夹河风性寒民多伤风河洛以东地咸水性冷故民虽哺粟食麦亦无热疾滑台风水性寒冷尤甚
士民服附子如芋栗(琐碎录)
越民高十二歉岁无食挈妻儿至德清雇妻于秀州仓官李深家为乳媪高得钱还越而死李仆许
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随直在秀以干归德清及再来之日媪患恍惚谵语作厥夫声责骂故妻不为资荐李问何以得至此曰
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随许仆射便是以得来李命巫逐未至谩烧苍术烟熏燎鬼遽云我怕烟气不敢更留遂无语媪病亦瘥
今人冲恶者必 术盖邪鬼所畏也(类编)
干道中江西某人赴调都下游西湖民间一女子明艳动人求之于其父母啖以重币峻隙焉回家
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相闻又五年赴调寻旧游茫无所睹怅然空还忽遇女子于半途呼揖问讯士喜甚扣其徙舍之由女曰
我父适人夫坐库事坐狱未出能过我啜茶否士欣然并行过旅馆女曰此可栖泊无庸至吾家留半岁
将议挟以偕逝女始敛衽曰向自君去忆念之苦感疾而亡今非人也无由陪后乘但阴气侵君深当暴
泻宜服平胃散以补安精血士闻语惊惋曰药味皆平何得功效女曰中用苍术去邪气乃为上品(夷
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孙思邈千金方人参汤言须用流水用止水即不验人多疑流水止水无别予尝见丞相荆公喜放
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日就市买活鱼纵之江中莫不洋然唯 入江水辄死乃知 但可居止水则流水与止水果不同
不可不信又鲫鱼生流水中则背鳞白生止水中则背鳞黑而味恶此亦一验也(良方)
黄河两岸的风性寒，百姓多患伤风病；河洛以东地区土地盐碱化，水质寒冷，所以百姓虽然吃小米、麦子等主食，却很少患上热性疾病。滑台地区的水风性质寒冷尤为严重。
士人和百姓服用附子，就像吃芋头和栗子一样平常。（出自《琐碎录》）
越地（今浙江一带）发生饥荒，歉收之年没有食物，有人带着妻子儿女到德清县，将妻子雇佣在秀州仓官李深家中做乳母。此人拿到钱后返回越地便死去了。李家的仆人许八跟随主人回到德清。等到再次回来时，那位乳母患有神志恍惚、胡言乱语、四肢厥冷并模仿死去丈夫的声音责骂亡妻的病症。李深询问她为何会这样，她说：“我跟着许仆射（指已死的丈夫），是跟他回来的。”李深命令巫师驱鬼，巫师还没到，只是随意焚烧苍术烟雾来熏燎驱邪，鬼魂突然说：“我怕烟气，不敢再停留了。”于是就不再说话，乳母的病也随之痊愈。现在人们遇到冲撞恶邪的情况，必定使用苍术，大概是因为邪鬼畏惧它吧。（出自《类编》）
干道年间，江西某人赴京候补任职，途经西湖。民间有一位女子容貌明艳动人，他向女子的父母求婚，赠送了重金，但被坚决拒绝。回家后不再与那家往来。又过了五年，他再次赴京候补，寻找旧日游历之地，却茫然一无所获，惆怅地空手而归。忽然在半路上遇到那位女子，女子主动打招呼问候，士人非常高兴，询问她搬迁的原因。女子说：“我的父亲改嫁了，丈夫因坐牢未出狱，能来看我喝杯茶吗？”士人欣然同意，同行经过旅馆时，女子说：“这里可以住宿，不必去我家。”士人在那里留住了半年，打算商议带她一起离去。女子这才整理衣襟说：“自从你离开后，我思念之苦，感疾而亡，如今已不是活人，无法陪你乘车远行。但阴气深深侵扰你，应当会导致暴泻，适宜服用平胃散来补益安顿精血。”士人听后惊讶惋惜地说：“药味都很平和，怎么能见效呢？”女子说：“其中用苍术去除邪气，乃是上品良药。”（出自《夷坚志》）
孙思邈在《千金方》的人参汤条文中说，必须用流水煎药，如果用止水则无效。许多人怀疑流水和止水没有区别。我曾见到丞相王安石喜欢放生，每天去市场买活鱼放入江中，鱼儿无不欢腾活跃，唯独一旦进入江水就死了。由此可知，这种鱼只能居住在止水中，那么流水与止水确实不同，不可不信。另外，鲫鱼生在流水中则背部鳞片发白，生在止水中则背部鳞片发黑且味道恶劣，这也是一个验证。（出自《良方》）
The wind along the Yellow River is cold, and the people often suffer from wind-cold invasion. East of the Heluo region, the land is saline and the water is cold; therefore, although the people consume millet and wheat as staples, they rarely suffer from heat diseases. In Huatai, the nature of the wind and water is even more severely cold.
