味甘，平，无毒。主胸胁逆气，忧恚惊邪恐悸，心下结痛，寒热烦满，咳逆，口焦舌
干，利小便，止消渴，好唾，大腹，淋沥，膈中痰水，水肿淋结，开胸腑，调脏气，伐肾邪
，长阴，益气力，保神守中。《药性论》云∶臣。开胃，止呕逆，主肺痿痰壅，治小儿惊痫
，疗心腹胀满，妇人热淋赤者，破结气。日华子云∶补五劳七伤，安胎，暖腰膝。马间为之
使。恶∶白蔹。畏∶牡蒙、地榆、雄黄、秦艽、龟甲。忌∶米醋。
平。主辟不祥，疗风眩风虚，五劳，口干，止惊悸，多恚怒，善忘，开心，益智，
魂魄，养精神。《药性论》云∶君。味甘，无毒。主惊痫，安神定志，补劳乏，心下急痛坚
满，人虚而小肠不利。其心名黄松节，偏治中偏风，口面 斜，毒风筋挛，不语，心神惊掣
，虚而健忘。忌∶米醋及酸物。
味甘，平，无毒。主安五脏，定魂魄，杀精魅邪鬼，消瘀血，通五淋。《药性论》云
君。治百邪，产后血疹痛。日华子云∶疗蛊毒，壮心，明目，摩翳，止心痛，癫邪，破症
味甘，平，无毒。主大小便不通，利水道，除邪气，肠胃邪热气，消肿，性滑利，
儿头疮痂 。花∶主小儿痫，小便不利，伤热。《药性论》云∶滑。主利五淋，治不眠
。日华子云∶通经脉。涎，敷癣。《别说》云∶为末，治妇人妊娠。临月，日三服方
令产极易，产下立验。
味甘，性平，无毒。主治胸胁部气机上逆，因忧愁愤怒、惊恐邪气所致的心悸，心窝部结聚疼痛，寒热交替、烦闷胀满，咳嗽气逆，口舌焦干，通利小便，止住消渴症，减少异常唾液分泌，治疗大腹水肿，淋沥不尽，膈间痰饮积水，水肿及淋证结滞，开通胸腑，调和脏腑之气，祛除肾中邪气，促进阴部生长，益气力，安定神志，守持中气。《药性论》记载：为臣药。开胃，止呕逆，主治肺痿痰壅，治疗小儿惊痫，疗治心腹胀满，妇人热淋尿赤者，破除结气。日华子记载：补益五劳七伤，安胎，温暖腰膝。马间认为其为使药。畏恶：白蔹。畏惧：牡蒙、地榆、雄黄、秦艽、龟甲。禁忌：米醋。
性平。主治辟除不祥，疗治风眩风虚，五劳，口干，止住惊悸，多怒易恚，善忘，开心窍，益智慧，安魂魄，养精神。《药性论》记载：为君药。味甘，无毒。主治惊痫，安神定志，补益劳乏，心下急痛坚满，人体虚弱而小肠不利。其心名为黄松节，偏治半身中风，口眼歪斜，毒风筋挛，不语，心神惊掣，虚弱健忘。禁忌：米醋及酸物。
味甘，性平，无毒。主治安五脏，定魂魄，杀精魅邪鬼，消瘀血，通五淋。《药性论》记载：为君药。治百邪，产后血疹痛。日华子记载：疗治蛊毒，壮心，明目，摩翳，止心痛，癫邪，破症积。
味甘，性平，无毒。主治大小便不通，利水道，除邪气，肠胃邪热气，消肿，性滑利，（治）儿头疮痂。花：主治小儿痫，小便不利，伤热。《药性论》记载：滑。主治利五淋，治不眠。日华子记载：通经脉。涎，敷癣。《别说》记载：研为末，治妇人妊娠。临月，日三服方令产极易，产下立验。
Taste: Sweet; Nature: Neutral; Toxicity: Non-toxic. Indications: Chest and hypochondriac rebellious Qi (rebellious flow of vital energy in the chest and flank regions), anxiety, fright, evil influences, fear, and palpitations; epigastric knotting and pain; alternating chills and fever, vexation, and fullness; coughing and rebellious Qi; dry mouth and tongue; promoting urination; arresting thirst-quenching (polydipsia); reducing excessive salivation; treating abdominal distension; strangury with dribbling; phlegm-fluid retention in the diaphragm; edema and strangury with stagnation; opening the chest and fu-organs; regulating zang-organ Qi; subduing kidney pathogenic factors; promoting genital growth; benefiting Qi and strength; preserving spirit and maintaining central equilibrium. *Yao Xing Lun* states: It serves as a minister herb. It benefits the stomach, arrests vomiting and rebellious Qi, treats lung flaccidity with phlegm obstruction, pediatric convulsions and epilepsy, cardiac and abdominal distension and fullness, and heat-stranguria with red urine in women by breaking stagnant Qi. Ri Huazi states: It tonifies the five labors and seven injuries, calms the fetus, and warms the waist and knees. Ma Jian considers it an envoy herb. Antagonistic to: Bai Lian (Ampelopsis Radix). Feared by: Mu Meng, Di Yu, Xiong Huang, Qin Jiao, Gui Jia. Taboo: Rice vinegar.
Nature: Neutral. Indications: Warding off inauspiciousness, treating wind-dizziness and wind-deficiency, the five labors, dry mouth, arresting palpitations, excessive anger and resentment, forgetfulness, opening the heart orifice, enhancing wisdom, calming the hun and po spirits, and nourishing the spirit. *Yao Xing Lun* states: It serves as a sovereign herb. Taste: Sweet; Toxicity: Non-toxic. Indications: Convulsions and epilepsy, calming the spirit and stabilizing will, tonifying fatigue and deficiency, epigastric urgent pain and hardness/fullness, and weakness with unfavorable small intestine function. Its heart is named Huang Song Jie (Yellow Pine Joint) and specifically treats hemiplegia from wind-stroke, facial paralysis, toxic wind causing tendon spasms, muteness, startle and twitching of the heart-spirit, and deficiency-induced forgetfulness. Taboo: Rice vinegar and sour substances.
Taste: Sweet; Nature: Neutral; Toxicity: Non-toxic. Indications: Calming the five zang-organs, stabilizing the hun and po spirits, killing demons and evil ghosts, resolving blood stasis, and unblocking the five types of stranguria. *Yao Xing Lun* states: It serves as a sovereign herb. Treats hundred pathogenic factors, postpartum blood rash pain. Ri Huazi states: Treats gu poison, strengthens the heart, brightens the eyes, removes corneal opacity by rubbing, arrests heart pain, manic psychosis, and breaks mass formations.
Taste: Sweet; Nature: Neutral; Toxicity: Non-toxic. Indications: Constipation and urinary retention, promoting water pathways, eliminating pathogenic factors, clearing heat and qi stagnation in the intestines and stomach, reducing swelling; nature is slippery and lubricating, (treating) infant head crusts. Flowers: Treat pediatric epilepsy, unfavorable urination, and heat injury. *Yao Xing Lun* states: Slippery. Treats promoting the five strangurias, insomnia. Ri Huazi states: Unblocks meridians and collaterals. Saliva: Applied externally for tinea. *Bie Shuo* states: Ground into powder, treats pregnant women. In the month before delivery, taken three times daily, it facilitates easy labor, with immediate effect after birth.