正月 宜是月天道南行，作事出行，俱宜西南。
是月建寅生气在子，子属北方，坐卧宜向之。二月同。
是月宜食五辛，以辟厉气。
是月每朝梳头一二百下，搜通风气。
是月濯足，于沸水中加盐一撮，以泄风毒香港脚。
是月立春节，清晨煮桃皮、白芷、青木香三物沐浴吉。
是月雨水节，如天雨，夫妇各饮水一杯，还房，夜即有孕。
是月初一日，以青木香煮汤沐浴，令人至老须发黑。初十日沐浴，令人齿坚。
忌是月万事不宜用寅日时，犯月建不利。
是月勿食生葱蓼子，主面上起油风。勿食鲫鱼头，其中有虫，防毒。勿食鼠残之物，令人生 。
二月 宜是月上丙日沐浴，愈百病。上卯日沐浴洗发，
去百病。丁亥日收桃杏花，阴干为末，戊子日和井水，日三
服，疗妇人无子兼美容颜。
是月春分节日未出时，用远志去心，以水煎之，饮二盏，吐之不疫。
是月食韭大益人。
是月初二日沐浴光泽，不病不老。士女皆戴蓬蒿草，以避头风。
初六日沐浴斋戒，可蒙天福。黄昏时沐浴，令人轻健。
初八日宜沐浴拔白发。
忌是月，万事不宜用卯日时，犯月建不利。
是月戒食生冷，行途忌饮阴地流泉，令人发疟瘴又脚软。
是月食大蒜，令人气壅，关隔不通。食小蒜伤人志。食鸡子滞气。
是月初三日戒昼眠。初九日勿食鱼鳖。
三月 宜是月建辰，生气在午，午属南方，坐卧宜向之。六月、九月、十二月同。
是月采何首乌，赤白各半，米泔水浸一宿，同黑豆于饭锅上蒸熟，晒干，去豆为末，或加茯苓三分之一，炼蜜为丸。
每酒服一二钱。百日后，百病皆除，延年益寿，多子。忌食猪肉、鱼鳖、萝卜。
是月取羊粪烧灰存性，和轻粉、麻油，可搽恶疮。
是月谷雨节前采茶炒藏，消痰嗽，治百病。
是月寒食日，水浸糯米一二升，逐日换水。至小满日，漉起晒干，炒黄为末，跌打损伤、恶疮，以水调涂甚效。用
纸袋盛面，挂净室当风处，遇中暑者，水调服愈。
是月初二日，取桃叶晒干捣末，井花水服一钱，治心痛。初三日，收桃花晒干，贮至七月七日，和乌鸡血涂面与身，
肌肤润泽。采桃花浸酒饮之，除病注颜。采夏枯草煎汁熬膏，每日热酒调服，治远年伤损，手足凝血，天阴作痛，七日
可痊。兼治娩妇诸血病症。男妇戴荠菜花，入夏头不晕。初六日午时，洗头利益，沐浴无厄。二十七日沐浴，令人神气
清爽。
忌是月，万事不宜用辰日时，犯月建不利。
是月戒杀一切生命。
是月食韭神昏。食陈俎发病。食鱼鳖不化食，发宿疾。遇辰寅日，食小蒜及鸡子，令人昏乱。
是月初三日，戒食诸鳞物。初五日戒看一切生血物。初八日食芹菜，使面青黄，腹大如孕。犯之，服糖水吐出愈。
四月 宜是月建已，生气在卯，卯属东方，坐卧宜向之。五月同。
是月空心肚，服葱头酒，令人血气通畅。
是月丁巳日祀灶吉。
是月初二日拔白发。初四日，日未出时，取枸杞煎汤沐浴，令人耐老泽肌却病。初七、初八、初九同。
忌是月，万事不宜用巳日时，犯月建不利，死气在酉，亦宜避之。
是月纯阳，用事宜禁欲，并戒暴怒、伤心致秋疟。
是月勿用宿水洗面漱口。
是月食雉令人气逆。食 防毒。食抱鸡肉，令人作痈，男女虚乏。食生蒜损目。勿食韭。勿食诸物之心。勿食隔宿
肉菜。勿大醉。
是月初四日，切戒色欲，犯者失音。初五日戒看一切生血物。勿食生菜。初八日切戒房事，犯者血死。十六日犯色
损寿。
五月 宜是月戊辰日，以猪首祀灶吉。
是月用贯众浸食水缸中，可避时疫，解水毒。
是月收霉雨水，贮瓶中，洗癣疥，灭瘢痕。
是月夏至节日，佩五彩符，辟兵厌鬼，不染瘟疾。吃百家饭，则不 夏。
