味甘温。入手太阴经。功专补中益气。与羊肉同食。令人气壅。瓜蒂一个烧存性研
末。拌炒米粉食。每日一个。食数次。治胎滑奇效。
味甘寒有小毒。入手足太阴经。功专清热解渴。利水道。根捣数狐刺肿毒奇验。一
名黄瓜。
味甘冷。入足厥阴经。功专凉血解毒。除风化痰。通经络。行血脉。得槐花治阳风
下血。得芦根桃仁治痈痘疮出不快者。烧存性。入朱砂蜜水调服良。一名曰天罗。一名蛮瓜
。
味甘冷。入手足太阴经。功专利五脏。去烦热。除目黄。解酒毒。利二便。治酒
面赤白癞沥疡风热目赤。惟滑利而冷。甚不益人。宜少吃为妙。有病者尤忌。实名雕胡米。
饥可作粮。
味甘寒咸。入手太阴经。功专消瘿瘤积块。治热气烦塞咽喉。多食令人腹痛发气吐
白沫。饮热醋少许即止。
味甘寒咸。入手太阴足阳明经。功专清坚顽热痰。消瘿瘤积块。治热烦。养阴气。
味甘咸大寒滑。入手足太阴阳明经。功专去上焦浮热。发下部虚寒。
味甘寒微咸。入足太阳太阴经。功专清热消瘿。利小便。
味甘平有小毒。入手足阳明足厥阴经。功专利五脏。宣肠胃。治五痔及一切血证。
生古槐桑树者良。柘树者次之。地耳甘寒明目。石耳甘平明目益精。
（南瓜）味甘，性温。归入手太阴肺经。功效专于补益中气、益气。与羊肉一同食用，会导致人体气机壅滞。取瓜蒂一个，烧至存性后研成粉末，拌入炒米粉中食用，每日服用一个，连续吃数次，治疗胎动不安（滑胎）有奇效。
（冬瓜）味甘，性寒。归入手足阳明经。功效专于利导肠胃，去除烦热，解除酒毒。
（黄瓜）味甘，性寒，有小毒。归入手足太阴经。功效专于清热解渴，通利水道。其根部捣烂外敷，对狐刺肿毒疗效显著。又名黄瓜。
（丝瓜）味甘，性冷。归入足厥阴肝经。功效专于凉血解毒，祛风化痰，疏通经络，运行血脉。配合槐花可治疗阳风下血；配合芦根、桃仁可治疗痈疽痘疮发出不畅者。将其烧至存性，加入朱砂、蜂蜜和水调服，效果良好。又名天罗，又名蛮瓜。
（薏苡/雕胡米）味甘，性冷。归入手足太阴经。功效专于利导五脏，去除烦热，消除目黄，解除酒毒，通利大小便。治疗因饮酒和面食引起的面赤、白癞、沥疡、风热目赤等症。但其性质滑利而寒冷，非常不利于人体健康，宜少吃为妙。患病者尤其忌讳。其实名为雕胡米，饥荒时可作为粮食。
（海藻）味甘，性寒咸。归入手太阴经。功效专于消散瘿瘤及积块，治疗热气烦塞咽喉。多食会导致腹痛、胀气、吐白沫，饮用少许热醋即可停止。
（昆布）味甘，性寒咸。归入手太阴经、足阳明经。功效专于清除坚硬顽固的热痰，消散瘿瘤及积块，治疗热烦，滋养阴气。
（海金沙/或其他海产）味甘，性咸，大寒且滑。归入手足太阴、足阳明经。功效专于去除上焦浮热，引发下部虚寒。
（石决明/或其他贝壳类）味甘，性寒微咸。归入足太阳、足太阴经。功效专于清热消瘿，通利小便。
（地耳/木耳）味甘，性平，有小毒。归入手足阳明、足厥阴经。功效专于利导五脏，宣通肠胃，治疗五痔及一切出血证。生长在古槐树或桑树上的品质优良，柘树上生长的次之。地耳味甘性寒，明目；石耳味甘性平，明目并有益精作用。
(Pumpkin) The flavor is sweet, and the nature is warm. It enters the Hand-Taiyin Lung Meridian. Its function is specifically to tonify the middle and replenish qi. Consuming it together with mutton causes qi stagnation. Take one melon stalk (Gua Di), burn it until carbonized but retaining its original properties, grind it into powder, mix it with fried rice flour, and eat it. Consume one per day for several times; it has miraculous effects in treating habitual abortion (Tai Hua).
