\r蚕豆\pb65.bmp\r,味甘,性温。开胃健脾,强精益智,多服则下气,眼热。
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\r马豆草\pb66.bmp\r,气味甘、淡,平。无毒。主治外科痈疽发背,疔疮锁喉,杨梅
结毒,便毒等症,敷之即愈。熬水洗五痔,神效。
翘摇,即田蚕豆、大巢菜。味辛,性平。无毒。主治利五脏,明目聪耳,去热风,令人
轻健。长食不厌,止暑疟,活血,平胃。捣汁服之。破血生肌,疗五种黄病最良。
\r豇豆\pb67.bmp\r,味甘,平。治脾土虚弱,开胃健脾,久服令人白胖。根,捣烂敷
疔疮。叶,治淋症。根、梗,烧灰调油搽破烂处,又能生肌长肉。
\r无花果\pb68.bmp\r,味甘,性平。无毒。主治开胃健脾,止泄痢疾,亦治喉痛。熬
水洗疮,最良。采叶,敷疮神效。
\r无花果(务本附图)\pb69.bmp\r,味苦,有小毒。此果处处皆有,铁梗,绿子,无花,
一名天生子。敷一切无名肿毒,痈疽,疥癞,癣疮,黄水疮,鱼口便毒,乳结,痘疮破烂。
调芝麻油搽之,神效。切不可食,此外科之圣药也。
\r地石榴\pb70.bmp\r,味苦、涩,性温、凉。治妇人白带,遗精、滑精,男子白浊,
管痛,小腹疼痛。用根,水煨,点水酒服。
Broad bean (Vicia faba), sweet in taste, warm in nature. It opens the stomach and strengthens the spleen, fortifies essence and intelligence; however, excessive consumption leads to downward movement of Qi and heat in the eyes.
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Ma Dou Cao (Polygonum aviculare), sweet and bland in odor and taste, neutral in nature. Non-toxic. Mainly treats surgical conditions such as carbuncles and back sores, ding sores with throat lock, yaws condensation toxins, and groin abscesses; applying externally results in immediate healing. Decocting water to wash the five types of hemorrhoids yields miraculous effects.
Qiao Yao (Vicia sativa), also known as field broad bean or large chickling vetch. Pungent in taste, neutral in nature. Non-toxic. Mainly treats benefiting the five zang organs, brightening the eyes and sharpening the ears, dispelling wind-heat, making the person light and vigorous. Long-term consumption is never tiresome, stops summer malaria, invigorates blood, and harmonizes the stomach. Taking the crushed juice orally. It breaks blood stasis and generates flesh, being the best remedy for the five types of jaundice.
Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata), sweet in taste, neutral in nature. Treats deficiency of spleen earth, opens the stomach and strengthens the spleen; long-term consumption makes one white and plump. The root, when crushed and applied externally, treats ding sores. The leaves treat strangury. The roots and stems, when burnt to ash and mixed with oil for application on broken skin, can also generate flesh and promote tissue growth.
Fig (Ficus carica), sweet in taste, neutral in nature. Non-toxic. Mainly treats opening the stomach and strengthening the spleen, stopping dysentery, and also treating sore throat. Decocting water to wash sores is most effective. Collecting leaves and applying them externally to sores yields miraculous effects.
Fig (Wuben attached illustration), bitter in taste, slightly toxic. This fruit is found everywhere, with iron-colored stems, green seeds, and no flowers, also named Tianshengzi. Applied externally to all unnamed swellings and toxins, carbuncles, scabies, tinea, weeping eczema, fish-mouth groin abscesses, breast lumps, and ruptured smallpox lesions. Mixed with sesame oil for application yields miraculous effects. It must not be ingested; this is a holy medicine for surgery.
Earth Pomegranate (Punica granatum), bitter and astringent in taste, warm and cool in nature. Treats leukorrhea in women, spermatorrhea and seminal emission, cloudy urine in men, pain in the urethra, and lower abdominal pain. Use the root, simmered in water, taken with watered wine.