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散滞祛寒。治肝经之疝疾。味甘性热。医胃腑之瘀疼。（荔枝核味甘温。色紫。肝
经血分药也。功专散滞祛寒。行血中之气。且其形类睾丸。故治一切疝疾之因于寒者。其所
以治心痛胃痛等证。亦寒凝血滞之意欤。）
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服食甘平解酒毒。渴烦涣散助津生。肺胃双收。醇醪尽败。（枳 子一名鸡距子。
其形屈曲。如鸡之距也。又名龙爪。小儿尝购食之。味甘。性平。入脾胃。生津液。解渴烦
。专解酒毒。倘屋外植此木。屋内酿酒。均致败坏。物性相制如此。）
治噤痢之湿蕴邪留。甘寒微涩。开胃气而清心降浊。真伪宜分。（石莲子即莲子之
老于房内。至冬堕入泥中。至春取出者。皮黑如石。味甘涩而寒。助脾胃。化湿热。以其得
水土之气。故能治久痢噤口等证。今药店中所售石莲子。味极苦。不知何物也。）
苦寒通于胃腑。吐膈上蓄聚之热痰。研散纳之鼻中。治头内蕴留之水湿。（瓜蒂即甜
瓜蒂。以色青味甜。可供果馔者为佳。待瓜熟后。取蒂连柄半寸许。曝干用之。味苦性寒。
入肺胃。功专消水化热。治黄瘅。杀虫毒。其极苦之性。能降能涌。所谓在上者因而越之。
在下者引而竭之之义。各因其病而利导。但其性甚紧。善引吐。为瞑眩之药。非上焦有风痰
实热水蓄等证。不可用之。）
具有疏散气滞、祛除寒邪的功效。主治肝经的疝气疾病。（荔枝核味甘性温，颜色紫红，属于入肝经血分的药物。其功效专门在于疏散气滞、祛除寒邪，运行血中的气机。而且它的形状类似睾丸，所以能治疗一切因寒邪引起的疝气疾病。它之所以能治疗心痛、胃痛等证候，也是基于寒邪凝滞、血液瘀阻的原理吧。）
服用甘平的枳椇子可以解除酒毒，使口渴烦躁涣散，帮助津液生成。同时作用于肺和胃，能使醇厚的酒力败坏消散。（枳椇子又名鸡距子，因其形状弯曲，像鸡的脚后跟而得名。又名为龙爪，儿童常购买食用。味道甘甜，性质平和，入脾胃经，能生津液，解除口渴烦躁。专门用于解酒毒。如果在屋外种植这种树，屋内酿酒，酒都会变质败坏，这就是物性相互制约的道理。）
（枳椇子还能）治疗噤口痢中湿邪蕴结、病邪留滞的情况。味道甘寒且微涩，能开胃气并清心降浊。真伪需要区分。（石莲子即是在房中老熟的莲子，到冬天掉入泥中，到春天取出的。外皮黑如石头，味道甘涩而性寒，能辅助脾胃，化除湿热。因为它得水土之气，所以能治疗久痢、噤口痢等证候。现在药店出售的石莲子，味道极苦，不知道是什么东西。）
味苦性寒，通达胃腑，能吐出膈上蓄积的热痰。研成粉末纳入鼻中，可治疗头部内蕴留的水湿。（瓜蒂即甜瓜蒂，以颜色青、味道甜、可供食用的为佳。待瓜成熟后，取瓜蒂连同果柄约半寸长，晒干使用。味道苦，性质寒，入肺胃经，功效专门在于消水化热，治疗黄疸，杀虫解毒。其极苦的性质，既能降逆又能涌吐，这正是“在上者因而越之”、“在下者引而竭之”的含义。根据病情不同而进行引导利导。但其药性峻猛，善于催吐，属于引起瞑眩反应的药物，如果不是上焦有风痰、实热、水饮蓄积等证候，不可使用。）
Litchi Seed (Litchi He)
Disperses stagnation and dispels cold. Treats hernia diseases of the Liver channel. Sweet in taste, hot in nature. Treats stasis pain in the stomach fu organ. (Litchi seed is sweet and warm in nature, purple in color, a drug entering the blood level of the Liver channel. Its function specializes in dispersing stagnation and dispelling cold, moving qi within the blood. Moreover, its shape resembles the testicles; therefore, it treats all hernia diseases caused by cold. The reason it treats conditions such as heart pain and stomach pain is also based on the meaning of cold coagulation and blood stasis.)
Hovenia Dulcis (Zhi Zi)
Ingesting the sweet and neutral Hovenia dulcis resolves alcohol toxicity, dissipates thirst and irritability, and assists in the generation of body fluids. It benefits both the Lung and Stomach, causing strong wine to spoil. (Hovenia dulcis is also known as Ji Ju Zi. Its shape is curved, like the spur of a chicken. It is also called Long Zhua. Children often buy and eat it. It is sweet in taste and neutral in nature, enters the Spleen and Stomach, generates body fluids, relieves thirst and irritability, and specializes in resolving alcohol toxicity. If this tree is planted outside the house and wine is brewed inside, the wine will spoil. Such is the mutual restriction of material properties.)
It treats dampness accumulation and pathogen retention in Jin Li (dysentery with inability to open mouth). Sweet, cold, and slightly astringent. Opens the Stomach qi, clears the Heart, and descends turbidity. Authenticity must be distinguished. (Shi Lian Zi refers to lotus seeds that matured indoors, fell into the mud in winter, and were retrieved in spring. The skin is black like stone, sweet and astringent in taste, and cold in nature. It aids the Spleen and Stomach and transforms damp-heat. Because it obtains the qi of water and earth, it can treat chronic dysentery and Jin Kou Li (inability to eat due to dysentery). The Shi Lian Zi sold in pharmacies today tastes extremely bitter; it is unknown what substance it is.)
Melon Pedicel (Gua Di)
Bitter and cold, it penetrates the Stomach fu organ, vomiting out accumulated phlegm-heat above the diaphragm. Ground into powder and insufflated into the nose, it treats water-dampness retained within the head. (Gua Di is the pedicel of the sweet melon. Those that are green in color and sweet in taste, suitable for fruit consumption, are preferred. After the melon ripens, take the pedicel with about half an inch of the handle, dry it in the sun, and use it. It is bitter in taste and cold in nature, enters the Lung and Stomach, and its function specializes in eliminating water and transforming heat, treating jaundice, and killing parasites/toxins. Its extremely bitter nature allows it to descend and induce vomiting, embodying the principle of "those above should be expelled upwards" and "those below should be drained downwards." Guide treatment according to the disease. However, its nature is very harsh and it induces vomiting effectively; it is a drug that causes Ming Xuan (severe reaction/disorientation). It should not be used unless there are excess patterns of wind-phlegm, real-heat, or water retention in the Upper Jiao.)