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*Jingshen Bencao Jing* (Divine Farmer's Materia Medica) names it Jushengzi, *Qianjin Fang* (Essential Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold) names it Wumazi, which is the black sesame.
The leaves are named Qingxiang, and the stems are named Majing. It is sweet in taste and warm in nature, non-toxic.
*Jingshen Bencao Jing* states that it treats internal injury leading to emaciation and weakness, tonifies the five zang organs, benefits qi and strength, promotes muscle growth, fills the marrow and brain, and with long-term use, lightens the body and delays aging.

[Invention] Huma is sweet and warm, has a moist texture but a dry nature, and specifically enters the blood aspect of the Foot Shaoyin Kidney meridian. In Jushengzi Wan, it serves as the sovereign drug, specifically tonifying kidney yang deficiency, while simultaneously acting on the Liver, Heart, Spleen, and Lung meridians. It benefits the spleen and nourishes the lungs, descends fire from the Pericardium, nourishes yin of the Liver wood, and gently tonifies the five zang organs; however, it is not as vigorous as Fuzi (Aconite Lateralis Radix Preparata) and Rougui (Cinnamomi Cortex). The white variety is called Baiyouma, which can also moisten the lungs and remove dryness, and unblock difficult defecation caused by Splei Yue (Spleen Constriction). The red variety specifically disperses toxicity in the Kidney meridian. Qian Yi treated pediatric variola vera turning black and returning to the Kidney using decoction of red sesame seeds to deliver Baixiang Wan. Qingxiang is the seedling of Jushengzi. *Jingshen Bencao Jing* states it treats evil qi in the five zang organs, wind-cold-damp bi syndrome, benefits qi, tonifies brain marrow, and strengthens bones and tendons. Powdered Huma flowers applied with Sesame Oil to areas of alopecia or eyebrows promotes hair growth; this usage is found in *Waitai Miyao* and *Qianjin Fang*. Ash from burned Majing applied to moles removes malignant flesh; it also treats pediatric salt asthma, administered by eating light tofu dipped in Majing ash. Oil pressed from white hemp is slightly cold, detoxifies, and moistens the intestines; it treats retained placenta in postpartum women. Boiled into a paste, it generates flesh, stops pain, and reduces swelling. Dengzhan You (Lamp Basin Oil) induces vomiting of wind-phlegm and food toxins.

Commonly known as Bishi Huma.
It is slightly warm and non-toxic.

[Invention] Yama has a moist nature, enters the Yangming Meridian, and specifically resolves wind-heat and damp-toxin; it is an essential drug for leprosy. Therefore, it is used in Zuixian San.

This refers to Maziku (Hemp Seeds).
Sweet and neutral in nature, non-toxic. For medicinal use, stir-fry lightly and grind; for pills or decoctions, soak in water to remove shells, wrap in silk cloth, boil in hot water until cool, hang in a well overnight without touching water, sun-dry at noon the next day, remove shells, winnow to obtain the kernel.
*Jingshen Bencao Jing* names the fruit Maren, which tonifies the middle and benefits qi; long-term use makes one robust, healthy, and ageless like an immortal. The flower is named Mabou, treating 120 types of evil wind, black discoloration, generalized itching, expelling various wind evils and bad blood, and treating amenorrhea in women.

[Invention] Maren enters the Hand-Yangming Large Intestine and Foot-Taiyin Spleen meridians; its nature is moistening. Initial intake may cause diarrhea, but long-term use promotes robustness and health, possessing the function of tonifying the middle and benefiting qi. It is suitable for those with dryness and constipation in the zang-fu organs. Zhang Zhongjing treated Yangming disease with excessive sweating, stomach heat, and difficulty in defecation using Pi Yue Wan, utilizing its ability to moisten the dryness of Spleen earth. *Rihua Bencao* states it stops thirst, promotes lactation, facilitates childbirth in dystocia, and is suitable for elderly blood deficiency and postpartum constipation. Mabou treats latent wind within the body; mixed with Uptala flowers, it acts as an anesthetic for lancing abscesses without pain. Juice extracted from leaves, taken in amounts of five he, expels roundworms; crushed and applied externally, it is effective for scorpion stings. Huangma breaks blood stasis and promotes urination. Mashen (hemp root) juice treats dystocia and retained placenta; decoction treats metrorrhagia; raw form moves actively while cooked form stabilizes internally; it also treats continuous bleeding from hot strangury. Roots and leaves together treat traumatic blood stasis, abdominal fullness and pain; juice ingestion is effective. Ash from aged Huangma taken with wine in doses of one cunbi dissipates internal traumatic blood stasis.