和、利五脏、生津。
酸甘温。去痰止呕。消食下气生津。和利五脏。能涤肠胃。除烦愦恶气。烧灰服。断下
痢。
甚验。多食令人发热衄血。损齿及筋。忌生葱同食。发疮致痰。杭州苏州最美。青时酸。红
后变紫。味如蜜。盐藏、蜜渍、糖收、火酒浸。俱佳。（树生癞、以甘草钉钉之、即除。）根
皮、解砒毒。（煎汤漱牙痛、洗恶疮、烧灰油调、涂汤火伤。）
涩肠、收脱肛、外用染须。
酸涩而温。能涩肠。止泄痢下血。（ 末服。）崩带脱肛。（以石榴皮陈壁土、加明矾少
许
、浓煎熏洗、再加川倍子炒研末、敷而托上之。）又能杀虫。浸水、汁黑如墨。乌须方、绿
云油中用之。能恋膈成痰。痢积未尽者。服之太早。反为害也。忌铁器。酸石榴、治泻痢崩
中带下。过食损肺坏齿。榴花千叶者。治心热吐血。又研末吹鼻。止衄血、立效。亦敷金疮
出血。
一名白果。涩、敛肺、去浊痰。
甘苦收涩。熟食温肺益气。（色白属金、故入肺。）定痰哮，敛喘嗽，缩小便，止带浊。
（带
浊赤者、热伤血分、从心小肠来、白者、湿伤气分、从肺大肠来、并有寒热二证、亦有因痰
而带浊者、宜二陈、加升柴二术。）生食。降浊痰。解酒消毒。杀虫。（花夜开、人不得见、
性阴、有小毒、故能消毒杀虫。）浆泽手面。浣油腻。（时珍曰∶去浊痰之功、可以类推。）
多食则收涩太过。令人壅气胪胀。小儿发惊动疳。
(Mangosteen) Harmonizes and benefits the five Zang organs, generates body fluids.
(Pomegranate Peel) Sour, sweet, warm. Resolves phlegm, stops vomiting. Promotes digestion, directs Qi downward, generates body fluids. Harmonizes and benefits the five Zang organs. Can cleanse the intestines and stomach. Removes irritability and foul qi. Taken as ash after burning, it stops dysentery. Very effective. Excessive consumption causes fever and epistaxis (nosebleed), damages teeth and sinews. Avoid eating with raw green onions, as it triggers sores and induces phlegm. Those from Hangzhou and Suzhou are the finest. When green, it is sour; after turning red, it becomes purple, tasting like honey. Preserved in salt, honey, sugar, or soaked in strong liquor—all are excellent. (If the tree develops scabies-like growths, driving nails made of Licorice Root into them will eliminate them.) The root bark resolves arsenic poisoning. (Decoct to rinse for toothache, wash malignant sores, burn to ash and mix with oil to apply to burns/scalds.)
(Astringes the intestines, retracts prolapsed rectum, used externally to dye beard black.)
Sour, astringent, warm. Astringes the intestines, stops diarrhea, dysentery, and bloody stool. (Take as powder internally.) Treats metrorrhagia, leukorrhea, and rectal prolapse. (Use aged Pomegranate Peel with soil from old walls, add a small amount of Alum, decoct strongly for fumigation and washing, then add Stir-fried Chinese Gallnut ground into powder, apply and lift/retract.) Also kills parasites. Soaked in water, the juice turns black as ink. Used in hair-blackening formulas within "Lüyun Oil". It can cause phlegm retention in the chest/diaphragm. For those with residual dysenteric accumulation, taking it too early causes harm. Avoid iron vessels. Sour pomegranate treats diarrhea, dysentery, metrorrhagia, and leukorrhea. Overconsumption damages the lungs and teeth. Double-petaled pomegranate flowers treat hemoptysis due to heart heat. Ground into powder and insufflated into the nose, it stops epistaxis immediately. Also applied to traumatic wounds with bleeding.
(Also known as Ginkgo Nut/Amygdalus). Astringent, astringes Lung Qi, resolves turbid phlegm.
Sweet, bitter, astringent. Cooked consumption warms the Lungs and supplements Qi. (White color corresponds to Metal, thus enters the Lung channel.) Stabilizes asthmatic phlegm, astringes wheezing and coughing, reduces urination, stops leukorrhea/turbid discharge. (Reddish turbid discharge indicates heat injuring the Blood level, originating from the Heart and Small Intestine; white indicates dampness injuring the Qi level, originating from the Lungs and Large Intestine; both have cold and hot syndromes; some cases of turbid discharge are due to phlegm, suitable for Er Chen Tang plus Sheng Ma, Chai Hu, Cang Zhu, Bai Zhu.) Raw consumption descends turbid phlegm, resolves alcohol toxicity, disinfects, kills parasites. (Flowers open at night, unseen by humans, Yin nature, slightly toxic, thus capable of disinfection and killing parasites.) Sap stains hands and face, washes away grease. (Li Shizhen said: The efficacy of resolving turbid phlegm can be inferred analogously.) Excessive consumption leads to excessive astringency, causing Qi stagnation and abdominal distension. In children, it triggers convulsions and malnutrition syndromes (Gan disease).