味辛，性温。
内通心脾，外达四肢。能辟邪恶，最发痘疹。
酒煎。掩头面含喷遍身，即发痘疹。
味辛、性温，有毒。入脾、肾二经。忌蜜。
消谷化食，辟祟驱邪。破 癖多功，炙恶疮必效。捣贴胸前，痞格资外攻之益。研涂足
底，火热有下引之奇。
大蒜用最多，功至捷，外涂皮肉，发 作疼，则其入肠胃而搜刮，概可见矣。
性热气臭，凡虚弱有热之人，切勿沾唇。即宜用者，亦勿过用，生痰动火，损目耗
血，谨之。
味辛、苦、性温、质滑、无毒。入心、胃、大肠三经。
温中散结、下气散血。胸痹刺痛、心痛宜食。亦治久痢、咽中哽骨。轻身耐寒、能补
不足。
《本草汇言》谓∶“阴虚发热病，不宜食。”
（见发散）
（见发散）
（见萱花下）
味甘淡，性偏凉，无毒。入心、肺、脾、大小肠五经。
清解暑热，利水消痰。胸闷膈热，口渴心烦。肿胀溲少，湿困减餐。
暑期连皮子煮食，颇能益人。
冬瓜皮∶利水消肿。洗面去黑 。
冬瓜子∶清肺消痈。治肺痈、肠痈。
味甘，性寒。
解暑除烦，利水醒酒。
瓜性寒，曝之尤寒，稽含赋云∶“瓜曝则寒，油煎则冷”，物性之异也。
一味单行，名天生白虎汤。但多食伤脾，助湿，至秋易患疟痢。甜瓜略同。
味甘，性平，无毒。
化痰凉血，除热利膈。祛风解毒，清上称良。鼻病齿患，腮肿唇僵。食之有益，常用无
妨。
固气和胎，孕产如常。又能下乳，母子安康。
根、藤、叶、络另有专条。
[Bitter Melon]
Pungent in flavor, warm in nature.
Internally connects to the Heart and Spleen, externally reaches the four limbs. It can expel evil pathogens and is most effective in promoting the eruption of smallpox/rashes.
Decocted with wine. Covering the head and face, holding it in the mouth, and spraying over the body will immediately induce the eruption of rashes.
[Garlic]
Pungent in flavor, warm in nature, toxic. Enters the Spleen and Kidney meridians. Avoid honey.
Promotes digestion of grains and resolves food stagnation, dispels malevolent influences and drives out evil pathogens. Highly effective in breaking up accumulations and masses; applying heat (moxibustion) to malignant sores is certain to be effective. Crushed and applied to the chest, it aids the external dispersal of obstruction and blockage. Ground and applied to the soles of the feet, it has the miraculous effect of guiding fire-heat downward.
Garlic is used most frequently, with rapid efficacy. When applied externally to the skin and flesh, it causes pain, which indicates its strong searching and clearing action when entering the stomach and intestines.
Its nature is hot and its odor is pungent/foul. Those who are deficient and weak with internal heat must absolutely avoid consuming it. Even if indicated, do not overuse it, as it generates phlegm and stirs fire, damages the eyes, and depletes blood. Be cautious.
[Winter Melon]
Pungent and bitter in flavor, warm in nature, slippery in texture, non-toxic. Enters the Heart, Stomach, and Large Intestine meridians.
Warms the middle and dissipates nodules, directs qi downward and disperses blood stasis. Suitable for consumption in cases of chest bi (obstruction) with stabbing pain and heart pain. Also treats chronic dysentery and a sensation of a bone stuck in the throat. Makes the body light and resistant to cold, and can tonify insufficiency.
*Bencao Huiyan* states: "Not suitable for consumption by patients with yin deficiency and fever."
(See Dispersing Category)
(See Dispersing Category)
(Under the entry for Daylily)
[Winter Melon Peel/Seed]
Sweet and bland in flavor, slightly cool in nature, non-toxic. Enters the Heart, Lung, Spleen, Small Intestine, and Large Intestine meridians.
Clears summer-heat and resolves toxicity, promotes urination and transforms phlegm. For chest oppression, diaphragmatic heat, thirst, irritability, edema, scanty urine, and dampness encumbering the spleen leading to reduced appetite.
Boiling and eating the winter melon with peel and seeds during the summer is quite beneficial to the person.
Winter Melon Peel: Promotes urination and reduces edema. Washing the face removes dark spots.
Winter Melon Seed: Clears the lungs and resolves abscesses. Treats lung abscess and intestinal abscess.
[Melon/Cantaloupe]
Sweet in flavor, cold in nature.
Relieves summer-heat and eliminates vexation, promotes urination and awakens from intoxication.
Melons are cold in nature; dried melons are even colder. Ji Han's fu says: "Dried melons become cold, oil-fried melons become cold," illustrating the difference in material properties.
Used alone as a single herb, it is named "Natural White Tiger Decoction" (Tian Sheng Bai Hu Tang). However, excessive consumption damages the Spleen and aids dampness, making one prone to malaria and dysentery in autumn. The sweet melon is similar in this regard.
[Loofah]
Sweet in flavor, neutral in nature, non-toxic.
Transforms phlegm and cools blood, clears heat and benefits the diaphragm. Dispels wind and resolves toxicity, excellent for clearing the upper jiao. Beneficial for nasal diseases and dental ailments, malar swelling, and lip stiffness. Consumption is beneficial, and regular use is harmless.
Stabilizes qi and secures the fetus, ensuring normal pregnancy and childbirth. It also promotes lactation, ensuring health for both mother and child.
The root, vine, leaves, and vascular bundles have separate entries.