生蜀地及西戎。今广南江西州郡亦有之。然不及蜀中者佳。四月生苗似姜黄。亦不结实。
根如指顶。长者寸许。体圆有横纹如蝉腹状。外黄内赤。不如姜黄纯黄也。
味辛而苦。气寒性轻扬。气味俱浓。入手少阴足厥阴。兼通足阳明经。主凉心经。治血
气心腹痛。及阳毒入胃。下血频痛。疗失心癫狂。血积蛊毒。尿血血淋。女子产后败血冲心。
方书治发热郁。狂痫头痛。眩晕咳嗽。齿衄咳血。滞下淋。并目鼻舌喉等证。郁金无香。而
性轻扬。能达酒气于高远。古人用治郁遏不能升者。（丹溪）周人尚臭。灌用鬯。（以郁合 。
酿之成鬯。）阴达于九渊。阳彻于九天。故能条畅于上下。致气于高远以降神也。（之颐）与
香薷合其德。略有异同。香薷偏于卫与阳。郁金偏于营与阴。至于将形脏。弥元府。敷幽门
。则一耳。（又）郁金属火与土而有水。治吐衄唾血血腥。及经脉逆行。并宜磨末。加韭汁
姜汁童便和服。其血自清。痰中带血者。加竹沥。（丹溪）入心及包络。治病经验方。有惊
忧痰血。络聚心窍。致成颠狂久病。用真郁金七两。明矾三两。为末。薄米糊丸梧子大。每
白汤下五十丸。有妇人初服此。心胸间如有物脱去。神气洒然。再服而苏。此由郁金入心去
恶血。明矾化顽痰故也。（濒湖）郁金治诸血证之上行。皆属于内热火炎。盖此药能降气。
气降即是火降。又本为血分气药。故血不妄行也。（仲淳）伤寒斑痘。始有白泡。忽搐入腹。
渐作紫黑色。无脓。日夜叫乱者。郁金一枚。甘草二钱半。水半碗。煮干。去甘草。切片烘
研为末。入真脑子五分。每用一钱。以生猪血五七滴。新汲水调下。不过二服。甚者毒瓦斯从
手足心出如痈状。乃瘥。此五死一生之候也。（庞安常）同番降香韭菜生地当归童便。治怒
气伤肝吐血。胃口作痛。牵引两胁并背。不可忍。郁金一钱半。酒炒香附三钱。条甘草一钱。
水酒各半。煎服立效。按此味由气畅血。性本轻扬。其散血积。与他散血之味不同。厥心气
痛不可忍。郁金附子干姜等分。为末。醋糊丸梧子大。朱砂为衣。每服三十丸。男酒女醋下。
按郁金类同寒凉药用。此与姜附治寒水上逆。则其不专以阴胜可知。阳毒下血。热气入胃。
痛不可忍。郁金五大个。牛黄一厘。皂荚子为散。每服用醋浆水一盏。同煎三沸。温服。风
痰壅滞。郁金一分。藜芦十分。为末。每服一字。温浆水调下。仍以浆水一盏漱口。以食压
〔论〕姜黄之味。辛胜于苦。其气温。郁金苦胜于辛。其气寒。方书俱以为入血。不知
姜黄本于卫之阳以入血。宣血中结滞之邪而利之。郁金本于营之阴以入血。畅血中精微之化
而行之也。郁金四月生苗。秋末乃于茎中吐华。由火土而趋金水。以宣其所孕。且其精英不
赤。犹存火土之质。而大蕴金水之精。所以气寒而味苦。即火土
之质。而气味全蕴金水。故能化火土之浊。即金水之化而形质不离火土。乃能就其阴之精微
化。其气疏越而条达。丹溪所谓轻扬上行。用治遏郁不升。斯言
夫血之周流。由于气治。血积
未有不畅气者。）大凡阴阳之气能化。
未有不本于升降者。能升未有不降者。观其去心经痰血之络。聚并包络与胃中血热之毒。上
而头面一切。下及二便。是岂升而不降者哉。至于洁古纯阴之说。当不尽然。何者。兹味之
使阳脱化。乃其阴之精微也。固非以气之辛散为功。又岂纯阴而不能化者。所得奏效于上下。
缪氏云。凡阴虚火炎。薄血上溢。而非气分拂逆伤肝致吐者。不宜用。即用亦无效。
〔辨治〕郁金姜黄。实不同种。郁金味苦寒。色赤类蝉肚圆尖。姜黄味辛温。色黄似姜
瓜圆大。第郁金最少。而姜黄常多。今市家欺人。谓原本一物。指其大者为姜黄。小者为郁
金。不可不察。倘难得真郁金。可采山茶花烧灰存性。研细调服代之。（嘉谟）置生鸡血中
Grows in Shu region and Western Regions. Currently, it is also produced in prefectures of Guangnan and Jiangxi. However, the quality from Shu is superior. Seedlings emerge in April, resembling those of *Curcuma longa* (Jianghuang). It does not produce seeds.
