（《本经》上品）
【释名】弘景曰∶生于蜜中，故谓蜜蜡。
时珍曰∶蜡，犹鬣也。蜂造蜜蜡而皆成鬣也。
【集解】《别录》曰∶蜡生武都山谷蜜房木石间。
弘景曰∶蜂先以此为蜜跖，煎蜜亦得之。初时极香软。人更煮炼，或少加醋酒，便黄赤
，以作烛色为好。今医家皆用白蜡，但取削之，于夏月暴百日许，自然白也。卒用之，烊内
水中十余遍，亦白。
宗 曰∶新蜡色白，随久则黄。白蜡乃蜡之精英者也。
时珍曰∶蜡乃蜜脾底也。取蜜后炼过，滤入水中，候凝取之，色黄者俗名黄蜡，煎炼极
净色白者为白蜡，非新则白而久则黄也。与今时所用虫造白蜡不同。
【气味】甘，微温，无毒。
之才曰∶恶芫花、齐蛤。
【主治】蜜蜡∶主下痢脓血，补中，续绝伤金疮，益气，不饥，耐老（《本经》。权曰
和松脂、杏仁、枣肉、茯苓等分合成，食后服五十丸，便不饥。颂曰∶古人荒岁多食蜡以
度饥，但合大枣咀嚼，即易烂也）。白蜡∶疗久泄 后重见白脓，补绝伤，利小儿。久服
轻身不饥（《别录》）。孕妇胎动，下血不绝，欲死。以鸡子大，煎三五沸，投美酒半升服
，立瘥。又主白发，镊去，消蜡点孔中，即生黑者（甄权）。
【发明】时珍曰∶蜜成于蜡，而万物之至味，莫甘于蜜，莫淡于蜡，得非浓于此必薄于
彼耶？蜜之气味俱浓，属乎阴也，故养脾；蜡之气味俱薄，属乎阳也，故养胃。浓者味甘，
而性缓质柔，故润脏腑；薄者味淡，而性啬质坚，故止泄痢。
张仲景治痢有调气饮，《千金方》治痢有胶蜡汤，其效甚捷，盖有见于此欤？又华佗治
老
少下痢，食入即吐。用白蜡方寸匕，鸡子黄一个，石蜜、苦酒、发灰、黄连末，各半鸡子
先煎蜜、蜡、苦酒、鸡子四味令匀，乃纳连、发，熬至可丸乃止。二日服尽，神效无比
此方用之，屡经效验，乃知《本经》主下痢脓血之言，深当膺服也。
【附方】旧十一，新十。
仲景调气饮∶治赤白痢，少腹 痛不可忍，下重，或面青手足俱变者。用黄蜡三钱，阿
胶三钱，同熔化，入黄连末
《千金》胶蜡汤∶治热痢，及妇人产后下痢。用蜡二棋子大，阿胶二钱，当归二钱半，
黄连三钱，黄柏一钱，陈廪米半升，水三升，煮米至一升，去米入药，煎至一钟，温服神效。
（《千金方》）
急心疼痛∶用黄蜡灯上烧化，丸芡子大，百草霜为衣。井水下三丸。
肺虚咳嗽∶立效丸，治肺虚膈热，咳嗽气急烦满，咽干燥渴，欲饮冷水，体倦肌瘦，发
热减食，喉音嘶不出。黄蜡（熔滤令净，浆水煮过）八两，再化作一百二十丸，以蛤粉四两
为
衣养药。每服一丸，胡桃半个，细嚼温水下，即卧，闭口不语，日二。（《普济方》）
肝虚雀目∶黄蜡不以多少，熔汁取出，入蛤粉相和得所。每用刀子切下二钱，以猪肝二
两批开，掺药在内，麻绳扎定。水一碗，同入铫子内煮熟，取出乘热蒸眼。至温，并肝食之，
日二，以平安为度，其效如神。（《集验方》）
头风掣疼∶湖南押衙颜思退传方∶用蜡二斤，盐半斤相和，于 罗中熔令相入，捏作一
兜鍪，势可合脑大小。搭头至额，其痛立止也。（《经验方》）
脚上转筋∶刘禹锡《传信方》∶用蜡半斤销之，涂旧绢帛上，随患大小阔狭，乘热缠脚，
须当脚心，便着袜裹之，冷即易。仍贴两手心。（《图经》）
暴风身冷∶暴风，通身冰冷如瘫痪者。用上方法，随所患大小阔狭摊贴，并裹手足心。
风毒惊悸∶同上方法。
破伤风湿如疟者∶以黄蜡一块，热酒化开服，立效。与玉
方》）
代指疼痛∶以蜡、松胶相和，火炙笼指，即瘥。（《千金翼》）
脚上冻疮∶浓煎黄蜡涂之。（姚和众）
狐尿刺人肿痛∶用热蜡着疮，并烟熏之，令汁出即愈。（《肘后方》）
犬咬疮发∶以蜡炙熔，灌入疮中。（《葛氏方》）
蛇毒螫伤∶以竹筒合疮上，熔蜡灌之，效。（《徐王方》）
汤火伤疮∶ 赤疼痛，毒腐成脓。用此拔热毒，止疼痛，敛疮口。用麻油四两，当归一
两，煎焦去滓。入黄蜡一两，搅化放冷，摊帛贴之，神效。（《医林集要》）
胫烂疮∶用桃、柳、槐、椿、楝五枝，同荆芥煎汤，洗拭净。以生黄蜡摊油纸上，随
疮大小贴十层，以帛拴定。三日一洗，除去一层不用，一月痊愈。（《医林集要》）
妊娠胎漏∶黄蜡一两，老酒一碗，熔化热服，顷刻即止。（《药性论》）
呃逆不止∶黄蜡烧烟熏，二三次即止。（《医方摘要》）
霍乱吐利∶蜡一弹丸，热酒一升化服，即止。（《肘后方》）
诸般疮毒∶ 疮、金疮、汤火等疮。用黄蜡一两，香油二两，黄丹半两，同化开，顿冷，
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[Classified as Upper Grade in the *Shennong Bencao Jing*]
**Names:** Tao Hongjing stated: "It is produced within honey, hence it is called Beeswax (Mifengla)."
Li Shizhen stated: "La" resembles a mane. Bees produce beeswax, forming structures akin to manes.
