气味甘、平，无毒。主伤中虚羸，补中五内，益气力，生长肌肉，填髓脑。久
服轻身不老。色黑者良。
气味辛，甘、微温，无毒。主明目益精，除水气。久服轻身延年。（今人奉
为女科专药，往往误事，且其独具之长反掩。）
气味苦、寒，无毒。主寒湿风痹，黄胆，补中。
陈修园曰∶气味苦寒者，得少阴之气化也。风寒湿三气合而为痹，而此能入足少阴，俾
上下交通而旋转，则痹自愈矣。上下交通则中土自和，斯有补中之效矣。中土和则湿热之气
自化，而黄胆愈矣。又《素问》以芦茹一两，乌 鱼骨四两，丸以雀卵，饮以鲍鱼汁，治气
竭肝伤、脱血、血枯，妇人血枯经闭，丈夫阴痿精伤，名曰四乌 骨一芦茹丸。芦茹即茜草
也，亦取其入少阴以生血，补中宫以统血。汁可染绛，似血而能行血欤。（后人以此三味入
乌骨白丝毛鸡腹内，以陈酒、童便、煮烂，烘干为丸。以百劳水下五七十丸，治妇人倒经血
溢于上、男子咳嗽吐血、左手关脉弦，背上畏寒有淤血者。）
气味甘、平，无毒。主胸胁逆气，忧恚惊邪恐悸，心下结痛，寒热烦满咳逆，口
焦舌干，利小便。久服安魂养神，不饥延年。
陈修园曰∶茯苓气平入肺，味甘入脾。肺能通调，脾能转输，其功在于利小便一语。胸
为肺之部位，胁为肝之部位，其气上逆则忧恚惊邪恐悸，七情之用因而弗调。心下为太阳之
部位，水邪停留则结痛；水气不化则烦满；凌于太阴则咳逆；客于营卫则发热恶寒；内有宿
饮则津液不升，为口焦舌干，唯得小便一利，则水行而气化诸疾俱愈矣。久服安魂养神、不
饥延年者，以肺金为天，脾土为地，位一身之天地，而明其上下交和之效也。
[Black Sesame]
Taste: Sweet, Neutral. Toxicity: Non-toxic. Indications: Primarily treats deficiency and emaciation due to injury of the middle jiao (Spleen/Stomach), tonifies the middle jiao and five zang organs, boosts qi and strength, promotes muscle growth, and fills the marrow and brain. Long-term consumption lightens the body and delays aging. Those with black color are superior.
[Section corresponding to Da Fu Pi / Areca Peel]
Taste: Pungent, Sweet, Slightly Warm. Toxicity: Non-toxic. Indications: Primarily brightens the eyes, benefits essence, and eliminates water retention/qi stagnation. Long-term consumption lightens the body and extends longevity. (Currently, people revere it as a specialized medicine for gynecology, which often leads to errors, and its unique advantages are overshadowed.)
[Section corresponding to Qian Cao / Rubia Cordifolia Root]
Taste: Bitter, Cold. Toxicity: Non-toxic. Indications: Primarily treats cold-dampness wind-bi (painful obstruction syndrome), jaundice, and tonifies the middle jiao.
Chen Xiuyuan said: The bitter and cold taste indicates that it receives the qi transformation of the Shaoyin (Kidney) channel. When wind, cold, and dampness combine to form bi syndrome, this herb can enter the Foot-Shaoyin channel, facilitating the communication and rotation of qi between the upper and lower parts, thereby curing the bi syndrome spontaneously. When the upper and lower parts communicate, the central earth (Spleen) harmonizes naturally, thus achieving the effect of tonifying the middle. When the central earth is harmonized, damp-heat qi transforms naturally, and jaundice heals. Furthermore, *Su Wen* records using one liang of Luru and four liang of Cuttlefish Bone, pillified with quail eggs and taken with cuttlefish juice, to treat qi exhaustion and liver injury, blood loss, and blood dryness; in women, blood dryness causing amenorrhea; in men, impotence and essence injury. This formula is named Si Wu Gu Yi Lu Ru Wan (Four Cuttlefish Bone One Luru Pill). Luru is Qian Cao (Rubiae Radix et Rhizoma), also chosen for its ability to enter the Shaoyin channel to generate blood and tonify the central palace (Spleen) to control blood. Its juice dyes crimson, resembling blood yet capable of moving blood? (Later generations placed these three ingredients inside the abdomen of a black-boned white-silk-feathered chicken, boiled thoroughly with aged wine and child's urine, dried, and made into pills. Taken with water from Bai Lao (likely a specific spring or preparation), 50-70 pills treat women with retrograde menstruation bleeding upwards, men with coughing up blood, those with a wiry pulse at the left Guan position, and back chills due to blood stasis.)
[Fu Ling / Poria]
Taste: Sweet, Neutral. Toxicity: Non-toxic. Indications: Primarily treats rebellious qi in the chest and hypochondrium, emotional disturbances such as worry, anger, fright, evil influences, fear, and palpitations, knotting pain below the heart, alternating chills and fever, vexation, fullness, cough, and rebellious qi, scorched mouth, and dry tongue, promotes urination. Long-term consumption calms the soul, nourishes the spirit, prevents hunger, and extends longevity.
Chen Xiuyuan said: Fu Ling has a neutral qi entering the Lung meridian and a sweet taste entering the Spleen meridian. The Lung regulates and diffuses, and the Spleen transports and distributes; its efficacy lies in the phrase "promotes urination." The chest is the region of the Lung, and the hypochondrium is the region of the Liver; when qi rebels upward, it causes worry, anger, fright, and other emotional imbalances, disrupting the function of the seven emotions. The area below the heart is the region governed by the Taiyang bladder; water pathogen stagnation causes knotting pain; untransformed water qi causes vexation and fullness; invading the Taiyin Lung causes cough and rebellious qi; lodging in Ying and Wei (nutritive and defensive levels) causes fever and aversion to cold; internal retained fluid prevents fluids from rising, resulting in a scorched mouth and dry tongue. Only when urination becomes smooth does water flow and qi transform, curing all these diseases. The reason long-term consumption calms the soul, nourishes the spirit, prevents hunger, and extends longevity is that Lung Metal represents Heaven and Spleen Earth represents Earth, occupying the positions of Heaven and Earth in the body, thereby demonstrating the effect of upper-lower harmony.