味辛微酸，温，无毒，归心。安五脏，除胃中热，利病患。子∶主梦泄精，溺白。日华
子云∶热。下气，补虚乏，和脏腑，暖腰膝，除心腹痼冷，胸中痹冷， 癖气及腹痛。子∶
暖腰膝，治鬼交，甚效。入药炒用。
味辛苦，温，无毒。主金疮。除寒热，去水气，温中，散结。日华子云∶调中，补不足
止久痢，冷泻。一云∶治目疼痛。
味辛苦，温，无毒。主贼风，伤寒，发汗，恶气心腹胀满，霍乱，宿食不消，下气，
汁发汗大解劳乏。《药性论》云∶使。能去愤气，发毒汗，破血，止痢，通利关节。新病
人勿食，令人虚汗不止。陈士良云∶能引诸药入营卫，疗阴阳毒，伤寒头痛，又主风气壅
攻胸膈。日华子云∶治中风失音，吐痰，除贼风，疗心腹胀，下气，消宿食及头风等。
味辛，微温，无毒。主下气，杀谷，除饮食，辟恶气，主吐血、衄血、血崩。孟诜云
捣生叶，绵裹塞耳，疗聋。又治头风目眩、产后中风。日华子云∶暖。治肺痿、崩中、带下、
血痢、头风目眩，产后中风及血不止。一名∶水苏。
味辛，温。主下气，除寒中。其子尤良。《药性论》云∶紫苏子，无毒。主上气咳逆，
胃下食，并一切冷气，止香港脚，通大小肠。子∶主调中，益五脏，下气，止霍乱呕吐，反胃
，补虚劳，利大小便，破症结，消五膈，止嗽，润心肺，消痰气，健人。
[Chinese Chive / Allium tuberosum]
Taste: Pungent, slightly sour. Nature: Warm. Non-toxic. Meridian Tropism: Heart.
Benefits: Calms the five zang organs, clears heat in the stomach, and is beneficial for patients.
Seeds (Jiu Zi): Primarily treats nocturnal emission with sperm leakage and white turbid urine. Ri Hua Zi states: The nature is hot. It directs qi downward, tonifies deficiency and fatigue, harmonizes the zang-fu organs, warms the waist and knees, eliminates chronic cold in the heart and abdomen, bi-cold in the chest, pi-masses (accumulations), and abdominal pain. Seeds: Warm the waist and knees, treat "ghost intercourse" (nocturnal emissions accompanied by vivid dreams of sexual contact), with excellent efficacy. For medicinal use, stir-fry before using.
[Perilla Leaf / Perillae Folium]
Taste: Pungent, bitter. Nature: Warm. Non-toxic.
Indications: Treats metallic wounds (jin chuang). Eliminates alternating chills and fever, removes fluid retention, warms the middle jiao, and dissipates nodules. Ri Hua Zi states: Harmonizes the middle jiao, tonifies insufficiency, stops chronic dysentery and cold diarrhea. Another source states: Treats eye pain.
[Perilla Stem / Perillae Caulis]
Taste: Pungent, bitter. Nature: Warm. Non-toxic.
Indications: Treats pathogenic wind (zei feng), shaoyin cold damage (shanghan), induces sweating, treats evil qi causing heart and abdominal distension and fullness, cholera-like syndrome (huoluan), and indigestion of retained food. Directs qi downward; its juice induces sweating to greatly relieve fatigue. *Yao Xing Lun* states: Acts as a guiding herb. It disperses pent-up anger/qi, induces sweating to expel toxins, breaks blood stasis, stops dysentery, and unblocks joints. Persons with recent-onset diseases should not consume it, as it causes continuous deficient sweating. Chen Shiliang states: It guides other herbs into the Ying and Wei levels, treats yin-yang toxic heat, headache due to cold damage, and primarily treats wind-pathogen stagnation attacking the chest and diaphragm. Ri Hua Zi states: Treats aphasia due to wind-stroke, expectoration, dispels pathogenic wind, treats heart and abdominal distension, directs qi downward, digests retained food, and treats head-wind (tou feng) etc.
[Water Mint / Houttuyniae Herba]
Taste: Pungent. Nature: Slightly warm. Non-toxic.
Indications: Directs qi downward, aids digestion of grains, resolves food stagnation, repels evil qi, treats hematemesis (vomiting blood), epistaxis (nosebleed), and metrorrhagia (blood flooding). Meng Shen states: Crush fresh leaves, wrap in silk, and insert into the ear to treat deafness. Also treats head-wind with vertigo and postpartum wind-stroke. Ri Hua Zi states: Nature is warm. Treats lung atrophy (fei wei), uterine bleeding (beng zhong), leukorrhea, bloody dysentery, head-wind with vertigo, postpartum wind-stroke, and uncontrollable bleeding. Alias: Shui Su.
[Perilla Seed / Perillae Fructus]
Taste: Pungent. Nature: Warm.
Indications: Directs qi downward, eliminates cold in the middle jiao. Its seeds are particularly effective. *Yao Xing Lun* states: Perilla seed is non-toxic. Primarily treats rebellious qi with cough and wheezing, food retention in the stomach, and all types of cold qi. Stops beriberi (xiang jiao), unblocks the large and small intestines. Seeds: Harmonize the middle jiao, benefit the five zang organs, direct qi downward, stop cholera-like vomiting and regurgitation, tonify deficiency and exhaustion, promote urination and bowel movements, break up masses (zheng jie), eliminate the five diaphragmic obstructions, stop cough, moisten the lungs and heart, resolve phlegm-qi, and benefit health.