忌食蜜。
辛、平、温。入手太阴、足阳明经气分。通阳气而达表，行经络而散寒。治面目浮肿，
心腹
急痛。其根发汗，无微不达。得紫苏，通血壅。得郁金，治溺血。得川芎，治胎动下血，病
痛抢心。得乳香，捣涂阴囊肿痛。配大枣，治霍乱烦躁。配淡豆豉、生姜、盐，熨脐，治大
小便秘。合铅粉，止蛔虫心痛。入粳米粥，治赤白痢疾。和蜜，捣敷疔疮恶肿。煎生姜饮
，治妊娠伤寒。葱管吹盐入玉茎内，治小便不通，及转脬危急。
青热、白冷，连须用。香港脚贲豚，连须煎服。脱阳厥逆，炒熨脐间。跌扑金疮，炒熟捣
烂，
乘热涂之，冷即再易。疮疥水肿，煎叶频洗。虚气上升者禁用。服地黄、常山人忌食葱。
怪症∶面上及遍体生疮，光彩如猫眼，绝无脓血，痛痒非常，饮食减少，名曰寒疮。多
将葱
、韭拌鸡、鱼、肉食之自愈。
辛、苦、温、滑。入手阳明经。调中助阳，散血生肌。泄大肠气滞，消风寒水肿。配栝
蒌，
治胸痹作痛。（加白酒更好。）配当归，治胎动冷痛。佐川柏，治赤痢不止。和羊肾炒，治产
后诸痢。
与牛肉同食，成瘕。
一名大蒜
辛，温，有毒。入足太阴、阳明经。通五脏，达诸窍，破冷气，去风湿，除邪恶，化症
瘕，
消水肿，制阴毒。得川连，治肠风下血。（煨熟捣丸。）配平胃散，治噎气。配淡豆豉，蒸饼
捣丸，治小儿气淋。合黄丹，治疟痢。（煨熟捣丸。）合乳香，治腹痛。（煨熟捣丸。）蘸鲫鱼
食，治膈气。捣田蠃贴脐，治水肿。捣膏贴足心，能引热下行，治干湿霍乱，吐血衄血，脑
泻鼻渊，泄泻暴痢，脚肚转筋。
独头者尤佳。中暑，和地浆捣服。灸疮，切片，上加艾灸之。消痈，和麻油调敷。多食
伤脾
肺，耗肝血，损目昏神。内有痰火，服补药者禁用。同蜜食杀人。
怪症∶眉毛动摇，目不能交睫，唤之不应，但能饮食，经日不愈。用蒜三两取汁，酒下。
Avoid consuming with honey.
Pungent, neutral, warm. Enters the Qi level of the Hand-Taiyin Lung Meridian and Foot-Yangming Stomach Meridian. It unblocks Yang to reach the exterior, moves through meridians and disperses cold. Treats edema of the face and eyes, acute pain in the heart and abdomen. Its root (Cong Bai) induces sweating powerfully, penetrating everywhere. Combined with Perilla Leaf (Zi Su), it unblocks blood stasis. Combined with Turmeric Tuber (Yu Jin), it treats hematuria. Combined with Szechuan Lovage Rhizome (Chuan Xiong), it treats threatened abortion with bleeding and cardiac pain. Combined with Frankincense (Ru Xiang), applied as a paste externally, it treats painful swelling of the scrotum. Paired with Jujube Fruit (Da Zao), it treats restlessness due to cholera-like disorder. Paired with Fermented Soybean (Dan Dou Chi), Ginger (Sheng Jiang), and Salt, applied hot to the umbilicus, it treats constipation and urinary retention. Combined with Lead Powder (Qian Fen), it stops cardiac pain caused by roundworms. Added to Rice Porridge (Jing Mi Zhou), it treats dysentery with red and white discharge. Mixed with honey and applied as a paste, it treats carbuncles and malignant swellings. Decocted with Ginger (Sheng Jiang) and drunk, it treats cold damage during pregnancy. Inserting salt into the urethra via a green onion tube treats urinary retention and critical cases of bladder inversion (Zhuan Pao).
Green onions are hot-natured, white onions are cold-natured; use with roots for both. For foot-qi and Ben Tun syndrome, decoct and drink with roots. For collapse of Yang and cold extremities, stir-fry and apply hot to the umbilicus. For traumatic injuries and metal wounds, stir-fry until cooked, pound into a paste, apply while hot, and replace when cool. For sores, scabies, and edema, decoct leaves and wash frequently. Contraindicated for those with rising deficient Qi. Avoid green onions when taking Rehmannia Root (Di Huang) or Trichosanthes Kirilowii Root (Chang Shan).
Strange Syndrome: Sores appear on the face and entire body, shining like a cat's eye, without pus or blood, causing severe pain and itching, with reduced appetite, named Cold Carbuncle (Han Chuang). Self-heals by eating chicken, fish, or meat mixed with green onions and garlic chives.
Pungent, bitter, warm, slippery. Enters the Hand-Yangming Large Intestine Meridian. Regulates the middle, assists Yang, disperses blood stasis, and generates flesh. Drains Qi stagnation in the large intestine, resolves wind-cold edema. Paired with Trichosanthes Fruit (Gua Lou), treats chest bi pain accompanied by pain. (Better with White Wine.) Paired with Angelica Sinensis (Dang Gui), treats threatened abortion with cold pain. Assisted by Phellodendron Bark (Chuan Bai), treats persistent bloody dysentery. Stir-fried with Sheep Kidney (Yang Shen), treats various dysenteries postpartum.
Consumed with beef, forms masses (Jia).
Also known as Garlic (Da Suan)
Pungent, warm, toxic. Enters the Foot-Taiyin Spleen Meridian and Foot-Yangming Stomach Meridian. Unblocks the five zang organs, reaches all orifices, breaks cold qi, dispels wind-dampness, removes evil influences, transforms masses, reduces edema, and controls yin toxicity. Obtained with Coptis Rhizome (Chuan Lian), treats intestinal wind bleeding. (Roasted and pounded into pills.) Paired with Ping Wei San, treats hiccups/belching. Paired with Fermented Soybean (Dan Dou Chi), steamed and pounded into pills with steamed wheat cake, treats pediatric Qi strangury. Combined with Red Lead (Huang Dan), treats malaria and dysentery. (Roasted and pounded into pills.) Combined with Frankincense (Ru Xiang), treats abdominal pain. (Roasted and pounded into pills.) Dipped in crucian carp and eaten, treats diaphragmatic qi stagnation. Pound field snails and apply to the umbilicus, treats edema. Apply paste to the sole of the foot, guides heat downward, treats dry/wet cholera-like disorders, hematemesis, epistaxis, brain discharge/nasal sinusitis, diarrhea and sudden dysentery, calf muscle cramps.
Single-clove garlic is especially good. For heatstroke, mix with earth slurry (Di Jiang) and take. For moxibustion sores, slice and apply moxa on top. To reduce abscesses, mix with sesame oil and apply. Excessive consumption damages spleen and lungs, depletes liver blood, harms eyes and spirit. Contraindicated for those with phlegm-fire internally or taking tonifying medicines. Consuming with honey can be fatal.
Strange Syndrome: Eyebrows tremble, eyes cannot close fully, unresponsive to calls, but able to eat and drink, persisting for days. Use three liang of garlic juice, taken with wine.