味甘，性平，无毒。入胃、肾二经。
温中下气、益肾归元。利肠胃，止呃逆。
刀豆止呃，下气归元四字，足以尽之。
一名天师栗、乃七叶树之果实。味甘，性温，无毒。
入脾、肺二经。
平胃通络、理气宽中。驱寒利膈，医疳治虫。脘腹胀满、胃寒作痛。以此投之，可以见
功。
此子须捣碎煎服。
味辛，性温，无毒。
咳逆反胃治之效，燥湿消肿投之灵。女人崩中带下，丈夫尿血遗精。
即灶心黄土，去湿有专长。
味苦，性寒。入心包、胃、肝三经。干姜为使。畏雄、附。 红，酢淬，水飞。
重可镇虚逆，止呕痞噫气。寒能降虚阳，平眩晕耳鸣。吐衄崩中可用，肠风下血称灵。
《伤寒论》治汗吐下后，心下痞鞭，噫气者，用代赭旋复汤。《伤寒蕴要》以之与百合、
滑
石同行，治百合病复发。《普济方》用之煮汁饮，治咽喉痛。临症用于有上阻之感者有效，
乃沉降之功也。
味甘、苦，性温，无毒。
消食与麦芽同等，温中乃谷 偏长。
味甘气和、具生化之性，故为消食健脾，开胃和中之要药。
味甘、咸，性温，无毒。入胃经。炒黄去芒，留芽用。
熟腐五谷、消导而无停。营运三焦，宣通而不滞。疗腹鸣与痰饮，亦催生而坠胎。
以谷消谷，有类从之义，无推荡之峻，胃虚停谷食者宜之。然有积化积，无积消肾气，
坠胎。
Taste: sweet; Nature: neutral; Non-toxic. Enters the Stomach and Kidney meridians.
Warms the middle, directs rebellious Qi downward, benefits the Kidneys, and returns Yuan Qi to its source. Promotes intestinal and gastric functions, stops hiccups.
The four characters "Doudou (Carpesium fruit) stops hiccups, directs Qi downward and returns it to the source" are sufficient to summarize its actions.
Also known as Tianshi Li (Heavenly Master Chestnut), it is the fruit of the Aesculus hippocastanum tree. Taste: sweet; Nature: warm; Non-toxic.
Enters the Spleen and Lung meridians.
Calms the Stomach, unblocks collaterals, regulates Qi, and broadens the middle. Disperses cold, benefits the diaphragm, treats infantile malnutrition (Gan syndrome), and expels parasites. For epigastric and abdominal distension and fullness, and pain due to Stomach cold, administering this herb can yield results.
These seeds must be crushed and decocted for oral administration.
Taste: pungent; Nature: warm; Non-toxic.
Effective in treating cough with upward rebellion and reverse flow vomiting; effective when used for drying dampness and reducing swelling. For women with metrorrhagia and leukorrhea, and men with hematuria and spermatorrhea.
It refers to Caoshixin Tu (Caulis Cinnamomi Cum Rhabdome et Radix Glycyrrhizae Praeparata / Hearth Earth), which has a specialty in removing dampness.
Taste: bitter; Nature: cold. Enters the Pericardium, Stomach, and Liver meridians. Dry Ginger acts as an assistant. Dreads Realgar and Prepared Aconite. Red color, quenched in vinegar, levigated with water.
Its heaviness can subdue deficient rebelliousness, stop vomiting, epigastric stuffiness, and belching. Its cold nature can descend deficient Yang, calm vertigo and tinnitus. Useful for hematemesis, epistaxis, metrorrhagia, and effective for intestinal wind bleeding.
In Shanghan Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage Disorders), for cases after sweating, vomiting, or purging, presenting with epigastric stuffiness and hardness, and belching, Daizhe Xuanfu Tang (Hematitum and Inula Decoction) is used. In Shanghan Yunyao (Essentials of Cold Damage Pathogenesis), it is combined with Baihe (Lilii Bulbus) and Huashi (Talcum) to treat recurrence of Baihe Bing (Lily Disease). In Puji Fang (General Effective Prescriptions), it is boiled in water and drunk to treat sore throat. Clinically, it is effective for conditions with a sensation of upper obstruction, due to its descending and sinking properties.
Taste: sweet, bitter; Nature: warm; Non-toxic.
Its ability to digest food is equal to that of Maiya (Hordei Fructus Germinatus); its warming of the middle is particularly strong for Gujiao (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae Fermentatum).
With a sweet taste and harmonious Qi, possessing the nature of generation and transformation, it is therefore a key herb for digesting food, strengthening the Spleen, opening the appetite, and harmonizing the middle.
Taste: sweet, salty; Nature: warm; Non-toxic. Enters the Stomach meridian. Stir-fry until yellow to remove the awn, use only the sprout.
Rots and ferments the five grains, aids digestion without stagnation. Circulates and operates the Triple Burner, promotes free flow without obstruction. Treats borborygmus and phlegm-fluid retention, also induces labor and causes abortion.
Using grain to digest grain follows the principle of "following the similar," without the harshness of pushing and draining. It is suitable for those with deficient Stomach and retained grain food. However, if there is accumulation, it transforms accumulation; if there is no accumulation, it depletes Kidney Qi and causes abortion.