一名鸡距子
反乌头。
甘，平。止渴除烦。利二便，解酒毒。（葛根解酒而发散，枳 解酒则不散。）
多食发蛔虫。脾胃虚寒者禁用。
（味果类五种）
得盐良。杏仁为之使。畏款冬花、防风、附子、雄黄、冷水、麻仁浆。
辛，热，有毒。入手足太阴经，兼入命门气分。通上焦君火之阳，达下焦命门之气。开
腠理
，行血脉，散寒湿，化症癖，止泄泻，杀蛔虫，疗温疟，去痰饮；得醋煎熟，入白矾稍许服
，治伤寒呕衄。得生地自然汁煎稠和丸，治元脏伤惫。配乌梅，伐肝气。配益智仁，缩小便
。配茯苓，蜜丸，补益心肾。配茴香，枣肉丸，治久泻。配苍术，醋丸，治飧泄不化。炒
热，布裹椒，包阴囊肿大，疼闷欲死。炒热，熨冷湿诸痛。
服药呕吐，加川椒。（蛔见此自服。）
去核，微炒出汗，捣去里面黄壳，取红用。酒蒸，或盐水炒，随症制之。多用伤气失明。
肺脾有热，阴火虚盛者，
禁用。闭口者杀人。
子
名椒目
苦，寒。专行水道。治水蛊，定痰喘。
得猪上唇，治盗汗。
或生用，或微炒用。
叶
和葱、艾、醋捣，罨内外肾吊，及霍乱转筋。
辛，热。有毒。入足阳明经气分。除寒湿，下膈气。治一切风冷、积滞、痰饮、泻痢诸
痛，
杀一切鱼肉鳖蕈诸毒。得木香、蝎梢，治背膜寒癖。配绿豆，为末，治冷热下痢。（一岁各
一粒。）使芒硝，治大小便秘。入麝香，治伤寒呃逆。多用动血伤气，发疮昏目。因热致病
者
Also known as *Jiju Zi* (Chicken Spur Fruit).
Incompatible with *Aconitum carmichaelii* (Fuzi, 附子).
Sweet, neutral. Relieves thirst and removes irritability. Promotes urination and defecation, resolves alcohol toxicity. (*Puerariae Radix* [Gegen, 葛根] resolves alcohol toxicity while inducing dispersion, whereas *Hoveniae Semen* [Zhizi, 枳椇子] resolves alcohol toxicity without inducing dispersion.)
Excessive consumption may trigger ascariasis. Contraindicated in cases of Spleen and Stomach deficiency-cold.
(Five types of fruit with taste)
Works well when combined with salt. *Amygdalus communis* seed (Xingren, 杏仁) serves as its guiding herb. Incompatible with *Adenophora stricta* flower (Kuandonghua, 款冬花), *Saposhnikovia divaricata* root (Fangfeng, 防风), *Aconitum carmichaelii* lateral root (Fuzi, 附子), Realgar (Xionghuang, 雄黄), cold water, and sesame paste.
Pungent, hot, toxic. Enters the Hand-Taiyin Lung Meridian and Foot-Taiyin Spleen Meridian, and additionally enters the Qi aspect of the Gate of Vitality (Mingmen, 命门). Unblocks the Yang fire of the Upper Jiao Heart Sovereign, reaches the Qi of the Lower Jiao Gate of Vitality. Opens the interstices (Couli, 腠理), promotes blood circulation, disperses cold-dampness, transforms masses and accumulations, stops diarrhea, kills roundworms, treats warm malaria, eliminates phlegm-fluid retention; when decocted with vinegar and taken with a small amount of Alum (Baifan, 白矾), it treats vomiting and epistaxis caused by Cold Damage (Shanghan, 伤寒). When decocted with fresh juice of *Rehmannia glutinosa* (Shengdi Huang, 生地黄) until thick and formed into pills, it treats exhaustion of primordial essence. Combined with *Mume fructus* (Wumei, 乌梅), it subdues Liver Qi. Combined with *Alpinia oxyphylla* fruit (Yizhiren, 益智仁), it reduces urinary frequency. Combined with *Poria cocos* (Fuling, 茯苓) and honey to form pills, it tonifies the Heart and Kidney. Combined with *Foeniculum vulgare* fruit (Huixiang, 茴香) and jujube flesh to form pills, it treats chronic diarrhea. Combined with *Atractylodes macrocephala* rhizome (Cangzhu, 苍术) and vinegar to form pills, it treats stool containing undigested food (Sunxie, 飧泄). Stir-fried until hot, wrapped in cloth with Sichuan pepper, applied externally to treat scrotal swelling and severe pain/tightness. Stir-fried until hot, used for moxibustion-like warming on pains caused by cold-dampness.
If vomiting occurs after taking medicine, add Sichuan pepper (*Zanthoxylum bungeanum* / *Z. simulans*, Chuanjiao, 川椒). (Roundworms will ingest it upon seeing Sichuan pepper.)
Remove the core, stir-fry lightly until sweat appears, crush to remove the inner yellow shell membrane, and use the red part. Steam with wine, or stir-fry with salt water, processing according to the syndrome. Excessive use damages Qi and causes blindness.
Contraindicated in cases of Heat in the Lungs and Spleen, and deficient Fire flourishing due to Yin deficiency.
Closed-mouth peppercorns are lethal.
Seed
Known as *Jiaomu* (Pepper Seed)
Bitter, cold. Specifically regulates water passages. Treats hydropericardia (Shuigu, 水蛊), stabilizes phlegmic wheezing.
Combined with pig upper lip, treats night sweating.
Can be used raw or lightly stir-fried.
Leaf
Crushed together with green onion, *Artemisia argyi* leaf (Aiye, 艾叶), and vinegar, applied externally to treat hernia of internal and external testes, and muscle spasms due to cholera.
Pungent, hot. Toxic. Enters the Qi aspect of the Foot-Yangming Stomach Meridian. Disperses cold-dampness, directs rebellious Qi downward from the diaphragm. Treats various pains caused by wind-cold, stagnation, phlegm-fluid retention, dysentery, and diarrhea.
Detoxifies all toxins from fish, meat, turtle, and mushrooms. Combined with *Aucklandiae Radix* (Muxiang, 木香) and scorpion tail tip (Xieshao, 蝎梢), treats cold-type abdominal masses. Combined with mung bean, powdered, treats mixed cold-heat dysentery. (One grain each for a one-year-old child.) With *Rhei Radix et Rhizoma* (Dahuang, 大黄) acting as purgative via Mangxiao (Natrii Sulfas, 芒硝), treats constipation of both large and small bowels. Combined with *Moschus* (Shexiang, 麝香), treats hiccups due to Cold Damage. Excessive use moves Blood, damages Qi, induces sores, and causes visual impairment. Those whose illness is caused by heat...