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[Jimanzi (Crown Flower Seed)] Cold in nature, non-toxic. It stops intestinal wind with bloody stool, dysentery with red and white discharge, as well as metrorrhagia and leukorrhea in women. When used in medicine, it should be stir-fried.

It is indicated for snake venom; crush and apply externally. Juice extracted by pressing can be taken orally to relieve chest tightness caused by snake venom invading the abdomen and heart. Soaking and wiping the feet with water decoction helps reduce qi-type edema. Ri Huazi stated: Cold in nature, non-toxic. Leaves: resemble Polygonum (Bistort). Stems are red. Grows near moist watersides.

[Songzhi (Pine Resin)] Sweet and pungent in taste, very hot in nature, slightly toxic. It warms the middle jiao, benefits liver and lung qi, treats cold-heat disorders of the heart and abdomen, cholera with muscle cramps, headache and lower back pain. It induces sweating, relieves irritability, stops salivation, treats cough, nasal obstruction (bi yuan), causes abortion, strengthens bone joints, and unblocks blood vessels. *Xiaoxing Lun* states: Acts as the Sovereign herb. It treats nine types of heart pain, kills three parasites, invigorates blood to resolve stasis, alleviates numbness and bi syndrome in the legs, treats retained placenta, removes cold qi pain in the abdomen, treats dysentery, and manages nasal polyps. Ri Huazi stated: Treats all wind pathogens, tonifies five labors and seven injuries, opens the nine orifices, benefits joint mobility, nourishes essence and brightens the eyes, warms the waist and knees, breaks up masses and accumulations (zheng jia), dissipates blood stasis, treats wind-bi, and promotes tissue regeneration. Combined with Renshen (Ginseng Root), Maidong (Ophiopogon Tuber), Gancao (Licorice Root), Dahuang (Rhubarb Rhizome), and Huangqin (Scutellaria Root), it regulates the middle and benefits qi. Combined with Chaihu (Bupleurum Root), Zishiyuan (Hematite), and Sheng Dihuang (Rehmannia Root), it treats vomiting and regurgitation. It neutralizes vegetable and herbal toxins. Contraindicated with raw scallions.

[Xuanyuan/Unknown Herb] Pungent in taste, warm in nature, non-toxic. It treats rebellious qi with cough and wheezing, qi stagnation causing throat obstruction with difficulty in inhalation and exhalation, heart pain, wind pathogen in the hypochondrium, hypochondriac pain, warms the sinews, unblocks collaterals, relieves irritability, induces sweating, benefits joint mobility, and tonifies the middle and benefits qi. *Xiaoxing Lun* states: Acts as the Envoy herb. It dispels cold-wind pain.

[Xuanshen/Unknown Herb] Pungent in taste, warm in nature, non-toxic. It treats various diseases, nourishes the spirit, and serves as a pioneer guide for other herbs.

[Goubipi/Unknown Herb] Bitter and sweet in taste, warm in nature, non-toxic. It treats carbuncles, sores, and malignant ulcers, scalp tinea capitis (white baldness), scabies and wind-rash, calms the five zang organs, clears heat, removes latent heat in the stomach, dryness, thirst (xiaoke), and wind-bi with necrotic muscle. Fruits: treat wind-bi and cold qi. For emaciation, weakness, and shortness of breath, it tonifies deficiencies. Leaves: treat wind-damp sores, calm the five zang organs. Nodes: treat chronic wind deficiency affecting all joints, and bi pain in the feet. White bark of roots: used for bigu (grain avoidance practice). *Xiaoxing Lun* states: Acts as the Envoy herb. Kills parasites, treats deafness. Ri Huazi stated: Moistens lungs and heart, directs qi downward, eliminates evil pathogens. Decocted into ointment to treat ulceration and drain pus.