甘、辛，凉。入阳明，兼入足太阴经气分。少用，鼓胃生津止渴。多用，解肌发表退热。
治
阳明头痛，烦热呕逆，解酒毒，治温疟。得葱白，治阳明头痛。佐健脾药，有醒脾之功。佐
粟米，治热渴虚烦。同升、柴，有散火之力。（阳气郁于脾胃者，状如表症，而饮食如常。）
生葛汁解温病，并治大热吐衄。（如无鲜者，滚水泡绞汁冲服。）多用伤胃气。（升散太过。）
太阳病初起勿用。（误用引贼破家。）表虚多汗，痘疹见点后，俱不宜用。花辛、甘，入足
阳明经。消酒积，去肠风。
因酒已成弱者禁用。
地黄、贝母、垣衣为之使。畏曾青、浮萍。忌鲤鱼、铁器。制雄黄、 砂。
甘、苦，寒。入手太阴、足少阴经气分。清金降火，滋阴润燥，治嗽消痰，祛烦解渴。
疗肺痈，止吐血。除足下热
痛，虚劳骨蒸。麦冬清心降火，天冬滋肾助元，其保肺阴则一也。得紫菀、饴糖，治肺痿咳
嗽。得乌药，治小肠偏坠。
得川贝，止吐血。配花粉，治痰热结胸。
配人参，定虚喘。佐玄参，治口疮。佐熟地，补肾水。
去心皮，酒拌蒸，晒用。服此误食鲤鱼者，浮萍汁解之。脾胃虚寒者禁用。
甘、苦、微温。入手太阴经气分。润肺气，止咳嗽，杀疳蛔及寸白诸虫，疗疥癣及虫蚕
咬毒。配生姜，治寒嗽。配
秦艽，熏衣去虱。捣取汁，和蜜煎如饴，治三十年嗽。
竹刀劈，去心皮花，酒浸焙用。热嗽、水亏火炎者禁用。
葛根：味甘、辛，性凉。归阳明经，兼入足太阴经的气分。少量使用，能鼓舞胃气、生津液、止口渴；大量使用，能解肌表之邪、发汗退热。
主治阳明头痛，烦热呕逆，解除酒毒，治疗温疟。配伍葱白，可治阳明头痛；佐以健脾药，有醒脾的功效；佐以粟米，可治热病口渴、虚烦不安；同升麻、柴胡配合，具有发散郁火的作用。（阳气郁结在脾胃者，症状类似表证，但饮食正常。）生葛汁能解除温病，并治疗大热引起的吐血、鼻衄。（如果没有鲜葛根，可用滚水泡开绞取汁液冲服。）用量过大易损伤胃气（因升散作用太过）。太阳病初起时不要使用（误用会引邪深入，如同“引贼破家”）。表虚多汗者，以及痘疹出透后，均不宜使用。葛根花：味辛、甘，归足阳明经。消除酒积，去除肠风。因饮酒导致身体虚弱者禁用。
天门冬：与地黄、贝母、垣衣为使药。畏曾青、浮萍。忌食鲤鱼、铁器。需制雄黄、砂处理。味甘、苦，性寒。入手太阴经、足少阴经的气分。清肺金、降心火，滋阴润燥，治疗咳嗽、消除痰液，祛除烦热、解渴。治疗肺痈，止吐血。消除足下热痛，治疗虚劳骨蒸。麦冬清心降火，天冬滋肾助元，二者在保护肺阴方面是一致的。配伍紫菀、饴糖，治疗肺痿咳嗽；配伍乌药，治疗小肠疝气偏坠；配伍川贝母，止吐血；配伍天花粉，治疗痰热结胸；配伍人参，定虚喘；佐玄参，治疗口疮；佐熟地黄，补肾水。去心皮，用酒拌蒸，晒干后使用。服用此药若误食鲤鱼，可用浮萍汁解毒。脾胃虚寒者禁用。
百部：味甘、苦，微温。入手太阴经气分。润肺气，止咳嗽，杀灭疳蛔及寸白虫等寄生虫，治疗疥癣及虫蚕咬伤中毒。配伍生姜，治疗寒咳；配伍秦艽，熏衣去虱；捣取汁液，与蜂蜜煎煮如饴糖状，治疗三十年久咳。用竹刀劈开，去心皮花，酒浸焙干后使用。热咳、阴虚火旺者禁用。
Puerariae Radix (Gegen, 葛根): Sweet and acrid, cool in nature. Enters the Yangming channel, and also enters the Qi level of the Foot Taiyin channel. In small doses, it stimulates Stomach Qi, generates body fluids, and relieves thirst. In large doses, it resolves the muscle layer, induces sweating to release the exterior, and reduces fever.
