（别录中品）
【气味】辛大温，无毒。
【主治】主暴冷，胃中冷逆，霍乱腹痛。
【核】曰∶唐诗云∶豆蔻稍头二月初。桂海虞衡志云∶红豆蔻花丛生，叶瘦如碧芦，春
末始发。未开花时，无抽一干，有大箨包之，箨解花见。一穗数十蕊，淡红鲜妍如桃杏。蕊
重则垂如葡萄，又如火齐璎珞，及剪彩鸾枝之状。有花无实，不与草豆蔻同种，每蕊心有两
瓣相并，词入托兴，如比目连理云。资暇集云∶豆有圆而红，其首乌者，举世呼为相思子，
即红豆蔻之异名。其木斜斫之则有文，可为弹博局，及琵琶槽；其树大株而白；枝叶似槐；
其花与皂荚花无殊；其子若扁豆，处于甲中，通体皆红。李善云∶其实赤如珊瑚。徐氏笔精
云∶岭南闽中有相思木，岁久结子，色红如大豆，故名相思子。每一树结子数斛，非红豆也。
笔丛谓温廷筠诗∶玲珑骰子安红豆，入骨相思知也无。相思子，即红豆者亦谬矣。方物略记
云∶红豆花白色，实若大豆而红，以似得名，叶如冬青。
【 】曰∶高，崇也，仓舍同。良，善也；姜，界也。气味辛大温，对待暴冷为因，胃
中冷逆，霍乱腹痛为证。经云∶脾胃者，仓廪之官，使道闭塞而不通，形乃大伤，闵闵之当，
孰者为良。
（具豆蔻之宣摄，肉蔻之刚 ，白蔻之开发，三皆草实。此独草 ，下焦亦得借此以成
决渎
[Recorded in the Middle Grade of Bie Lu]
[Aroma and Flavor] Pungent, greatly warm, non-toxic.
[Indications] Primarily treats sudden cold, cold rebellion in the stomach, abdominal pain due to cholera-like disorder (Huoluan).
[Analysis] It is said: Tang poetry states, "At the tip of cardamom, it is early February." *Guihai Yuheng Zhi* states: Red cardamom flowers grow in clusters, leaves are slender like green reeds, and they begin to sprout only at the end of spring. Before flowering, no single stalk emerges; it is wrapped in large bracts (tuo), and when the bracts split, the flowers appear. One spike bears dozens of stamens/pistils (rui), pale red and vibrant like peach or apricot blossoms. When heavy, they hang down like grapes, or resemble fire-colored coral necklaces, or the shape of cut-color phoenix branches. It has flowers but no fruit, differing from grass cardamom (Caodoukou). Each stamen/pistil center has two petals joined together, used in poetry to express longing, such as flatfish or intertwined branches. *Zixia Ji* states: There are round, red beans with black tips, universally called "Xiangsi Zi" (Love Beans), which is an alternative name for Hongdoukou. Its wood, when cut obliquely, shows grain patterns and can be used for backgammon boards or pipa bodies; the tree is large and white; its branches and leaves resemble locust trees; its flowers are indistinguishable from soapberry flowers; its seeds resemble broad beans, contained within pods, entirely red throughout. Li Shan states: Its fruit is red like coral. Xu's *Bijing* states: In Lingnan and Min regions, there is a Xiangsi tree that produces seeds after many years, red like soybeans, hence named Xiangsi Zi. Each tree yields several hu of seeds, not Hongdou. *Bicong* argues that interpreting Wen Tingyun's poem "Exquisite dice set with red beans, knowing how deep the bone-penetrating longing is" as referring to Xiangsi Zi being Hongdou is also incorrect. *Fangwu Lueji* states: Hongdou flowers are white, fruits are like soybeans but red, named for their similarity, and leaves resemble holly.
[ ] Says: Gao (High) means lofty, sharing the meaning with Cang (Granary). Liang (Good) means virtuous; Jiang (Ginger) means boundary. The flavor is pungent and greatly warm, addressing sudden cold as the etiology, and cold rebellion in the stomach and abdominal pain in Huoluan as the syndrome. The Classics state: The Spleen and Stomach are the officials of the granaries. If the pathways become blocked and不通 (unobstructed), the form will suffer greatly. Who is the good physician in such profound distress?
(It possesses the dispersing and astringing properties of Doukou, the drying strength of Roukou, and the opening properties of Baikou; all three are grass fruits. This one alone is a grass stem, allowing the Lower Jiao to borrow this power to function as the official of drainage channels.)