\r大蒜\pb131.bmp\r，味辛，性温。有小毒。祛寒痰。久吃生痰动火，兴阳道，泄精。
少用健脾，胃，消谷食，化肉食，解水毒。
疼，咳嗽忌食。有背寒，面寒者忌食。久食令人昏神，昏眼目，动肝气，多食伤脾。
青蒜，味辛，性温。醒脾气，消肉积，消谷食，动痰，动气膨胀。解百毒，敷疮神效。
按∶青蒜多吃，令人胃中痰动，心胃嘈杂，伤肝昏眼目，咳嗽忌食。
──务本卷三
青蒜，气味辛，温。有小毒。主治解蛊毒，辟疫恶、瘴气、蛇毒。亦疗转筋、腹痛，虚
人服者反生痰，多食昏神。
\r射干\pb132.bmp\r，又名乌扇。味苦、辛，性微寒。有小毒。治咽喉肿痛，咽闭喉
风，乳蛾、 腮红肿，牙根肿烂。疗咽喉热毒，攻散疮痈，一切热毒等症。
射干（二钱） 桔梗（二钱） 甘草（一钱） 连翘（一钱） 牛蒡（一钱） 栀子（一
钱炒） 黄芩（一钱） 元参（一钱） 山豆根（一钱） 防风（五分） 薄荷（五分） 水
煎服。
若肺热，加石膏；胃热、大便结，加大黄 芒硝；血热，加生地 赤芍 防风各（一钱）
煨服。
又附吹喉散，治乳蛾、 腮、咽喉疼痛，喉风痰塞等症，立效。
射干（五钱） 山豆根（三钱） 硼砂（五钱） 枯白矾（二钱） 冰片（五分） 雄
黄（一钱） 以上六味，共为细末吹喉。一日即消散。
──务本卷三
Garlic, with a pungent flavor and warm nature. It possesses slight toxicity. It dispels cold-phlegm. Long-term consumption generates phlegm and stirs up fire, stimulates sexual function, and causes seminal emission.
In small doses, it strengthens the Spleen and Stomach, promotes digestion of grains, resolves meat stagnation, and detoxifies water poison.
It is contraindicated for those suffering from pain or cough. It is contraindicated for those with coldness in the back or face. Long-term consumption leads to mental confusion and blurred vision, disturbs Liver Qi, and excessive intake damages the Spleen.
Green garlic (Qingsuan), with a pungent flavor and warm nature. It awakens Spleen Qi, resolves meat stagnation, promotes grain digestion, but can generate phlegm and cause Qi stagnation leading to abdominal distension. It detoxifies hundred poisons; applied externally to sores, it yields miraculous effects.
Note: Excessive consumption of green garlic causes phlegm to stir in the stomach, results in heart and stomach discomfort (Za Cha), damages the Liver and blurs vision, and is contraindicated for cough.
──Wuben Volume 3
Green garlic, with a pungent odor and warm nature. It possesses slight toxicity. Its main indications include resolving Gu poison, warding off epidemic evil qi, miasma, and snake venom. It also treats muscle spasms (Zhuan Jin) and abdominal pain. However, it generates phlegm in deficient individuals, and excessive consumption causes mental confusion.
Shé Gān (Belamcanda Rhizome / Belamcandae Rhizoma), also known as Wū Shàn. With a bitter and pungent flavor, and slightly cold nature. It possesses slight toxicity. It treats sore throat and swelling, Yan Bi Hou Feng (throat closure due to wind pathogen), Ru E (tonsillitis), cheek swelling and redness, and rotten swollen tooth roots. It treats heat-toxin in the throat, attacks and disperses carbuncles and sores, and addresses all heat-toxin syndromes.
Formula: She Gan (2 qian) Jie Geng (2 qian) Gan Cao (1 qian) Lian Qiao (1 qian) Niu Bang Zi (1 qian) Zhi Zi (1 qian, stir-fried) Huang Qin (1 qian) Xuan Shen (1 qian) Shan Dou Gen (1 qian) Fang Feng (0.5 qian) Bo He (0.5 qian). Decoct in water and take orally.
If there is Lung heat, add Shi Gao; if there is Stomach heat and constipation, add Da Huang and Mang Xiao; if there is Blood heat, add Sheng Di, Chi Shao, and Fang Feng (each 1 qian), and decoct by simmering.
Additionally, Chui Hou San (Throat Blowing Powder) is attached, which treats Ru E, cheek swelling, sore throat, and throat wind with phlegm obstruction, yielding immediate results.
Formula: She Gan (5 qian) Shan Dou Gen (3 qian) Peng Sha (5 qian) Ku Bai Fan (2 qian) Bing Pian (0.5 qian) Xiong Huang (1 qian). The above six herbs are ground into a fine powder and blown into the throat. Dispersal occurs within one day.
──Wuben Volume 3