The root is as thick as a finger tip. The longer ones are about one cun long. The body is round with transverse striations resembling the abdomen of a cicada. The exterior is yellow, while the interior is red. Unlike *Curcuma longa*, which is purely yellow.
The taste is pungent and bitter. The nature is cold, and its property is light and ascending. Both flavor and qi are strong. It enters the Hand-Shaoyin Heart Meridian and Foot-Jueyin Liver Meridian, and also connects with the Foot-Yangming Stomach Meridian. It primarily cools the Heart Meridian. It treats heart and abdominal pain caused by blood and qi stagnation. As well as Yang-toxin invading the stomach, causing frequent bleeding and painful defecation. It treats insanity due to loss of heart spirit. Blood accumulation and gu-poison. Hematuria and bloody strangury. Postpartum women suffering from敗血 (retained blood) rushing to the heart.
Medical texts record its use for treating fever due to depression/stagnation. Manic epilepsy and headache. Dizziness and cough. Epistaxis and hemoptysis. Dysentery and strangury. And conditions affecting the eyes, nose, tongue, and throat. Yu Jin lacks fragrance. But its property is light and ascending. It can guide the qi of wine to high and distant places. Ancients used it to treat cases where qi was depressed and failed to ascend. (Zhu Danxi) The Zhou people valued aroma, using Yu Jin to brew Chang wine. (Brewing Chang wine by combining Yu Jin with other aromatics.) Yin reaches the deepest abyss. Yang penetrates to the highest heaven. Thus, it can smooth and unblock the upper and lower parts. Allowing qi to reach high and distant places to descend spirits. (Cheng Yi) Its virtue combines with Xiangru (Moslae Herba). There are slight similarities and differences. Xiangru focuses on Wei Qi and Yang. Yu Jin focuses on Ying Qi and Yin. Regarding dispersing qi from form-zang, filling Yuan-fu, and spreading at You-men. They are essentially the same. (Another view) Yu Jin belongs to Fire and Earth but contains Water. It treats hematemesis, epistaxis, spitting blood, and bloody sputum. As well as reverse flow of meridians. It is best ground into powder. Mixed with chive juice, ginger juice, and children's urine, and taken together. The blood will naturally clear. For blood in phlegm, add bamboo sap. (Zhu Danxi) Enters the Heart and Pericardium. An empirical formula for treating disease. Cases of fright, anxiety, phlegm-blood, collaterals gathering in the heart orifice, leading to chronic mania. Use genuine Yu Jin seven liang, Alum three liang. Grind into powder. Make pills with thin rice paste, size of wu-tong seeds. Take fifty pills each time with warm water. A woman who took this medicine initially felt as if something had fallen away from her chest and heart, feeling refreshed. After taking it again, she recovered. This is because Yu Jin enters the heart to remove evil blood, and Alum resolves stubborn phlegm. (Li Shizhen) Yu Jin treats upward-flowing blood syndromes. These all belong to internal fire and flaming heat. Because this herb can descend qi. Descending qi means descending fire. Furthermore, it is fundamentally an herb that moves qi within the blood level. Thus, blood does not flow recklessly. (Zhongchun) In cold damage macules and pustules. Initially white blisters appear. Suddenly convulsions enter the abdomen. Gradually turning purple-black. Without pus. Crying and chaos day and night. Use one piece of Yu Jin, two qian half of Licorice Root. Half a bowl of water. Boil until dry. Remove Licorice Root. Slice, dry, and grind into powder. Add five fen of real Borneol. Take one qian each time. Mix with five or seven drops of fresh pig blood. Dissolve in newly drawn water. No more than two doses. Severe cases: toxic vapors exit from palms and soles like boils. Then recovery occurs. This is a critical condition with five deaths for one life. (Pang Anchang) Combined with Indian Sandalwood, Chives, Rehmannia Root, Angelica Sinensis, and children's urine. Treats vomiting blood due to anger injuring the liver. Stomach pain radiating to both hypochondria and back, unbearable. Yu Jin one