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Olive: Sour and sweet in taste, warm in nature, non-toxic. It primarily resolves alcohol intoxication and treats *Taitu* (poisoning from the fish *Thynnichthys thynnoides*). If one accidentally ingests the liver of this fish and experiences dizziness and coma, boiling olive juice for oral administration will certainly resolve the toxicity. When an olive wood stick is inserted into a fish, it floats to the surface, indicating that substances have mutual antagonistic properties. Ri Huazi stated: Olive opens the stomach, directs Qi downward, and relieves thirst. The *Tu Jing* stated: Consuming it raw or drinking its decoction can resolve various toxins.

Sesame (Black Sesame): Sweet in taste, neutral in nature, non-toxic. It primarily regulates middle-jiao deficiency and emaciation, tonifies the five viscera, benefits Qi and strength, promotes muscle growth, fills the marrow and brain, strengthens bones and tendons, treats traumatic injuries from metal weapons to stop pain, as well as Cold Damage (*Shanghan*) and Warm Malaria (*Wen Nue*) with post-emesis deficiency-heat, emaciation, and fatigue. It clarifies the eyes and ears. The *Yao Xing Lun* stated: Crushing sesame leaves into juice for bathing is very beneficial. Furthermore, if cattle suffer from heat injury, administering crushed juice leads to immediate recovery. Regarding cases of metrorrhagia with blood stasis and *Zhu* disease (chronic infectious disease), [text implies efficacy]. Ri Huazi stated: Tonifies the center and benefits Qi, nourishes the five viscera, treats consumptive Qi disorders, postpartum weakness and fatigue, enhances tolerance to cold and heat, and stops palpitations. Seeds: Promote urination and defecation, facilitate childbirth, expel the placenta, drive out wind-warm Qi, treat wandering wind and cephalic wind, and treat sores. Oil: Slightly cold in nature. Promotes large intestine lubrication, treats retained placenta. Raw seeds: Rubbing on sores and swellings treats alopecia. Leaves: Named Qing Sesame. Sweet in taste, cold in nature, non-toxic. Primarily treats pathogenic factors in the five viscera. Wind-cold-dampness bi-syndrome, benefits Qi, fills the brain marrow, strengthens bones and tendons. Chen Shiliang stated: Chewing raw sesame kernels and applying them externally treats infantile scalp sores and also treats female genital ulcers. Initially, consumption promotes bowel and bladder movement; long-term consumption obstructs it. Its function is to eliminate the old and retain the new. The *Shi Liao* stated: Moistens the five viscera, primarily treats fire-burns. Those practicing grain avoidance value it for filling the marrow and tonifying deficient Qi.

Black Soybean: Sweet in taste, neutral in nature. Applied topically, it treats carbuncles and swellings. Drinking its decoction kills ghostly toxins, stops pain, drives out water retention and distension, clears heat-bi in the stomach, regulates the middle jiao, treats strangury and leakage syndromes, eliminates blood stasis, and dissipates internal accumulation and cold in the five viscera. When stir-fried and crushed, the taste becomes sweet. It primarily treats stomach heat, reduces swelling, removes bi-syndrome, aids digestion, and stops abdominal distension. Ri Huazi stated: Black soybean harmonizes the middle, directs Qi downward, unblocks meridians and pulses, counteracts the toxicity of mineral drugs, and treats warm-toxin in cattle and horses. Antagonistic with: Five Ginsengs (*Wu Shen*), Gentian (*Long Dan*). Compatible with: Peucedanum (*Qian Hu*), Aconite Root (*Wu Hui*), Apricot Seed (*Xing Ren*), Oyster Shell (*Mu Li*), which is beneficial. Resolves: Aconite (*Wu Tou*) toxicity.