升阳。味甘平。宜煎发散及补中益气药。并浸造诸风及脾
胃虚弱诸丹丸。
毒坏豆麦桑叶。造各样药料食物。皆易败。人吃此水亦生脾胃疾。 咸雨（小满
节后先逢癸日下雨为咸雨毒尤甚）
毒甚消伐。洗疮疥灭瘢痕。入酱易熟。但不可以造酒醋。（梅或作霉凡衣被霉以
梅叶煎汤洗之即去）
甘寒。和獭肝为丸。治心腹积聚及虫病。独煎饮此水。能清热化痰。定惊安神。（
五月五日午时雨伐竹中之水即是）以上诸水。皆能助湿。
毒坏禾稻。与小满水同。（彦云寒露雨偷稻鬼）
宜煎杀虫消积之药。（立冬后十日至小雪下雨名液）虫饮水即伏蛰。来春雷鸣起蛰
乃出也。
泻热。宜浸造滋补五脏及痰火神聚虫毒诸丹丸。并煮酿药酒。
与雪水同功。
味甘寒。主治明目。定心止渴。去小儿烦热。（周礼司 氏以夫燧取明火于日鉴取
明水于月以供祭祀并以金作之谓之水火之镜午月丙午日午时铸为阳燧一名阳符子月壬子日子
时铸为阴燧一名阴符又名方诸水）
味甘平。止消渴。宜煎润肺之药。秋露造酒最清洌。百花上露。令人好颜色。（露
能解暑故白露降则处暑矣疟必由暑故治疟药露一宿良）
Yang-rising. Sweet and neutral in flavor. Suitable for decocting herbs that treat insufficient middle qi and failure of clear yang to ascend.
Yang-rising. Sweet and neutral in flavor. Suitable for decocting dispersing and spleen-strengthening Qi-tonifying herbs, and for soaking to prepare pills and electuaries treating various wind pathogens and spleen-stomach deficiency syndromes.
(Rainwater) damages beans, wheat, and mulberry leaves; preparing various medicinal materials and foods becomes prone to spoilage. Drinking this water also causes spleen-stomach diseases. Saline Rain (Rain falling on the first Gui day after the Xiaoman solar term is called Saline Rain, with particularly severe toxicity).
(Saline Rain) has strong toxicity, possessing consuming and attacking properties. Washing sores and scabies with it removes scars. Adding it to soy sauce makes it cook faster. However, it cannot be used to brew wine or vinegar. (Plum or refers to mold; if clothes and bedding get moldy, washing them with a decoction of plum leaves removes the mold).
(Saline Rain) is suitable for preparing pills and electuaries treating malaria, dysentery, sores, ulcers, traumatic injuries, and venom from hundred insects. Using it to decoct anti-demonic and insect-killing drugs yields especially miraculous effects.
(Sweet and Cold). Mixed with otter liver to form pills, treating abdominal masses and parasitic diseases. Decocting and drinking this water alone can clear heat, resolve phlegm, calm fright, and tranquilize the mind. (Rainwater at noon on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, specifically the water inside cut bamboo, is this). All the aforementioned rainwaters can assist dampness.
(Dew) moistens the lungs. Suitable for decocting herbs that regulate lung qi descent.
(Hanlu Rain) damages rice crops, similar to Xiaoman rain. (Yan Yun: Hanlu rain steals rice like ghosts).
(Xiaoxue Rain) drains heat. For those with excess yang qi, using this water for decoction is appropriate.
(Xiaoxue Rain) is suitable for decocting insect-killing and accumulation-resolving herbs. (Rain falling from ten days after Lidong until Xiaoxue is called "Ye" rain). Insects drink this water and enter hibernation; when spring thunder sounds, the hibernating insects emerge.
(Ye Rain) drains heat. Suitable for soaking to prepare pills and electuaries nourishing the five zang organs, as well as treating phlegm-fire, spirit aggregation, and insect poison syndromes. Also suitable for brewing medicinal wines. Its efficacy is the same as snow water.
(Clear Water). Sweet and cold in flavor. Mainly treats improving vision, calming the heart, relieving thirst, and removing childhood irritant heat. (The *Rites of Zhou* mentions Si Shi using Fu Sui to obtain bright fire from the sun mirror, and Fang Zhu to obtain clear water from the moon mirror, for sacrificial purposes. These mirrors are made of metal. Casting Yang Sui, also known as Yang Fu, occurs at noon on Bing Wu day in Wu month; casting Yin Sui, also known as Yin Fu or Fang Zhu, occurs at midnight on Ren Zi day in Zi month).
(Autumn Dew). Sweet and neutral in flavor. Relieves excessive thirst. Suitable for decocting lung-moistening herbs. Wine brewed with autumn dew is the clearest and coldest. Dew from hundreds of flowers improves complexion. (Dew clears summer heat, so when Bailu descends, Chushu ends. Since malaria often stems from summer heat, antimalarial herbs soaked in dew overnight are effective).