是月初一日，枸杞汤沐浴，不病不老。初五日采萱花作菹，利胸膈。采马齿苋，同苋菜等分为末，与妊妇佩，临期
易产。收鲤鱼枕骨烧灰，治久痢。捣烂独囊蒜涂面，手足身体一年不作恶疮，冬月不作冻疮。午时采鸡肠草为末，凡齿
痛擦之立愈。初七日沐浴长命，初八、初九同。二十日采小蒜曝干，治心烦痛，解诸毒。二十七日服五味子汤甚益。
忌是月，万事不宜用午日时，犯月建不利。
是月盖屋，令人头秃，并不可上屋，令人魂魄不安。
是月五六七为九毒日，忌夫妇事损寿。
是月天气渐热，不可汗身贪风凉，倚墙坐卧，令毛孔闭塞，血气凝滞，为害不小。
是月多食韭，令人乏力昏目。多食茄动气。多食鲤发风。黄鱼同荞麦食，令人失音。桃与鳖同食成淋。
是月甲子日，戒食一切兽肉并牛肺。
是月夏至节后丙丁日，不可合阴阳，大凶。
六月 宜是月暑伏时，捣大蒜为泥，上年曾有冻疮之处，手指、耳边、足跟，俱以捣蒜敷上，过一日一夜
洗去。迟
三四日，再敷一次。本年冬虽极寒，亦不再患。凡小儿手足及各处，虽不患冻疮，亦敷两次则耐寒。若不隔几日，连敷
则肉上起泡，甚至破皮。此法可传脚船夫，是一德。
是月伏日，晒干茄子，炒黑色为末。凡发脏毒者，连服十日愈。如或不止，再用数年陈槐花炒黑为末，服之数日，
永不发。俱空心酒下一钱。
是月三伏极热时，汗要多出，则周身所染风寒湿气，由汗而出，可保一年无病。不拘鱼肉菜汤，只多入葱白、姜，
汗乘热泡饭食之。要令满身汗淋如雨，停歇，方用热水洗拭。多出二三次极妙。
是月天热出汗，任其尽出，不可止遏。若汗未干，即在风内乘凉或 扇、或以冷水凉布抹逼，皆致病不小。
是月途中中暑暴死者，勿用冷水灌沃，急就道上取热土，填于死者脐上成堆，中间拨一孔，令人溺之，通脐孔。次
用生大蒜捣烂，和热汤灌之即活。
是月初一日，沐浴去病。初六日清晨，汲井华水，以白盐淘于水中，用新锅复煎作盐擦牙，每日擦毕，漱吐手心
洗眼，日日如此。虽老年，夜能细书。十四日用糖果、白鸡、黑豆祀灶神。二十二日沐浴去病。二十七日沐浴，至老不
病。
忌是月，万事不宜用未日时，犯月建不利。
是月冷水浸手足，引风气，狂发四肢。
是月食冷水杀人。食韭昏目。食羊肉伤神气。
是月初六日沐浴，令人体臭。忌掘土。盖六六纯阴，犯之大凶。
七月 宜是月捣芙蓉叶敷诸肿。又可干为末，醋调涂。
是月收黄葵，用香油浸贮，治汤火伤。
是月收蒺藜子，阴干捣末。食后服二钱，治失明，半月效。
是月立秋节日未出时，采楸叶敷膏。其法，捣汁熬煎，滴水成珠为度，收藏，擦疮疡立愈。
用水吞赤小豆七粒，或十四粒，一秋可免痢疾。
是月初七日，夜取荧火虫二七枚捻发，白可变黑。十六日，将一年所剪指甲烧灰，服之灭九虫三尸。二十三日沐浴。
发不白。二十五日沐浴，益寿。
忌是月，万事不宜用申日时，犯月建不利。
是月立秋节沐浴，令人皮肤燥，生白屑。
是月立秋后十日，瓜宜少食。
是月食 ，上有蝎虫害人。食韭损目。多食凫类伤人。多食菱动气。多食生蜜暴霍乱。多食猪肉猪肺、生姜、茱萸，
伤神气。少食油盐，能无病。
是月初七日，切戒色欲，勿想恶事。十五日犯色欲，损寿。
八月 宜是月采百合花曝干蒸，食之益气力。
是月食韭菜、露葵少疾。
是月社日清晨，用瓷器收百草头露磨浓墨，治百病，名曰天炎。
是月初三日，灶神诞祀之吉。初八日沐浴益人。初十日，以朱点小儿额，谓之天灾。二十二日用枸杞汤沐浴却病。
二十五日用枸杞汤沐浴却病。
忌是月，万事不宜用酉日时，犯月建不利。
