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[Scallion White]
Properties and Flavor: Slightly warm in nature, pungent in flavor. Non-toxic.
Meridian Tropism: Enters the Foot-Taiyin Lung Meridian and the Foot-Yangming Stomach Meridian.
*Tangye Bencao* states: It is used to unblock the Yang Qi of the upper and lower parts. *Liuren Shu* states: For severe headache caused by Cold Damage (Shanghan) feeling as if the head is breaking, the main prescription is Lianxu Congbai Tang (Scallion White with Roots Decoction).
*Zhenzhu Nang* states: It can unblock and regulate Yang Qi; its flavor is pungent and sweet, with a thick Qi and thin flavor, belonging to Yang. It has the function of dispersing Wind pathogens.
*Bencao* states: Scallion seeds (Congshi) mainly benefit vision and tonify deficiency of Middle Qi. The white part of the scallion stem is neutral in nature. It can be decocted to treat alternating chills and fever from Cold Damage, induce sweating, treat Wind-stroke, facial and ocular edema, bone and muscle pain from Cold Damage, and obstruction of the throat (Houbi); it calms the fetus, guides medicine to the eyes, eliminates pathogenic factors of the Liver, stabilizes the Middle Jiao, benefits the Five Zang organs, enhances visual essence, and detoxifies various medicines. Scallion roots mainly treat headaches from Cold Damage. Scallion juice is neutral and warm, treating hematuria and resolving the toxicity of Veratrum (Lilu).

[Scallion Supplement]
Properties and Flavor: Slightly warm in nature, pungent with a slight sourness. Non-toxic.
*Bencao* states: Enters the Heart Meridian, calms the Five Zang organs, clears heat in the Stomach, benefits patients, and can be consumed for a long time. Scallion seeds treat nocturnal emission and white urine. Scallion roots nourish hair. This refers to the transformation of Yin substances into Yang.

[Allium Macrostemon Bulb / Xiebai]
Properties and Flavor: Slightly warm in nature, bitter and pungent in flavor. Non-toxic.
Meridian Tropism: Enters the Foot-Yangming Stomach Meridian.
*Bencao* states: Mainly treats non-healing sores from metal injuries. It makes the body light, resists hunger, and delays aging. It eliminates chills and fever, removes damp-fluid accumulation, warms the Middle Jiao, dissipates nodules, and benefits patients. For water swelling caused by Wind-Cold in various sores, apply this externally. A sensation of heaviness in defecation indicates Qi stagnation. Adding Xiebai to Sini San (Four Reversal Powder) helps to vent Qi stagnation.
*Zhenzhu Nang* states: Treats dysentery with tenesmus, addressing Qi stagnation in the Lower Jiao, and draining stagnant Qi.

[Melon Peduncle / Gou Di]
Properties and Flavor: Cold in nature, bitter in flavor. Toxic.
*Bencao* states: Treats severe edema causing swelling of the face, body, and limbs; promotes urination to drain fluids; kills Gu poison. For coughing with rebellious Qi, or after eating various fruits where pathology resides in the chest and abdomen, emetic or purgative methods should be used to expel them. It removes nasal polyps, treats jaundice, and discharge of yellow fluid from the nose. It relieves migraine effectively; suitable for cases with dampness in the head and eyes. Gou Di is bitter and treats cold in the chest, similar in principle to Baihu Tang; see the entry for Anemarrhena Rhizome (Zhimu) for details. It is often used as an assistant herb with Musk (Shexiang) and Asarum (Xixin) to treat anosmia and ageusia (inability to smell fragrance or odor). Zhang Zhongjing's verified formula: 14 pieces of Gou Di, 1 piece of Clove (Dingxiang), 49 grains of Millet (Shumi), ground into powder. Take a mouthful of water, and vomit out phlegm and retained food.