通、行血。
苦甘微寒。主治百毒。产后血闷。攻心欲死。产难胞衣不出。捣汁服一升。又下石淋。
多食
发肠风痔漏。崩中带下。香港脚瘫风。又使人干呕损齿。失颜色。皮肉干燥。(慈茹叶调蚌粉
、涂瘙痱甚良。)以上水果类。
荤辛类 柔滑类 菜类 水菜类 芝 类
补阳散瘀。
辛温微酸。温脾益胃。止泻痢而散逆冷。助肾补阳。固精气而暖腰膝。散瘀血。逐停痰。
入
血分而行气。治吐衄损伤。一切血病。(捣汁、童便和服。)噎膈反胃。胃脘痛。(能消瘀血
、停痰在胃口、致反胃及胃脘痛、治反胃噎膈、宜用韭汁、姜汁、牛乳、细细温服、韭汁散
瘀、姜汁下气、消痰和胃、牛乳解热润燥补虚、也有食热物及郁怒、致死血留胃中作痛者、
宜
气
血、有肾气上攻致心痛者、宜韭汁和五苓散为丸、空心茴香汤下
。)解药毒、食毒、狂犬蛇虫毒。(经曰∶毒药攻邪、五谷为养、五畜为益、五菜为充、五果
为助、五果、桃李枣杏栗也、五菜、韭薤葱葵藿也、大蒜、自汉张骞使西域、始得种入中
国、故一名葫。)多食神昏目暗。忌蜜。(百虫入耳、韭汁灌之、即出、 耳出水、韭汁日滴
三次、效、漆疮作痒、韭叶杵傅之、即愈。)
韭子(补肝肾。)辛甘而温。补肝肾。助命门。暖腰膝。治筋痿遗尿。泄精溺血。
白带白淫。
(经曰∶足厥阴病则遗尿、思想无穷、入房太甚、发为筋痿、及为白淫、韭子同龙骨桑螵蛸
、能治诸病、以其入厥阴补肝肾命门不足、命门者、藏精之府也。)下部有火。而阴气不固
者。勿服。蒸晒炒研。(藏器曰∶梦遗溺白、每日空心生吞韭子二十粒、盐汤下。)
Unblocks collaterals, promotes blood circulation.
Bitter, sweet, slightly cold. Mainly treats various toxic pathogens. Postpartum blood stagnation and oppression, attacking the heart causing extreme distress; difficult labor with retained placenta. Crush to extract juice and take one sheng (approx. 200ml). Also treats stone lin (urinary calculi).
Excessive consumption
Induces changfeng zhilou (intestinal wind hemorrhoids and anal fistula), benglou daixia (metrorrhagia and leukorrhea), xianggangjiao tanfeng (podagra, paralysis, and wind-bi). It also causes dry retching, damages teeth, leads to loss of luster in complexion, and dry skin and flesh. (Cigu leaves mixed with clam powder applied topically is very effective for treating heat rash.) The above belong to the fruit category.
Meaty-pungent category, soft-smooth category, vegetable category, aquatic vegetable category, mushroom category
Tonifies yang, dissipates blood stasis.
Pungent, warm, slightly sour. Warms the spleen and benefits the stomach. Stops diarrhea and dysentery, disperses counterflow cold. Assists the kidneys and tonifies yang. Secures essence and qi, warms the waist and knees. Dissipates blood stasis, drives out retained phlegm.
Enters the blood level to move qi. Treats hematemesis, epistaxis, trauma injuries, and all blood disorders. (Crush to extract juice, mix with child's urine and take.) Treats yige fangwei (dysphagia and regurgitation), gastric pain. (It can eliminate blood stasis and retained phlegm at the stomach opening, thereby treating regurgitation and gastric pain caused by such pathologies. For treating regurgitation and dysphagia, it is suitable to use leek juice, ginger juice, and cow milk, taken slowly while warm. Leek juice dissipates stasis, ginger juice directs qi downward, resolves phlegm, and harmonizes the stomach, cow milk clears heat, moistens dryness, and tonifies deficiency. There are also cases where consuming hot foods or experiencing depression and anger cause dead blood to remain in the stomach causing pain; regulating qi and blood is indicated. If kidney qi attacks upward causing heart pain, it is suitable to combine leek juice with Wuling San to make pills, taken on an empty stomach with fennel decoction.) Resolves drug toxicity, food toxicity, and venom from rabid dogs, snakes, and insects. (The Classic states: Toxic drugs attack pathogens, five grains nourish, five meats benefit, five vegetables fill, five fruits assist. Five fruits refer to peach, plum, jujube, apricot, chestnut; five vegetables refer to leek, scallion, garlic, okra, soybean leaves. Garlic was introduced to China after Zhang Qian's mission to the Western Regions in the Han Dynasty, hence another name is hu.) Excessive consumption causes mental confusion and dim vision. Avoid honey. (If insects enter the ear, pour in leek juice, and they will exit; if fluid drains from the ear, drip leek juice three times a day, which is effective; for lacquer dermatitis with itching, crush leek leaves and apply externally, healing immediately.)
Jiu Zi (Allii Tuberosi Semen) (Tonifies liver and kidney.) Pungent, sweet, warm. Tonifies liver and kidney. Assists Mingmen fire. Warms waist and knees. Treats jinwei (tendon flaccidity), enuresis, spermatorrhea, hematuria. Leukorrhea, baiyin (seminal emission in men, profuse thin discharge in women).
(The Classic states: When the Foot-Jueyin Liver channel is diseased, there is enuresis; endless thoughts and excessive sexual intercourse lead to tendon flaccidity and baiyin. Jiu Zi combined with Longgu and Sangpiaoxiao can treat these conditions because it enters the Jueyin channel, tonifying deficiencies of the liver, kidney, and Mingmen. Mingmen is the residence storing essence.) Those with fire in the lower jiao and insecure yin qi should not take it. Steam, sun-dry, stir-fry, and grind. (Chen Cangqi said: For nocturnal emission and white turbid urine, swallow twenty raw Jiu Zi seeds daily on an empty stomach, taken with salt water.)