炒研用。
辛,甘,无毒。下气定喘,消痰化食。利二便而除胀满,吐风痰而消肿毒,止气痛而发
疮疹
,平下痢而息后重。
食物吞酸,莱菔生食大效。(验方第一。)
反胃噎疾,莱菔蜜煎,细嚼咽。(第二。)
肺痿嗽血,莱菔同羊肉或鲫鱼,煮熟常服。(第三。)
噤口痢,莱菔片不拘新旧,染蜜含之,味淡再换,觉思食,以肉煮粥与食,不可过多。
又方,
只用莱菔菜煎汤,不拘新旧,日日饮之。(第四。)
痢后腹痛。同上。(第五。)
大便下血,大莱菔皮烧,荷花叶烧,存性。生蒲黄,每末服一钱汤下。(第六。)
酒疾下血,大者二十枚,留青叶寸许,井水煮烂,入淡醋,空心任食。(第七。)
小便白浊,莱菔数枚,剜孔留盖,入吴茱萸,糯米饭上蒸熟,焙末丸豆大,每盐汤下五
十丸。(第八。)
沙石诸淋痛甚,莱菔切片,蜜浸少时,炙干,再浸再炙,不可过焦,细嚼盐汤下,日三
服。(第九。)
遍身浮肿,出子的莱菔同浮麦煎汤服。(第十。)
香港脚走痛,莱菔煎水洗之,仍以干莱菔末铺袜内。(十一。)
偏正头痛,莱菔取汁,仰卧,随左右注鼻中,神效。(十二。)
失音不语,取莱菔汁与姜汁同服。加五味子。(十三。)
满口烂疮,取莱菔汁,频漱吐涎。(十四。)
烟熏欲死,急取汁服。(十五。)
汤火伤,莱菔捣敷之,子亦可。(十六。)
打扑血瘀未破者,用莱菔或叶捣封之。(十七。)
喘嗽唾脓血,以莱菔子研细煎服。(十八。)
肺痰咳嗽,莱菔子末炒,沙糖合,丸芡实大,以绵包含咽甚妙。(十九。)
喘痰促,时发时止,莱菔子蒸熟,晒干为末,再姜汁浸蒸饼,丸绿豆大,每三十丸,
口津咽下,日三。(二十。)
痰气喘急,莱菔子炒,皂角烧,姜汁合之,再炼蜜丸豆大,每汤下五十丸。(二十一。)
久嗽痰喘,莱菔子炒,杏仁为末,蒸饼丸绿豆大,每五丸,时时津咽。(二十二。)
高年气喘,莱菔子炒研,蜜丸豆大,每汤下五十丸。(二十三。)
宣吐风痰,莱菔子为末,温水服三钱,探吐。(二十四。)
小儿风寒,莱菔子生研为末,一钱,温葱酒服之,取汗大效。(二十五。)
风秘气秘,莱菔子炒末擂水,合皂角末二钱服,立通。(二十六。)
气胀气蛊,莱菔子研末,以水滤汁,浸浸以时久,炒干再浸再炒,凡七次,为末,每米
饮下一钱,神效。(二十七。)
疹痘不出,莱菔子生研末,米饮下二钱。(二十八。)
Use after stir-frying and grinding.
Pungent, sweet, non-toxic. It directs Qi downward to calm wheezing, resolves phlegm and transforms food stagnation. It promotes urination and defecation to relieve distension and fullness, induces vomiting of wind-phlegm to reduce swelling and toxicity, relieves Qi-stagnation pain and promotes the eruption of sores and rashes, regulates dysentery and alleviates tenesmus.
For acid regurgitation from food intake, eating raw Radish (Lai Fu) is highly effective. (Verified Formula 1.)
For retrograde vomiting and dysphagia, stir-fry Radish with honey, chew thoroughly and swallow. (2.)
For Lung萎 (Flaccidity) with cough and hemoptysis, cook Radish with mutton or crucian carp and consume regularly. (3.)
