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味辛，温，无毒。主虚劳冷泄，宿食不消，赤白泄痢，腹中虚痛，下气。生南地。
苗似廉姜，形如白豆蔻，其皮紧浓而皱，黄赤色，八月采。（今附）
臣禹锡等谨按药性论云∶缩沙蜜，君，出波斯国。味苦、辛。能主冷气腹痛，止休息气
痢，劳损，消化水谷，温暖
脾胃，治冷滑下痢不禁，虚羸。方曰∶熬末，以羊子肝薄切，用末逐片糁，瓦上焙干为末，
入干姜末。饭为丸。日二服
五十丸。又方∶炮附子末、干姜、浓朴
蜜，味酸。主上气咳嗽，奔
豚鬼疰，惊
转筋，心腹痛，能起酒香味。
图经曰∶缩沙蜜，生南地，今唯岭南山泽间有之。苗茎似高良姜，高三、四尺。叶青，
长八、九寸，阔半寸以来。
三月、四月开花在根下，五、六月成实，五、七十枚作一穗，状似益智，皮紧浓而皱如栗文，
外有刺，黄赤色。皮间细
子一团，八漏，可四十余粒，如黍米大，微黑色，七月、八月采。
海药云∶今按陈氏，生西海及西戎诸国。味辛，平，咸。得诃子、鳖甲、豆蔻、白芜荑
等良。多从安东道来。孙尚
药治妇人妊娠偶因所触或坠高伤打，致胎动不安，腹中痛不可忍者。缩
盛，慢火炒令热透，去皮用
仁，捣罗为末，每服二钱，用热酒调下。须臾觉腹中胎动处极热，即胎已安。神效。
Sha Mi (Amomum villosum)
Pungent in flavor, warm in nature, non-toxic. It primarily treats cold diarrhea due to deficiency and exhaustion, indigestion of retained food, dysentery with red or white discharge, empty pain in the abdomen, and directs Qi downward. It grows in southern regions.
The seed capsule resembles Lian Jiang (Kaempferia galanga), shaped like Bai Dou Kou (White Cardamom). The pericarp is tight, thick, and wrinkled, yellowish-red in color, harvested in August. (Supplementary)
Minister Yu Xi et al., according to *Yao Xing Lun* (Treatise on the Properties of Medicinals), state: Sha Mi is a Sovereign herb, originating from Persia. Bitter and pungent in flavor. It can treat abdominal pain caused by cold Qi, stop chronic dysentery (Xiuxi Li), treat fatigue and damage, digest water and grain, warm the Spleen and Stomach, treat incontinence of slippery stool due to cold, and emaciation. Prescription: Stir-fry until dry, grind into powder. Thinly slice sheep liver, sprinkle the powder on each slice, bake on tiles until dry, then grind into powder. Add dried Ginger powder. Form pills with rice paste. Take twice daily, 50 pills each time. Another prescription: Prepared Fu Zi (Aconite Root) powder, Dried Ginger, Hou Po (Magnolia Bark).
Wu Wei Zi (Schisandra Chinensis Fruit), sour in flavor. Treats rebellious Qi and cough, Ben Tun (Rushing Pig) syndrome, Gui Zhu (ghostly afflictions), convulsions with muscle twitching, heart and abdominal pain, and can eliminate the smell of alcohol.
*TU JING BEN CAO* records: Sha Mi grows in southern regions; currently, it is only found in the mountains and marshes of Lingnan. The stem resembles Gao Liang Jiang (Greater Galangal), three to four chi high. Leaves are green, eight to nine cun long, half a cun wide. Flowers appear at the root in March and April; fruits mature in May and June, five to seventy forming one cluster, resembling Yi Zhi Ren (Alpinia Oxyphylla Fruit). The pericarp is tight, thick, and wrinkled like walnut shell texture, with external spines, yellowish-red. Inside the pericarp, fine seeds form a cluster, about forty grains, size like millet, slightly black, harvested in July and August.
*HAI YAO BEN CAO* records: According to Chen Shi, it grows in the Western Sea and various Western Barbarian countries. Pungent in flavor, neutral in nature, salty. It pairs well with He Zi (Chebula Fruit), Bie Jia (Turtle Shell), Dou Kou (Cardamom), and Bai Wu Ti (Long Pepper Fruit). It mostly arrives via the Andong route. Sun Shang Yao treated women during pregnancy who, due to accidental contact, falling from heights, or blows, suffered from restless fetus and unbearable abdominal pain. Use a large amount of Sha Mi, stir-fry slowly over low heat until thoroughly hot, remove the pericarp, use the kernel, grind into powder. Take two qian each time, mixed with hot wine. Within moments, extreme heat is felt where the fetus moves, indicating the fetus is secured. Miraculous efficacy.