藤乃木本。各种山藤，性最蔓延，喜束物，故为火亦如其本性。匏属皆瓠类，草本也。
蔓皆
中空，而长养最速，其性行甚捷。今徽人作花炮者，其药线必用壶卢炭，取其疾速胜于杉柳
梢，同一藤也。而草木之性不同如此。
藤火∶宜煎臌胀水肿四肢诸病等药。
匏火∶宜煎救急诸药，取其顷刻能达经络也。
荷梗入秋，人多采取积之，使干为薪。入镬煮肉，则精者反浮，肥者反沉，入药用其火
气，
能通肝肺二窍。宜煎一切转脬交肠药，能正倒阴阳之气。
稻穗火∶烹煮饮食，安人神魂，利五脏六腑。糯稻穗尤峻烈。（卢镗日记∶鸟枪用糯壳
炭，
取其熔铁力速，见风铅子不凝，其能久住之力如此。）麦穗火煮饮食，主消渴咽干，利小便
。
煮饭益人，壮筋骨。煎茶不佳（食纂）。松卵火，煎茶美，以能聚茶力，使不解散真味。
栎柴煮猪肉食之，不发风。煮鸡鹅鸭鱼腥等物，易烂且良。
酒本米曲之精华，属阳。烧酒则又为酒之精华，乃阳中之阳。燃之色绿，阳极阴生之象，
与
石硫性同，皆以阳为体，藏阴于用也。故其光照人面，皆作青灰色，照魑魅则不能遁形，以
阴为用者多含毒。今人率以此酒冬月为大碗，用以 物代炭火。久食则发痈毒。默受其毒而
不觉，然维藏寒者宜之；气能透达骨髓，软坚燥湿，熏衣着之，能发骨髓中汗。
Vines are woody plants. Various mountain vines have a nature that spreads most extensively, liking to bind and wrap around objects; therefore, when used as firewood, their burning characteristics also resemble their innate nature. The *Pao* (gourd) category all belongs to the *Hu* (bottle gourd) type, which is herbaceous.
Their stems are hollow throughout, and they grow at the fastest rate; their nature of movement is very swift. Currently, people in Huizhou who make fireworks must use *Hulu* charcoal (charcoal made from bottle gourds) for their fuse lines, taking advantage of its speed being superior to fir or willow tips. Although both are vine-like, the natures of wood and herbs differ so greatly.
*Teng Huo* (Vine Fire): Suitable for decocting medicines to treat distension, edema, and various diseases of the four limbs.
*Pao Huo* (Gourd Fire): Suitable for decocting various emergency rescue medicines, utilizing its ability to reach the meridians within moments.
Lotus stems (*He Geng*), when autumn arrives, are often collected and piled up by people to dry for firewood. When boiling meat in a pot, lean meat tends to float while fatty meat sinks. In medicinal applications, its fire energy can unblock the orifices of the Liver and Lung. It is suitable for decocting all medicines for treating *Zhuan Pao* (bladder inversion/urinary retention) and *Jiao Chang* (intestinal crossing), capable of rectifying inverted Yin and Yang Qi.
*Rui Sui Huo* (Rice Ear Fire): Used for cooking food and drink, it calms the human spirit and benefits the five zang and six fu organs. The fire from glutinous rice ears is particularly vigorous. (*Lu Teng's Diary*: Gunpowder guns use carbonized glutinous rice husks, taking advantage of their rapid iron-melting power; lead bullets do not congeal upon exposure to wind, demonstrating such enduring strength.) Wheat ear fire for cooking food mainly treats polydipsia and dry throat, promoting urination.
Cooking rice with this fire benefits humans, strengthening bones and sinews. However, it is poor for brewing tea (*Shi Zuan*). *Song Luan Huo* (Pine Cone Fire) brews delicious tea because it can gather the tea's potency, preventing the true flavor from dissipating.
Boiling pork with oak firewood does not trigger wind disorders. Boiling chicken, goose, duck, fish, and other fishy items makes them tender and good.
Cooking drinks with this fire primarily brightens the eyes and detoxifies (*Shi Zuan*).
Wine is the essence of rice and yeast, belonging to Yang. Distilled liquor (Baijiu) is the essence of wine, representing Yang within Yang. Its flame burns green, symbolizing the generation of Yin from extreme Yang, similar to the nature of realgar (*Shi Liu Huang*); both take Yang as their substance and hide Yin in their function. Thus, its light shines on human faces appearing cyan-gray; when shining on demons, they cannot hide their forms, as those using Yin as function often contain toxicity. Nowadays, people generally drink large bowls of this wine in winter, or use it to replace charcoal for heating/lighting. Long-term consumption induces carbuncles and toxins. One silently absorbs this toxicity without realizing it; however, it is suitable for those with hidden cold in the viscera; its qi can penetrate to the bone marrow, soften hardness, dry dampness, and when smoking clothes, can induce sweat from the bone marrow.