**Collection and Explanation:** The *Bie Lu* (Record of Famous Physicians) states: "Beeswax grows in the valleys of Wudu, among honeycombs, trees, and stones."
Tao Hongjing stated: "Bees first use this substance as a foundation for their nests; it is also obtained when boiling honey. Initially, it is extremely fragrant and soft. People boil and refine it again, or add a little vinegar and wine, turning it yellowish-red, which is ideal for making candles. Physicians nowadays all use white beeswax; simply shave it and expose it to the sun for about a hundred days in summer, and it will naturally turn white. If needed urgently, melt it and immerse it in water more than ten times, and it will also become white."
Cheng Cong stated: "Newly made wax is white but turns yellow with age. White beeswax is the essence of wax."
Li Shizhen stated: "Wax is actually the bottom of the honeycomb. After extracting honey, it is refined, filtered into water, and collected once solidified. The yellow-colored one is commonly known as Yellow Beeswax (Huangla); the one refined until extremely clean and white is White Beeswax (Baila). It is not that new wax is white and old wax is yellow. This differs from the insect-made white wax used today."
**Flavor and Properties:** Sweet, slightly warm, non-toxic.
Xu Zhicai stated: "It clashes with Yuanhua (Genkwa Flos) and Qige (likely Oyster Shell or similar)."
**Indications:**
**Honeycomb Wax (Mifengla):** Primarily treats dysentery with pus and blood, tonifies the Middle Jiao, heals severe injuries and traumatic wounds, benefits Qi, prevents hunger, and delays aging (*Shennong Bencao Jing*). Zhao Quan stated: "Mixed in equal parts with Songzhi (Pine Resin), Xingren (Apricot Seed), Zao Rou (Date Flesh), and Fuling (Poria), formed into pills. Taken after meals, 50 pills per dose, prevents hunger." Su Song stated: "In years of famine, ancients often ate wax to survive hunger; simply chewing it with large dates makes it easy to digest."
