味甘，寒，无毒。主消渴，热痹。
性寒，又云冷，补，下气，杂鲤鱼作羹，亦逐水。而性滑。服食家不可多啖也。（《新
修》二八二页，《大观》卷二十九，《政和》五一九页）
味酸，寒，无毒。主滑中散热。实∶主悦泽人面。一名天葵，一名繁露。
又名承露，人家多种之。叶惟可 ，性冷滑，人食之，为狗所啮作疮者，终身不瘥。
其
政和》五二一页）
味酸，平，无毒。主治积年恶疮不愈。五月五日日中采，干，用之当燔。
此菜人以作羹。五月五日采，曝干，烧作屑，治杂恶疮，有效。亦杂百草乍之，不必只
此
味辛，微温。主治 溺疮，多食令人气喘。
世传言食蕺不利人脚，恐由闭气故也。今小儿食之，便觉脚痛。（《新修》二八三页，《大
观》卷二十九，《政和》五二一页）
味辛，温，有毒。主散痈肿、 疮，除风邪，杀毒瓦斯。独子者，亦佳。归五脏。久食伤
人，损目明。五月五日采之。
今人谓葫为大蒜，谓蒜为小蒜，以其气类相似也。性最熏臭，不可食。世人作 以啖脍
肉，损性伐命，莫此之甚。此物唯生食，不中煮，用以合青鱼 食，令人发黄。取其条上子，
初种之，成独子葫；明年则复其本也。（《新修》二八四页，《大观》卷二十九，《政和》五一
七页）
Taste is sweet, nature is cold, non-toxic. It primarily treats xiaoke (wasting-thirst syndrome characterized by excessive drinking, eating, urination, and emaciation) and re-bi (heat-bi syndrome characterized by redness, swelling, heat, and pain in joints due to obstruction by heat pathogens).
Its nature is cold; it is also said to be cold. It has a tonifying effect, directs qi downward, and when made into soup with carp, it can also promote water metabolism. However, its nature is slippery. Those who practice dietary therapy should not consume it in large quantities. (Xinxiu Bencao, p. 282; Daguan Bencao, Vol. 29; Zhenghe Bencao Jing, p. 519)
Taste is sour, nature is cold, non-toxic. It primarily treats loose stools in the middle jiao and dissipates heat. The fruit: primarily makes the face lustrous and radiant. Also known as Tiankui (Heavenly Dew), also known as Fanlu (Abundant Dew). Also known as Chenglu (Receiver of Dew); households often cultivate it. The leaves are edible only; their nature is cold and slippery. If a person eats them and subsequently develops sores from a dog bite, the sores will never heal. (Zhenghe Bencao Jing, p. 521)
Taste is sour, nature is neutral, non-toxic. It primarily treats chronic malignant sores that do not heal over many years. Harvest at noon on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, dry them, and use them after burning. This vegetable is used by people to make soup. Harvested on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, dried, burned to ash, it treats various malignant sores and is effective. It can also be mixed with other herbs; it does not have to be used alone.
Taste is pungent, slightly warm. It primarily treats niao-chuang (a type of skin sore/ulcer); excessive consumption causes asthma or panting.
It is rumored in the world that eating Jicai (Houttuynia cordata) is detrimental to the feet, likely due to obstructing qi flow. Now, children who eat it feel foot pain. (Xinxiu Bencao, p. 283; Daguan Bencao, Vol. 29; Zhenghe Bencao Jing, p. 521)
Taste is pungent, nature is warm, toxic. It primarily disperses carbuncles and sores, eliminates wind pathogens, and kills toxic vapors. Single-clove varieties are also good. It enters the five zang organs. Long-term consumption harms the body and damages visual acuity. Harvest on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month.
People today call garlic "Da Suan" (Large Garlic) and scallion/garlic "Xiao Suan" (Small Garlic) because their aromatic categories are similar. Its nature is extremely pungent and foul-smelling, and it should not be eaten. People in the world make it into sauce to eat with raw meat slices; this severely damages one's constitution and life force, nothing is worse than this. This substance can only be eaten raw, not cooked; when eaten with green fish, it causes yellowing of the hair. Take the seeds from the stems; if planted initially, they grow into single-clove garlic; the following year, they revert to their original form. (Xinxiu Bencao, p. 284; Daguan Bencao, Vol. 29; Zhenghe Bencao Jing, p. 517)