〔 曰〕凡使，去挺用头，以醋浸一宿，焙干，以刀刮去皮粟子令净乃用，免伤人肺，
令人上气。
〔 曰〕凡采得后，以刀刮去粗皮，捣细。每五两，用生姜自然汁五两拌之，蒸一日，
曝干用。
〔 曰〕凡使，须以糯米粉熟汤搜裹豆蔻，于 灰火中煨熟，去粉用。勿令犯铁。
〔 曰〕此性燥毒，须用酒浸一宿，漉出，以东流水浸三日夜，蒸之，从巳至申，日干
用。一法∶以盐同炒过，曝干用。
〔 曰〕凡使，于砂盆中以醋磨令尽，然后于火畔 干，重筛过用。〔颂曰〕此物极坚
硬，
入药
〔元素曰〕入药用须炮熟。〔时珍曰〕消积须用醋浸一日，炒或煮熟焙干，入药乃良。
〔 曰〕凡采得阴干，于石臼中捣之，切忌铁器。〔时珍曰〕凡采得连苗曝干，以火燎
去苗
盐水
得
醋浸炒则消积聚，姜汁炒则化痰饮。又稻草煮之，味不苦。
〔 曰〕凡用大小泽兰，细锉，以绢袋盛，悬于屋南畔角上，令干用。又兰草叶修治同
泽兰。
〔 曰〕凡采得去根留叶，锉曝干，勿令犯火。服至十两，一生不得食白山桃也。〔时
珍曰〕八、九月开花着穗时，采之阴干，入用。
〔 曰〕此草原名小锦枝。凡用并粗捣，以七岁童子小便拌蒸，晒干入药。
〔宗 曰〕艾叶干捣，去青滓，取白，入石硫黄末少许，谓之硫黄艾，炙家用之。得米
粉少许，可捣为末，入服食药用。〔时珍曰〕凡用艾叶，须用陈久者，治令细软，谓之熟艾。
若
臼
丸
佳
[Lei Xue said] Generally, when using Bibie (Long pepper fruit), remove the stalks and use only the head. Soak in vinegar overnight, bake dry, and scrape off the granular skin with a knife until clean before use, to avoid injuring the lungs and causing Qi rebellion (Qi moving upward).
[Lei Xue said] After harvesting, scrape off the rough skin with a knife and pound into fine powder. For every five liang of material, mix with five liang of fresh ginger juice, steam for one day, sun-dry, and use.
[Lei Xue said] When using Doukou (Cardamom), wrap it in rice flour kneaded with hot water, roast in ash fire until cooked, remove the flour, and use. Do not let it touch iron.
[Lei Xue said] This substance (Pepper) is dry, toxic, and harsh. It must be soaked in wine overnight, drained, then soaked in flowing water from the east for three days and nights. Steam it from Si hour (9-11 AM) to Shen hour (3-5 PM), sun-dry, and use. Another method: stir-fry with salt, sun-dry, and use.
[Su Song said] When using, grind completely with vinegar in a mortar, then dry near fire, sift heavily, and use. [Su Song added] This material is extremely hard; for medicinal use...
[Li Gao said] For medicinal use, it must be processed thoroughly. [Li Shizhen said] To eliminate accumulation, soak in vinegar for one day, stir-fry or boil, then bake dry; this yields good results for medicinal use.
[Lei Xue said] After harvesting, shade-dry, pound in a stone mortar. Strictly avoid iron vessels. [Li Shizhen said] When harvesting, dry with the stems, scorch off the stems with fire. Salt-water soaking, vinegar-stir-frying eliminates accumulation; ginger-juice stir-frying resolves phlegm-fluids. Also, boiling with straw makes the taste less bitter.
[Lei Xue said] When using Da Xiao Zelan (Large and Small Eupatorium), cut finely, place in a silk bag, hang in the corner on the south side of the house to dry, then use. The processing method for Lancao (Agastache leaf) is the same as for Zelan.
[Lei Xue said] After harvesting, remove roots, keep leaves, cut, sun-dry, do not expose to fire. If taken up to ten liang, one must never eat Baishan Tao (White Mountain Peach) for life. [Li Shizhen said] Harvest when flowering and bearing spikes in August and September, shade-dry, and use.
[Lei Xue said] This herb was originally named Xiaojinzhi. Generally, coarsely crush, mix with urine of a seven-year-old boy, steam, sun-dry, and use.
[Kou Zongshi said] Dry-pound Aiye (Mugwort leaf), remove green dregs, take the white part, add a small amount of Sulfur powder, called Huihuang Ai (Sulfur Mugwort), used by moxibustion practitioners. Add a little rice flour, can be pounded into powder for dietary therapy and medicine. [Li Shizhen said] When using Aiye, old aged material must be used, processed to be fine and soft, called Shuai Ai (Processed Mugwort). If... mortar... pills... are better.