**White Beeswax (Baila):** Treats chronic diarrhea with tenesmus and discharge of white pus, tonifies severe injuries, and benefits children. Long-term consumption lightens the body and prevents hunger (*Bie Lu*). For pregnant women with fetal restlessness and continuous bleeding, nearing death: Take an amount the size of a chicken egg, boil for three to five boils, mix with half a sheng of fine wine, and drink. Recovery is immediate. It also treats white hair: pluck the white hairs, apply melted wax into the follicles, and black hair will regrow (Zhen Quan).
**Elucidation:** Li Shizhen stated: "Honey is derived from wax, yet among all things, nothing is sweeter than honey, and nothing is blander than wax. Does this not imply that what is concentrated here must be thin there? Honey's flavor and properties are both strong/yin, thus nourishing the Spleen; Wax's flavor and properties are both mild/yang, thus nourishing the Stomach. The concentrated type is sweet, has a slow nature and soft texture, thus moistening the Zang-Fu organs; the thin type is bland, has a restrictive nature and hard texture, thus stopping diarrhea and dysentery."
Zhang Zhongjing treated dysentery with Tiaoqi Yin; the *Qianjin Fang* treated dysentery with Jiaola Tang. Their effects are very rapid, likely based on this understanding. Furthermore, Hua Tuo treated young and old patients with dysentery who vomited immediately after eating. He used a prescription containing one cun-bi of White Beeswax, one chicken egg yolk, Shimii (Rock Sugar), Kujiu (Vinegar), Fa Hui (Hair Ash), and Huanglian (Coptis Rhizome) powder, each in the quantity of half a chicken egg. First, boil the honey, wax, vinegar, and egg yolk until uniform, then add Coptis and Hair Ash, simmer until pillable. Finish within two days; the effect is miraculous. I have used this formula many times with verified efficacy, confirming that the statement in the *Shennong Bencao Jing* regarding treating dysentery with pus and blood is indeed worthy of trust.
**Attached Prescriptions:** Eleven old prescriptions, ten new prescriptions.
**Zhongjing's Tiaoqi Yin:** Treats red and white dysentery, unbearable lower abdominal pain, tenesmus, or cases where the face turns blue and hands/feet change color. Use Sanqian (3 qian) of Yellow Beeswax and Sanqian of Ejiao (Donkey-hide Gelatin), melt together, and add Huanglian (Coptis Rhizome) powder.
**Qianjin Fang's Jiaola Tang:** Treats heat dysentery and postpartum dysentery in women. Use two pieces of wax (size of chess pieces), Erqian (2 qian) of Ejiao, Erqianban (2.5 qian) of Danggui (Angelica Sinensis), Sanqian (3 qian) of Huanglian, Yi qian (1 qian) of Huangbai (Phellodendron Bark), and Bansheng (half sheng) of Chenlinmi (Aged Rice). Add Shengshui (3 sheng of water), boil rice until one sheng remains, remove rice, add herbs, decoct to one zhong, and take warm. Miraculous effect. (*Qianjin Fang*)
**Acute Heart Pain:** Melt Yellow Beeswax over a lamp, form pills the size of a Chinese chestnut, coat with Baicaoshuang (Soot from Hundred Herbs). Swallow three pills with well water.
