（见前补肝部）
〔害〕纯阳香燥，凡血燥生热者，禁用。与炙火，亦大损阴血，虚者宜慎。胎动不安，
由于
热而不由于寒；妊娠下利脓血，由于暑湿；肠胃热甚，而非单湿为病；崩中由于血虚内热；
经事先期，由于血热；吐衄血由于血虚；火旺由于鬼击中恶；霍乱转筋，不由于寒邪，而由
于脾胃虚弱凝滞，或于暑湿所致；不孕由于血虚，而不由风冷袭入子宫者，法并忌用。
〔利〕生温熟热，辛可利窍，苦能舒通，入肺、脾、肝、肾四经，气血交理。安胎气，
暖子宫
，故妇科带下调经多需之。理血痢肠风，治崩吐衄，外用灸除百病，陈者良。醋香附为使
。
〔修治〕三月三日，五月五日，采叶干曝，揉捣如绵，谓之熟艾，陈久者可用。蕲州艾
为上
，煎服宜鲜者。生用，或烧成炭。入女科丸，醋煮捣成饼子烘干，再捣为末用。
（见本脏补部）
〔害〕其性温燥，能昏目发疮，若胃肾多火，阳道数举，得热则吐者，均戒。大茴香，
性热
功用略同。
〔利〕辛温香，入胃、肝、肾、膀胱四经，主腹痛疝气，平霍乱血逆，得酒良。
〔修治〕八九月采实阴干，小如粟米者，谓之小茴香，力薄，酒炒黄用。自番舶来者，
实大
如柏，裂成八瓣，一核大如豆，黄褐色，有仁，味更甜，俗呼舶茴香，又曰八角茴香，又名
大茴香，入下焦药，盐水炒用。
(See the preceding section on Tonifying the Liver)
[Harm] It is purely Yang and aromatic-dry. It is strictly contraindicated for those with dry Yin-blood generating internal heat. Using it together with moxibustion will also severely damage Yin-blood; those with deficiency should exercise caution. If fetal restlessness is due to heat rather than cold; if dysentery with pus and blood occurs during pregnancy due to summer-heat and dampness; if there is extreme heat in the intestines and stomach, not merely a disease of dampness alone; if metrorrhagia (heavy uterine bleeding) is due to blood deficiency with internal heat; if menstruation arrives early due to blood heat; if hematemesis or epistaxis is due to blood deficiency; if hyperactive fire symptoms are caused by sudden malignant invasion (acute critical illness); if cholera with muscle cramps is not due to cold pathogen but due to spleen-stomach deficiency with stagnation, or caused by summer-heat and dampness; if infertility is due to blood deficiency rather than wind-cold invading the uterus—all these conditions forbid its use.
[Benefits] Raw mugwort is warm, cooked mugwort is hot. The pungent flavor can open orifices, and the bitter flavor can soothe and unblock. It enters the Lung, Spleen, Liver, and Kidney meridians, regulating Qi and Blood. It calms fetal energy and warms the uterus, so it is often required in gynecology for treating leukorrhea and regulating menstruation. It treats bloody dysentery and intestinal wind, manages metrorrhagia, hematemesis, and epistaxis. External moxibustion can eliminate hundred diseases; aged mugwort is superior. Vinegar-processed Cyperi Rhizoma (Xiangfu) serves as an guiding herb.
[Processing] On the third day of the third lunar month or the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, collect mugwort leaves, dry them in the sun, rub and pound them until cotton-like, called "cooked mugwort"; aged ones are usable. Mugwort from Qizhou is of the highest grade; fresh ones are preferred for decoction. Used raw, or burned into charcoal. For gynecological pills, boil in vinegar, pound into cakes, dry, then pound into powder for use.
(See the section on Tonifying the Zang Organs)
[Harm] Its nature is warm and dry; it can cause blurred vision and induce sores. If one has excessive fire in the Stomach and Kidneys, frequent sexual arousal, or vomiting upon exposure to heat, it must be avoided. Star anise (Da Huixiang) is hot in nature and its functions are roughly similar.
[Benefits] Pungent, warm, and aromatic. It enters the Stomach, Liver, Kidney, and Bladder meridians. It primarily treats abdominal pain and hernia, pacifies cholera and rebellious blood, and works well when combined with wine.
[Processing] Harvest fruits in the eighth or ninth lunar months and dry in the shade. Those small like millet seeds are called "small fennel" (Xiao Huixiang), which have weaker potency and should be stir-fried with wine until yellow before use. Imported from foreign ships, the fruits are large like cypress seeds, splitting into eight segments, with one seed the size of a bean, yellow-brown in color, containing kernels, and tasting sweeter. Commonly known as "Bo Huixiang," also called "Ba Jiao Huixiang" (Star Anise) or "Da Huixiang." When used in formulas for the Lower Jiao, stir-fry with salt water.