一名皂矾，一名青矾， 赤者名矾红。
畏醋。
酸、凉。消积滞，燥脾湿。治喉痹、口疳、虫牙、恶疮疥癣。得平胃散，治黄胆。得红
曲、山楂，消肉积。得大枣，
去核入矾烧研，搽小儿甜疮，及耳生烂疮。
醋拌入瓷瓶 过用。服此终身忌荞麦。
昔人往往以青矾为胆矾，误矣。
即石胆
水英为之使。畏菌桂、芫花、辛夷、白薇。
辛、酸，寒。有毒。入足少阳经。涌吐风热痰涎，发散风木相火。杀虫消痈，疗咽喉口
齿疮。得醋，灌百虫入耳。
（漱喉吐痰涎，喉痹立效。）得蜜调，敷诸痔肿痛。配龙胆草， 烟尽红透，出火气，研细
末，搽走马牙疳臭烂极急
者，神效。
配炒白僵蚕，研吹喉痹喉气。入黑枣内 研，敷牙疳。
涂铜铁上烧之，红者为真。明亮如翠琉璃，似鸭嘴色者为上。
（山草类五十种）
术、苦参、干漆为之使。恶远志。反大戟、芫花、甘遂、海藻。忌猪肉。
甘。入手少阴、足阳明、太阴、厥阴经气分。益精养气泻火和中，健脾胃，解百毒，和
络血
，缓肝急，祛邪热，坚筋骨，长肌肉，疗疮毒。得猪胆汁炙为末，米泔调，灌婴儿月内、目
闭不开，或肿羞明，或出血者，名慢肝风。得桔梗，清咽喉。配大豆汁，解百药毒，奇验。
佐
温散血中之结。入润剂，养阴血。入辛凉药，行肝胃污浊之血。（宜用头。）
大而结紧断文者为佳，谓之粉草。泻心火，败火毒，缓肾急，和络血，宜生用。梢止茎
中痛
，去胸中热。节能消肿毒。和中补脾胃，粳米拌炒，或蜜炙用。酒家、呕家、酒痢初起、中
满者，禁用。
皂矾，又名青矾，其中颜色发红的称为矾红。
（皂矾）畏惧醋。
味道酸、性凉。能消除积滞，燥化脾湿。治疗喉痹、口疳、虫牙、恶疮疥癣。配合平胃散使用，可治疗黄疸。配合红曲、山楂，可消除肉食积滞。配合大枣，将大枣去核后填入皂矾烧制研末，外搽小儿甜疮，以及耳部生烂疮。
用醋拌和后装入瓷瓶密封保存。（若）过量服用则有害。服用此药终身忌食荞麦。
古人往往将青矾误认为是胆矾，这是错误的。
即石胆。
水英作为其引经药（使药）。畏惧菌桂、芫花、辛夷、白薇。
味道辛、酸，性寒。有毒。归足少阳胆经。能涌吐风热痰涎，发散风木相火。杀虫消痈，治疗咽喉口齿疮。配合醋，灌入耳中可杀灭百虫。
（用其液漱口以吐出痰涎，对喉痹有立竿见影之效。）配合蜂蜜调匀，敷治各种痔疮肿痛。配伍龙胆草，烧至烟尽红透以去除火气，研成细末，外搽走马牙疳臭烂急重者，神效。
配伍炒制的白僵蚕，研末吹入喉部治疗喉痹喉气。放入黑枣内烧研，敷治牙疳。
涂在铜铁上烧灼，变红者为真品。色泽明亮如翠色琉璃，似鸭嘴色者为上品。
（山草类五十种）
白术、苦参、干漆作为其引经药（使药）。厌恶远志。与大戟、芫花、甘遂、海藻相反。忌食猪肉。
味道甘。入手少阴心经、足阳明胃经、足太阴脾经、足厥阴肝经的气分。能益精养气、泻火和中，健脾胃，解百毒，调和络血，缓解肝急，祛除邪热，坚固筋骨，生长肌肉，治疗疮毒。配合猪胆汁炙烤为末，用米泔水调服，可灌治婴儿一月内目闭不开，或肿胀羞明，或出血者，名为慢肝风。配合桔梗，可清利咽喉。配伍大豆汁，可解百药毒，疗效奇特。
佐助温散血中之结聚。加入润剂中，可滋养阴血。加入辛凉药中，可运行肝胃污浊之血。（宜用头部分。）
大而紧密、断面纹理清晰者为佳，称为粉草。生用可泻心火，败火毒，缓肾急，和络血。梢部可止茎中痛，去胸中热。节部可消肿毒。蜜炙或用粳米拌炒后可和中补脾胃。酒家、呕吐者、酒痢初起、中满者，禁用。
Zaofan (Green Vitriol), also known as Qingfan, is called Fanhong when red in color.
