一名 子， 音叫
滑，利窍，助阳
辛苦滑温。调中助阳，散血生肌，泄下焦大肠气滞。治泄痢下重（王好古曰∶下重者，
气滞也，四逆散加此以泄滞。按∶下重亦有气虚、血虚、火热、风燥之不同），胸痹刺痛（仲
景用栝蒌薤白白酒汤），肺气喘急。安胎利产，涂汤、火伤（和蜜捣用。《肘后方》∶中恶卒
死者，用薤汁灌鼻中，韭汁亦可）。叶似韭而中空，根如蒜。取白用。忌牛肉（其叶光滑，
露亦难贮，故云薤露）。
宣，发痘疹，辟恶气
辛温香窜。内通心脾，外达四肢。辟一切不正之气，痧疹、痘疮不出。煎酒喷之（心脾
之气，得芳香而营运，含喷遍身，勿 头面。痘疹家悬挂，辟邪恶，胡荽久食，令人多忘，
病患不宜食胡荽、黄花菜）。
宣，散寒发表，止呕开痰
辛温。行阳分而祛寒发表，宣肺气而解郁调中，畅胃口而开痰下食。治伤寒头痛，伤风
鼻塞（辛能入肺，通气散寒），咳逆呕哕（有声有物为呕，有声无物为哕，有物无声为吐。
其证或因寒、因热、因食、因痰，气逆上冲而然。生姜能散逆气，呕家圣药。东垣曰∶辛热
生姜之类治呕吐，但治上焦气壅表实之病，若胃虚谷气不行、胸闭塞而呕者，惟宜益胃、推
扬谷气而已，勿作表实用辛药泻之。丹溪曰∶阴分咳嗽者，多属阴虚，宜用贝母，勿用生姜，
以其辛散也。昂按∶人特知陈皮、生姜能止呕，不知亦有发呕之时。以其性上升，如胃热者
非所宜也。藿香亦然），胸壅痰膈，寒痛湿泻。消水气，行血痹（产后血上冲心及污秽不尽，
煎服亦良），通神明，去秽恶，救暴卒（凡中风、中气、中暑、中恶、暴卒等症，姜汁和童
便饮效。姜汁开痰，童便降火也），疗狐臭（姜汁频涂），搽冻耳（熬膏涂）。杀半夏、南星、
菌蕈、野禽毒（野禽多食半夏，故有毒，生姜能解之），辟雾露山岚瘴气（早行含之）。捣汁，
和黄明胶熬，贴风湿痹痛。久食兼酒，则患目发痔（积热使然），疮痈人忌食。
姜皮辛凉，和脾行水。治浮肿胀满（以皮行皮，五皮散用之。成无己曰∶姜、枣辛甘，
能行脾胃之津液而和营卫，不专于发散也。东垣曰∶夜不食姜者，夜主阁而姜主辟也；秋不
食姜者，秋主收而姜主散也。妊妇多食，令儿歧指，象形也）。
秦椒为使。恶黄连、黄芩、夜明砂（槽姜纳入蝉蜕，虽老无筋）。
[Xiebai (Allii Macrostemonis Bulbus)]
Alias: Zi (pronounced "jiao").
Properties and Actions: Slippery in texture, unblocks orifices, assists Yang Qi.
Flavor and Nature: Pungent, bitter, slippery, warm.
Functions: Regulates the Middle Jiao, assists Yang Qi, disperses blood stasis, generates flesh, drains qi stagnation in the Lower Jiao and Large Intestine.
Indications: Treats diarrhea and dysentery with tenesmus (Wang Haogu stated: Tenesmus is due to qi stagnation; adding this herb to Sini San (Four Counterflow Powder) drains the stagnation. Note: Tenesmus can also result from qi deficiency, blood deficiency, fire-heat, or wind-dryness), chest bi pain and stabbing pain (Zhang Zhongjing used Gualou Xiebai Baiji Tang (Trichosanthes Fruit, Allium Macrostemon, and White Wine Decoction)), lung asthma and rapid breathing.
Other Uses: Calms the fetus, facilitates childbirth, applied externally for burns and scalds (pounded with honey. *Zhouhou Fang* records: For sudden death caused by evil qi, pour Xie juice into the nose; leek juice is also acceptable).
Morphology: Leaves resemble those of garlic chives but are hollow in the center; roots resemble garlic.