For Jin Kou Li (Jin Kou Dysentery, characterized by inability to eat), take slices of Radish regardless of freshness, dip in honey and hold in mouth. Replace when flavor fades. When appetite returns, give meat porridge, but do not overeat.
Another method:
Decoct only the Radish greens regardless of freshness, drink daily. (4.)
Abdominal pain after dysentery. Same as above. (5.)
Hematochezia, burn large Radish peel until carbonized but retaining properties, burn lotus leaf until carbonized but retaining properties, and use raw Cinnabar Powder (Puhuang). Grind into powder, take one qian per dose with decoction. (6.)
Hematochezia due to alcoholism, take twenty large Radishes, retain green leaves for about one cun, boil in well water until soft, add light vinegar, and eat freely on an empty stomach. (7.)
For turbid white urine, take several Radishes, hollow out leaving a lid, insert Evodia Fruit (Wuzhuyu), steam over glutinous rice until cooked, dry and grind into powder, make pills the size of beans, take fifty pills per dose with salt water. (8.)
For severe pain from gravel and stone Lin syndrome (dysuria), slice Radish, soak briefly in honey, roast until dry, repeat soaking and roasting without burning too much, chew finely and swallow with salt water, three times daily. (9.)
For generalized edema, decoct mature Radish with floating wheat and drink. (10.)
For Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease-like wandering pain (Hong Kong Foot/Jiaoqi), wash affected areas with Radish decoction, and still spread dried Radish powder inside socks. (11.)
For lateral or frontal headache, extract juice from Radish, lie supine, drip into nostrils according to the side of pain, miraculous effect. (12.)
For aphonia, mix Radish juice with ginger juice and ingest. Add Schisandra Berry (Wuweizi). (13.)
For oral ulcers covering the whole mouth, take Radish juice, rinse frequently and spit out saliva. (14.)
For near-death from smoke inhalation, urgently take juice and ingest. (15.)
For scalds and burns, crush Radish and apply externally; seeds may also be used. (16.)
For traumatic blood stasis without skin breakage, use Radish or leaves, crush and apply externally. (17.)
For wheezing, coughing, and expectoration of pus and blood, grind Radish seeds finely and decoct for ingestion. (18.)
For Lung abscess with cough, stir-fry Radish seed powder, mix with rock sugar, make pills the size of Euryale Seed (Qianshi), wrap in silk and swallow slowly, very effective. (19.)
For rapid breathing with phlegm, intermittent onset, steam Radish seeds, dry and grind into powder, moisten with ginger juice and steamed dough, make pills the size of mung beans, take thirty pills per dose, swallow with saliva, three times daily. (20.)
For phlegm obstruction causing rapid breathing, stir-fry Radish seeds, burn Sichuan Soapberry (Zaojiao), mix with ginger juice, then refine with honey to make bean-sized pills, take fifty pills per dose with water. (21.)
For chronic cough with phlegm and wheezing, stir-fry Radish seeds, grind Apricot Kernels (Xingren) into powder, make pills with steamed dough the size of mung beans, take five pills at a time, swallow slowly with saliva. (22.)
For elderly people with wheezing, stir-fry and grind Radish seeds, make honey pills the size of beans, take fifty pills per dose with water. (23.)
To induce vomiting of wind-phlegm, grind Radish seeds into powder, take three qian with warm water, stimulate gag reflex to vomit. (24.)
For pediatric wind-cold, grind raw Radish seeds into powder, one qian, take with warm scallion wine to induce sweating, highly effective. (25.)
For constipation due to wind or Qi stagnation, stir-fry and grind Radish seeds, mash in water, mix with two qian of Sichuan Soapberry powder, ingest for immediate relief. (26.)
For Qi distension and Qi Gu (abdominal distension like drum), grind Radish seeds into powder, filter with water to get juice, soak slowly for a long time, dry by frying, then soak and fry again, repeat seven times total, grind into powder, take one qian per dose with rice drink, miraculous effect. (27.)
For rash and smallpox that fail to erupt, grind raw Radish seeds into powder, take two qian with rice drink. (28.)