甘寒,清暑安中,多食损阳气令人腹胀,服暖姜酒即解。
苦甘微寒,整肃上膈,下气消食,去痰热除烦渴,清头目醒昏睡能清神解酒食油腻烧炙
之毒,止痰厥头痛,与姜同煎治痢,并能消暑。
以茶末埋土后熬成者,苦涩微寒,清上膈热,化痰生津,止血收湿涂疮肿。
甘平,去伏热风热,利肠治崩带黄病。
甘冷,除热通九窍利肠,滑胎治痢,忌与鳖同食。子祛肝风客热,明目。
即土瓜根,苦寒,泻热利水,行血滑肠,治天行热疾,主治略似栝蒌,惟实热壅滞者
宜用之。
辛微寒,泻热解毒,治疮断 疾。
苦辛平,泻热利水明目,解毒敷疮疽。根解酒毒涂热毒。叶消食下气。
甘寒滑,去暴热利水,亦可澄粉食。
甘咸寒,润化坚顽热诸痰,消瘿瘤积块,治烦热养阴气。
咸冷利,解药食汤火诸毒,宜用豆酱。
辛咸大寒,能治时气热盛。
甘寒,消结热去风通淋,用雄者。
辛苦冷,有毒不宜食。白马溺辛寒,杀虫消症。
味苦,性凉,药性沉降下行,能利水、通大便、泻除热毒。
味甘,性寒,能解暑气、清热气、利小便,但多吃会损伤脾胃、助长湿气。
味甘,性寒,能清暑气、安和中焦,但多吃会损耗阳气导致腹部胀满,服用暖姜酒即可解除此弊。
味苦甘,微寒,能肃清上膈(胸膈以上部位),降气消食,去除痰热、消除烦渴,清利头目、唤醒昏睡,能清神、解酒及饮食油腻烧炙之毒,止住因痰厥引起的头痛,与生姜同煎可治疗痢疾,并能消暑。
用茶末埋入土中后熬制而成的(指某种特定炮制的茶或类似物),味苦涩,微寒,能清上膈之热,化痰生津,止血、收敛湿邪,外涂可治疮肿。
味甘,性寒而滑利,能消食积、攻逐积滞,清除胸中的实热,甚至能腐蚀铜器。
味甘,性平,能去除伏风、风热,利肠道,治疗崩漏、带下及黄病。
味甘,性冷,能除热、通九窍、利肠道,滑胎、治疗痢疾,忌与鳖肉同食。其子能祛肝风、客热,明目。
味酸,性寒,能散血、祛风、杀虫、利肠、滑利产道,治疮疡也忌与鳖同食。其子能明目。
即土瓜根,味苦,性寒,能泻热、利水、行血、滑肠,治疗天行热疾(流行性热病),主治功效大致类似栝蒌,只有实热壅滞者适宜使用。
味辛,微寒,能泻热解毒,治疗疮疡、断绝疟疾(注:原文“断 疾”推测为疟疾或类似寄生虫/热性疾病,此处依语境译为疟疾或泛指顽固疾病,结合“解毒”多指疮痈或时疫,暂译作疟疾或热毒积聚之疾,鉴于古籍中“断截”常指截疟,故取疟疾之意,若指其他需具体考证,此处按常见配伍理解为治疟或类似症)。*修正:原文“断 疾”中间有空格,可能缺字或指“断截疟疾”,中医有“截疟”之说,故译为疟疾。*
味苦辛,性平,能泻热、利水、明目,解毒并外敷治疗疮疽。其根能解酒毒、涂敷热毒。其叶能消食、降气。
味甘咸,性寒而滑,能去除暴热、利水,也可以澄清淀粉食用。
味甘咸,性寒,能润化坚硬顽固的热痰,消散瘿瘤和积块,治疗烦热、滋养阴气。
味咸,性冷而利,能解药物、食物、汤火等诸般毒害,宜配合豆酱使用。
味辛咸,性大寒,能治疗时气热盛(季节性流行热病高热)。
味甘,性寒,能消散结热、祛风、通淋,需用雄性的(指某种动物或植物部分,原文未指明主体,仅描述属性,此处保留“用雄者”)。
Bitter and cool, with a sinking and descending nature, it promotes urination, unblocks the intestines to relieve constipation, and drains heat toxins.
