味辛，性温，无毒。入肺、胃、大肠三经。
下气定喘，消食除膨。降浊通便，以靖中宫。生研堪吐风痰，醋调能消毒肿。
丹溪云∶“莱菔子，治痰有推墙倒壁之功，表其性烈也”。按虚弱人服之，气浅难布息。
味辛，性温，无毒。入肺、胃、大肠三经。
下气定喘，消食除膨。降浊通便，以靖中宫。生研堪吐风痰，醋调能消毒肿。
丹溪云∶“莱菔子，治痰有推墙倒壁之功，表其性烈也”。按虚弱人服之，气浅难布息。
味辛，性温，无毒。入肺、胃、大肠三经。
下气定喘，消食除膨。降浊通便，以靖中宫。生研堪吐风痰，醋调能消毒肿。
丹溪云∶“莱菔子，治痰有推墙倒壁之功，表其性烈也”。按虚弱人服之，气浅难布息。
味苦，性寒，无毒，入胃、大肠二经。得酒良。
热痢温疟、血痔疝瘕。瘿 秃疮，鼻衄齿痛。
仲景治热痢白头翁汤，加黄 、黄连、秦皮同用。
东垣云∶“肾欲坚，急食苦以坚之。痢则下焦虚。故以此纯苦之剂坚之也。”
按此物有风则静，无风则摇，亦奇。
味苦、涩，性寒，无毒。入肝、胆、大肠三经。恶吴茱萸。
清肠祛湿，专治热痢。又医目疾，服洗咸宜。
此药能收涩、故带下清稀者亦用之。
味辛，性温，无毒。入胃、大肠二经。忌见火。
降至高之气，似石投水。疏后重之急，如骥追风，疟疾与痰癖皆收，香港脚与杀虫并选。
足阳明为水谷之海，手阳明为传导之宫。二经相为贯输，以运化精微者也。二经病，则
痰积
虫癖生焉。辛能破滞，苦能杀虫，故主如上诸证。
槟榔坠诸气，至于下极，气虚下陷者，所当远避。
[Background Information]
Book: Bencao Zhengyao (Essentials of Materia Medica)
Author: Li Zhongzi
Dynasty: Ming
Chapter: (VI) Moistening Large Intestine, Descending Qi / ... / (VIII) Clearing Large Intestine (Total 6 sections)
Category: Materia Medica
[Original Text to Process]
Pungent in flavor, warm in nature, non-toxic. Enters the Lung, Stomach, and Large Intestine meridians.
Descends rebellious Qi, calms asthma, digests food, and removes distension. Descends turbidity, unblocks bowels, thereby pacifying the Middle Jiao (Central Palace). When raw and ground, it can induce vomiting of wind-phlegm; when mixed with vinegar, it can dissipate toxic swellings.
Danxi said: "Radish seed has the merit of pushing down walls and toppling battlements in treating phlegm, indicating its fierce nature." Note that for those with deficiency, taking it may make breathing difficult due to shallow Qi.
Pungent in flavor, warm in nature, non-toxic. Enters the Lung, Stomach, and Large Intestine meridians.
Descends rebellious Qi, calms asthma, digests food, and removes distension. Descends turbidity, unblocks bowels, thereby pacifying the Middle Jiao (Central Palace). When raw and ground, it can induce vomiting of wind-phlegm; when mixed with vinegar, it can dissipate toxic swellings.
Danxi said: "Radish seed has the merit of pushing down walls and toppling battlements in treating phlegm, indicating its fierce nature." Note that for those with deficiency, taking it may make breathing difficult due to shallow Qi.
Pungent in flavor, warm in nature, non-toxic. Enters the Lung, Stomach, and Large Intestine meridians.
Descends rebellious Qi, calms asthma, digests food, and removes distension. Descends turbidity, unblocks bowels, thereby pacifying the Middle Jiao (Central Palace). When raw and ground, it can induce vomiting of wind-phlegm; when mixed with vinegar, it can dissipate toxic swellings.
Danxi said: "Radish seed has the merit of pushing down walls and toppling battlements in treating phlegm, indicating its fierce nature." Note that for those with deficiency, taking it may make breathing difficult due to shallow Qi.
Bitter in flavor, cold in nature, non-toxic. Enters the Stomach and Large Intestine meridians. Best used with wine.
Treats hot dysentery, warm malaria, bloody hemorrhoids, hernia, and abdominal masses. Also treats goiter, alopecia, sores, epistaxis, and toothache.
Zhongjing uses Baitouweng Tang (Peony Root Decoction) to treat hot dysentery, adding Huangbai (Phellodendron Bark), Huanglian (Coptis Rhizome), and Qinpi (Ash Bark) for simultaneous use.
Dongyuan said: "The Kidney desires firmness; urgently eat bitter substances to firm it. Dysentery involves deficiency of the Lower Jiao. Therefore, this purely bitter agent is used to firm it."
Note that this substance remains still when there is wind and sways when there is no wind, which is also peculiar.
Bitter and astringent in flavor, cold in nature, non-toxic. Enters the Liver, Gallbladder, and Large Intestine meridians. Hostile to Evodia Fruit.
Clears the intestines and dispels dampness, specifically treating hot dysentery. It is also suitable for internal use or external washing to treat eye diseases.
Since this herb possesses astringent properties, it is also used for cases of clear and thin leukorrhea.
Pungent in flavor, warm in nature, non-toxic. Enters the Stomach and Large Intestine meridians. Avoid exposure to fire.
Descends the highest Qi, like a stone thrown into water. Relieves the urgency of tenesmus, like a steed chasing the wind. It collects malaria and phlegm-stagnation, and is selected for both Hong Kong foot (gout/athlete's foot) and expelling parasites.
The Foot Yangming is the sea of water and grain; the Hand Yangming is the palace of transmission. These two meridians connect and transmit to transform and transport refined essences. Disease in these two meridians leads to the generation of phlegm accumulation and parasite stagnation. Pungency can break stagnation, and bitterness can kill parasites, thus it governs the aforementioned conditions.
Betel nut sinks all Qi, reaching the lowest extremity. For those with Qi deficiency and sinking, it should be avoided.