是月勿饮阴池流泉，令人发瘴脚软。
是月秋谷初成，食之发病。
是月食雉肉猪肚，冬发喘病。食生果令人多疮。勿多食新姜、生蒜、饴鸡肉、鸭、猪肺。
是月秋分节，忌杀生、房事、吊丧、问疾、大醉。
九月 宜是月收菊花，晒干为末，五两用糯米一斗蒸熟，以曲
并菊花搜搂，如常酝法酒熟。每日温服一小杯，以治头风、明目。
是月预收葫芦藤，俟除夕煎汤，浴小儿，不出痘。
是月取枸杞子浸酒饮之，令人不老。
是月宜食野鸭，如多年小热疮不愈，食多即瘥，但不可合胡桃、木耳、豆豉食。
是月初九日，采茱萸房插头鬓，辟恶气而御初寒。采菊花为末，遇酒醉，调服二钱即醒。采黄菊、茯苓，以松柏
枝合服之，延年。
二十日，宜斋戒，于鸡鸣时沐浴辟邪。二十一日，枸杞汤沐浴，光泽不老。二十三日，采桑叶煎汤洗眼，至老如童，
眼不昏花。二十八日沐浴吉。
忌是月，万事不宜用戌日时，犯月建不利。
是月食生姜成痼疾。食小蒜伤神损寿。多食鸡，魂魄不安。多食生冷，恐致痢疾。勿食霜下瓜，翻味。勿食葵，不
消化。
是月初九日，食姜损寿。动床席招横恶。
十月 宜是月建亥，生气在酉，酉属西方，坐卧宜向之。十一月同。
是月食芋益人。
是月采槐子，食之去病。
是月取大枣除皮，核破开，于文武火上反复炙令香，然后泡汤，宜常服，大益。
是月遇亥日食饼，令人无病。
是月立冬节，采桑叶一百二十 ，遇闰月多采十 ，每用十 。遇洗眼日期，煎汤洗之，除百病。
是月初一日沐浴吉。初十日采决明子阴干，百日可服。能治青盲等眼疾，又治唇口青。十四日枸杞汤沐浴。十八日
鸡初鸣时沐浴。
忌是月，万事不宜用亥日时，犯月建不利。
是月纯阴用事，慎房事。
是月勿戴暖帽，使脑受冻，则无眩晕之疾。
是月多食猪肉，发宿气。食椒伤血脉。食葱损精。食韭动宿疾，多涕唾（下二月皆同）。食霜打熟菜，令面失色、目
涩、心痛腰疼。
十一月 宜是月天气渐冷，老年人夜用火
炉烘被。既有火毒，又恐误事，惟锡制汤壶，每晚用热水满贮，安放被内，
可以放心温暖。小孩、病患，俱当用此。或力不能制锡壶，用砖一块烧暖，布包温被，亦胜火炉多矣。
是月冬至节，夜宜于北牖下铺草卧，以受元气。
是月初十日沐浴，至老光泽。
三十日煮赤小豆粥祭门毕，合家食之，辟瘟疫。
忌是月，万事不宜用子日时，犯月建不利。
是月勿枕冷石铁物，昏人目。勿伤水。冻，勿以炎火炙腹背。勿以火炙肉食。
是月勿食龟鳖，令人水病。勿食螺蟹长尸虫。勿食虾蚌着甲之物，害人。勿食生菜，发客疾。
十二月 宜是月多收雪水，盛贮缶器，埋土中高平处，覆以
草荐，勿令风吹及雨水滋渗。治一切热疾、痘疹瘢 等
疮，兼疗六畜疮疫，诸病皆效。
是月取川乌炒黄，绢袋盛装，如法浸酒听服，少许治头风。
是月取乌鸦一二只，入瓶泥封固，烧为末。治一切痨嗽骨蒸，米饮下二钱。
是月四九极冻日，碾糯米不拘斗石，蒸透熟，用芦席铺在板门上，将蒸米摊放天井中空地，冷透晒干，收贮大瓷罐
或缸内，放干燥处，下用木板垫高，勿着潮湿，经久不坏。老年人、虚弱人、小孩子以及病后煮粥饭食，最益脏腑。夏
月用滚水泡食，能止泻痢及治脾膈诸疾有余。家备些济人，大有功德。
是月初八日，取猪油悬风处，以备熬膏药解毒。收鳜鱼烧存性研细，用酒调服，治小儿痘疹不出。二十日沐浴去灾。
二十四鸡未鸣时，取第一汲井华水于净器，浸乳香至元旦。五更暖温，合家从小饮起，各吞乳香一豆大，咽水二三口，
一年无时疾。三十日五更，抱小儿于独槽猪窝内滚过，则痘疮稀。用枸杞汤沐浴益人。以合家头发烧灰，同鞋底泥上泥