**Lung Deficiency Cough:** Lixiao Wan (Instant Effect Pill). Treats lung deficiency with diaphragmatic heat, cough with shortness of breath, irritability, fullness, dry throat and mouth, desire for cold water, fatigue, emaciation, fever, loss of appetite, and hoarse voice. Use Baliang (8 liang) of Huangla (Yellow Beeswax) (melted, filtered clean, boiled in starch water), reform into 120 pills, coat with Siliang (4 liang) of Hafan (Clam Powder). Take one pill per dose with half a walnut, chew finely, and swallow with warm water. Lie down immediately after, keep mouth closed and silent. Twice daily. (*Puji Fang*)
**Liver Deficiency Nyctalopia (Night Blindness):** Huangla (Yellow Beeswax) in any amount. Melt and extract the juice, mix appropriately with Hafan (Clam Powder). Cut off Erqian (2 qian) per dose. Slice Erliang (2 liang) of Zhu Gan (Pig Liver), insert the medicine inside, tie tightly with hemp rope. Add Yi wan (one bowl) of water, cook together in a dingzi (metal pot) until done. Remove and steam the eyes while hot. When warm, eat the liver. Twice daily, continue until stable. Effect is miraculous. (*Jiyan Fang*)
**Head Wind Pulling Pain:** Prescription passed by Yan Situi, Yaya of Hunan. Use Er jin (2 jin) of wax and Ban jin (half jin) of salt. Melt together in a sieve until integrated. Mold into a helmet shape fitting the head. Place on the head extending to the forehead; pain stops immediately. (*Jingyan Fang*)
**Calf Cramps:** Liu Yuxi's *Chuanxin Fang*. Use Ban jin (half jin) of wax, melt it, and spread onto old silk fabric. According to the size and width of the affected area, wrap around the foot while hot, ensuring coverage of the sole. Wear socks to wrap it. Change when cold. Also apply to the palms of both hands. (*Tujing*)
**Wind Storm with Cold Body:** "Wind storm" refers to whole-body coldness resembling paralysis. Use the above method. Spread and apply according to the size and width of the affected area, wrapping hands and feet soles.
**Wind Toxicity with Palpitations:** Same method as above.
**Traumatic Wind-Dampness resembling Malaria:** Use one piece of Yellow Beeswax, dissolve in hot wine, and take orally. Immediate effect. [Text incomplete]
**Dactylitis (Swollen Finger):** Mix wax and Songjiao (Pine Resin). Heat and cover the finger with a cage. Cure immediately. (*Qianjin Yi*)
**Frostbite on Feet:** Apply thickly boiled Yellow Beeswax. (Yao Hezhong)
**Swelling and Pain from Fox Urine Scratch:** Apply hot wax to the wound and smoke it with tobacco/herb smoke until fluid exudes. Cure immediately. (*Zhouhou Fang*)
**Dog Bite Wound Infection:** Melt wax by heating and pour into the wound. (*Ge Shi Fang*)
**Snake Bite Poison:** Place a bamboo tube over the wound, melt wax, and pour it in. Effective. (*Xu Wang Fang*)
**Scald and Burn Wounds:** Redness, swelling, pain, toxic decay forming pus. Use this to draw out heat and toxicity, stop pain, and close the wound. Use Sizhang (4 liang) of Mayou (Sesame Oil) and Yi liang (1 liang) of Danggui (Angelica Sinensis). Fry until scorched, remove dregs. Add Yi liang (1 liang) of Huangla (Yellow Beeswax), stir until melted, cool, spread on cloth, and apply. Miraculous effect. (*Yilin Ji Yao*)
**Leg Ulcer:** Use branches of Peach, Willow, Locust, Toona, and Chinaberry (Wuzhi) decocted with Jingjie (Schizonepeta). Wash and wipe the wound clean. Spread raw Huangla (Yellow Beeswax) on oil paper, apply ten layers according to the wound size, secure with cloth. Wash every three days, removing one unused layer. Heal within one month. (*Yilin Ji Yao*)
**Pregnancy Spontaneous Abortion (Leaking Blood):** Yi liang (1 liang) of Huangla (Yellow Beeswax), one bowl of Laojiu (Aged Wine). Melt and take hot. Stops bleeding instantly. (*Yaoxing Lun*)
**Incessant Hiccups:** Smoke with burning Huangla (Yellow Beeswax). Stops after two or three times. (*Yifang Jiangyao*)
**Colic with Vomiting and Diarrhea:** One pill-sized amount of wax, dissolved in Sheng sheng (1 sheng) of hot wine, taken orally. Stops immediately. (*Zhouhou Fang*)
**Various Sores and Toxins:** Dingchuang (Carbuncle), Jinchuang (Traumatic wound), Tanghuochuang (Scald/Burn). Use Yi liang (1 liang) of Huangla (Yellow Beeswax), Er liang (2 liang) of Xiangyou (Perfumed/Sesame Oil), and Ban liang (half liang) of Huangdan (Minium). Melt together, cool quickly, [store in] bottle... [Text incomplete]