气温，味辛。无毒。
入手足太阴经、阳明经、太阳经、足少阴经。
《象》云∶治脾胃气结滞不散，主劳虚冷泻，心腹痛，下气，消食。
《本草》云∶治虚劳冷泻，宿食不消，赤白泄利，腹中虚痛，下气。
《液》云∶与白檀、豆蔻为使，则入肺；与人参、益智为使，则入脾；与黄柏、茯苓为
使，则入肾；与赤、白石脂为使，则入大小肠。
气温，味辛。无毒。
《本草》云∶主下气消食，皮肤风，心腹间气胀，令人能食。
气温，味辛。无毒。
《本草》云∶主温中下气，补腰脚，杀腥气，消食，除胃冷、阴疝、 癖。
《衍义》云∶走肠胃中冷气，呕吐，心腹满痛，多服走泄真气，令人肠虚下重。
气微寒，味甘，阳中之阴。无毒。
《本草》云∶除胸中热，充皮毛，久服令人益气、长须眉。后世人用治崩漏，本草不言
治崩漏。
《图经》云∶膀胱、两胁气妨，常日忧愁不乐，饮食不多，皮肤瘙痒瘾疹，日渐瘦损，
心忪少气。以是知益气，血中之气药也。方中用治崩漏，是益气而止血也。又能逐去凝血，
是推陈也。与巴豆同治泄泻不止，又能治大便不通，同意。
《珍》云∶快气。
气热，味大辛，阳也。辛温。无毒。
入足太阴经、阳明经。
《象》云∶治风寒客邪在胃口之上，善去脾胃客寒，心与胃痛。面包煨熟，去面用。
《珍》云∶益脾胃，去寒。
《本草》云∶主温中，心腹痛，呕吐，去口臭气，下气，胀满短气，消酒进食，止霍乱
，治一切冷气，调中补胃健脾，亦能消食。
《衍义》云∶性温，而调散冷气力甚速。虚弱不能饮食，宜此与木瓜、乌梅、缩砂、益
智、曲、 、盐、炒姜也。
Temperature: Warm; Flavor: Pungent. Non-toxic.
Enters the Hand and Foot Taiyin, Yangming, Taiyang, and Foot Shaoyin meridians.
*Li Gao (Xiang)* states: It treats stagnation of Qi in the Spleen and Stomach that does not disperse. It is indicated for cold diarrhea due to deficiency and exhaustion, pain in the heart and abdomen, directs Qi downward, and promotes digestion.
*Bencao* states: It treats cold diarrhea due to deficiency and exhaustion, retained food that fails to digest, dysentery with red and white discharge, empty pain in the abdomen, and directs Qi downward.
*Zhang Yuansu (Ye)* states: When used as a guiding herb with *Baitan Xiang* (White Sandalwood) and *Doukou* (Cardamom), it enters the Lung meridian; when used with *Renshen* (Ginseng) and *Yizhi Ren* (Alpinia Oxyphylla Fruit), it enters the Spleen meridian; when used with *Huangbai* (Phellodendron Bark) and *Fuling* (Poria), it enters the Kidney meridian; when used with *Chishizhi* (Red Halloysite) and *Baishizhi* (White Halloysite), it enters the Large and Small Intestine meridians.
Temperature: Warm; Flavor: Pungent. Non-toxic.
*Bencao* states: It directs Qi downward, promotes digestion, treats wind-pathogens on the skin, Qi distension in the heart and abdomen, and enables appetite.
Temperature: Warm; Flavor: Pungent. Non-toxic.
*Bencao* states: It warms the Middle Jiao, directs Qi downward, tonifies the waist and knees, eliminates fishy odors, promotes digestion, removes Cold from the Stomach, Yin Hernia, and Pi masses.
*Kou Zongshi (Yanyi)* states: It disperses Cold Qi in the intestines and stomach, treats vomiting, fullness and pain in the heart and abdomen. Excessive consumption depletes True Qi, leading to intestinal weakness and a sensation of heaviness or bearing down at the anus.
Temperature: Slightly Cold; Flavor: Sweet; Nature: Yin within Yang. Non-toxic.
*Bencao* states: It clears Heat from the chest, nourishes the skin and hair, and long-term use benefits Qi and promotes the growth of beard and eyebrows. Later generations used it to treat Benglou (metrorrhagia and metrostaxis), though early Bencao texts did not mention this indication.
*Tujing* states: It treats Qi obstruction in the Bladder and hypochondrium, chronic sorrow and unhappiness, poor appetite, pruritus with urticaria, progressive emaciation, palpitations, and shortness of Qi. From this, we know it benefits Qi; it is a Qi-moving herb within the Blood category. In formulas used for Benglou, it stops bleeding by benefiting Qi. It also expels stagnant blood, which is the action of pushing out the old. Used together with *Badou* (Croton Seed) to treat intractable diarrhea, it can also treat constipation, sharing the same principle.
*Zhang Yuansu (Zhen)* states: It moves Qi rapidly.
Temperature: Hot; Flavor: Extremely Pungent; Nature: Yang. Pungent and Warm. Non-toxic.
Enters the Foot Taiyin and Yangming meridians.
*Li Gao (Xiang)* states: It treats Wind-Cold pathogenic factors lodged above the stomach opening. It effectively dispels exogenous Cold from the Spleen and Stomach, treating Heart and Stomach pain. It should be roasted in dough until cooked, then the dough is discarded, and the herb is used.
*Zhang Yuansu (Zhen)* states: It benefits the Spleen and Stomach and dispels Cold.
*Bencao* states: It warms the Middle Jiao, treats pain in the heart and abdomen, vomiting, eliminates bad breath, directs Qi downward, resolves distension and shortness of Qi, aids digestion after drinking alcohol, stops Huoluan (cholera-like syndrome), treats all types of Cold Qi, harmonizes the Middle, tonifies the Stomach and strengthens the Spleen, and promotes digestion.
*Kou Zongshi (Yanyi)* states: Its nature is warm, and its power to disperse Cold Qi is very rapid. For those who are weak and unable to eat, it is suitable to combine this herb with *Mugua* (Chaenomeles Fruit), *Wumei* (Mume Fruit), *Suosha Ren* (Amomum Villosum Fruit), *Yizhi Ren* (Alpinia Oxyphylla Fruit), *Qu* (Medicated Leaven), [missing character], Salt, and stir-fried Ginger.