Sweet and cold, it resolves summerheat, clears heat, and facilitates urination; however, excessive consumption damages the spleen and aids dampness.
Sweet and cold, it clears summerheat and harmonizes the middle jiao (middle burner); however, excessive consumption depletes yang qi, causing abdominal distension, which can be resolved by consuming warm ginger wine.
Bitter and sweet, slightly cold, it regulates the upper diaphragm, directs qi downward, aids digestion, eliminates phlegm-heat, relieves irritability and thirst, clears the head and eyes, awakens from drowsiness, refreshes the spirit, resolves alcohol toxicity, and detoxifies food greasiness and roasted/fried foods. It stops headache due to phlegm-jue, treats dysentery when decocted with ginger, and also resolves summerheat.
[Substance] prepared by burying tea powder in soil and then boiling: bitter and astringent, slightly cold, it clears heat in the upper diaphragm, transforms phlegm, generates fluids, stops bleeding, absorbs dampness, and is applied topically for sores and swelling.
Sweet, cold, and slippery, it aids digestion, attacks accumulation, removes excess heat in the chest, and can even corrode copper.
Sweet and neutral, it expels latent wind and wind-heat, benefits the intestines, and treats metrorrhagia, leukorrhea, and jaundice-like conditions.
Sweet and cold, it relieves irritability and heat, dissipates nodules, descends blood stasis, and stops cholera-like vomiting and diarrhea.
Sweet and cold, it clears heat, opens the nine orifices, benefits the intestines, induces abortion (slippery to the fetus), and treats dysentery. Contraindicated to eat with turtle meat. The seeds dispel liver wind and pathogenic heat, and brighten the eyes.
Sour and cold, it disperses blood, dispels wind, kills parasites, benefits the intestines, facilitates childbirth, and treats sores. Also contraindicated with turtle meat. The seeds brighten the eyes.
Sweet and cold, it benefits the stomach and intestines and removes irritability and heat.
Sweet and cold, it clears heat and benefits the water passages.
This refers to the root of *Cucumis melo* var. *melo* (Tu Gua Gen). Bitter and cold, it drains heat, promotes urination, moves blood, lubricates the intestines, and treats epidemic heat diseases. Its main actions are similar to those of Trichosanthis Radix (Gualou), but it is suitable only for cases of excess heat stagnation.
Pungent and slightly cold, it drains heat and resolves toxicity, treating sores and malaria (or cutting off parasitic diseases).
Bitter and pungent, neutral, it drains heat, promotes urination, brightens the eyes, resolves toxicity, and is applied externally for carbuncles and sores. The root resolves alcohol toxicity and is applied for heat toxicity. The leaves aid digestion and direct qi downward.
Sweet, salty, cold, and slippery, it removes sudden heat and promotes urination; it can also be clarified into starch for food.
Sweet and salty, cold, it moistens and dissolves hard, stubborn phlegm-heat, dissipates goiters, tumors, and accumulations, treats irritability and heat, and nourishes yin qi.
Salty, cold, and purgative, it resolves various toxicities from medicines, food, scalds, and burns. It is best used with bean paste.
Pungent and salty, very cold, it treats epidemic heat with high fever.
Sweet and cold, it dissipates knotting heat, dispels wind, and unblocks painful urinary dysfunction (lin syndrome). Use the male variety.
Bitter and pungent, cold, it is toxic and should not be eaten. White horse urine is pungent and cold, kills parasites, and dissipates mass accumulations (zheng ji).
Pungent and neutral, it kills parasites, brightens the eyes, resolves toxicity, and treats consumptive disease with malnutrition (lao gan), sores, and hemorrhoids. The meat cools blood, resolves heat toxicity, and benefits the intestines.