气味甘、平，无毒。主安五脏，定魂魄，杀精魅邪气，消淤血，通五淋。（《别录》）
气味甘、微寒，无毒。主呕 ，温气，寒热，吐血，崩中。（《别录》）
张隐庵曰∶此以竹之脉络，而通人之脉络也。人身脉络不和，则吐逆为热矣。脉络不和，
则
或寒或热矣。充肤热肉澹渗皮毛之血，不循行于脉络，则上吐血而下崩中矣，竹茹通脉络，
皆治之。
气味甘、大寒，无毒。疗暴中风，风痹，胸中大热，止烦闷，消渴，劳复。（《别录
》）
气味苦、辛、温，无毒。主气滞，下食，破积结及膈气。（《图经》）
气味酸、温，无毒。主湿痹香港脚，霍乱大吐下，转筋不止。（《别录》）
气味苦、平，无毒。主卒 不止，下气。（刷去毛。《别录》）
气味甘、平，无毒。主五脏邪气，安志，厌食，除蛊毒，去三虫。久服强身聪明，
轻身不老，通神明。（《别录》）
气味酸、冷，无毒。煮汁服，止水痢。沐头洗身，治疮痒。
气味甘、寒，无毒。主除客热，止烦渴咽燥，利小便，养肝气，止漏血吐血，令女人
易孕。（《别录》）
气味甘、平，无毒。生研涂痈肿，煮汁杀鬼毒，止痛，久服令人身重。
气味甘、寒，无毒。主丹毒，烦热，风疹，药石发动热气奔豚。生研绞汁服，亦煮食
，消肿下气，压热，解矾石之毒，用之勿去皮，令人小壅。（《开宝》）
[Amber]
Taste: Sweet; Nature: Neutral; Toxicity: Non-toxic. It governs the calming of the Five Viscera, stabilizing the Hun and Po spirits, killing demonic entities and evil qi, resolving blood stasis, and unblocking the five types of strangury (Wu Lin). (From *Bie Lu*)
[Bamboo Shavings (Zhu Ru)]
Taste: Sweet; Nature: Slightly Cold; Toxicity: Non-toxic. It governs vomiting, warm qi disorders, alternating chills and fever, hematemesis, and metrorrhagia (Beng Zhong). (From *Bie Lu*)
Zhang Yin'an stated: This utilizes the meridians of bamboo to unblock the meridians of the human body. When the meridians in the human body are disharmonious, it leads to regurgitation accompanied by heat. If the meridians are disharmonious, there may be either cold or heat symptoms. If the blood that fills the skin, warms the flesh, and渗ates into the hair follicles does not circulate within the meridians, it will lead upward to hematemesis and downward to metrorrhagia. Bamboo shavings unblock the meridians and thus treat all these conditions.
[Kudzu Root (Ge Gen)]
Taste: Sweet; Nature: Very Cold; Toxicity: Non-toxic. It treats sudden wind-stroke, wind-bi syndrome, severe heat in the chest, relieves restlessness and oppression, consumes thirst (Xiao Ke), and addresses recurrence of illness after exertion (Lao Fu). (From *Bie Lu*)
[Immature Bitter Orange (Zhi Shi)]
Taste: Bitter, Pungent; Nature: Warm; Toxicity: Non-toxic. It governs qi stagnation, promotes digestion and downward movement, breaks up accumulations and nodules, and resolves qi obstruction in the diaphragm. (From *Tu Jing*)
[Chinese Quince (Mu Gua)]
Taste: Sour; Nature: Warm; Toxicity: Non-toxic. It governs damp-bi syndrome, beriberi (Hong Jiao), cholera with severe vomiting and diarrhea, and persistent muscle cramps (Zhuan Jin). (From *Bie Lu*)
[Aster Root (Zi Wan)]
Taste: Bitter; Nature: Neutral; Toxicity: Non-toxic. It governs sudden incessant coughing and directs qi downward. (The hairs must be brushed off. From *Bie Lu*)
[Poria (Fu Ling)]
Taste: Sweet; Nature: Neutral; Toxicity: Non-toxic. It governs evil qi in the Five Viscera, calms the mind and spirit, suppresses appetite, removes gu poison, and expels three types of parasites. Long-term use strengthens the body, enhances hearing and vision, lightens the body, prevents aging, and connects with spiritual clarity. (From *Bie Lu*)
[Talcum (Hua Shi)]
Taste: Sour; Nature: Cold; Toxicity: Non-toxic. Boiled as a decoction and taken internally, it stops dysentery. Washing the head and body with it treats sores and itching.
[Rehmannia Root (Sheng Di Huang)]
Taste: Sweet; Nature: Cold; Toxicity: Non-toxic. It governs clearing exogenous heat, relieving restlessness, thirst, and dry throat, promoting urination, nourishing liver qi, stopping leakage bleeding and hematemesis, and facilitating conception in women. (From *Bie Lu*)
[Fresh Ginger (Sheng Jiang)]
Taste: Sweet; Nature: Neutral; Toxicity: Non-toxic. Crushed raw and applied topically, it treats carbuncles and swellings. Boiled as a decoction, it kills ghost poisons and relieves pain. Long-term use makes the body feel heavy.
[Gypsum (Shi Gao)]
Taste: Sweet; Nature: Cold; Toxicity: Non-toxic. It governs erysipelas (Dan Du),烦热 (restless heat), wind-rash, and the rising gas of Ben Tun caused by the activation of heat from mineral drugs. Crushed raw and squeezed for juice to take orally, or boiled and eaten, it reduces swelling, directs qi downward, suppresses heat, and resolves the toxicity of alum. Do not peel it when used, as doing so causes slight qi stagnation. (From *Kai Bao*)