一名寒瓜
甘、淡、寒。除烦止渴。解暑热酒毒，疗喉痹口疮，利小便，治血痢。（性寒解热，有
天生
多食寒中助湿。伤瓜者即以其皮煎服。
瓜子仁
甘，凉。清肺润肠，和中止渴。炒食补中。
一名蒲桃
甘、平、酸、涩。入手太阳经。治胎上冲心，疗筋骨湿痹，除肠水，发痘疮。配生藕、
生地，捣汁和白蜜，治热淋
涩痛。
多服令人烦闷目暗。
根、藤、叶
甘、平，涩。治呕哕，利小肠，消肿满及霍乱后恶心。
一名藤梨
酸、甘、寒。入足少阴、阳明经。止暴渴，解烦热，调中下气。有实热者宜之。
多食冷脾胃，动泄 。
甘，寒。入足太阴经。润燥生津，和中助脾。除热止渴，解酒消痰，止呕哕，利二便。
配生
地、麦冬，治春温液涸。和生姜汁，治反胃干呕。和芦根汁、藕汁、人乳、童便、竹沥，治
胃脘干枯。
甘，温。入足太阴经。和中助脾，缓肝和血。润心肺，治痰嗽。得乌梅，治噤口痢。得
新汲
水，治痘不落痂。得姜汁，煎服，治吐逆喘嗽。
酒煎饮，活血。多食助热，损齿生虫。同笋食成瘕。
一名冰糖
甘，寒。入足太阴经。润心肺，治痰嗽，解酒和中，助脾阴，缓肝气。配枣肉、巨胜子，
助
脏生津。
（水果类六种）
忌铁器。
甘，平。入足太阴经血分。去瘀血，解热毒。除酒积，止泻痢，敷金疮，解蟹毒。得姜
汁，
治霍乱烦渴。得生地汁、童便，治伤寒口渴，产后闷乱。和梨汁，治痰热。和蜜饮，治烦渴
。捣汁饮，治蟹毒。（受其毒必痢。）调发炭，治血淋。
藕节
伏硫黄。
涩，平。消瘀血，解热毒，止一切血病。得芎 为末，治鼻渊脑泻。捣烂热酒服，治蟹
毒下痢。
藕皮
散血。
[Watermelon]
Also known as "Cold Melon" (Hangua).
Sweet, bland, and cold in nature. Eliminates irritability and quenches thirst. Resolves summerheat and alcohol toxicity; treats throat obstruction (Houbi, characterized by soreness and swelling of the throat) and mouth sores; promotes urination; treats bloody dysentery. (Its cold nature clears heat; excessive consumption damages the middle warmer and aids dampness. For those poisoned by bad melons, decocting the rind for oral administration is effective.)
[Watermelon Seed Kernel]
Sweet and cool in nature. Clears the lungs and moistens the intestines; harmonizes the middle jiao and quenches thirst. Consumed after stir-frying, it tonifies the middle qi.
[Grape]
Also known as "Putao".
Sweet, neutral, with sour and astringent properties. Enters the Hand-Taiyang (Small Intestine) meridian. Treats fetal gas rushing to the heart; treats bi-syndrome of sinews and bones due to dampness; eliminates intestinal fluid accumulation; induces eruption of smallpox/variolous eruptions. Combined with fresh lotus root and Shengdi Huang (Rehmanniae Radix), crushed into juice and mixed with white honey, it treats hot strangury (Relin, painful and scanty urination due to heat-dampness).
Excessive intake causes mental restlessness, chest oppression, and blurred vision.
[Grape Root, Vine, and Leaves]
Sweet, neutral, and astringent. Treats vomiting and hiccups; promotes urination through the small intestine; reduces swelling and fullness; treats nausea following cholera-like illness (Huoluan).
[Kiwi Fruit]
Also known as "Tengli".
Sour, sweet, and cold in nature. Enters the Foot-Shaoyin (Kidney) and Foot-Yangming (Stomach) meridians. Stops sudden severe thirst; resolves irritability and heat; regulates the middle jiao and directs qi downward. Suitable for those with excess-heat conditions.
Excessive consumption chills the spleen and stomach and triggers diarrhea.
[Pear]
Sweet and cold in nature. Enters the Foot-Taiyin (Spleen) meridian. Moistens dryness and generates fluids; harmonizes the middle jiao and assists the spleen. Clears heat and quenches thirst; resolves alcohol toxicity and phlegm; stops vomiting and hiccups; promotes bowel and bladder movements.
Combined with Shengdi Huang (Rehmanniae Radix) and Maidong (Ophiopogonis Radix), it treats fluid exhaustion in Spring-Warmth diseases. Mixed with ginger juice, it treats regurgitation and dry retching. Mixed with Reed Rhizome juice (Lugen Zhi), lotus root juice, human milk, child's urine (Tongbian), and Bamboo Sap (Zhuli), it treats dryness of the epigastrium.
[Sugarcane]
Sweet and warm in nature. Enters the Foot-Taiyin (Spleen) meridian. Harmonizes the middle jiao and assists the spleen; soothes the liver and harmonizes blood. Moistens the lungs and heart; treats cough with phlegm. Combined with Wu Mei (Mume Fructus), it treats Jin Kou Li (Jin Kou Dysentery, where the patient cannot eat due to severe dysentery). Combined with freshly drawn water, it treats failure of scabs to fall off after smallpox/variolous eruptions. Decocted with ginger juice, it treats vomiting, counterflow, wheezing, and cough.
Decocted with wine and drunk, it invigorates blood. Excessive consumption aids heat, damages teeth, and causes worms. Eating it together with bamboo shoots may form Jia masses (abdominal masses).
[Rock Sugar]
Also known as Bing Tang.
Sweet and cold in nature. Enters the Foot-Taiyin (Spleen) meridian. Moistens the lungs and heart; treats cough with phlegm; resolves alcohol toxicity and harmonizes the middle jiao; assists spleen yin; soothes liver qi. Combined with date flesh and Jushengzi (Sesamum indicum seeds), it helps the kidneys generate fluids.
(Six types of fruits above)
[Contraindications]
Avoid contact or cooking with iron vessels.
[Lotus Root]
Sweet and neutral in nature. Enters the blood aspect of the Foot-Taiyin (Spleen) meridian. Expels blood stasis; resolves heat toxins. Eliminates alcohol accumulation; stops diarrhea and dysentery; applied externally to metal wounds (Jinchuang); resolves crab toxicity. Combined with ginger juice, it treats restlessness and thirst in Huoluan. Combined with Shengdi Huang juice and Tongbian (child's urine), it treats thirst in Shanghan (Cold Damage) and postpartum mental confusion. Mixed with pear juice, it treats phlegm-heat. Drunk with honey, it treats irritability and thirst. Crushed into juice and drunk, it treats crab toxicity (crab poisoning inevitably leads to dysentery). Mixed with charred hair powder, it treats blood strangury (Xuelin, hematuria with pain).
[Lotus Root Node]
Averse to Sulfur (Fuhuang).
Astringent and neutral in nature. Dissipates blood stasis; resolves heat toxins; stops all types of bleeding disorders. Combined with Xiongchuang (Chuanxiong Rhizoma) and ground into powder, it treats Bi Yuan (nasal sinusitis) and brain discharge. Crushed and taken with hot wine, it treats dysentery caused by crab toxicity.
[Lotus Root Skin]
Dissipates blood.