气温。味辛苦滑。无毒。主金疮疮败。轻身不饥耐老。
薤白气温。禀天春和之木气。入足厥阴肝经。味辛苦滑无毒。得地西南金火之味。而有
润泽
之性。入手太阴肺经、手少阴心经。气味升多于降。阳也。金疮气虚。则疮口不合。气温可
以益气。所以主疮败也。气温达肝。肝气条畅。则气血日生。所以轻身。温暖脾土。土健所
以不饥。味辛润血。血华所以耐老也。
制 方∶
薤白同瓜蒌、白酒。治胸痹心背痛。同瓜蒌、白酒、半夏。治胸痹不卧。心痛彻背。同
枳实
、桂枝、浓朴、瓜蒌。治胸痹胸满。胁下逆抢心。
气温。味辛。无毒。发汗。主胸膈痰冷。上气。面目黄赤。醋研敷射工毒。
芥子气温。禀天春升之木气。入足厥阴肝经。味辛无毒。得地西方之金味。入手太阴肺
经。
气味俱升。阳也。味辛入肺。肺合皮毛。辛温发散。所以发汗。胸者肺之分也。膈者肝之分
也
。白芥子辛温疏散。所以入肝肺之分而消痰冷也。肺主气。气温则下行。所以主上气也。面
目黄赤。肝乘脾也。气温达肝。肝不乘脾。黄赤自退也。醋研主射工毒。亦辛温条达之功效
也。
制 方∶
白芥子同白术。枣肉丸。治胸膈痰饮。同甘遂、大戟、蝎尾、巴霜、辰砂丸。名控涎丹。
治
痰迷心窍。
[Allium Macrostemon Bulb]
The thermal nature is warm. The flavor is pungent, bitter, and slippery. It is non-toxic. It primarily treats metal wounds (injuries caused by metal weapons) and ulcers that fail to heal. It makes the body light, reduces hunger, and delays aging.
Allium macrostemon bulb has a warm thermal nature, inheriting the harmonizing Wood Qi of spring, entering the Foot Jueyin Liver Meridian. Its flavor is pungent, bitter, and slippery, and it is non-toxic, obtaining the flavors of Metal and Fire from the southwest earth, possessing a moistening property. It enters the Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian and the Hand Shaoyin Heart Meridian. Its aroma and flavor ascend more than they descend; it is Yang. Metal wounds causing Qi deficiency result in unhealed wound openings. The warming nature of Allium macrostemon can tonify Qi, thus treating ulcerative decay. Its warmth reaches the Liver; when Liver Qi flows smoothly, Blood and Qi are generated daily, thus making the body light. Warming the Spleen Earth, with robust Earth, hunger is reduced. The pungent flavor nourishes Blood; when Blood is abundant and lustrous, aging is delayed.
Prescription Methods:
Allium macrostemon bulb combined with Trichosanthes Fruit (Gualou) and white wine treats Chest Bi (chest obstruction/pain) and heart-back pain. Combined with Trichosanthes Fruit, white wine, and Pinellia Tuber (Banxia), it treats Chest Bi where one cannot lie flat, and heart pain radiating to the back. Combined with Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome (Zhishi), Cinnamon Twig (Guizhi), Magnolia Bark (Houpo), and Trichosanthes Fruit, it treats Chest Bi with chest fullness and rebellious Qi rushing from the hypochondrium to strike the heart.
[White Mustard Seed]
The thermal nature is warm. The flavor is pungent. It is non-toxic. It induces sweating. It primarily treats phlegm-cold in the chest and diaphragm, rebellious Qi, and yellow-red complexion. Applied externally after grinding with vinegar, it treats Shegong toxicity (toxicity caused by certain insects or miasma).
Mustard seed has a warm thermal nature, inheriting the ascending Wood Qi of spring, entering the Foot Jueyin Liver Meridian. The flavor is pungent and non-toxic, obtaining the Metal flavor from the western earth, entering the Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian.
Both its aroma and flavor ascend; it is Yang. The pungent flavor enters the Lung; the Lung governs the skin and hair. Pungent and warm dispersing properties induce sweating. The chest is the domain governed by the Lung, and the diaphragm is the domain governed by the Liver. White mustard seed is pungent, warm, and dispersing, thus entering the domains of the Liver and Lung to eliminate phlegm-cold. The Lung governs Qi; the warm thermal nature causes Qi to descend, thus treating rebellious Qi. Yellow-red complexion indicates Liver overacting on Spleen. The warmth reaching the Liver prevents Liver from overacting on Spleen, so the yellow-red color recedes naturally. Grinding with vinegar to treat Shegong toxicity also demonstrates the efficacy of pungent-warm smooth flow.
Prescription Methods:
White mustard seed combined with Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome (Baizhu), formed into pills with jujube paste, treats phlegm-fluid retention in the chest and diaphragm. Combined with Kansui Root (Gansui), Kyto Root (Daji), Scorpion Tail (Xiewei), Croton Seed (Bashuang), and Cinnabar (Chensha), formed into pills named Kongxian Dan, it treats phlegm confusing the Heart orifices.