包投井水。一年不害恶疾。
忌是月，万事不宜用丑日时，犯月建不利。
是月勿食猪脾。勿食带甲之物。勿食生椒、薤、霜烂果菜等物。勿食生葵，令人饮食不化，发百病。非但是月，每
月皆忌。（以上《月令考》）
January
Appropriate: In this month, the Heavenly Way moves to the South; conducting affairs and traveling are both suitable towards the Southwest.
The Earthly Branch for this month is Yin (Tiger), and the Vital Qi (Sheng Qi) is located at Zi (Rat). Zi belongs to the North; sitting and lying should face North. The situation in February is the same.
It is appropriate to consume five pungent vegetables to ward off epidemic pathogens.
Comb hair one or two hundred times every morning to circulate wind Qi.
Wash feet by adding a pinch of salt to boiling water to drain wind toxicity causing Hong Kong Foot (tinea pedis).
On the Start of Spring solar term, boil peach bark, Angelicae Dahuricae Radix (Baizhi, Bai Zhi), and Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum (Qingmuxiang, Qing Mu Xiang) for bathing in the early morning, which is auspicious.
On the Rain Water solar term, if it rains, husband and wife each drink a cup of water; returning to the bedroom, conception will occur that night.
On the first day, bath with Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum decoction to keep hair and beard black until old age. Bathing on the tenth day strengthens teeth.
Taboo: Do not use Yin days/hours for any matters, as this violates the Month Builder and brings misfortune.
