气平。味甘。无毒。主五痔。心痛。眼赤。杀腹脏虫。及皮肤风热。肠风泻血。赤
白痢。并炒研用。
槐花气平。禀天秋凉之金气。入手太阴肺经。味苦无毒。得地南方之火味。入手少阴心
经。
气味俱降。阴也。肺与大肠为表里。五痔大肠之火症也。槐花味苦清心。所以主之。火郁于
心则痛。气平能清。味苦能泄。所以主之也。眼赤。肝有实火也。实则泻其子。味苦清心。
心乃肝之子也。腹太阴经行之地。脏即大肠。肺之合也。味苦可以杀虫。所以主之也。皮肤
肺之合也。平能清风。苦能泄热。所以主之。肠风下血。大肠火也。赤白痢。大肠湿热也。
味苦者能清。所以并炒研服也。
制 方:
槐花同荆芥。治下血。同牡蛎末。治白带。
气寒。味苦。无毒。主五脏肠胃中结热。黄胆。肠痔。止泄痢。女子漏下赤白。阴
伤蚀疮。（盐水炒）
黄柏气寒。禀天冬寒之水气。入足少阴肾经。味苦无毒。得地南方之火味。入手少阴心
经。
气味俱降。阴也。五脏六腑。心为君主。心属火。结热。火气结也。味苦泄热。所以主之。
黄胆。胃经湿热之症。肠痔。大肠火结之病。泄痢。大肠湿热之症。其主之者。黄柏入肾。
肾者胃之关。大肠肾所主也。气寒能清。味苦能燥。故治以上诸症也。漏下赤白。胎漏下血
及赤白带也。一因血热妄行。一因湿热下注。黄柏入肾。寒能清热。苦可燥湿。所以主之。
阴阳蚀疮。阴户伤蚀成疮也。诸疮皆属心火。其主之者。苦寒泻火也。
制 方:
黄柏同知母。滋阴降火。同茅术。除湿清热。治痿要药。同细辛。泻膀胱火。用蜜炙成
末。
煨大蒜丸。治妊娠下痢白色。同木瓜、白茯、二术、石斛、生地。治痿。同白芍、甘草。治
火热腹痛。
[Huaihua (Sophorae Flos)]
The qi is neutral. The taste is sweet. It is non-toxic. It primarily treats five types of hemorrhoids, heart pain, red eyes, kills parasites in the abdominal viscera, and addresses wind-heat on the skin, intestinal wind with bloody stool, and dysentery with red and white discharge. All are used after being stir-fried and ground into powder.
Huaihua has a neutral qi, inheriting the cooling metal energy of autumn, entering the Hand-Taiyin Lung Meridian. Its taste is bitter and non-toxic, deriving from the fire flavor of the southern earth, entering the Hand-Shaoyin Heart Meridian.
Both its qi and taste are descending, belonging to Yin. The Lung and Large Intestine are exterior-interior partners; the five types of hemorrhoids are fire syndromes of the Large Intestine. Huaihua’s bitter taste clears the Heart, thus treating this condition. Fire stagnating in the Heart causes pain; neutral qi can clear heat, and bitter taste can drain downward, thus treating this condition. Red eyes indicate excess fire in the Liver. According to the principle "when there is excess, drain its child," the bitter taste clears the Heart, which is the child organ of the Liver, thereby treating it. The abdomen is the pathway of the Foot-Taiyin Spleen Meridian; the viscera here refers to the Large Intestine, which is the interior partner of the Lung. Bitter taste can kill parasites, thus treating this condition. The skin is the exterior extension of the Lung; neutral qi can disperse wind, and bitter taste can drain heat, thus treating this condition. Intestinal wind with bloody stool is caused by fire in the Large Intestine. Dysentery with red and white discharge is caused by damp-heat in the Large Intestine. Bitter taste can clear heat, so they are all stir-fried and taken as powder.
Prescription Methods:
Huaihua combined with Jingjie (Schizonepetae Herba) treats lower bleeding; combined with Muli (Ostreae Concha) powder treats leukorrhea.
[Huangbai (Phellodendri Cortex)]
The qi is cold. The taste is bitter. It is non-toxic. It primarily treats accumulated heat in the five viscera and intestines/stomach, jaundice, intestinal hemorrhoids, stops diarrhea and dysentery, and treats women's leukorrhea with red and white discharge and erosive ulcers of the yin organs. (Stir-fried with salt water.)
Huangbai has a cold qi, inheriting the freezing water energy of winter, entering the Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian. Its taste is bitter and non-toxic, deriving from the fire flavor of the southern earth, entering the Hand-Shaoyin Heart Meridian.
Both its qi and taste are descending, belonging to Yin. Among the five viscera and six fu organs, the Heart is the monarch. The Heart belongs to Fire; accumulated heat is the stagnation of fire energy. Bitter taste drains heat, thus treating this condition. Jaundice is a syndrome of damp-heat in the Stomach Meridian. Intestinal hemorrhoids are a disease of fire stagnation in the Large Intestine. Diarrhea and dysentery are syndromes of damp-heat in the Large Intestine. Huangbai treats these because it enters the Kidney Meridian. The Kidney is the gate of the Stomach, and the Large Intestine is governed by the Kidney. Cold qi can clear heat, and bitter taste can dry dampness, thus treating the aforementioned syndromes. Leukorrhea with red and white discharge includes fetal leakage of blood and red/white vaginal discharge. One cause is reckless flow due to blood heat; another is downward pouring of damp-heat. Huangbai enters the Kidney; cold nature clears heat, and bitter nature dries dampness, thus treating this condition. Yin-yang erosive ulcers refer to erosive sores formed in the vulva. All sores belong to Heart Fire; Huangbai treats them because its bitter-cold nature drains fire.
Prescription Methods:
Huangbai combined with Zhimu (Anemarrhenae Rhizoma) nourishes Yin and descends fire; combined with Maoyu (Atractylodis Rhizoma) dispels dampness and clears heat, serving as a key herb for treating flaccidity syndrome; combined with Xixin (Asari Radix et Rhizoma) drains Bladder Fire, prepared by honey-frying and grinding into powder.
Wei Dasuan Wan (Baked Garlic Pills) treat white dysentery during pregnancy; combined with Mugua (Chaenomelis Fructus), Baifu Ling (Poria), Er Zhu (Atractylodis Rhizoma and Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), Shihu (Dendrobii Caulis), and Shengdi (Rehmanniae Radix) treat flaccidity syndrome; combined with Baishao (Paeoniae Radix Alba) and Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma) treat abdominal pain caused by fire-heat.