（俗名为破故纸。）
【气味】
辛大温无毒。
【主治】
五痨七伤。男子腰疼。时冷。妇人血气。堕胎。兴阳事。明耳目。治肾泄。通命门
。敛精神。其性属火。收敛神明。能使心胞络之火。与命门之火相通。故元阳坚固。骨髓充
实
。涩以治脱之义也。然又言故纸能补脾者。非补脾也。凡人肾气虚弱。则阳气衰劣。不能熏
蒸脾胃。脾胃气寒。则令人胸膈痞塞。不进饮食。迟于运化。遂或腹胁虚胀。或呕吐痰涎。
或肠鸣泄泻。譬如鼎釜之物。若无火力。虽终日不熟。济生二神丸。治脾胃虚寒。用破故纸
补肾。肉豆蔻补脾。脾肾互交。故纸补肾即所以补脾也。
（即金银花。）
【气味】
甘温无毒。
【主治】
止气下 热毒血痢水泄。一切风湿气。及诸肿毒痈疽疥癣杨梅。茎叶及花功用皆同
。昔人称其治风湿胀。解痢逐尸为要药。而后世不复知用。后世称其消肿散毒治疮为要药。
而昔人并未言及。古今之理。固不一辙。而推究各极其妙。古今之揆一也。
【气味】
甘温无毒。
【主治】
小儿五疳小便白浊。杀虫。疗泻痢。健脾胃。除虚热。诸药杀虫者。多是辛苦。唯
使君子榧子甘而杀虫。俗谓杀虫殆尽无消食。孰知树有蠹。屋有蚁。国有盗。福耶祸耶。（
服之忌饮热茶。）
(Vernacular name: Pogu Zhi.)
[Flavor and Nature]
Acrid, greatly warm, non-toxic.
[Indications]
Five consumptions and seven injuries. Lower back pain in men. Frequent coldness. Blood and Qi disorders in women. Miscarriage. Enhancing sexual function. Clarifying the eyes and ears. Treating renal diarrhea. Unblocking the Gate of Life (Mingmen). Consolidating spirit and essence. Its nature belongs to Fire, consolidating and anchoring the Spirit (Shen). It allows the Fire of the Pericardium Collateral (Xinbao Luo) to communicate with the Fire of the Gate of Life (Mingmen). Thus, the Original Yang is firm, and the marrow is filled. This embodies the principle of using astringents to treat prolapse or leakage. However, it is also said that Pogu Zhi can tonify the Spleen; this is not direct Spleen tonification. Generally, when Kidney Qi is weak, Yang Qi declines and fails to warm and steam the Spleen and Stomach. When Spleen and Stomach Qi are cold, it causes stuffiness and obstruction in the chest and diaphragm, loss of appetite, and sluggish transformation and transportation. Consequently, there may be deficiency bloating in the abdomen and hypochondrium, vomiting of phlegm and saliva, or borborygmus and diarrhea. It is like food in a cauldron; without fire, it will not cook even all day long. Jisheng Ershen Wan treats deficiency-cold of the Spleen and Stomach by using Pogu Zhi to tonify the Kidney and Myristicae Semen (Roudoukou) to tonify the Spleen. Through the mutual interaction of Spleen and Kidney, tonifying the Kidney with Pogu Zhi serves as a means to tonify the Spleen.
(That is Jinyinhua/Honeysuckle Flower.)
[Flavor and Nature]
Sweet, warm, non-toxic.
[Indications]
Stops heat-toxin bloody dysentery and watery diarrhea caused by descending Qi. All wind-dampness conditions, as well as various swellings, toxins, carbuncles, sores, scabies, and yaws. The stems, leaves, and flowers have identical functions. Ancients called it an essential medicine for treating wind-dampness distension and resolving dysentery while expelling corpse-poison, but later generations ceased to use it for these purposes. Later generations call it an essential medicine for reducing swelling, dissipating toxins, and treating sores, which was not mentioned by the ancients. The principles of ancient and modern times are indeed not identical, yet each explores its subtleties to the utmost. The underlying logic remains consistent across time.
[Flavor and Nature]
Sweet, warm, non-toxic.
[Indications]
Five types of childhood malnutrition (Wu Gan) with white turbid urine in children. Expels parasites. Treats dysentery and diarrhea. Strengthens the Spleen and Stomach. Clears deficiency-heat. Most medicinal herbs that expel parasites are acrid and bitter. Only Quisqualis Fructus (Shijunzi) and Torreyae Semen (Feizi) are sweet and expel parasites. Commonly believed that after expelling parasites, digestion is not aided. Who knows? Trees have borers, houses have ants, states have thieves. Is this fortune or misfortune? (Avoid drinking hot tea after consumption.)