Avoid eating raw green onions and Polygoni Multiflori Caulis (Liaozi, Liao Zi), which cause oily wind (seborrheic dermatitis) on the face. Avoid carp heads due to potential parasites and poisoning risk. Avoid rat leftovers to prevent parasitic diseases.
February
Appropriate: Bathe on Bing days in the early part of the month to cure hundred diseases. Wash hair on Mao days to remove diseases. Collect peach and apricot flowers on Ding-Hai day, dry in shade, powder them, and mix well water on Wu-Zi day. Take three times daily to treat female infertility and beautify complexion.
Before sunrise on the Spring Equinox solar term, decoct Polygalae Radix (Yuanzhi, Yuan Zhi) without heart in water, drink two cups, and induce vomiting to avoid epidemics.
Eating leeks is highly beneficial.
Bathing on the second day makes skin lustrous, preventing aging and illness. Men and women should wear Artemisia argyi (Penghao, Peng Hao) grass to prevent head wind.
Bathing and fasting on the sixth day invites heavenly blessings. Bathing at dusk makes the body light and vigorous.
Bathing on the eighth day helps remove white hair.
Taboo: Do not use Mao days/hours for any matters, violating the Month Builder.
Avoid raw and cold foods. Do not drink spring water from shady places during travel, as it causes malaria, miasma, and weak legs.
Garlic causes Qi stagnation and blockage. Small garlic damages willpower. Eggs obstruct Qi flow.
On the third day, avoid daytime sleeping. On the ninth day, avoid fish and turtles.
March
Appropriate: The Earthly Branch is Chen (Dragon); Vital Qi is at Wu (Horse). Wu belongs to the South; sit and lie facing South. This applies to June, September, and December.
Collect Polygoni Multiflori Radix Praeparata (Heshouwu, He Shou Wu), half red and half white varieties. Soak in rice wash overnight, steam with black soybeans over rice, dry, remove beans, and powder. Add one-third Poria (Fuling, Fu Ling), honey-pelletize. Take 1-2 qian with wine. After 100 days, all diseases are cured, longevity increases, and fertility improves. Avoid pork, fish, turtles, and radishes.
Burn sheep manure to ash, mix with Calomelas (Qingfen, Qing Fen) and sesame oil to apply to severe sores.
Harvest tea before Grain Rain solar term, stir-fry and store to resolve phlegm, stop cough, and treat various diseases.
On Cold Food Festival, soak glutinous rice for 1-2 sheng, changing water daily. Drain and dry on Minor Fullness day, stir-fry yellow, and powder. Mix with water for bruises and sores. Store flour in paper bags in ventilated areas; mix with water for heatstroke.
On the second day, dry peach leaves, powder, take 1 qian with well water for heart pain. On the third day, collect peach blossoms, dry, store until Qixi Festival, mix with hen blood to apply to face and body for lustrous skin. Drink peach blossom wine to dispel disease and enhance beauty. Decoct Prunella vulgaris (Xiakucao, Xia Ku Cao), make paste, take with hot wine for old injuries, frozen extremities, and weather-related pain; cures in 7 days. Also treats postpartum bleeding disorders. Wear shepherd's purse flowers in summer to prevent dizziness. Washing hair at noon on the sixth day is beneficial; bathing avoids disaster. Bathing on the twenty-seventh day refreshes the spirit.
Taboo: Do not use Chen days/hours, violating the Month Builder.
Abstain from killing living beings.
Leeks cause drowsiness. Old dishes cause illness. Indigestible fish/turtles trigger chronic diseases. Eating small garlic and eggs on Chen/Yin days causes confusion.
On the third day, avoid scale fish. On the fifth day, avoid viewing fresh blood. On the eighth day, eating celery causes yellowish complexion and abdominal distension resembling pregnancy; vomit sugar water to recover.
April
Appropriate: The Earthly Branch is Si (Snake); Vital Qi is at Mao (Rabbit). Mao belongs to the East; sit and lie facing East. This applies to May.
