〔 曰〕凡使，去根头，用酒浸一宿，曝干，以酥拌蒸之，从巳至酉，徐徐焙干，用入
补药乃效。
〔别录曰〕凡用去黄毛。毛射人肺，令人咳，不可疗。〔大明曰〕入药去梗，须微炙用
一法∶以羊脂炒干用。
〔时珍曰〕凡用以生布张开，将马勃于上摩擦，下以盘承，取末用。
〔 曰〕凡使先以酒浸一宿，至明漉出，晒干。用黄精自然汁于日中煎之，缓火煮成煎
为度
舂簸
〔 曰〕凡用 去两畔并心枝了，用糯泔浸七日，以酒拌蒸一伏时。每一斤用黄精自然
汁十二两浸焙，又浸又焙，待汁干用之。〔时珍曰〕此服食治法也。常用或生或炒，各从本
方。
〔弘景曰〕采炼松脂法，并在服食方中。以桑灰汁或酒煮软， 纳寒水中数十过，白滑
则可用。〔颂曰〕凡用松脂，先须炼治。用大釜加水置甑，用白茅籍甑底，又加黄砂于茅上，
浓
既凝又蒸，如此三过，其白如玉，然后入用。
〔 曰〕凡用辛夷，拭去赤肉毛了，以芭蕉水浸一宿。用浆水煮之，从巳至未，取出焙
干用。若治眼目中患，即一时去皮，用向里实者。〔大明曰〕入药微炙。
[Li Xun] When using Shihu (Dendrobii Caulis), remove the root head, soak in wine for one night, dry in the sun, mix with butter and steam from Si hour (09:00-11:00) to You hour (17:00-19:00), then slowly bake until dry. It is effective when used in tonifying prescriptions.
[Ben Cao Jing Jiu Yi (Ancient Medical Records)] When using Shihu (Dendrobii Caulis), remove the yellow hairs. The hairs penetrate into the lungs, causing coughing which is incurable.
[Meng Shen] For medicinal use, remove the stems; they must be slightly roasted before use. One method: stir-fry with mutton fat until dry.
[Li Shizhen] When using Shihu (Dendrobii Caulis), boil in salt water for half a day, then boil in well water for another half a day, dry in the sun and roast before use.
[Li Shizhen] When using Ma Bo (Lycoperdon), spread it open with raw cloth, rub the Ma Bo (Lycoperdon) on top, catch the powder underneath with a plate, and use the collected powder.
[Li Xun] When using Huangjing (Polygonati Rhizoma), first soak in wine for one night. At dawn, strain and dry. Boil with the natural juice of Huangjing (Polygonati Rhizoma) under sunlight, simmering over slow fire until it becomes a paste.
[Li Xun] When using Huangjing (Polygonati Rhizoma), remove the branches on both sides and the central stem. Soak in rice washing water for seven days, mix with wine and steam for one Fu period (two hours). For every jin (approx. 500g) of Huangjing (Polygonati Rhizoma), use twelve liang of natural Huangjing (Polygonati Rhizoma) juice to soak and roast repeatedly until the juice is absorbed and dry.
[Li Shizhen] This is a method for dietary therapy. Usually used raw or roasted, according to the specific prescription.
[Tao Hongjing] The methods for harvesting and refining Songzhi (Pini Resina) are recorded in dietary therapy formulas. Boil soft with ash lye from mulberry wood or wine, immerse in cold water dozens of times until white and smooth, then it can be used.
[Su Song] When using Songzhi (Pini Resina), it must be refined first. Place a large cauldron with water and a steamer basket. Line the bottom of the steamer with white cogon grass, then add yellow sand on top of the grass. After thickening, solidify and steam. Repeat this process three times until it is white as jade, then use it medicinally.
[Li Xun] When using Xinyi (Magnoliae Flos), wipe off the red fleshy hairs. Soak in banana leaf water for one night. Boil in sour浆 water from Si hour (09:00-11:00) to Wei hour (13:00-15:00), take out and roast dry. If treating eye diseases, remove the skin entirely at once, using the inner solid part.
[Meng Shen] For medicinal use, slightly roast.
[Chen Zangqi] When using Chenxiang (Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum), it must not be dry or brittle. Those that are hard and heavy like horns, sinking to the bottom of water, are superior grade; those that float halfway are secondary. Do not expose to fire.
[Li Shizhen] For decoctions, only...