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[Shizhuyu (Evodia Fruit)] It tastes pungent and bitter, is extremely hot in nature, and is non-toxic. Its functions are the same as those of Wuzhuyu (Euodiae Fructus). It treats Shuiqi (Water Qi disorder). Chen Zangqi stated: It can dispel ghosts, evil spirits, and toxic bites from harmful insects, and relieve toothache caused by dental worms. The *Xiaoxing Lun* states: It treats Cold Bi syndrome, weakness of the waist and legs, stabbing pain throughout the body, Changfeng hemorrhoids, kills the three types of intestinal parasites, and dispels cold. The *Shiliao* states: It primarily treats cold qi pain in the heart and abdomen, Zhong'e (sudden illness due to evil qi), eliminates cough and rebellious qi, and removes cold from the zang-fu organs. Additionally, for toothache, it can be decocted with wine and held in the mouth. It also treats facial paralysis with slurred speech due to wind-stroke. For Hongxiangjiao (Jiaogong disease / Beriberi) rushing to the heart, it can be boiled with fresh ginger and the juice drunk. If a fish bone is embedded in the flesh and cannot be removed, it can be crushed and applied externally to seal the area, causing the bone to exit. Aversion: Zi Yanshi (Fluorite).

[Zhishi (Immature Bitter Orange)] It tastes pungent, is warm in nature (raw is warm, cooked is cold), and is toxic. It primarily treats wind-pathogenic qi, warms the middle jiao, eliminates cold-bi, strengthens teeth and hair, improves vision, treats Houbi (sore throat), vomiting, hernia, and mass accumulations, removes old blood, treats postpartum residual diseases, swelling and pain, induces sweating, and benefits the five zang organs. The *Xiaoxing Lun* records: It serves as the Jun (Monarch) herb. It tastes bitter and pungent. It treats stubborn bi syndrome of the limbs caused by aversion to wind, swelling and trembling of the mouth and teeth, primarily treats amenorrhea in women, and treats postpartum bloody dysentery, chronic dysentery of many years, and cold pain in the abdomen. Aversion: Ewei (Aconitum carmichaelii side root processed?) and Fangkui (Adenophorae Radix); Fei (aversion to) Huangshi (Realgar).

[Zhike (Ripe Bitter Orange)] It tastes bitter and sour, is slightly cold in nature, and is non-toxic. It primarily treats wind-itch and numbness, unblocks and benefits the joints, treats Laoqi cough, heaviness and fatigue in the back and shoulders, dissipates tumor nodules, clears stagnation in the chest and diaphragm, drives out water retention, reduces distension and fullness, treats Dachangfeng (wind affecting the large intestine), calms the stomach, and stops wind-pain. The *Xiaoxing Lun* records: It treats generalized urticaria, a sensation like hemp seeds or beans under the skin, primarily treats Changfeng hemorrhoids, qi knotting in the heart and abdomen, distension and emptiness in the two hypochondria, and obstruction at the Guan-Ge junction. Root: Soaked in wine and decocted for holding in the mouth, it treats toothache and resolves phlegm. Add it if there is qi stagnation. Rihua Zi stated: It strengthens the spleen and opens the appetite, harmonizes the five zang organs, directs qi downward and stops vomiting, resolves phlegm, treats Fanwei (regurgitation), Huoluan (cholera-like syndrome), diarrhea and dysentery, aids digestion, treats Jiepi (masses due to food stagnation), Wu Ge Qi (five types of diaphragmatic qi disorders), dispels wind, improves vision, treats Feiqi shuizhong (lung qi edema), benefits the large and small intestines, treats skin itching, hemorrhoidal swelling, and facilitates childbirth (slippery fetus).

[Zhiju / Unspecified Zhi Herb] It tastes bitter and sour, is cold and slightly cold in nature, and is non-toxic. It primarily treats severe wind causing bitter itching in the skin like hemp seeds or beans, eliminates cold-heat knots, stops dysentery, promotes muscle growth, tonifies the five zang organs, supplements qi, lightens the body, eliminates phlegm-pi in the chest and hypochondrium, resolves retained fluids, breaks up solid accumulations, reduces distension and fullness, treats Ji Pi Yong (urgent epigastric abscess), directs rebellious qi downward, treats hypochondriac wind-pain, supplements stomach qi, stops loose stools, improves vision. The *Xiaoxing Lun* records: It serves as the Chen (Minister) herb. It resolves Shanghan Jiexiong (cold damage chest binding), primarily treats upper jiao asthma and cough, kidney internal injury from cold, and impotence; add it when used for these conditions.