It is incompatible with Vinegar (Cu).
Acidic and cool in nature. It resolves accumulation and stagnation, and dries Spleen dampness. It treats Hou Bi (sore throat/obstruction of the throat), Kou Gan (oral ulcers/gangrene), Chong Ya (worm-induced toothache), E Chuang Jie Xuan (malignant sores and scabies/tinea). When combined with Pingwei San (Calm the Stomach Powder), it treats Huang Dan (jaundice). When combined with Hong Qu (Red Yeast Rice) and Shan Zha (Hawthorn Fruit), it resolves meat accumulation. When combined with Da Zao (Jujube), remove the pits, fill with Zaofan, calcine, grind into powder, and apply externally to children's Tian Chuang (sweet sore/moist eczema) and rotten sores in the ear.
Mix with Vinegar and store in a porcelain bottle. Overuse is harmful. Those taking this medicine must avoid Buckwheat for life.
Ancients often mistakenly identified Qingfan as Danfan (Blue Vitriol). This is incorrect.
This refers to Shidan (Stone Gall).
Shui Ying (Hydrophyllum Japonicum) serves as its guiding herb (Shi Yao). It is incompatible with Jun Gui (Cinnamon Bark from specific trees), Yuan Hua (Genkwa Flos), Xin Yi (Magnolia Flower), and Bai Wei (Cynanchum Atratum Root).
Pungent and acidic, cold in nature. Toxic. Enters the Foot-Shaoyang Gallbladder Meridian. It induces vomiting to expel wind-heat phlegm-saliva, and disperses wind-liver and ministerial fire. It kills parasites and reduces carbuncles, treating sores of the throat, mouth, and teeth. Combined with Vinegar, instill into the ear to kill insects.
(Gargle to spit out phlegm-saliva; immediate effect for Hou Bi.) Combined with Honey and applied topically, it treats swelling and pain of various hemorrhoids. Paired with Long Dan Cao (Gentian Root), calcined until smoke ceases and turns red to remove fire qi, ground into fine powder, and applied externally to severe cases of Zou Ma Ya Gan (noma gangrenous stomatitis), yielding miraculous effects.
Paired with Chao Bai Jiang Can (Stir-fried Bombyx Batryticatus), ground and insufflated into the throat to treat Hou Bi throat qi. Placed inside Hei Zao (Black Jujube), calcined and ground, applied to Ya Gan (gum gangrene).
Apply on copper or iron and burn; those that turn red are genuine. Those bright like emerald glass, resembling the color of a duck's bill, are of superior quality.
(50 kinds of Mountain Herbs)
Bai Zhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome), Ku Shen (Sophora Flavescens Root), and Gan Xi (Dry Larch Resin) serve as its guiding herbs (Shi Yao). It is repelled by Yuan Zhi (Polygala Root). It is chemically incompatible with Da Ji (Euphorbia Pekinensis Root), Yuan Hua (Genkwa Flos), Gan Sui (Kansui Root), and Hai Zao (Sargassum Thallus). Avoid eating pork.
Sweet in taste. Enters the Qi aspect of the Hand-Shaoyin Heart Meridian, Foot-Yangming Stomach Meridian, Foot-Taiyin Spleen Meridian, and Foot-Jueyin Liver Meridian. It benefits essence, nourishes qi, clears heat, harmonizes the middle, strengthens the Spleen and Stomach, resolves all toxins, harmonizes collateral blood, relieves liver tension, dispels pathogenic heat, strengthens bones and tendons, promotes muscle growth, and treats toxin sores. Combined with Zhu Dan Zhi (Porcine Bile), calcined into powder, mixed with Mi Tan (Rice Wash Water), and administered orally, it treats infants under one month old with Man Gan Feng (Slow Liver Wind), characterized by eyes closed and unable to open, swollen and photophobic, or bleeding. Combined with Jie Geng (Platycodon Root), it clears the throat. Paired with Da Dou Zhi (Soybean Juice), it resolves the toxicity of all medicines, with remarkable efficacy.
It assists in warming and dispersing blood stasis. Added to moistening agents, it nourishes Yin blood. Added to pungent-cool formulas, it moves turbid blood in the Liver and Stomach. (The head portion is preferred.)
Those that are large, tightly knotted, and have clear fracture lines are considered excellent, called Fen Cao (Powder Licorice). Raw use clears Heart fire, defeats fire toxins, relieves Kidney tension, and harmonizes collateral blood. The tip (Shao) stops pain in the urethra/stem and removes heat from the chest. The nodes (Jie) reduce swelling and detoxify. Honey-fried or stir-fried with Jing Mi (Brown Rice) harmonizes the middle and tonifies the Spleen and Stomach. Contraindicated for wine drinkers, those vomiting, early-stage alcohol-dysentery, and those with fullness in the middle jiao.