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Taste is sweet, nature is slightly warm, with slight toxicity. Making it into a decoction paste like sugar and dissolving it in water is excellent. Flowers, when crushed and wiped on wine or vinegar, turn white and rot. Seeds are in pods. The kernels inside, when roasted until fragrant and put into wine, prevent the wine from spoiling; if the wine has already spoiled, using them can also restore it. Purple flowers appear in April, which are lovely, and people also plant them. In Jiangdong, it is called Zhaodouteng (Vetch Vine), the bark adheres to the tree, wrapping layer by layer from the center. (Currently attached)
Chen Cangqi recorded: People in the capital also plant it to decorate courtyards and ponds.

Albizia julibrissin (Hehuan)
Taste is sweet, nature is neutral, non-toxic. It primarily calms the five zang organs, benefits the mind/spirit, making one joyful and free from worry. Long-term use lightens the body and brightens the eyes, fulfilling desires. It grows in the valleys of Yizhou.
Tao Hongjing said: According to Ji Kang's "Discourse on Nourishing Life": "Hehuan eliminates anger, Xuancao forgets sorrow." Poets also mention Xuancao, which is now Luchong (Hemerocallis middendorffii), but it is not used medicinally. As for Hehuan, few in common society recognize it, likely because it lacks the merit of curing diseases. Slightly overlooked and neglected, it has been permanently abandoned, just like methods of longevity, which people rarely value and thus discard. Tang Ben Zhu records: This tree's leaves resemble those of Gleditsia sinensis (Zaojia) and Sophora japonica (Huai), extremely fine. Flowers bloom in May, red and white. It is found in mountain streams everywhere, and now also planted in residences and ponds in the Eastern and Western Capitals, named Hehuan or Hehun. Autumn fruits are pods, seeds extremely thin and fine. Now referring to Chen Cangqi's Materia Medica: Hehuan bark kills parasites, ground into powder, mixed with soot from the bottom of a pan (Dangxia Mo), and applied with raw oil to treat spider bites. Leaves, after cleaning dirt, close at dusk, hence the name Hehun. Minister Yuxi et al. carefully note: Shu Ben Yin Yi records: The tree resembles Firmiana simplex (Wutong), branches weak, leaves lush, interlocking. When wind blows, they seem to untie each other, not pulling together. Planted in courtyards, it makes people less angry. Ri Hua Zi records: Yehe bark kills parasites, decocted into ointment reduces carbuncles and swelling, and knits bones and tendons. Leaves can wash grease off clothes, also named Hehuan tree.
Tu Jing records: Hehuan means Night-Closing. Grows in Yizhou valleys, now present near the capital in Yongzhou and Luoyang areas, often planted in courtyards. Wood resembles Wutong, branches very soft. Leaves resemble Zaojia and Huai, extremely fine and dense, interlocking. When wind blows, they seem to untie, not pulling together. Leaves close at night, hence another name Hehun. Flowers bloom in May, red and white, petals like silk fuzz. Fruits become pods in autumn, seeds extremely thin. Bark and leaves are harvested, without specific timing restrictions. Cui Bao's "Notes on Ancient and Modern Customs" says: To eliminate someone's sorrow, gift them Danji. Danji is also called Wangyou. To eliminate someone's anger, gift them Qingshang. Qingshang is Hehuan. Thus Ji Kang planted it before his house. Wei Zhou's "Single Journey Prescription": Chest and heart skin rough like fish scales indicates Lung Abscess, treated with Huanghun Decoction. Take one palm-sized piece of Yehe bark, three sheng of water, boil down to half a sheng, take twice.
Zimu Milu: Infant Tetanus (Cuokou Disease). Boil Yehe flower branches thickly, use juice to wipe mouth and wash. Another prescription: For bruising pain. Mix Hehuan flower powder with wine, take two qianbi, excellent.
Yanyi records: Hehuan flower color is like modern ribbon dye, upper half white, lower half flesh-red, hanging loosely like silk, unique among flowers. Its green leaves close at night, also called Yehe flower. Chen Cangqi and Ri Hua Zi both say bark kills parasites and knits bones/tendons. These are not mentioned in the Classics.