味辛，平，有毒。主五劳七伤，利五脏，下血寒气，破积，止痹，散脓。多食令人见鬼
狂走。久服通神明，轻身。
一名麻勃，此麻花上勃勃者。七月七日采，良。麻子，味甘，平，无
不老。疗中风汗出，逐水，
利小便，破积血，复血脉，乳妇产后余疾，长发，可为沐药。久服神
仙。九月采。入土中者贼人。生太山川谷。
畏牡蛎、白薇，恶茯苓。麻 即牡麻，牡麻则无实，今人作布及履用之。麻勃，方药亦
少用，术家合人参服之，令
逆知未来事。其子中仁，合丸药并酿酒，大善，而是滑利性。麻根汁及煮饮之，亦主瘀血、
石淋。
〔谨案〕 ，即麻实，
非花也。《尔雅》云∶ ， 实。《礼
》云∶苴，麻之有 者。注云∶有子之麻为苴。皆谓子耳。陶以一名麻勃，谓勃勃然如花者
，即以为花，重出子条，误矣。既以麻 为米之上品，今用花为之，花岂堪食乎？根主产难
胞衣不出，破血壅胀，带下，崩中不止者，以水煮服之，效。沤麻汁，主消渴。捣叶水绞取
汁，服五合，主蛔虫。捣敷蝎毒，效。
味甘，微温。主补虚乏，止渴，去血。
方家用饴糖，乃云胶饴，皆是湿糖如浓蜜者，建中汤多用之。其凝强及牵白者，不入药。
又
今酒用曲，糖用 ，犹同是米、麦，而为中、上之异。糖当以和润为优，酒以熏乱为劣。
[Ma (Hemp)]
Pungent in flavor, neutral in nature, toxic. It primarily treats the five exhaustions and seven injuries (a general term for various chronic deficiency syndromes), promotes the free flow of the Five Zang organs, dispels cold qi from the lower jiao, breaks up accumulations, stops bi-syndrome pain, and dissipates pus/toxins. Excessive consumption may cause hallucinations, seeing ghosts, or manic running. Long-term use can enhance spiritual clarity and make the body feel light.
Also known as "Ma Bo," referring to the abundant part of the hemp flower. Collected on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month for best quality.
Hemp seeds (Cannabis Fructus) have a sweet flavor and neutral nature, non-toxic. They treat sweating due to wind-stroke, expel water-dampness, promote urination, break up blood stasis and accumulation, restore blood vessel patency, and treat residual postpartum conditions in nursing mothers. They promote hair growth and can be used as a hair-washing medicine. Long-term use is said to lead to immortality. Collected in September. Seeds that fall into the soil and sprout are harmful to humans. Grows in valleys of Mount Tai.
Hemp fears Oyster Shell (Muli) and White Anemone Root (Baiwei); it dislikes Poria (Fuling).
"Hemp" refers to male hemp (Mu Ma), which does not produce seeds; nowadays, people use it to make cloth and shoes. "Ma Bo" (hemp flowers) is rarely used in prescriptions. Daoist practitioners combine it with Ginseng (Renshen), claiming it enables foresight of future events. The kernels within the seeds, when combined into pills or brewed into wine, are very beneficial, but possess a slippery and lubricating nature. Hemp root juice or decoction also treats blood stasis and stone strangury (urinary calculi).
[Note]: What is referred to here as "Ma Shi" (Hemp fruit/seeds) is actually the seed, not the flower. *Erya* states: "...is its fruit." *Book of Rites* states: "Ju is hemp with seeds." The commentary says: "Hemp bearing seeds is called Ju." All refer to the seed. Tao Hongjing, because one name was "Ma Bo," perceived it as flourishing like a flower, and thus classified it as a flower, duplicating it under the seed category, which is an error. Since "Ma Shi" is considered a premium grain, how could flowers be fit for consumption? Hemp root treats difficult labor and retained placenta, breaks up blood stagnation and distension, leukorrhea, and metrorrhagia. Decocted in water and taken orally, it is effective. Fermented hemp juice treats Xiao Ke (wasting-thirst syndrome). Crushed leaves, wrung for juice, taken in amounts of 5 he, treat roundworms. Crushed and applied externally, it is effective for scorpion stings.
[Yi Tang (Maltose)]
Sweet in flavor, slightly warm in nature. It primarily tonifies deficiency and fatigue, relieves thirst, and resolves blood issues.
Physicians use Yi Tang, specifically referred to as "Jiao Yi," which is a moist, thick, honey-like syrup. Jianzhong Decoction uses this extensively. Those that are solid/hard or white and stringy are not suitable for medicinal use.
Furthermore, while brewing wine uses koji and making sugar uses [grains], although both originate from rice and wheat, there are distinctions between medium and superior grades. Sugar should be preferred if it is mild and moistening; wine is inferior if its aroma is overpowering and chaotic.