味酸平。主下气。除热烦满。安心肢体痛。偏枯不仁。死肌。去青黑志。恶疾。生川谷。
迎雨摇风。着枝叠累。捩齿津回。颦眉渴止。脍兽多春。和羹具美。酸点百人。升盘桃
李。
风土记。夏至前为迎梅雨。风俗通。五月为落梅风信。雷思霈诗。半点微酸已着枝。汉
书传
。嘉瑞叠累。陆游诗。村醪捩齿酸。峨眉山志。累累梅实。可以回津。黄庭坚诗。北客未尝
眉自颦。罗隐诗。曾与将军止渴来。礼。脍兽用梅。又。春多酸。书。若作和羹。尔为盐梅
。南史传。柳恽可谓具美。淮南子。百梅足以为百人酸。黄庭坚诗。得升桃李盘。
味甘平。主湿痹。筋挛膝痛。生大豆。涂痈肿。煮汁饮。杀鬼毒止痛。赤小豆。
主下水。排痈肿脓血。生平泽。（黄卷豆 也）
吉陬壬癸。罨豆孚生。玉攒 磔。冰脆牙萌。粥分口数。算布心精。殊形慧辨。荚谷通
名。
李时珍曰。壬癸日以井华水浸大豆。候生芽用。诗疏。既方既皂。谓孚甲始生。方岳诗。
平
明先视玉 磔。一夜怒长堪冰苴。田家五行。煮赤豆粥。大小人口皆食之。谓之口数粥。以
驱疫。吴志传。赵达治九宫一算之术。取小豆数升。播席上。立处其数。吴志传。顾谭心精
体密。左传。周子有兄而无慧。不能辨菽麦。注。豆麦殊形易别。群芳谱。豆荚谷之总名也
。
[Plum Fruit]
Taste: Sour. Nature: Neutral. Main actions: Directs Qi downward. Eliminates heat-induced restlessness and fullness. Calms the mind, alleviates limb pain. Treats hemiplegia (paralysis of one side of the body), numbness, and necrosis of muscle tissue. Removes blue-black marks on the skin. Treats malignant diseases. Grows in rivers and valleys.
Welcoming the rain amidst swaying winds, plums hang densely upon branches. The sourness makes teeth ache while saliva flows; furrowing brows quenches thirst. When preparing minced meat, spring plums are added; they enhance the beauty of soups. A hundred plums provide enough sourness for a hundred people, surpassing peaches and plums on the plate.
*Fengtu Ji* records: Before the Summer Solstice is called "Welcoming Plum Rain." *Fengtong Su* records: May is the season of falling plum winds. Lei Sipei's poem: "A hint of slight sourness has already settled on the branches." *Book of Han Commentary* records: "Auspicous omens piled up." Lu You's poem: "Village wine makes teeth ache with sourness." *Emei Mountain Gazetteer* records: "Abundant plum fruits can restore saliva." Huang Tingjian's poem: "Northern guests frown without having tasted it." Luo Yin's poem: "Once used by the General to quench thirst." *Book of Rites* records: "Minced meat uses plums." It also states: "In spring, there is much sourness." *Book of Documents* records: "If making a harmonious soup, you are the salt and plum." *History of Southern Dynasties* records: "Liu Yun can be described as possessing complete beauty." *Huainanzi* records: "A hundred plums are sufficient to make a hundred people taste sourness." Huang Tingjian's poem: "Ascending onto the peach and plum plate."
[Soybean Sprout / Da Dou Huang Juan]
Taste: Sweet. Nature: Neutral. Main actions: Treats damp-bi syndrome. Relieves tendon spasms and knee pain. Derived from germinated soybeans. Applied externally to treat carbuncles and swellings; boiled juice drunk internally to kill demonic toxins and alleviate pain.
Red Adzuki Bean (Chi Xiao Dou): Main actions: Promotes urination to drain water. Expels pus and blood from carbuncles and swellings. Grows in flat marshes. (Da Dou Huang Juan refers to germinated beans.)
At the auspicious corner on Ren-Gui days, covering beans causes them to sprout. Jade-like clusters split open, ice-crisp teeth萌 out. Porridge distributed by mouth count, calculations spread through mental essence. Distinct forms, wise discernment, legumes share a common name.
Li Shizhen states: Soak soybeans well-water on Ren-Gui days, use when sprouts emerge. *Shi Shu* records: "Having formed squares and turned black," referring to the initial growth of husks. Fang Yue's poem: "At dawn first viewing the jade splitting, overnight angry growth comparable to ice radishes." *Tianjia Wuxing* records: Boil red bean porridge, adults and children all eat it, called "Mouth Count Porridge," to drive away epidemics. *Records of Wu* records: Zhao Da mastered the Nine Palaces calculation art, taking several sheng of small beans, scattering them on mats, standing where the number lies. *Records of Wu* records: Gu Tan was precise in thought and meticulous in nature. *Zuo Zhuan* records: Zhou Zi had an elder brother but lacked wisdom, unable to distinguish beans from wheat. Annotation: Beans and wheat have distinct shapes and are easy to differentiate. *Qunfang Pu* records: Legume pods are the general name for grains.