Take scallion head wine on an empty stomach to promote blood and Qi circulation.
Sacrifice to the Kitchen God on Ding-Si day for good luck.
Remove white hair on the second day. Before sunrise on the fourth day, bathe in Lycii Cortex decoction (Gouqipi, Gou Qi Pi) to resist aging and disease. Same for seventh, eighth, and ninth days.
Taboo: Do not use Si days/hours, violating the Month Builder. Avoid You (Rooster) where Death Qi resides.
This month is Pure Yang; abstain from sexual desire and rage to prevent autumn malaria.
Do not use overnight water for washing face or rinsing mouth.
Pheasant meat causes Qi rebellion. [Missing text] prevents poison. Hen meat causes carbuncles and debility. Raw garlic damages eyes. Avoid leeks, hearts of various foods, and leftover meat/vegetables. Avoid excessive drunkenness.
On the fourth day, strictly avoid sexual desire; violators lose voice. On the fifth day, avoid viewing fresh blood and raw vegetables. On the eighth day, strictly avoid intercourse; violators may die from hemorrhage. Violating on the sixteenth day shortens life.
May
Appropriate: Sacrifice pig head to Kitchen God on Wu-Chen day for good luck.
Soak Cyathulae Radix (Guanzhong, Guan Zhong) in drinking water jars to prevent seasonal epidemics and detoxify water.
Collect plum rainwater in bottles to wash tinea versicolor and ringworm, fading scars.
On Summer Solstice, wear five-color talismans to ward off weapons and ghosts, avoiding plague. Eat food from a hundred families to prevent summer heat diseases.
Bathe in Lycii Radix decoction on the first day to prevent illness and aging. On the fifth day, prepare Portulaca oleracea (Machixian, Ma Chi Xian) with Amaranthus tricolor (Xiancai, Xian Cai) powder for pregnant women to facilitate childbirth. Burn carp occipital bone for chronic dysentery. Apply Allium sativum bulb (Ducangsu, Du Cang Su) to prevent sores and frostbite. Powder Polypodium dichotomum (Jichangcao, Ji Chang Cao) applied to gums stops toothache immediately. Bathing on seventh, eighth, ninth days promotes longevity. Dry Allium tuberosum var. gemon (Xiaosuan, Xiao Suan) on twentieth day for irritability and detoxification. Take Schisandrae Fructus (Wuweizi, Wu Wei Zi) decoction on twenty-seventh day.
Taboo: Do not use Wu days/hours, violating the Month Builder.
Building houses causes baldness and unsettles the soul; do not climb roofs.
The fifth, sixth, and seventh months are Nine Poison Days; avoid intercourse to preserve lifespan.
In rising heat, do not cool down while sweating or lean against walls, as closed pores cause Qi/Blood stasis.
Excessive leeks cause fatigue and blurred vision. Eggplants move Qi. Carp triggers wind. Yellow croaker with buckwheat causes loss of voice. Peaches with turtle cause strangury.
On Jia-Zi day, avoid all beast meat and ox lungs.
After Summer Solstice, on Bing/Ding days, intercourse is extremely inauspicious.
June
Appropriate: During Sanfu (Dog Days), apply crushed garlic to old frostbite sites (fingers, ears, heels) for 1-2 days, then wash. Repeat after 3-4 days to prevent recurrence even in extreme cold. Apply twice to children’s limbs to increase cold tolerance. Do not apply consecutively without interval to avoid blistering. This method benefits boatmen.
Dry eggplant, stir-fry black, powder. Take with wine on empty stomach for visceral toxins (Zangdu, Zang Du). If ineffective, add aged Sophora japonica flower (Huaihua, Huai Hua) powder.
During intense heat, induce heavy sweating with ginger and scallions in soup/rice to expel wind-cold-dampness. Wait for sweat to stop before washing with hot water. Sweating 2-3 times is excellent.
