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[Binglang (Areca Seed)] Pungent in flavor, warm in nature, non-toxic. Primarily functions to digest food, drive out water retention, eliminate phlegm accumulation, kill three types of parasites, treat Fusshi (latent corpse worms), and cure Cunbai (Taenia saginata). *Yaoxing Lun* states: It serves as the Sovereign herb. It primarily promotes the free flow of Qi stagnation in the five zang and six fu organs, breaks down hard fullness and Qi obstruction, reduces edema, treats heart pain, and resolves wind-blood accumulations. Ri Huazi states: It has an astringent taste. It eliminates all types of wind, descends all types of Qi stagnation, unblocks joints, benefits the nine orifices, tonifies the five labors and seven injuries, strengthens the spleen, harmonizes the middle jiao, eliminates vexation, breaks up masses, and descends the Qi rebellion of the five ge (diaphragmatic) conditions. *Nanhai Yaopu* states: The red variety is bitter in flavor. It kills parasites and also has tonifying properties. Originates from: Hainan.

[Wuzhuyu (Evodia Fruit)] Bitter in flavor, cold in nature, very cold, non-toxic. Primarily clears pathogenic qi within the five internal organs, clears heat qi in the stomach, treats facial erythema, rhinophyma, white leprosy, and red leprosy, sores and ulcers, treats eyes with heat-induced redness and pain, excessive heat in the chest, heart, large intestine, and small intestine, mental restlessness, and heat qi in the stomach. *Yaoxing Lun* states: It expels heat-toxic wind, benefits the five types of lin syndrome, treats sudden evil invasion, promotes urination, resolves the five types of jaundice, brightens the eyes, treats epidemic diseases, eliminates heat and xiaoke (wasting-thirst), treats dry mouth, and red swollen eyes. Detoxifies: Yuzhi poison. Kills: Insect toxins.

[Muzej (Equisetum Hiemale)] Pungent and bitter in flavor, slightly cold. Another view holds it to be warm and neutral, non-toxic. Primarily clears pathogenic qi in the heart and abdomen, eliminates wind-damp accumulations, treats deafness, brightens the eyes, removes eye redness and pterygium. Another view states: It treats acute wind-stroke, blurred vision, locked jaw, and epidemic diseases such as variola (smallpox/varicella). Tao Hongjing states: It treats internal and external cataracts, three types of parasites, five types of hemorrhoids, brightens the eyes, calms the heart, and secures essence. There is also Canglongnao, which treats wind sores. It is good for use in plasters but causes injury if used as eye drops. Originates from: Bolu Kingdom.

[Wuzhuyu (Evodia Fruit)] Pungent in flavor, warm in nature. Very hot, slightly toxic. Primarily warms the middle jiao, directs rebellious Qi downward, alleviates pain, treats cough with rebellious Qi and alternating chills and fever, dispels dampness, treats blood bi (obstruction), drives out wind pathogens, opens the cou li (interstices), eliminates cold-phlegm, relieves colicky abdominal pain, treats various cold excess conditions that do not digest, sudden evil invasion, heart and abdominal pain, rebellious Qi, and benefits the five zang organs. *Yaoxing Lun* states: It treats heart and abdominal diseases, accumulated cold, treats cholera with muscle cramps, cold qi in the stomach, incontinence of diarrhea, and treats Taenia saginata. Ri Huazi states: It strengthens the spleen, unblocks meridians, treats cholera, dysentery, transforms phlegm, breaks up masses and accumulations, drives out wind, treats abdominal pain, kidney Qi deficiency, podagra (gouty arthritis), edema, and expels residual blood after childbirth. It is also stated that Wuzhuyu leaves are hot in nature and non-toxic. They treat cholera, direct Qi downward, stop heart and abdominal pain, cold qi, and pulling pain in the internal and external kidneys. Used with salt ground into powder, it is miraculous. Liao Shi (Polygoni Multiflori Fructus? Note: Text says 蓼实, likely Persicaria/Bistort seed) is used as an assistant. Averse to: Dan Sha (Cinnabar).