\r沙参\pa114.bmp\r，味甘，性平、微寒。入肺经，能补肺气，以及六腑之阴气。肺
气盛则五脏六腑之气皆盛。性微寒，故补阴气。肺热者，可以代人参用，刮去皮，铜锅蜜炒。
（附方）专治诸虚之症。
沙参（一两） 嫩鸡（一只去肠） 入沙参在鸡腹内，用砂锅水煎烂食之。若肺家有痰
火及热者
评云∶鸡热、非沙参热也。
──务本卷二
荠 ，气味辛、甘，性寒。寒利肺，甘解毒。利中止嗽，消渴强中，并治疔痈疮毒。
──模板卷十
杏叶沙参，又名荠 。根茎似人参，叶不同，又似桔梗，但无心，与沙参异种。味甘，
性微寒。入心、肺二经。利中气，治干咳，解百药毒。中蛊毒，用杏叶沙参煨水。红糖引服
解。
──于本卷下
\r兰花参\pa115.bmp\r，味甘、微苦，性平。入心、脾二经，甘入脾、苦入心。补虚
损，止自汗、盗汗，除虚热。盖烦劳则心家虚热生焉。以参之甘益元气，而虚热自除也。夜
多不寐，睡卧不宁。心生血、脾统血，心脾血虚，神不敛志，所以自汗、盗汗也。能生血，
使脾健而统血。心神散乱者，服之最良。止妇人白带。
（单方） 治勤苦劳心、产后失血过多、虚损劳伤、烦热，自汗、盗汗，妇人白带。
兰花参（五钱） 笋鸡（一只去肠） 将药入鸡腹内煮，共和一处，煮滥食之。或猪净
膂肉亦可
──丛本卷上
Shashen (Adenophorae Radix), with a sweet taste and neutral, slightly cold nature. It enters the Lung Meridian, capable of tonifying Lung Qi and the Yin Qi of the six Fu organs. When Lung Qi is abundant, the Qi of the five Zang and six Fu organs will all be abundant. Due to its slightly cold nature, it supplements Yin Qi. For those with Lung Heat, it can be used in place of Renshen (Ginseng Root). Scrape off the skin and stir-fry with honey in a copper pot. (Attached Prescription) Specifically treats various deficiency syndromes.
Shashen (1 liang) Young chicken (1 whole, eviscerated) Place Shashen inside the chicken's abdomen, decoct with water in a clay pot until soft and tender, then consume. If there is phlegm-fire and heat in the Lungs,
Commentary: The chicken is hot-natured, not Shashen.
── Wuben Volume 2
Ji (here referring to Adenophorae Radix var. stricta), with pungent and sweet flavors, and cold nature. Cold clears and benefits the Lungs; sweet detoxifies. It stops coughing, eliminates thirst, strengthens the middle, and treats carbuncles, sores, and toxic swellings.
── Moban Volume 10
Xingye Shashen (Adenophorae Radix Strictae), also known as Ji. Its rhizome resembles Renshen (Ginseng Root), but the leaves are different, resembling Jiegeng (Platycodon Root), yet without a hollow center, differing from Shashen as a distinct species. Sweet in taste, slightly cold in nature. Enters the Heart and Lung meridians. Benefits the Qi of the middle jiao, treats dry cough, and resolves toxicity of various medicines. For poisoning by Gu toxin, decoct Xingye Shashen with water and take with brown sugar as a guiding agent to resolve the toxicity.
── Yuben Lower Volume
Lanhua Shen (Codonopsis Radix), with sweet and slightly bitter tastes, and neutral nature. Enters the Heart and Spleen meridians; sweet enters the Spleen, bitter enters the Heart. Tonifies deficiency and damage, stops spontaneous sweating and night sweats, removes deficient heat. Generally, mental fatigue generates deficient heat in the Heart. Using the sweetness of Shen to benefit Yuan Qi (Primal Qi), the deficient heat is naturally eliminated. Insomnia at night, restless sleep. The Heart generates blood, the Spleen controls blood. Deficiency of Heart and Spleen blood leads to scattered spirit and inability to concentrate, resulting in spontaneous and night sweats. It generates blood, strengthens the Spleen to control blood. For those with scattered and disordered Heart Spirit, taking this medicine is most beneficial. Also stops leukorrhea in women.
(Single Prescription) Treats mental overwork, excessive blood loss after childbirth, deficiency and consumptive disease, vexatious heat, spontaneous sweating, night sweats, and leukorrhea in women.
Lanhua Shen (5 qian) Spring chicken (1 whole, eviscerated) Put the medicine inside the chicken's abdomen and boil. Cook together until soft and tender, then consume. Clean pork loin can also be used.
── Congben Upper Volume