气味甘平，无毒。主治下痢，十岁以上。
气味甘平，无毒。主消酒，（《别录》）治肠风下血，（《本草纲目》附。）
主治金疮，止血， 傅之。（《别录》附。）
主治卒喉痹，烧研，水服方寸匕。（《唐本草》附。）
气味苦温，无毒。主治中风伤寒头痛，温疟，发表出汗，去邪热气，止咳逆上气，除
寒热，破症坚积聚。
（麻黄始出晋地，今荥阳、中牟、汴州、彭城诸处皆有之。春生苗，纤细劲直，外黄内
赤，中空有节，如竹形，宛似毛孔。）
植麻黄之地，冬不积雪，能从至阴而达阳气于上。至阴者，盛水也，阳气者，太阳也。
太阳
之气，本膀胱寒水，而气行于头，周遍于通体之毛窍。主治中风伤寒头痛者，谓风寒之邪，
病太阳高表之气，而麻黄能治之也。温疟发表出汗，去邪热气者，谓温疟病藏于肾，麻黄能
起水气而周遍于皮毛，故主发表出汗，而去温疟邪热之气也。治咳逆上气者，谓风寒之邪，
闭塞毛窍，则里气不疏而咳逆上气。麻黄空细如毛，开发毛窍，散其风寒，则里气外出于皮
毛，而不咳逆上气矣。除寒热，破症坚积聚者，谓在外之寒热不除，致中土之气不能外达，
而为症坚积聚。麻黄除身外之寒热，则太阳之气出入于中土，而症坚积聚自破矣。
气味辛温，无毒。主治女人漏下赤白，血闭，阴肿，寒热头风侵目泪出，长肌肤，润
泽颜色，可作面脂。
（白芷处处有之，吴地尤多，根长尺余，粗细不等，色白气香。）
白芷臭香色白，气味辛温，禀阳明金土之气化。主治妇人漏下赤白，血闭阴肿者，《经》
云
∶阳明胃脉，其气下行而主阖。白芷辛温，禀阳明燥金之气下行，则漏下赤白，血闭阴肿可
治也。治寒热头风侵目泪出者，白芷芳香，气胜于味，不但禀阳明燥金之气下行，且禀阳明
中土之气上达，故寒热头风侵目泪出可治也。土主肌肉，金主皮肤，白芷得阳明金土之气，
故长肌肤，面乃阳明之分部，阳气长，则其颜光，其色鲜，故润泽颜色。白芷色白，作粉如
脂，故可作面脂。
Taste and nature: Sweet, neutral; non-toxic. Main indications: Dysentery (Dysentery), for patients over ten years old.
Taste and nature: Sweet, neutral; non-toxic. Main indications: Resolves alcohol intoxication (Record of Distinctive Records); treats intestinal wind with lower bleeding (Compendium of Materia Medica, appended).
Main indications: Golden wounds (Metal wounds), stops bleeding, applied externally (Record of Distinctive Records, appended).
Main indications: Sudden throat obstruction (Sudden Pharyngeal Obstruction), burned to powder, taken orally with water using a square-inch measure (Tang Materia Medica, appended).
Taste and nature: Bitter, warm; non-toxic. Main indications: Headache due to wind-stroke and cold damage, warm malaria, releases the exterior and induces sweating, eliminates pathogenic heat, stops coughing and rebellious Qi, removes cold and heat, breaks stasis, hardness, and accumulations.
(Mahuang [Ephedrae Herba] originally appeared in the Jin region; currently found in Yingyang, Zhongmou, Bianzhou, Pengcheng, and other places. In spring, shoots emerge, slender and strong, yellow outside and red inside, hollow with nodes, resembling bamboo, akin to hair follicles.)
Where Mahuang grows, snow does not accumulate in winter; it can reach Yang Qi from the Supreme Yin. Supreme Yin refers to abundant Water; Yang Qi refers to Taiyang. The Qi of Taiyang originates from the Cold Water of the Bladder, and its Qi circulates through the head and pervades the hair follicles of the entire body. Treating headache due to wind-stroke and cold damage means that when Wind-Cold pathogens affect the high exterior Qi of Taiyang, Mahuang can treat it. Releasing the exterior and inducing sweating to eliminate pathogenic heat in warm malaria means that since warm malaria resides in the Kidney, Mahuang can raise Water Qi to pervade the skin and hair, thus releasing the exterior, inducing sweating, and eliminating the pathogenic heat of warm malaria. Treating coughing and rebellious Qi means that when Wind-Cold pathogens block the hair follicles, interior Qi becomes stagnant, leading to coughing and rebellious Qi. Since Mahuang is hollow and fine like hair, it opens the hair follicles and disperses Wind-Cold, allowing interior Qi to exit to the skin and hair, thereby stopping coughing and rebellious Qi. Removing cold and heat, breaking stasis, hardness, and accumulations means that if external cold and heat are not removed, the Qi of Central Earth cannot reach the exterior, resulting in stasis, hardness, and accumulations. By removing external cold and heat, Mahuang allows Taiyang Qi to enter and exit Central Earth, causing stasis, hardness, and accumulations to break spontaneously.
Taste and nature: Acrid, warm; non-toxic. Main indications: Leukorrhea (red and white discharge) in women, blood closure, genital swelling, alternating cold and heat, wind affecting the head causing tearing, promotes muscle growth, moistens and brightens complexion, can be used as facial cream.
(Baizhi [Angelicae Dahuricae Radix] is found everywhere, especially abundant in Wu regions. Roots are over a chi long, varying in thickness, white in color and fragrant in odor.)
Baizhi has a fragrant odor and white color, with an acrid and warm taste, inheriting the Qi transformation of Yangming Metal and Earth. Treating leukorrhea (red and white discharge), blood closure, and genital swelling in women: The Classics state, "The Qi of the Yangming Stomach meridian descends and governs closing." Baizhi is acrid and warm, inheriting the dry Metal Qi of Yangming which descends, thus treating leukorrhea, blood closure, and genital swelling. Treating alternating cold and heat, wind affecting the head causing tearing: Baizhi is aromatic, with Qi stronger than taste; it not only inherits the dry Metal Qi of Yangming descending but also the Earth Qi of Yangming ascending, thus treating alternating cold and heat, wind affecting the head causing tearing. Earth governs muscles, Metal governs skin. Baizhi obtains the Metal and Earth Qi of Yangming, thus promoting muscle growth. The face is the distribution area of Yangming; when Yang Qi grows, the face shines and the complexion is fresh, thus moistening and brightening the complexion. Baizhi is white and can be made into powder like fat, thus it can be used as facial cream.