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Longan Aril: Also known as Long Yan Rou. Sweet in taste, slightly warm in nature, enters the Heart and Spleen meridians to nourish blood and moisten dryness, benefiting intelligence and calming the spirit. Use the flesh after removing the shell and seed.

Olive: Sweet and astringent, neutral in nature, generates fluids, clears Lung heat, resolves toxicity, and revives from intoxication. The seed can be used as a substitute.
Olive Kernel: Sweet, neutral and moist in nature, treats dryness and pain of the lips and mouth; apply externally after grinding into a paste.

Quisqualis Indica (Shi Jun Zi): Sweet and astringent, neutral in nature, specialized in expelling parasites and resolving food stagnation.

Amomum Villosum (Sha Ren): Sweet, warm in nature, with an aromatic fragrance, awakens the Spleen and opens the appetite, relieves depression and moistens the intestines, serving as an excellent aromatic herb for relieving depression and moistening dryness. Its oil can be used to treat constipation due to fluid depletion and intestinal dryness, suitable for cases without excess fire.

Areca Seed (Bing Lang): Bitter and pungent, warm in nature, breaks qi stagnation and reduces distension, grinds down accumulations and attacks hardness; it directs medicinal power to the lower extremities of the body. Contraindicated in deficient persons. Only in the miasma-prone regions of Lingnan do people frequently consume Areca seeds without cessation.

Areca Pericarpium (Da Fu Pi): Pungent and warm, enters the Spleen and Lung meridians, broadens the middle jiao and promotes water metabolism; drains Lung Qi to facilitate Spleen function, serving as a specific medicine for early-stage edema. Contraindicated in deficient persons. The fruit resembles Areca seed but is larger and flatter, hence named Da Fu Bing Lang.
Areca Fruit (Da Fu Zi): Pungent and astringent, warm in nature, functions are similar to Areca seed but with slightly weaker potency.

Torreya Grandis (Fei Zi): Also known as Jin Gou Zi, Shu Mi, Mu Tang, commonly called Ji Ju Zi. Sweet, neutral and moist in nature, resolves alcohol toxicity and removes vexation. Decoction of its bark treats the five types of hemorrhoids.

Arachis Hypogaea (Hua Sheng): Pungent and sweet, aromatic in nature, awakens the Spleen and moistens the Lungs. Commonly known as Chang Sheng Guo, it is a fine quality nut. Should be used after roasting. Not suitable for those with loose stools.

Sichuan Pepper (Shu Jiao): Also known as Shu Jiao. Pungent, hot in nature, enters the Kidney Ming Men meridian and also the Spleen and Lung meridians. Supplements Ming Men fire, disperses cold, warms the middle jiao, and expels parasites. Pick out closed-mouth peppercorns and use after slight stir-frying. Using only the outer skin is called Jiao Hong; its function is the same but the nature is more intense. The seed is called Jiao Mu, bitter and pungent, slightly warm in nature, promotes urination and reduces edema.
Pepper Root: Pungent, expels parasites. Those produced in Qin region are called Qin Jiao, commonly known as Hua Jiao, pungent and bitter, warm in nature; they can only warm the middle jiao, disperse cold, dry dampness, and expel parasites, but cannot directly enter Ming Men to guide fire back to its source.

White Pepper: Pungent, very hot in nature, warms the middle jiao, benefits the diaphragm, dries dampness and dispels cold, serving as a specific medicine for vomiting clear fluid due to Stomach cold and abdominal pain due to yin-cold. White pepper specifically moves within the Qi level and has a more intense nature.

Evodia Fruit (Wu Zhu Yu): Pungent and bitter, very hot in nature, enters the Liver meridian, soothes rebellious Qi, dries Spleen dampness, warms the middle jiao, opens depression, and guides heat downward. It is a specific medicine for Jueyin headache, vomiting acid, Yin hernia, and Ben Tun syndrome. To stop vomiting, stir-fry with Coptis Chinensis decoction; to treat hernia, stir-fry with salt water solution; to enter the Liver meridian for treating blood disorders, soak and stir-fry in vinegar decoction.