煮熟，用铜刀去皮去内黄，取白肉用。
辛，温，无毒。和血润肠，祛风退热。瘰 、肿毒、疮癣。
即皂角针也。
辛，温，无毒。治痈肿妒乳，疗风痒恶疮。下胎衣而杀虫，溃疮痈而涂癣。
大风恶疾，目昏眉落鼻崩，皂刺三斤，烧灰，蒸一时久，晒干为末，大黄汤下，十日当
全愈
。（验方第一。）
胎衣不下，烧末，酒下。（第二。）
小儿重舌，烧灰。入朴硝掺之，涎出自消。（第三。）
痢因伤风，伤风不已，而下痢脓血，同枳壳、槐米，蜜丸豆大，每三十丸。（第四。）
酒煮去皮核用。
苦，酸，涩，温，无毒。消痰下气，开胃化食，生津除烦，敛肺涩肠。消心腹胀满，破
胸膈
结气，止呕吐霍乱，除崩带泻痢。最利久嗽，兼止诸痛。
生交州、爱州、岭南，而广州最盛。花白色，七月子成似栀子，青黄色，皮肉相着。
下气消食，诃子一枚为末，水煎，入少盐，食之。（验方第一。）
气嗽日久，生诃子一枚，含之咽汁，病后不知味，并槟榔服之。（第二。）
一切滑痢，末服、汤服、丸服皆可。（第
苦，寒，无毒。祛风止痛，消肿疗疮。煎汤洗风肿瘙痒，小儿寒热，煎服治黄胆白浊，
痰热淋疾，酒煮熨一切痛肿，
风虫齿牙。
苦，寒，无毒。煎洗除恶疥漆疮，作膏能续筋长肉。天行热病，传尸骨蒸，心腹血瘀，
汤火
疗白浊而平丹毒。最止疼痛，亦治疔疮。
After boiling until cooked, use a copper knife to remove the skin and the yellow inner part, taking only the white flesh for use.
Pungent, warm, non-toxic. Harmonizes blood and moistens the intestines; dispels wind and reduces fever. Used for scrofula (tuberculous lymphadenitis of the neck), swelling and toxic sores, and tinea.
This is also known as Gleditsiae Spina (Horn of Chinese Honeylocust).
Pungent, warm, non-toxic. Treats carbuncles and abscesses, acute mastitis, and itchy malignant sores. Expels the placenta and kills parasites; suppurates carbuncles and is applied to tinea.
For severe wind diseases (such as leprosy) with symptoms of blurred vision, loss of eyebrows, and collapse of the nasal bridge: take three jin of Gleditsiae Spina, burn to ash, steam for one shichen (two hours), dry in the sun, and grind into powder. Take with Da Huang Decoction (Rhubarb Decoction); full recovery should occur within ten days. (Verified Formula 1.)
For retained placenta: burn to ash, take with wine. (Formula 2.)
For double tongue in children: burn to ash, mix with Natrii Sulfas (Mirabilite), and apply externally; salivation will cease and the condition will resolve. (Formula 3.)
For dysentery caused by wind-cold, where persistent wind-cold leads to dysentery with pus and blood: combine with Fructus Aurantii (Zhi Qiao) and Semen Sophorae (Huai Mi), make honey pills the size of beans, take thirty pills each time. (Formula 4.)
Boil with wine, remove skin and seeds, and use.
Bitter, sour, astringent, warm, non-toxic. Resolves phlegm and directs qi downward, opens the stomach and transforms food, generates fluids and relieves irritability, astringes the lungs and stops diarrhea. Eliminates abdominal distension, breaks up qi stagnation in the chest and diaphragm, stops vomiting and cholera, and treats metrorrhagia, leukorrhea, and dysentery. Most beneficial for chronic cough, and also stops various pains.
Produced in Jiaozhou, Aizhou, and Lingnan regions, with Guangzhou having the largest production. The flowers are white; fruits mature in the seventh month, resembling Gardeniae Fructus (Gardenia fruit), greenish-yellow, with skin adhering to the flesh.
Directs qi downward and transforms food: take one He Zi (Chebulae Fructus), grind into powder, decoct in water, add a little salt, and consume. (Verified Formula 1.)
For chronic cough due to qi stagnation: chew one raw He Zi (Chebulae Fructus) and swallow the juice; for loss of taste after illness, take with Arecae Semen (Bin Lang). (Formula 2.)
For all types of slippery dysentery (chronic diarrhea with incontinence): can be taken as powder, decoction, or pill. (Formula 3.)
Wash fresh Bai Xian Pi (Dictamni Cortex), bitter, cold, non-toxic. Dispels wind and stops pain, reduces swelling and treats sores. Decoct for washing to treat wind-induced swelling and itching; for childhood chills and fever, decoct and drink to treat jaundice and cloudy urine; decocted phlegm-heat strangury; boil in wine and apply hot compress to all painful swellings; and for wind-worm toothache.
Decoct Di Gu Pi (Lycii Cortex) for washing to eliminate severe scabies and lacquer dermatitis; making into ointment can knit tendons and grow flesh. Treats epidemic febrile diseases, tuberculosis-like consumption (bone-steaming), blood stasis in the heart and abdomen; treats cloudy urine and calms erysipelas. Most effective for stopping pain, also treats carbuncles.