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Shu Jiao (Zanthoxyli Pericarpium): Pungent in taste, warm and extremely hot in nature. Toxic. It primarily treats coughing and qi rebellion caused by pathogenic factors, warms the middle jiao, expels dead muscle tissue from joints and skin, alleviates bi-syndrome pain due to cold-dampness, directs qi downward, eliminates coldness in the fu organs, treats shanghan (cold damage) and wen nue (warm malaria), addresses inability to sweat due to severe wind, resolves retained fluid and old food stagnation in the heart and abdomen, treats intestinal dysentery, seminal emission, residual disorders after childbirth in women, dissipates wind-related masses and nodules, edema, and jaundice, dispels ghostly afflictions and gu poison, kills parasites, and neutralizes fish poison. Long-term consumption prevents graying of hair, lightens the body, increases longevity, opens the cou li (pores and interstices), unblocks blood vessels, strengthens hair, harmonizes joints, and enhances resistance to cold and heat. *Yao Xing Lun* states: It serves as an envoy herb. It has slight toxicity. It can treat cold wind, stubborn headache with tearing, impaired movement of waist and legs, injuries, qi stagnation and accumulation, invigorates blood, promotes the discharge of various types of stone water (ascites), treats cough, and primarily addresses cold pain in the abdomen. It also eliminates toothache. Furthermore, Jiao Mu (Zanthoxyli Semen): Serves as an envoy herb. It treats twelve types of fluid retention diseases. Bitter and pungent in taste, slightly toxic. It is used in combination with Bidellae Fructus (Baiduodou), Acori Tatarinowii Rhizoma (Changpu), and Pine Resin (Songzhi), melted with wax into tube shapes, inserted into the ear to draw out deficiency qi from the kidney, treating tinnitus sounding like wind blowing over water or bells/chimes, and sudden deafness. Change once daily; it is highly effective. Ri Hua Zi states: It breaks up masses, opens the stomach, treats seasonal febrile diseases, postpartum stagnant blood, regulates qi in the heart and abdomen, tonifies yang, treats genital sweating, warms the waist and knees, and reduces urination frequency. Jiao Mu specifically treats bladder urgency. Additionally, Jiao Ye (Zanthoxyli Folium): Hot in nature, non-toxic. It treats ben tun (rolling qi sensation), fu liang (mass below diaphragm), internal and external testicular retraction pain, and cholera with muscle cramps. Crushed with mugwort and scallion, taken with fermented soybean decoction, it is effective. Apricot Kernel (Xingren) serves as its envoy herb. It is incompatible with: Kua Donghua (Adenophorae Radix? Note: Text says Kuandong, likely Adenophorae Herba/Radix but traditionally Kuandong is Adenophorae, here listed as inhibitor), Xionghuang (Realgar).

Yu Li Ren (Prunus japonica Seed): Sour in taste, neutral in nature, non-toxic. It primarily treats abdominal edema, swelling of the face, eyes, and limbs, and promotes urination through the urinary pathways. Root: Treats gingival swelling, dental caries, and expels white worms. *Yao Xing Lun* states: It serves as a minister herb. It treats qi knotting in the intestines and obstruction of guan ge (upper and lower orifices dysfunction). The root treats toothache, disperses qi stagnation, and breaks accumulations. Ri Hua Zi states: It drains the five zang organs, relieves bladder urgency and pain, disperses cold pus in the waist and hips, digests old food stagnation, and directs qi downward. Furthermore, the root is cool in nature and non-toxic. When feverish, boil it for bathing. For wind-induced toothache, decoct strongly and gargle.