Usage Notes: Use the white part. Avoid beef (its leaves are smooth, making dew difficult to retain, hence the term "Xie Lu" / Dew on Xie).
[Husu (Coriandri Fructus)]
Properties and Actions: Dispersing, promotes eruption of measles and smallpox, repels foul odors and evil qi.
Flavor and Nature: Pungent, warm, aromatic, and penetrating.
Functions: Internally connects to the Heart and Spleen, externally reaches the four limbs.
Indications: Repels all kinds of abnormal qi, treats sand-rash and smallpox that fail to erupt.
Usage: Brewed in wine and sprayed (The qi of the Heart and Spleen circulates upon receiving aromatic qi; hold in mouth and spray over the body, avoiding the head and face. Hanging Husu in households with smallpox patients repels evil spirits. Long-term consumption of Husu causes forgetfulness; patients should avoid consuming Husu and daylily).
[Shengjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens)]
Properties and Actions: Dispersing, releases cold from the exterior, stops vomiting, opens phlegm and resolves depression.
Flavor and Nature: Pungent, warm.
Functions: Moves Yang aspect to dispel cold and release the exterior, diffuses Lung qi to resolve depression and regulate the Middle, soothes the stomach appetite to open phlegm and promote food intake.
Indications: Treats headache from Cold Damage (Shanghan), nasal congestion from Wind-Cold (Pungency enters the Lung meridian, unblocks qi and dispels cold), cough, counterflow, vomiting, and hiccups (Vomiting has sound and matter; hiccup has sound without matter; spitting has matter without sound. These conditions arise from cold, heat, food stagnation, or phlegm causing rebellious qi. Shengjiang disperses rebellious qi and is the sacred medicine for vomiting. Li Dongyuan stated: Pungent-hot herbs like Shengjiang treat vomiting only in cases of Upper Jiao qi obstruction and exterior excess; for vomiting due to Stomach deficiency, failure of grain qi to move, or chest oppression, one should tonify the Stomach and promote grain qi, not use pungent drugs to drain. Zhu Danxi stated: Coughs from Yin aspect are mostly due to Yin deficiency, suitable for Beimu, not Shengjiang, as Shengjiang is pungent and dispersing. Wang Ang notes: People know Chenpi and Shengjiang stop vomiting, but do not know they can also induce vomiting. Due to their ascending nature, they are unsuitable for Stomach heat. Huoxiang is similar). Chest oppression with phlegm obstruction, cold pain, damp diarrhea.
Other Uses: Eliminates water retention, moves blood stasis (effective decocted for postpartum blood rushing to the heart and incomplete lochia discharge), clarifies the mind, removes filth, rescues sudden collapse (For stroke, qi strike, heat stroke, evil qi invasion, or sudden collapse, drinking ginger juice mixed with child's urine is effective. Ginger juice opens phlegm, child's urine descends fire), treats bromhidrosis (frequent application of ginger juice), applies to frostbitten ears (boiled into ointment).
Detoxification: Neutralizes toxicity of Banxia, Nanxing, mushrooms, and wild birds (Wild birds often eat Banxia and thus become toxic; Shengjiang resolves this), repels mist, dew, mountain miasma, and pestilential qi (hold in mouth when walking early).
External/Other: Juice pounded, boiled with Huangming Jiao (Colla Corii Asini), applied to rheumatic bi pain.
Contraindications: Long-term consumption with alcohol may cause eye diseases or hemorrhoids (due to accumulated heat); contraindicated in carbuncles and sores.
[Jiangpi (Zingiberis Pericarpium)]
Properties and Actions: Pungent, cool. Harmonizes Spleen, promotes water metabolism.
Indications: Treats edema and distension (treating skin with skin, used in Wupi San (Five Peel Powder). Cheng Wuji stated: Ginger and Jujube are pungent and sweet, moving Spleen-Stomach fluids to harmonize Ying and Wei, not solely for releasing the exterior. Li Dongyuan stated: Do not eat ginger at night, as night governs closure while ginger governs dispersion; do not eat ginger in autumn, as autumn governs gathering while ginger governs dispersion. Pregnant women eating too much may have children with deformed fingers, based on form symbolism).
Incompatibilities: Qinjiao (Sichuan Pepper) is the guiding drug. Incompatible with Huanglian, Huangqin, and Yeming Sha (Chao Jiang inserted with Cicada Slough remains tendon-free even when old).