苦、涩、微温。入手足阳明经血分。治血崩赤带，利肺胃积痰，缩小便，止遗精，去疳
，疗久痢。得诃子、丁香，
治休息痢。配苍术、枳壳，治脾毒肠风。配干姜、川 ，治湿热
去粗皮，醋炙或蜜炙，随症制之。滞气未尽，脾气虚寒，真阴不足者，禁用。
香者为椿，臭者为樗。椿皮入血而涩，樗皮入气而利。俱宜丸散，不入煎药。
荚
名凤眼草
清血内髓中之湿热。
半夏为之使。畏鸡子、紫苏、杉木、漆姑草、蟹。忌猪脂。
辛，温。有毒。性急飞窜，能破关节凝结之瘀血。得牛膝，治妇女经闭。（加生地更好。）
得芜荑，治小儿虫病。
炒烟尽，不宜存性。用铁浆甘豆汤可解其毒。血枯经闭者，投之立毙。
苦，寒。解热毒，去三虫，能引邪下泄。温病复感寒邪，变为胃 者，煮汁饮之。配连
翘、
赤小豆，治温热发黄。
苦，平。入血分，行经络，达病所。去风湿，杀诸虫。得蛇床子，擦癣虫。
血少火炽者禁用。
即金铃子
苦，寒。有小毒。入足厥阴经。导小肠膀胱湿热，引心胞相火下行。除伤寒大热发狂，
止上下热厥暴痛。得吴萸，
疗气痛囊肿。得破故、茴香，除偏坠。配延胡，止热厥心痛。合芎 、猪胆，治五疳。
清火，生用。治疝，煨用。气痛，酒蒸用。用肉，去皮核。用核，槌碎，浆水浸，煮熟
去肉用。脾胃虚寒者禁用。
Bitter, astringent, slightly warm. Enters the blood level of the Foot-Yangming and Hand-Yangming meridians. Treats metrorrhagia (uterine bleeding) and red leukorrhea; promotes the discharge of accumulated phlegm in the lungs and stomach; reduces urination; stops seminal emission; eliminates childhood malnutrition (Gan syndrome); treats chronic dysentery. Combined with Terminalia chebula Retz. Fruit (Hezi, 诃子) and Syzygium aromaticum Flower Bud (Dingxiang, 丁香), treats intermittent dysentery. Combined with Atractylodes macrocephala Koidz. Rhizome (Cangzhu, 苍术) and Aurantium fructus (Zhike, 枳壳), treats spleen toxin and intestinal wind. Combined with Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens (Ganjiang, 干姜) and Meliae Cortex (Chuanlianzi, 川楝子 - *Note: Original text has missing character after Chuan, inferred as Chuanlianzi based on context*), treats damp-heat. Remove the coarse bark; stir-fry with vinegar or honey according to symptoms. Contraindicated for those with unresolved qi stagnation, spleen qi deficiency with cold, or true yin insufficiency.
The fragrant one is Chun (Toona sinensis); the foul-smelling one is Chu (Toona excelsa). Chun bark enters the blood level and is astringent; Chu bark enters the qi level and is draining. Both are suitable for pills and powders, not for decoctions.
The pod is named Fengyancao (Phoenix Eye Grass). Clears damp-heat from within the bone marrow.
Washes scabies and wind abscesses; removes pain caused by roundworms due to Gan syndrome. Combined with Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma Powder (Renshen, 人参) and taken with rice water, treats dysentery with heat.
Pinelliae Rhizoma Preparatum (Banxia, 半夏) acts as its guide drug. Incompatible with egg white, Perilla Frond (Zisu, 紫苏), Cunninghamia Lanceolata Wood (Shanmu, 杉木), Spermacoce reticulata Herb (Qigucao, 漆姑草), and crab. Avoid pork fat.
Acrid, warm. Toxic. Its nature is rapid and penetrating; it can break up stagnant blood coagulated in joints. Combined with Achyranthes bidentata Blume Root (Niuxi, 牛膝), treats amenorrhea in women. (Adding Rehmanniae Radix Preparata (Shengdihuang, 生地) is better.)
Combined with Pyrethri Chinensis Flos (Wuyao, 芜荑), treats parasitic diseases in children.
Stir-fry until smoke ceases; do not preserve the charred nature. Its toxicity can be resolved using Ferrous Sulfate Solution (Tiejiang) and Vigna angularis Seed (Gandou, 甘豆) soup. It will cause immediate death if administered to patients with blood depletion and amenorrhea.
Bitter, cold. Resolves heat toxins; eliminates three types of parasites; guides pathogenic factors downward to be excreted. For warm diseases complicated by cold pathogens transforming into stomach [heat/conditions], boil the juice and drink it. Combined with Forsythiae Fructus (Lianqiao, 连翘) and Phaseolus angularis Seed (Chixiaodou, 赤小豆), treats jaundice caused by warm-heat diseases.
Bitter, neutral. Enters the blood level, unblocks collaterals, reaches the disease site. Expels wind-dampness, kills various parasites. Combined with Cnidii Fructus (Shechuangzi, 蛇床子), rub on tinea infections. Contraindicated for those with blood deficiency and blazing fire.
This refers to Jielingzi (Meliae Semen).
Bitter, cold. Slightly toxic. Enters the Foot-Jueyin meridian. Drains damp-heat from the Small Intestine and Bladder; guides Ministerial Fire of the Pericardium downward. Treats high fever and mania caused by Cold Damage; stops sudden severe pain caused by upper and lower heat reversal. Combined with Evodiae Fructus (Wuzhuyu, 吴萸), treats qi-stagnation-induced testicular swelling. Combined with Psoraleae Fructus (Pogu, 破故) and Foeniculum Vulgare Fruit (Huixiang, 茴香), treats inguinal hernia (one-sided descent). Combined with Corydalis Rhizoma (Yanhusuo, 延胡), stops heat-reversal heart pain. Combined with Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome (Xiong, 川芎) and Pig Gallbladder (Zhudan, 猪胆), treats five types of Gan syndrome.
For clearing fire, use raw. For treating hernia, use roasted. For treating qi-pain, use wine-steamed. When using the flesh, remove skin and seeds. When using the seed, crush it, soak in fermented grain water, cook thoroughly, then discard the flesh. Contraindicated for those with spleen and stomach deficiency-cold.