即罂粟子
甘，平。治泻痢，逐邪热，润燥解毒。疗反胃噎食，祛胸中痰滞。
多食利二便，动膀胱气。
壳
得醋、乌梅、橘皮良。
酸、涩、微寒。入足少阴经。止久嗽久痢，固脱肛，涩遗精，止心腹筋骨诸痛。得乌梅
为末
，治久嗽自汗。得大枣、乌梅，治水泻不止。得陈皮、乌梅，治热痢便血。配浓朴，治久痢
不止。（忌生冷。）配槟榔为末，治小儿赤白痢。（赤痢蜜服，白痢沙糖服，忌口。）
去筋膜，蜜炙、醋炒俱可用。加乌梅合用，乃为得法。湿热泻痢、痰嗽，凡初起者禁用。
一名阿片
忌醋。
酸、涩、温。微毒。入足少阴经。涩精固肠。配香连丸，治久痢不止。
即罂粟花津液，其结青苞时，午后以针刺外面青皮，勿损里面硬皮，或三五处，次早津
出，
竹刀刮取，阴干用。
（豆类七种）
得前胡、杏仁、牡蛎、乌喙、诸胆汁、石蜜良。恶五参、龙胆。忌蓖麻子、浓朴。
并忌食猪肉。
甘，寒。入足少阴经。补肾镇心，调中下气，去风活血，治水消胀。治阴毒，（肠胁疼
痛如
打。）捣敷一切肿毒。解百毒。得甘草，解百毒。配赤小豆、绿豆末，醋调涂痘后毒。佐花
粉，治肾渴。煮黄酒，治便血。拌牛胆，疗目暗。生平，炒食热，煎食寒，作豉冷。去皮炒
熟，酒沃之，饮其汁，活血。炒炭，酒淋服，祛风。气不顺者禁用。小者名马料豆。盐水煮
，清水下，尤能补肾。
Corydalis Seed (Yingsuzi)
Sweet, neutral. Treats diarrhea and dysentery, expels pathogenic heat, moistens dryness, and resolves toxicity. Cures regurgitation and dysphagia, removes phlegm stagnation in the chest.
Excessive consumption promotes urination and defecation, agitating Qi of the Bladder.
Shell
Pairs well with Vinegar, Fructus Mume (Wumei), and Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae (Chenpi).
Sour, astringent, slightly cold. Enters the Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian. Stops chronic cough and chronic dysentery, secures prolapsed rectum, astringes seminal emission, stops various pains in the heart, abdomen, tendons, and bones. Pulverized with Fructus Mume (Wumei), treats chronic cough with spontaneous sweating. Paired with Fructus Jujubae (Dazao) and Fructus Mume (Wumei), treats incessant watery diarrhea. Paired with Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae (Chenpi) and Fructus Mume (Wumei), treats heat-dysentery with bloody stool. Combined with Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis (Houpo), treats incessant chronic dysentery. (Avoid raw and cold foods.) Pulverized with Semen Arecae (Binglang), treats pediatric red-and-white dysentery. (Take red dysentery with honey, white dysentery with rock sugar; observe dietary restrictions.) Remove fibrous membranes; both honey-fried and vinegar-processed forms are usable. Combining with Fructus Mume (Wumei) is the proper method. Contraindicated for initial stages of damp-heat dysentery and phlegm-cough.
Opium (A Pian)
Contraindicated with vinegar.
Sour, astringent, warm. Slightly toxic. Enters the Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian. Astringes essence and secures the intestines. Paired with Xianglian Wan (Fragrant Link Pill), treats incessant chronic dysentery.
This is the juice of the Poppy flower. When the green pod forms, prick the outer green skin with a needle in the afternoon without damaging the inner hard skin, making three to five punctures. The next morning, the juice exudes. Scrape it off with a bamboo knife and dry in the shade for use.
Black Soybean (Heidoudou)
Pairs well with Radix Peucedani (Qianhu), Semen Armeniacae Amarum (Xingren), Concha Ostreae (Muli), Radix Aconiti Kusnezoffii (Wuhui), various animal bile, and Rock Sugar (Shimi). Adversely affected by Wushen (Five Ginsengs: Ren Shen, Dan Shen, Sha Shen, Ku Shen, Xuan Shen) and Radix Gentianae (Longdan). Contraindicated with Semen Ricini (Bimazi) and Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis (Houpo).
Also contraindicated with pork meat.
Sweet, cold. Enters the Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian. Tonifies the kidney, calms the heart, regulates the middle jiao and directs Qi downward, dispels wind, invigorates blood, and treats edema and distension. Treats Yin-toxin (intestinal and hypochondriac pain as if beaten). Crushed and applied externally, treats all kinds of swelling and toxin. Resolves hundred toxins. Paired with Radix Glycyrrhizae (Gancao), resolves hundred toxins. Mixed with Semen Phaseoli Radiati (Chixiaodou) and Semen Phaseoli Mungo (Lvdou) powder, mixed with vinegar and applied topically, treats post-smallpox toxicity. Assisted by Radix Platycodi (Huafen), treats renal thirst. Decocted with Huangjiu (Yellow Wine), treats hematochezia. Mixed with Ox Bile (Niudan Dan), treats dim vision. Raw is neutral, fried is hot, decocted is cold, fermented as Douchi is cold. Skin removed, fried until cooked, irrigated with wine, drinking the juice invigorates blood. Charred, irrigated with wine and taken orally, dispels wind. Contraindicated for those with stagnant Qi. Small ones are called Maliaodou. Boiled in salt water, then taken down with clear water, especially tonifies the kidney.