qian half. Alcohol-fried Cyperus Rhizome three qian. Strip Licorice Root one qian. Half water, half wine. Decoct and take. Immediate effect. Note: This herb promotes blood circulation through qi movement. Its nature is inherently light and ascending. Its dispersion of blood stasis differs from other blood-dispersing herbs. For unbearable Jue-heart pain. Equal parts Yu Jin, Aconite Root, and Zingiberis Rhizoma. Grind into powder. Make pills with vinegar paste, size of wu-tong seeds. Coat with Cinnabar. Take thirty pills each time. Men use wine, women use vinegar for delivery. Note: Yu Jin is typically used with cold-cooling herbs. Here combined with Ginger and Aconite to treat cold water counterflow. Thus showing it is not exclusively yin-dominant. Yang-toxin bleeding. Heat qi entering the stomach. Unbearable pain. Five large pieces of Yu Jin. One li of Calculus Bovis. Powdered Gleditsiae Sinensis Seed. Each dose: decoct with one cup of vinegar-grain water for three boils. Take warm. For wind-phlegm obstruction. Yu Jin one fen. Veratrum Root ten fen. Grind into powder. Take one zi each time. Dissolve in warm grain water. Rinse mouth with one cup of grain water afterwards. Suppress with food.
[Discussion] The taste of *Curcuma longa*. Pungency exceeds bitterness. Its nature is warm. Yu Jin bitterness exceeds pungency. Its nature is cold. Medical texts all consider it entering the blood. Not knowing that *Curcuma longa* enters the blood via Wei-Yang. Promoting and draining stagnant evils in the blood. Yu Jin enters the blood via Ying-Yin. Smoothly promoting the transformation of essence and micro-nutrients in the blood. Yu Jin seedlings emerge in April. Flowers bloom on stems in late autumn. Moving from Fire-Earth towards Metal-Water. To express what is gestated. Moreover, its essence is not red. Retaining the substance of Fire-Earth. While greatly containing the essence of Metal-Water. Hence, cold nature and bitter taste. Being the substance of Fire-Earth. Yet flavors and qi fully contain Metal-Water. Thus, it can transform the turbidity of Fire-Earth. Through the transformation of Metal-Water, while form and substance do not depart from Fire-Earth. It can then undergo transformation based on the essence and micro-nutrients of Yin. Its qi is sparse, free, and smooth. As Danxi said: light and ascending. Used to treat depression and failure to ascend. This speaks of the circulation of blood. Due to the governance of qi. Blood stasis cannot exist without smoothing qi.) Generally, the transformation of Yin and Yang qi. Cannot occur without relying on ascending and descending. What ascends must also descend. Observing its removal of phlegm-blood collaterals from the Heart Meridian. Gathering and combining with Pericardium and stomach blood-heat toxins. Upwards to head and face. Downwards to urination and defecation. How can this be only ascending without descending? Regarding Jiegu's theory of pure Yin. It should not be entirely true. Why? The transformation of Yang by this herb is actually its Yin essence and micro-nutrients. It certainly does not rely on pungent dispersion for its function. Nor can it be a pure Yin herb that fails to transform. Achieving effects in the upper and lower parts. Miao Shi said: For Yin deficiency with flaming fire. Thin blood overflowing upwards. Unless caused by qi rebellion injuring the liver leading to vomiting. It is not suitable for use. Even if used, it is ineffective.
[Differentiation and Treatment] Yu Jin and *Curcuma longa* are truly different species. Yu Jin tastes bitter and cold. Color red, resembling cicada belly, round and pointed. *Curcuma longa* tastes pungent and warm. Color yellow, resembling ginger melon, round and large. However, Yu Jin is rare, while *Curcuma longa* is common. Market dealers deceive people. Claiming they are originally one substance. Pointing to larger ones as *Curcuma longa*. Smaller ones as Yu Jin. This must be examined carefully. If genuine Yu Jin is hard to obtain. Camellia flower ash (preserved nature) can be collected. Ground fine and mixed for administration as a substitute. (Jiamo) Place in raw chicken blood