Allow sweat to evaporate naturally; do not stop it. Cooling down with fans or cold cloths while sweaty causes serious illness.
For sudden death from heatstroke, do not pour cold water. Place hot earth around the navel, make a hole, fill with urine, then administer crushed raw garlic and hot water to revive.
Bathe on first day to remove disease. On sixth day morning, use well water with white salt to brush teeth, rinse palms, and wash eyes daily to maintain vision in old age. Sacrifice Kitchen God on fourteenth day. Bathe on twenty-second and twenty-seventh days for lifelong health.
Taboo: Do not use Wei days/hours, violating the Month Builder.
Cold water immersion causes limb paralysis.
Drinking cold water is fatal. Leeks blur vision. Mutton damages Spirit.
Bathing on sixth day causes body odor. Avoid digging earth (Pure Yin period); violation is disastrous.
July
Appropriate: Apply Hibiscus mutabilis leaf (Furongye, Fu Rong Ye) paste to swellings. Powder mixed with vinegar also works.
Store Abutilon indicum (Huangkui, Huang Kui) in sesame oil for burns.
Dry Tribulus terrestris seed (Jilizi, Ji Li Zi), powder. Take 2 qian after meals for blindness; effective in half a month.
Before sunrise on Start of Autumn, collect Catalpa orientalis leaf (Qiuye, Qiu Ye), decoct to pearl consistency for wound healing.
Swallow 7 or 14 Adzuki beans to prevent dysentery for the season.
On seventh day night, crush 14 fireflies to darken hair. Sixteenth day: burn annual nail clippings to eliminate internal parasites. Bathing on twenty-third and twenty-fifth days preserves hair color and promotes longevity.
Taboo: Do not use Shen days/hours, violating the Month Builder.
Bathing on Start of Autumn causes dry, scaly skin.
Eat melons sparingly ten days after Start of Autumn.
[Missing text] contains scorpions. Leeks damage eyes. Wild ducks and water caltrops move Qi. Raw honey causes cholera. Pork, lung, ginger, and zanthoxylum damage Spirit. Reduce salt/oil for health.
Strictly avoid sexual desire on seventh day. Violating on fifteenth day shortens life.
August
Appropriate: Steam dried Lilium bulb (Baihe, Bai He) to boost energy.
Eat leeks and lettuce to reduce illness.
On She Day, collect dew with porcelain vessel, grind to ink, named "Heavenly Flame," to treat hundred diseases.
Kitchen God’s birthday on third day is auspicious. Bathing on eighth, twenty-second, and twenty-fifth days with Lycii Radix decoction removes disease.
Mark child’s forehead with vermilion on tenth day to avert disaster.
Taboo: Do not use You days/hours, violating the Month Builder.
Avoid shady spring water to prevent miasma and weakness.
New autumn grain causes illness.
Pheasant and pork stomach cause winter asthma. Raw fruits cause sores. Avoid new ginger, raw garlic, chicken, duck, and pig lung.
On Autumn Equinox, avoid killing, sex, mourning, visiting sick, and drunkenness.
September
Appropriate: Dry Chrysanthemum morifolium (Juhua, Ju Hua), steam with glutinous rice and yeast to brew wine. Warm drink daily for head wind and brightening eyes.
Collect Lagenaria siceraria vine for New Year’s Eve bath to prevent smallpox in children.
Soak Lycii Fructus (Gouqizi, Gou Qi Zi) in wine to prevent aging.
Eat wild duck for stubborn heat sores; avoid walnuts, wood ear, and fermented soybeans.
Ninth day: Wear Cornus officinalis fruit (Zhuyu, Zhu Yu) in hair to ward off evil and cold. Chrysanthemum powder revives drunk persons. Yellow chrysanthemum and Poria with pine/cypress branches extend life.
Twentieth day: Fast and bathe at cockcrow to dispel evil. Twenty-first day: Lycii bath for lustrous youth. Twenty-third day: Mulberry leaf wash for eyes to prevent presbyopia. Twenty-eighth day bathing is auspicious.
