味苦咸，寒，无毒。主瘿瘤气，颈下核，破散结气，痈肿，症瘕，坚气，腹中上下鸣
下十二水肿，疗皮间积聚，暴溃，留气，热结，利小便。《药性论》云∶臣。味咸，有小
主辟百邪鬼魅，治气疾急满，疗疝气下坠，疼痛核肿。孟诜云∶主起男子阴气，常食之
子溃疾。《海药方》∶主宿食不消，五膈痰壅，水气浮肿，香港脚，奔豚气，并良。《肘
治颔下瘰 如梅李及颈下猝结囊欲成瘿，海藻一斤，酒二升，渍数日，稍稍饮。
味辛，平，无毒。主诸风湿痹，四肢拘挛，小儿风痫惊气，利腰膝，强筋力。《药性
云∶能治冷气 痹，瘫缓不遂，语多恍惚、多惊失志。陈脏器云∶主热毒痈肿，捣茎叶
亦取子作饮，去热毒。日华子云∶助阳气，补劳伤，鬼疰，蛊毒，通血脉，开窍。
味苦甘，微温，无毒。主乳妇内衄，中风余疾，大腹水肿，身面四肢浮肿，骨节中
金疮痈肿，产后、金疮内塞。《药性论》云∶使。味苦辛。主产后腹痛，频产血气衰冷
羸瘦。日华子云∶通九窍，利关脉，养血气，破宿血，消症瘕，产前后百病，通小肠，
生肌，消扑损瘀血，治鼻洪吐血，头风目痛，妇人劳瘦，丈夫面黄。
味辛，平，无毒。主杀诸小虫，去臭气，破症积，下恶气，除邪鬼蛊毒。萧炳云∶今
日煎蒜白为假者，真者极臭而去臭为奇物，今下细虫极效。日华子云∶热。治传尸，破症
瘕冷气，辟温，治疟，兼主霍乱心腹痛，肾气，温瘴，御一切蕈、菜毒。生∶西蕃。
[Algae (Haizao)]
Taste: bitter, salty. Nature: cold. Toxicity: non-toxic. Indications: Mainly treats goiter qi (neck masses), nodules under the neck; breaks and dissipates stagnant qi; treats carbuncles and sores, zheng jia (abdominal masses), hard accumulations, and borborygmus in the upper and lower abdomen; eliminates twelve types of edema; treats accumulations in the skin, sudden ulceration, retained qi, heat accumulation, and promotes urination. *Yao Xing Lun* states: It serves as a minister herb. Taste: salty. Slightly toxic. Mainly repels various evil spirits and demons; treats acute fullness caused by qi disorders; cures hernia with prolapse, pain, and nodular swelling. Meng Shen says: Mainly stimulates male yang qi; regular consumption treats zi kui ji (a specific disease). *Hai Yao Fang* states: Treats undigested food retention, phlegm obstruction in the five diaphragms, water qi edema, Hong Kong foot (beriberi/foot rot), and ben tun qi (roving piglet qi), all with good efficacy. *Zhou Hou Fang* states: Treats scrofula (tuberculous lymphadenitis) under the jaw like plums or dates, and sudden cystic formations under the neck that may develop into goiter. Recipe: Use one jin of Haizao, steeped in two sheng of wine for several days, drink slowly.
[Asafoetida (Awei)]
Taste: pungent. Nature: neutral. Toxicity: non-toxic. Indications: Mainly treats various wind-damp bi syndromes, limb contracture, pediatric wind epilepsy and fright qi; benefits the waist and knees, strengthens sinews and muscles. *Yao Xing Lun* states: Can treat cold qi bi pain, paralysis and flaccidity with inability to move freely, incoherent speech, frightfulness, and loss of willpower. Chen Cangqi says: Mainly treats heat toxin carbuncles and sores; crush stems and leaves for use; seeds can also be boiled into a decoction to clear heat toxins. Ri Hua Zi says: Assists yang qi, tonifies labor injuries, treats gui zhu (chronic wasting diseases), gu du (poisonous parasites), unblocks blood vessels, and opens orifices.
[Garlic (Dasuan)]
Taste: bitter, sweet. Nature: slightly warm. Toxicity: non-toxic. Indications: Mainly treats internal bleeding in postpartum women, residual symptoms after stroke, massive abdominal edema, edema of the body, face, and limbs, and conditions within bone joints... golden wounds (traumatic injuries), carbuncles and sores, internal blockage after childbirth or traumatic injuries. *Yao Xing Lun* states: It serves as an envoy herb. Taste: bitter, pungent. Mainly treats postpartum abdominal pain, blood and qi deficiency and cold due to frequent childbirth, emaciation, and weakness. Ri Hua Zi says: Unblocks the nine orifices, benefits collateral pulses, nourishes blood and qi, breaks old blood, eliminates zheng jia, treats myriad diseases before and after childbirth, unblocks the small intestine, generates flesh, resolves stasis from falls and bruises, treats epistaxis and hematemesis, headache and eye pain, female chronic wasting, and male sallow complexion.
[Unnamed Herb (Likely Garlic or similar pungent herb based on context, but translated literally)]
Taste: pungent. Nature: neutral. Toxicity: non-toxic. Indications: Mainly kills various small insects, removes foul odors, breaks zheng accumulations, descends evil qi, and expels evil spirits and gu poison. Xiao Bing says: Currently, some fake products are made from boiled garlic whites; the genuine product is extremely smelly yet capable of removing odors, which is miraculous, and is highly effective against tiny insects. Ri Hua Zi says: Nature is hot. Treats chuan shi (transmitting corpse/TB), breaks cold qi in zheng jia, repels warm pathogens, treats malaria, additionally manages Huoluan heart and abdominal pain, kidney qi, warm miasma, and resists toxicity from all mushrooms and vegetables. Origin: Xifan (Western Regions).