Indications: Yangming headache, irritability, heat, vomiting, and counterflow; resolves alcohol toxicity; treats warm malaria. Combined with Scallion White (Congbai), it treats Yangming headache. With spleen-fortifying herbs, it has the effect of awakening the spleen. With millet, it treats heat-thirst and deficiency-irritability. Combined with Bupleuri Radix (Chaihu) and Cimicifugae Rhizoma (Shengma), it has the power to dissipate fire. (When Yang Qi is constrained in the Spleen and Stomach, symptoms resemble exterior syndromes, but appetite remains normal.) Raw Pueraria juice resolves warm diseases and treats severe heat causing hematemesis and epistaxis. (If fresh root is unavailable, soak in boiling water, squeeze out the juice, and take orally.) Excessive use damages Stomach Qi (due to excessive ascending and dispersing action). Do not use at the initial stage of Taiyang disease (misuse draws pathogens inward, akin to "leading thieves to break into the house"). Contraindicated in cases of exterior deficiency with profuse sweating, and after the eruption of chickenpox or smallpox rashes.
Flower of Pueraria (Gegenhua): Acrid and sweet, enters the Foot Yangming channel. Eliminates alcohol accumulation, removes intestinal wind. Contraindicated in patients weakened by chronic alcohol consumption.
Asparagus Cochinchinensis Root (Tianmendong, 天门冬): Earth-rooted Dioscorea Hypoglauca Rhizome (Dihuang, 地黄), Fritillaria Cirrhosa Bulb (Beimu, 贝母), and Wall Moss (Yuanyi) act as guides. Averse to Azurite (Zengqing) and Duckweed (Fuping). Avoid carp and ironware. Processed with Realgar (Xionghuang) and Cinnabar (Sha). Sweet and bitter, cold in nature. Enters the Qi level of the Hand Taiyin and Foot Shaoyin channels. Clears Lung Metal, descends Fire, nourishes Yin, moistens dryness, treats cough, eliminates phlegm, dispels irritability, and relieves thirst. Treats lung abscess, stops hematemesis. Relieves heat and pain in the soles of the feet, treats consumptive disease with bone-steaming fever. Ophiopogon Japonicus Root (Maidong) clears Heart Fire, while Asparagus Root nourishes Kidney and assists Yuan Qi; both share the function of preserving Lung Yin. Combined with Aster Tataricus Root (Ziwan) and Maltose (Yitang), treats lung flaccidity with cough. Combined with Lindera Root (Wuyao), treats hernia with testicular swelling on one side. Combined with Fritillaria Thunbergii Bulb (Chuanbei), stops hematemesis. Paired with Trichosanthes Root (Huafen), treats phlegm-heat binding in the chest. Paired with Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma (Renshen), stabilizes deficiency wheezing. Assisted by Scrophulariae Radix (Xuanshen), treats mouth ulcers. Assisted by Prepared Rehmannia Root (Shudi), tonifies Kidney Water. Remove heart and peel, stir-fry with wine, steam, and sun-dry for use. If carp is accidentally ingested after taking this herb, Duckweed juice can detoxify it. Contraindicated in patients with Spleen and Stomach deficiency-cold.
Stemona Root (Bubai, 百部): Sweet and bitter, slightly warm. Enters the Qi level of the Hand Taiyin channel. Moistens Lung Qi, stops cough, kills parasites such as ascariasis, pinworms, and tapeworms, treats scabies, tinea, and venom from insect and silkworm bites. Combined with Ginger (Shengjiang), treats cold cough. Combined with Gentiana Macrophylla Root (Qinjiao), fumigate clothes to remove lice. Crush to extract juice, mix with honey, and boil into a syrup-like consistency to treat chronic cough lasting thirty years. Split with a bamboo knife, remove heart, peel, and flowers, soak in wine, and bake for use. Contraindicated in heat-cough and Yin deficiency with flaming fire.