes evil flesh, expels Gui Du Gu Zhu Xie Wu (ghost toxins, gu poison, and other pathogenic factors), kills parasites in fish, treats female Yue Bi (amenorrhea) and Tai Bu Xia (retained placenta or dead fetus), treats Jin Chuang Nong Xue (suppurating wounds from metal injuries), is detrimental to male genital function, and can neutralize the toxicity of Mylabris (Ban Mao). *Xing Ming Lun* states: Used as an assistant herb. For poisoning, use Huang Lian juice or soybeans to detoxify. Contraindications: Lu Sun (reed shoots), Jiang Chi (fermented bean paste), cold water. Synergies: Fire-processing enhances its efficacy, killing Ban Mao and She Hui (snake) toxins. It primarily treats breaking up heart and abdominal accumulations, resolving stagnant qi, various types of edema, Wei Bi (flaccidity and numbness), Da Fu (abdominal distension), and can induce abortion. Ri Hua Zi states: It unblocks all diseases, drains stagnation, dispels wind, tonifies deficiency fatigue, strengthens the spleen and opens appetite, resolves phlegm, invigorates blood and expels pus, reduces swelling and detoxifies, kills abdominal worms, treats severe sores, polyps, scabies, and carbuncles. Yuanhua serves as the guiding herb. Incompatibilities/Aversions: Da Huang, Huang Lian, Li Lu.

[Baishi (Platycladi Seed)] Pungent and salty in taste, warm in nature, slightly toxic. It primarily treats Feng Bi (wind-damp bi syndrome), Si Ji (necrotic muscle tissue), pathogenic factors, headache with tearing, promotes the opening of the nine orifices, kills Jing Wu (pathogens related to essence), treats abdominal fullness, indigestion of grains, resolves cough and scrotal condensation, treats Fu Ren Bao Bu Luo (retained placenta in women), brightens the eyes and benefits essence. *Xing Ming Lun* states: Used as an assistant herb. It primarily treats breaking hard masses and abdominal pain, and can induce abortion. Ri Hua Zi states: It unblocks joints, resolves headache caused by wind, resolves phlegm, kills Lao Chong (worms associated with consumption), treats Gu Zheng (bone-steaming fever), opens the stomach, and treats stroke with locked jaw. Another view: The white meat inside the seed also enters formulas for treating lung conditions. Furthermore, after roasting and selecting the yellow center, chewing it treats Ge Tan (phlegm in the diaphragm) and acid regurgitation. *Mei Shi Fang* states: Treats Huo Luan Zhuan Jin (cholera with muscle cramps) and sudden unilateral pain of the external kidneys. Baishi serves as the guiding herb. Incompatibility: Mai Men Dong. Aversions: Kong Qing, Ren Shen, Ku Shen. Grows in Yongzhou.

[Helile (Chebula Fruit / Terminalia Chebula)] Bitter in taste, warm in nature, non-toxic. It primarily treats Leng Qi (cold pathogen), heart and abdominal fullness, and aids digestion. Xiao Bing states: It expels accumulated matter, stops chronic intestinal dysentery and long-term diarrhea, including red and white dysentery. *Xing Ming Lun* states: Used as an assistant herb. It promotes the flow of Jin Ye (body fluids), primarily treats breaking up chest and diaphragm stagnant qi, stops urinary/diarrheal flow, darkens hair and beard. Ri Hua Zi states: Resolves phlegm, relieves irritability, treats water retention, harmonizes the middle jiao, stops dysentery and diarrhea, cholera, Ben Tun (running piglet qi/kidney qi rebellion), pulmonary asthma and急促 (rapid breathing), aids digestion and opens appetite, treats Chang Feng Xie Xue (intestinal wind bleeding), Beng Lou (metrorrhagia), Wu Ge Qi (five diaphragmatic qi disorders), leakage of fetus and fetal movement threatening birth in pregnant women under term, distension and asthma, urgency and pain in the lower orifice in patients with dysentery, and postpartum yin discomfort. Methods include burning for fumigation, hot decoction for fumigation, or washing after hand contact.