Taboo: Do not use Xu days/hours, violating the Month Builder.
Ginger causes chronic disease. Small garlic damages Spirit/lifespan. Chicken unsettles soul. Raw/cold foods cause dysentery. Avoid frost-bitten melons and amaranth (indigestion).
Ninth day: Ginger shortens life. Moving bed/furniture attracts disaster.
October
Appropriate: Earthly Branch is Hai (Pig); Vital Qi is at You (Rooster). You belongs to West; sit/lie facing West. Applies to November.
Eat taro for benefit.
Eat Sophora japonica seed (Huaimu, Huai Mu) to remove disease.
Process Jujubae Fructus (Dazao, Da Zao) by removing pits, roasting, and brewing tea for regular consumption.
Eating cakes on Hai days prevents illness.
Start of Winter: Harvest mulberry leaves (120 pieces, +10 for leap years). Use 10 pieces for eye washing on designated days to cure diseases.
First day bathing is auspicious. Dry Cassiae Semen (Juemingzi, Jue Ming Zi) for 100 days to treat amaurosis and blue lips. Lycii bath on fourteenth day. Bath at dawn on eighteenth day.
Taboo: Do not use Hai days/hours, violating the Month Builder.
Pure Yin month; be cautious with sex.
Avoid warm hats to prevent brain freezing and dizziness.
Pork triggers latent Qi. Pepper damages vessels. Scallion damages essence. Leeks trigger chronic diseases and rhinorrhea. Frost-bitten cooked vegetables cause facial pallor, dry eyes, chest/back pain.
November
Appropriate: Weather turns cold. Elderly should warm beds with tin pots filled with hot water instead of open fires to prevent burns. Use for children and patients. Alternatively, use heated bricks wrapped in cloth.
Winter Solstice: Sleep on straw under north window to absorb Primordial Qi.
Bathing on tenth day maintains luster until old age.
Thirtieth day: Cook adzuki porridge, sacrifice at door, eat family-wide to prevent plague.
Taboo: Do not use Zi days/hours, violating the Month Builder.
Avoid cold stone/iron pillows (blur vision). Protect from water/cold. Do not roast abdomen/back with fire or roast meat over fire.
Avoid turtle/tortoise (water disease), snails/crabs (corpse worms), shellfish (harmful), and raw vegetables (traveler’s illness).
December
Appropriate: Collect snow water in jars, bury in high flat ground, cover with straw to protect from wind/rain. Treats heat diseases, smallpox scars, and livestock plagues.
Stir-fry Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata (Chuanwu, Chuan Wu) yellow, soak in wine for head wind.
Burn crow (1-2 birds) to powder; take with rice drink for tuberculosis and bone-steaming fever.
Extreme cold days: Steam glutinous rice, dry, store in ceramic jars. Consume as porridge for elderly, weak, children, and convalescents to benefit organs. Rehydrate in summer for diarrhea and spleen/stomach issues. Generosity brings merit.
Eighth day: Hang lard for plaster preparation. Burn mandarin fish for powdered form taken with wine to treat infantile smallpox eruption failure. Bathing on twentieth day removes disaster.
Twenty-fourth day: Soak Frankincense (Ruxiang, Ru Xiang) in first well water until New Year. Warm and drink family-wide swallowing frankincense pellet to prevent seasonal diseases.
Thirtieth day: Roll infant in pig trough to reduce smallpox severity. Lycii bath is beneficial. Burn family hair and shoe sole mud, throw into well to prevent malignant diseases for the year.
Taboo: Do not use Chou days/hours, violating the Month Builder.
Avoid pig spleen, shelled creatures, raw pepper, shallots, frost-rotten fruits/vegetables, and raw amaranth (indigestion, hundred diseases). This taboo applies monthly. (From "Monthly Ordinances Examination")