味辛，大温，无毒。主下气，温中，去痰，除脏腑中风冷。日华子云∶调五脏，止霍
心腹冷痛，壮肾气，主冷痢，杀一切鱼肉鳖蕈毒。《海药》云∶去胃心气虚冷，宿食不消
霍乱气逆，心腹猝痛，冷气上冲和气。不宜多服，损肺。
味辛，温，无毒。主遗精虚漏，小便余沥，益气安神，补不足，安三焦，调诸气。
小便者，取二十四枚，碎，入盐同煎服，有奇验。陈藏器云∶止呕秽。一云∶含之摄涎
生∶昆仑国及海南。
味甘苦，平，无毒。主折伤，续筋骨，除风痒，龋齿，可作浴汤。陈藏器云∶有小
主痰饮，下水肿及痰疟。煮服之，当痢下及吐；不可多服。叶∶主疟。小儿服三叶，大
服七叶，并生捣绞汁服，得吐为度。《产书》云∶治产后心闷，手脚烦热，气力欲绝，血晕
连心，头硬及寒热不禁。
味辛，温，无毒。主风血，补衰老，起阳，强腰脚，除痹，变白，逐冷气，排风邪。
煮汁服，亦浸酒服。一名丁公藤。《南史》∶解叔谦，雁门人。母有疾，夜于庭中祈告，忽
空中云得丁公藤治即瘥。访医及《本草》皆无。至宜都山下，见一翁伐木，云是丁公藤，疗
风。乃拜泣求得，及渍酒法。受毕，失翁所在。母疾遂愈。
味甘，温，无毒。主折伤，消结肿，恶疮，生肌，止腰痛，除粉刺 ，妇人乳痈
门肿痛。藤生叶有五花，状如薯蓣，花黄，子似栝蒌，肉上有刺，其核似鳖。八月采。
子云∶醋摩消酒毒。岭南人取嫩实及苗叶作茹，蒸食之。
[Pepper]
Pungent in taste, greatly warm in nature, non-toxic. Primarily descends Qi, warms the Middle Jiao, eliminates phlegm, and dispels wind-cold from the Zang-Fu organs. Ri Huazi stated: It regulates the Five Viscera, stops cold pain in the heart and abdomen caused by Huoluan (cholera-like syndrome), strengthens Kidney Qi, treats cold dysentery, and kills toxins from all kinds of fish, meat, turtle, and mushrooms. *Haiyao Bencao* stated: It removes deficiency-cold of the Stomach and Heart, treats food stagnation with Huoluan Qi rebellion, sudden heart and abdominal pain, and harmonizes Qi counterflow due to cold Qi rushing upward. It should not be taken in excess, as it damages the Lungs.
[Musanga Seed / Mu Bie Zi]
Pungent in taste, warm in nature, non-toxic. Primarily treats spermatorrhea, deficiency leakage, dribbling after urination; benefits Qi, calms the Spirit, tonifies insufficiency, stabilizes the Three Jiao, and regulates various Qi mechanisms. Take twenty-four seeds, crush them, decoct with salt and water, and take orally; this yields remarkable results. Chen Cangqi stated: It stops vomiting of foul matter. Another account says holding it in the mouth controls saliva secretion. Origin: Kunlun Kingdom and Hainan.
[Unnamed Herb 1]
Sweet and bitter in taste, neutral in nature, non-toxic. Primarily treats traumatic injuries, knits bones and sinews, dispels wind-itch, treats dental caries, and can be used as a bath decoction. Chen Cangqi stated: It has slight toxicity. Primarily treats phlegm-fluid retention, promotes urination for edema, and treats phlegm-malaria. After decocting and taking, vomiting and diarrhea are expected; do not take in excess. Leaves: Primarily treat malaria. Children take three leaves, adults take seven leaves; both should be freshly crushed, juice extracted, and taken orally until vomiting occurs. *Chanshu* stated: It treats postpartum chest oppression, vexatious heat in hands and feet, impending exhaustion of strength, blood syncope causing pain connecting to the heart, stiff head, and uncontrollable chills and fever.
[Ding Gong Teng]
Pungent in taste, warm in nature, non-toxic. Primarily treats wind-blood disorders, tonifies senility, raises Yang, strengthens waist and legs, dispels Bi-syndrome, whitens hair (note: contextually ambiguous), drives out cold Qi, and expels wind pathogenic factors. Decoct for juice or soak in wine for consumption. Also known as Ding Gong Teng. *History of the Southern Dynasties* recorded: Xie Shuqian, a native of Yanmen. His mother was ill; he prayed at night in the courtyard. Suddenly, a voice from the sky said that obtaining Ding Gong Teng would cure her. He consulted doctors and *Bencao* texts but found no record. Arriving at Yidu Mountain, he saw an old man felling trees, who claimed it was Ding Gong Teng, effective for wind diseases. Xie bowed, wept, obtained the herb, and learned the method of soaking it in wine. Afterward, the old man disappeared. His mother's illness was cured.
[Unnamed Herb 2]
Sweet in taste, warm in nature, non-toxic. Primarily treats traumatic injuries, dissipates nodules and swelling, treats malignant sores, generates flesh, stops lower back pain, dispels acne, and treats breast abscesses and swelling in women. The vine grows with leaves displaying five colors, resembling *Dioscorea opposita*, with yellow flowers. The fruit resembles *Trichosanthes kirilowii*, fleshy with thorns, and its seed resembles a turtle. Harvested in August. Zi Yun stated: Rubbing with vinegar eliminates alcohol toxin. People in Lingnan take the tender fruits, seedlings, and leaves as vegetables, steaming them for consumption.