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The flavor is pungent and the nature is warm; it is non-toxic. It treats alternating chills and fever, shu lou (scrofula/cervical lymph node tuberculosis), lu li (cervical masses) with sores, breaks up accumulated qi, descends stasis blood, and removes damp jaundice.

(Jingjie [Schizonepetae Herba], known as Jiasu in *Shennong Bencao Jing* because its pungent aroma resembles Perilla, grows everywhere. Originally wild, it is now mostly cultivated. Seeds are sown in February to produce seedlings; they have a pungent aroma and are edible. The stem is square, leaves are slender, color pale yellow-green. Small flowers bloom in August, forming spikes and capsules resembling Perilla. Inside the capsules are fine seeds, yellowish-red. Currently harvested materials include stems, leaves, flower spikes, and seeds collectively.)

Jingjie has a pungent flavor and warm nature with an aromatic odor. It inherits the Qi of Yangming Metal and Earth, serving as a herb that rectifies and regulates the meridians. Alternating chills and fever and shu lou stem from toxicity in the Water Zang (Kidney), emerging upward into the meridians, manifesting as cold or heat. Since the root lies in the Water Zang, it is called "shu" (rat); since the meridians are empty, it forms "lu li," representing internal etiology. Lu li with sores results from cold pathogens lodging in the meridians, causing stagnation of Qi and blood, leading to nodules and sores without obvious chills or fever, representing external etiology. Jingjie’s pungent and warm nature rectifies the meridians; thus, it treats both internal causes (chills, fever, shu lou) and external causes (lu li with sores). Its aromatic odor breaks up accumulated Qi. Breaking up accumulation allows stasis blood to descend naturally. The upper part of the Yangming meridian is governed by Dryness Qi; therefore, it removes dampness.

The flavor is pungent and the nature is neutral; it is non-toxic. It treats vexatious heat due to Shanghan (cold damage), dribbling dysuria and pathogenic factors, hernia and zhijia (abdominal masses), hou bi (sore throat/obstruction), difficulty in lactation, and wind spasms due to metal wounds.

(Beimu [Fritillariae Bulbus], known as Su in *Erya* and Meng in *Shijing*, is found in the middle Yellow River region, Jingxiang, and Jiangnan, but those from Sichuan-Shu are superior. The bulb is located under the root, solid inside with outer scales, yellowish-white in color, resembling clustered shells, hence the name Beimu.)

Beimu produced in Sichuan has a sweet and bland flavor, while locally produced Beimu has a bitter and pungent flavor. *Shennong Bencao Jing* describes its flavor as pungent and neutral, referring to both root and aerial parts. The root resembles the Lung in shape, is white in color and pungent in taste, grows in Western Sichuan, and is a herb that clears and tonifies Lung Metal. It treats vexatious heat from Shanghan because cold pathogens in the chest cause vexation and heat. Beimu clears the Lung, thus treating chest vexation and heat. Dribbling dysuria occurs when pathogens enter the Bladder and cannot exit via the skin surface through Taiyang transformation. Beimu connects Lung Qi to the skin and hair, thus treating dribbling dysuria. Hernia and zhijia involve pathology of Liver Wood. Treating them utilizes Metal to control Wood. Hou bi involves closure of the Lung orifice; treatment aims to unblock Lung Qi. Difficulty in lactation involves obstruction of fluids in the Yangming meridian. Wind spasms from metal wounds involve injury to the Yangming meridian. Beimu is white and pungent, inheriting the Autumn Metal Qi of Yangming; internally it opens depression and accumulation, externally it reaches the skin, thereby treating all these conditions.