敷围一切痈疽。消肿排脓能止痛。凉散诸般瘀热。味辛质滑性平和。（木芙蓉味辛
性寒。入肺经。凉血散热。其质粘滑。凡一切痈疽疔毒。无论已溃未溃。皆可敷之。极能消
肿止痛。凉血解毒耳。）
\r山茶花\pq81.bmp\r
色赤入营凉血分。味甘微苦散瘀邪。（山茶花其花开于冬月。故性寒。其色赤。故
入血。凡花皆散。故能凉血散血可知。观其能治吐血衄血。肠风下血等证。概可想见也。）
\r密蒙花\pq82a1.bmp\r
功归肝胆。性属甘寒。涤热疏风。治目都因火气逼。养营润燥。凡花皆散障邪除。
（密蒙花其色紫。故入肝。甘寒无毒。故能润肝燥。养肝血。因其凡花皆散。故能散肝家之
风热。风热得去。肝血得养。故一切目疾皆可除也。）
\r枸杞子\pq82a.bmp\r
性平色赤。养肝补肾益真阴。质润味甘。明目添精退虚热。（枸杞子以甘肃甘州者
为上。味甘。子少润泽有脂。其余土产者。子多味苦而劣。不堪用。其性平和。不寒不热。
凡子皆降。有收束下行之意。故能入肝肾。生精养血。精血充则目可明。渴可止。筋骨坚利。
虚劳等证悉除矣。）
\r地骨皮\pq82a.bmp\r
退伏热以除蒸。深入黄泉。下归肾部。降肺火而定喘。甘寒白色。清肃金家。（地
骨皮即枸杞树根。入土最深。故名之。去外粗黑皮。取白皮用。味甘。大寒。性降。入肺
肾。退伏热。肺热降则喘咳除。肾热除则骨蒸盗汗等病皆愈矣。）
外敷可用于治疗各种痈疽。能够消肿排脓，并且具有止痛的功效。能凉散各种瘀滞之热，其味辛、质地滑润、药性平和。（木芙蓉味辛，性寒。归入肺经。具有凉血散热的作用。其质地粘滑，凡是各种痈疽疔毒，无论已经溃破还是未溃破，都可以外敷使用。极能消肿止痛，起到凉血解毒的作用。）
山茶花
颜色赤红，入营分以凉血。味甘微苦，能消散瘀邪。（山茶花在冬季开花，所以性寒。花色赤红，所以入血分。凡是花朵都有发散的特性，所以能凉血散血，由此可知。看它能治疗吐血、衄血、肠风下血等证候，大概可以想象到它的功效了。）
密蒙花
功效归于肝胆，药性属于甘寒。能涤除热邪、疏解风邪，治疗眼疾都因为火气逼迫所致。能滋养营血、润泽燥邪，凡是花朵都能消散障蔽，祛除邪气。（密蒙花颜色紫，所以入肝经。味甘寒无毒，所以能润肝燥、养肝血。因为凡是花朵都有发散的特性，所以能疏散肝经的风热。风热得以去除，肝血得到滋养，所以一切眼疾都可以消除。）
枸杞子
药性平和，颜色赤红。能滋养肝脏、补肾益真阴。质地滋润，味甘。能明目、添精、退虚热。（枸杞子以甘肃甘州出产的为上品。味甘，果实少润泽且有油脂，其余土产者，果实多味苦而质量低劣，不堪使用。其药性平和，不寒不热。凡是果实都具有沉降的特性，有收敛下行的意思，所以能入肝肾二经。生精养血，精血充足则眼睛明亮，口渴可止，筋骨坚固有力，虚劳等证候全部消除。）
地骨皮
退去伏热以消除骨蒸，深入地下（黄泉），下行归入肾部。降泄肺火以定喘咳，味甘寒色白，清肃金脏（肺）。（地骨皮即枸杞树的根皮，入土最深，所以得名。去掉外面粗黑的皮，取白色的皮使用。味甘，大寒，性降。入肺、肾二经。退去伏热，肺热降则喘咳消除，肾热除则骨蒸盗汗等疾病痊愈。）
Topical application can be used to treat various carbuncles and ulcers. It can reduce swelling, discharge pus, and relieve pain. It can cool and disperse various types of stasis-heat. Its taste is pungent, its texture is slippery, and its nature is mild and neutral. (Mu Furong [Hibiscus mutabilis] has a pungent taste and cold nature. It enters the Lung Meridian. It cools blood and dissipates heat. Its texture is sticky and slippery. For all kinds of carbuncles, ulcers, and sores, whether ulcerated or not, it can be applied externally. It is extremely effective in reducing swelling and relieving pain, acting to cool blood and detoxify.)
Camellia Flower
Its red color enters the Ying (Nutrient) level to cool blood. Its taste is sweet and slightly bitter, dispersing stasis pathogenic factors. (Camellia flowers bloom in winter, thus possessing a cold nature. Its red color causes it to enter the Blood level. Since all flowers have dispersing properties, it can be understood that it cools blood and disperses blood stasis. Observing its ability to treat hematemesis, epistaxis, and intestinal wind with lower bleeding, its efficacy can be inferred.)
Buddleja Flower
Its actions return to the Liver and Gallbladder; its nature belongs to sweet and cold. It clears heat and disperses wind; treating eye disorders is due to fire qi pressing inward. It nourishes Ying (Nutrient) and moistens dryness; since all flowers disperse, they remove obstructions and eliminate pathogenic factors. (Buddleja flower is purple in color, thus entering the Liver. It is sweet, cold, and non-toxic, thus able to moisten Liver dryness and nourish Liver blood. Because all flowers have dispersing properties, it can scatter Wind-Heat in the Liver. Once Wind-Heat is removed and Liver blood is nourished, all eye disorders can be eliminated.)
Goji Berry
Its nature is neutral and its color is red. It nourishes the Liver, tonifies the Kidney, and benefits True Yin. Its texture is moist and its taste is sweet. It brightens the eyes, augments Essence, and reduces deficiency heat. (Goji berries from Ganzhou, Gansu, are considered superior. They are sweet in taste, with fruits that are less moist but contain oil/lipids. Those produced locally elsewhere often have a bitter taste and inferior quality, making them unsuitable for use. Their nature is neutral, neither cold nor hot. Since all seeds have descending properties, implying a tendency to gather and move downward, they enter the Liver and Kidney meridians. They generate Essence and nourish Blood. When Essence and Blood are sufficient, vision becomes clear, thirst stops, bones and sinews become strong and agile, and consumptive diseases such as Xu Lao (deficiency exhaustion) are completely resolved.)
Cortex Lycii (Di Gu Pi)
It retreats latent heat to eliminate steaming bone sensation. It penetrates deep into the earth ("Yellow Springs") and descends to the Kidney region. It directs Lung Fire downward to calm asthma. It is sweet, cold, and white, clearing and purifying the Metal organ (Lung). (Cortex Lycii is the root bark of the Lycium tree. It penetrates deepest into the soil, hence its name. The coarse black outer skin is removed, and the white inner bark is used. It is sweet in taste, very cold in nature, and descending. It enters the Lung and Kidney meridians. It retreats latent heat; when Lung heat descends, wheezing and coughing are eliminated. When Kidney heat is cleared, conditions such as steaming bone disorder and night sweats are healed.)