Scholars and commoners consume Fuzi (Prepared Aconite Root) as casually as one would eat taro or chestnuts. (From *Suosui Lu*)
During a famine in Yue (modern Zhejiang), when there was no food, a man brought his wife and children to Deqing County. He hired out his wife to Li Shen, the granary official in Xiuzhou, to work as a wet nurse. After receiving payment, the man returned to Yue and died. The servant Xu Ba followed his master back to Deqing. When they returned again, the wet nurse suffered from mental confusion, delirious speech, cold extremities, and voices mimicking her deceased husband, scolding him for not providing support. Li Shen asked how this happened. She replied, "I followed Servant-Shepherd Xu (referring to her deceased husband); I came with him." Li Shen ordered a shaman to exorcise the spirit. Before the shaman arrived, they simply burned Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae (Cangzhu, 苍术) smoke to fumigate and drive away the ghost. The ghost suddenly said, "I fear the smoke and dare not stay longer." Then it fell silent, and the woman's illness also subsided. Nowadays, when people encounter evil influences, they must use Cangzhu, presumably because evil spirits fear it. (From *Leibian*)
During the Qiandao era, a certain person from Jiangxi went to the capital for an official appointment, passing by West Lake. A local girl was exceptionally beautiful. He proposed marriage to her parents and offered a heavy bribe, but was firmly rejected. Upon returning home, he had no further contact with that family. Five years later, he went to the capital again for an appointment and sought out his old haunts, but found nothing, returning home in disappointment. Suddenly, he met the girl on the road. She greeted him politely. The scholar was overjoyed and asked about her relocation. The girl said, "My father remarried, and my husband is imprisoned and has not been released. Could you come over for tea?" The scholar gladly agreed. As they passed an inn, the girl said, "We can stay here; there is no need to go to my house." The scholar stayed there for half a year, planning to discuss eloping with her. Only then did she adjust her robes and say, "Since you left, I missed you so bitterly that I fell ill and died. I am now a spirit and cannot accompany you on your journey. However, yin energy deeply invades you, which should cause sudden diarrhea. You should take Pingwei San (Peaceful Stomach Powder) to nourish and stabilize your essence and blood." Hearing this, the scholar exclaimed in surprise and sorrow, "The medicinal flavors are all mild; how can it be effective?" The girl said, "Among them, using Cangzhu to expel evil qi makes it a superior grade." (From *Yijian Zhi*)
Sun Simiao, in the Ginseng Decoction section of *Qianjin Fang*, stated that flowing water must be used for decoction; if still water is used, it is ineffective. Many people doubt that there is any difference between flowing and still water. I once observed Chancellor Wang Anshi, who loved releasing life. Every day, he bought live fish at the market and released them into the river. They swam joyfully, except for one type that died immediately upon entering the river water. This shows that such fish can only inhabit still water; thus, flowing and still water are indeed different, and this cannot be ignored. Furthermore, crucian carp living in flowing water have white dorsal scales, while those in still water have black dorsal scales and taste inferior. This is another verification. (From *Liangfang*)