典藏书目

(Tan Gan) [Beaver Liver] has a sweet taste and is toxic. It primarily treats Gui Zhu (Ghost Attenuation) and Gu Du (Poisonous Toxins), and removes fish bones stuck in the throat. It stops chronic coughing; it should be burned before administration.

It treats epidemic Qi (Epidemic Pathogenic Factors), Wen Bing (Warm Diseases), as well as seasonal diseases in cattle and horses; decocting and administering the juice is also effective.

(Huang Pi) [Yellow Skin/Bark] has a sweet taste and is toxic. It primarily treats female infertility, vaginal itching, and swelling of the scrotum in children.

[Some Herb] has a bitter taste, is slightly cold, and is toxic. It primarily treats cold and heat alternating due to Gu Du (Poisonous Toxins), and infantile convulsions and epilepsy.

Burning it repels evil influences; those growing on wood or stone are authentic.

[Some Herb] has a sweet taste, is neutral, and non-toxic. It treats rising Qi, shortness of breath with cough and reverse flow; mix with wine, take three he (a traditional unit of volume), twice daily. It also treats lung parasites in horses.

It primarily treats long-standing edema that does not improve and approaches death; make into a soup and eat it, which has a great effect in promoting urination. Bao (Bladder): Dry it, grind with water like an egg-sized portion, take on an empty stomach, to vomit out various Gu Du (Poisonous Toxins).

[Some Herb] has a pungent and sweet taste, and is non-toxic. It treats metal wounds, stops bleeding, promotes flesh regeneration, and treats epilepsy. Grind with water like a date pit, take twice daily; it is effective.

After roasting, it is used for external application to treat wind-induced swelling and sores.

It treats sudden pain in the heart and abdomen, and various Gui Zhu (Ghost Attenuation) and Wu Qi (Hostile Qi).

It treats Zheng Xi (Abdominal Masses), Fan Wei (Stomach Reversal/Vomiting), incessant vomiting, toothache, and Shui Du (Water Poison).

It treats Zao Shui (Dry Water Retention).

It treats Shi Shui (Damp Water Retention); taking five he at once is good. In Zao Shui (Dry Water Retention), drawing on the body forms characters; in Shi Shui (Damp Water Retention), it does not form characters.

It treats pediatric heat, Ji Huang (Acute Jaundice), etc.; excessive consumption causes dysentery.

It treats Nue (Malaria). Wash with water to extract the juice, mix with flour, form into two pills the size of a quail egg, and bake into flatbread. Eat one pill before the malaria attack begins, and one when it starts; it treats both old and new malaria, regardless of whether attacks are periodic or irregular.

Its nature is hot. It treats Leng Bi (Cold Bi Syndrome) and Hong Jiao Jiao (Gout/Charley Horse); cook it thoroughly, wrap it around the affected area, and it will heal.

[Some Herb] has a sweet taste, is slightly warm and slightly cold, and is non-toxic. It treats women's Beng Zhong (Metrorrhagia), Lou Xia (Leukorrhea/Metrorrhagia), red and white discharge, tonifies deficiency, warms the middle, stops bleeding, treats chronic injuries and ulcers, calms the spirit, detoxifies, and wards off misfortune.

It expels ghosts; those from the east gate are particularly effective.

[Some Herb] has a sour taste and is slightly warm. It directs Qi downward, treats Kuang Xie (Manic Evil/Psychosis), stabilizes the Five Viscera, and treats Shang Zhong Xiao Ke (Middle Injury with Wasting-Thirst).

[Some Herb] is slightly warm. It tonifies the middle and relieves pain.

[Some Herb] is slightly cold. It treats unclear vision and skin sores.

It treats Wu Xie (Five Evils).

It treats fracture pain and Wei Bi (Flaccidity and Obstruction).

It treats deafness.

It treats Yi Ni (Enuresis) and frequent, uncontrollable urination.

It raises Yin.

It treats difficulty in lactation.

[Some Herb] is slightly cold. It treats diarrhea, promotes urination in enuresis, clears heat, and relieves irritability.