(Winter Melon) The flavor is sweet, and the nature is cold. It enters the Hand-Yangming and Foot-Yangming Meridians. Its function is specifically to promote urination and unblock the intestines and stomach, dispel vexatious heat, and resolve alcohol toxicity.
(Cucumber) The flavor is sweet, and the nature is cold with slight toxicity. It enters the Hand-Taiyin and Foot-Taiyin Meridians. Its function is specifically to clear heat, relieve thirst, and promote water passages. Crushing its root and applying it externally is highly effective for fox-thorn swelling and sores. Also known as Cucumber.
(Luffa) The flavor is sweet, and the nature is cool. It enters the Foot-Jueyin Liver Meridian. Its function is specifically to cool blood, detoxify, eliminate wind, transform phlegm, unblock collaterals, and promote blood circulation. Combined with Sophora flower (Huai Hua), it treats bleeding from yang wind; combined with Reed rhizome (Lu Gen) and Peach kernel (Tao Ren), it treats slow eruption of carbuncles and pox. Burn it until carbonized, mix with Cinnabar (Zhu Sha), honey, and water, and take orally for good results. Also known as Tian Luo, or Man Gua.
(Imperata Rhizome/Dian Hu Rice) The flavor is sweet, and the nature is cool. It enters the Hand-Taiyin and Foot-Taiyin Meridians. Its function is specifically to benefit the five zang organs, dispel vexatious heat, remove yellow eyes, resolve alcohol toxicity, and promote urination and defecation. It treats red face, white leprosy, discharge ulcers, wind-heat red eyes caused by alcohol and wheat consumption. However, its nature is slippery and cold, which is very detrimental to health; it is advisable to consume sparingly. Patients should especially avoid it. Its real name is Dian Hu Mi, which can serve as grain during famines.
(Sargassum) The flavor is sweet, and the nature is cold and salty. It enters the Hand-Taiyin Meridian. Its function is specifically to dissipate goiters, tumors, and accumulations, and treat throat stuffiness due to excessive heat. Excessive consumption causes abdominal pain, flatulence, and vomiting of white foam; drinking a small amount of hot vinegar stops this.
(Kelp) The flavor is sweet, and the nature is cold and salty. It enters the Hand-Taiyin and Foot-Yangming Meridians. Its function is specifically to clear stubborn, hard heat-phlegm, dissipate goiters and accumulations, treat heat-induced vexation, and nourish yin qi.
(Halophyte/Sea Sand) The flavor is sweet and salty, with a nature that is greatly cold and slippery. It enters the Hand-Taiyin, Foot-Taiyin, Hand-Yangming, and Foot-Yangming Meridians. Its function is specifically to remove floating heat in the upper jiao and induce deficiency-cold in the lower jiao.
(Abalone Shell/Other Shellfish) The flavor is sweet and cold with slight salinity. It enters the Foot-Taiyang and Foot-Taiyin Meridians. Its function is specifically to clear heat, dissipate goiters, and promote urination.
(Ground Ear/Mushroom) The flavor is sweet and neutral, with slight toxicity. It enters the Hand-Yangming, Foot-Yangming, and Foot-Jueyin Meridians. Its function is specifically to benefit the five zang organs, ventilate the intestines and stomach, and treat five types of hemorrhoids and all kinds of blood disorders. Those growing on ancient locust trees or mulberry trees are superior; those on Zelkova trees are inferior. Ground ear is sweet and cold, benefiting vision; Stone ear is sweet and neutral, benefiting vision and essence.