味甘涩平。入手足阳明经。功专杀虫消积。多食引火入肺。反绿豆。寇氏云多食
润肠。
味甘温香。入手太阴阳明经。功专润肺开胃。散水气。除诸风。得胡桃加倍炼蜜
为丸或同服。治肺燥咳嗽。得柏子仁、麻仁溶蜡为丸。名三仁丸。治虚秘。黄 汤下。有湿
痰及便溏精滑者忌。
味甘平。入手太阴经。功专止渴除烦。得麝香解酒毒。多食发蛔虫。一名木蜜。俗
名鸡距。入酒酒化为水。
味甘寒。入足太阳阳明经。功专清烦止渴。解暑泄。胃滑肠泻者忌吃。
味苦寒。有小毒。入足阳明经。功专引吐。得淡豆豉、赤小豆吐中有散。叶捣汁涂
头生发。偏头痛以瓜蒂晒干生研末。纳鼻中出黄水即愈。甜瓜蒂也。
味甘寒。入手太阴足阳明经。功专解暑除烦。利便醒酒。止渴清热。有寒湿者勿食
。瓜子壳治吐血肠风下血。
味甘。入足太阴阳明经。功专润肺生津。得姜汁治反胃。得麦冬、生地治春温液
涸。以皮晒干生研。麻油调涂秃疮良。中满滑泻者勿食。
味甘、涩，性平。归手阳明大肠经和足阳明胃经。功效专于杀虫、消除积滞。多食会引动火热之邪入肺，与绿豆相畏（相反）。寇氏说多食能润肠。
味甘、温，气味香。归手太阴肺经和足阳明胃经。功效专于润肺、开胃。能疏散水气，祛除各种风邪。若与胡桃加倍量炼制蜂蜜为丸，或一同服用，可治疗肺燥咳嗽。若与柏子仁、火麻仁用溶化的蜡制成丸剂，名为“三仁丸”，用于治疗虚性便秘。需用黄汤送服。有湿痰及大便溏泄、精液滑脱者忌服。
味甘，性平。归手太阴肺经。功效专于止渴、除烦。若与麝香同用可解酒毒。多食会引发蛔虫。又名木蜜，俗名鸡距。放入酒中，酒会变成水状。
味辛、甘，气味香。归手太阴肺经。功效专于润肺、补脾，性质平和而珍贵。多食易生痰。
味甘，性寒。归足太阳膀胱经和足阳明胃经。功效专于清解烦热、止渴。能解暑、泄热。胃气不固、肠道滑泻者忌吃。
味苦，性寒，有小毒。归足阳明胃经。功效专于催吐。若与淡豆豉、赤小豆同用，则吐中有散的作用。其叶捣汁涂头可促进头发生长。偏头痛可用瓜蒂晒干后生研成末，纳入鼻中，流出黄水即可痊愈。这是甜瓜的瓜蒂。
味甘，性寒。归手太阴肺经和足阳明胃经。功效专于解暑、除烦。能通利小便、醒酒、止渴、清热。有寒湿者勿食。瓜子壳可治疗吐血、肠风下血。
味甘。归足太阴脾经和足阳明胃经。功效专于润肺、生津。若与姜汁同用可治疗反胃。若与麦冬、生地黄同用可治疗春季温热病导致的津液枯竭。将瓜皮晒干后生研成粉，用麻油调匀涂抹，对秃疮疗效良好。中满腹胀、滑泻者勿食。
味甘，性温。归足太阴脾经。功效专于补脾、缓肝。能润肺、和中、消痰、治嗽。坚硬洁白如冰者为冰糖。食用韭菜导致口臭，喝糖汤可以解除。
Taste is sweet, astringent, and nature is neutral. Enters the Hand-Yangming Large Intestine Meridian and Foot-Yangming Stomach Meridian. Its function specializes in killing parasites and eliminating accumulations. Excessive consumption draws fire into the Lung, acting contrary to Vigna angularis (Adzuki Bean). Kou states that excessive consumption moistens the intestines.
Taste is sweet, nature is warm, and aroma is fragrant. Enters the Hand-Taiyin Lung Meridian and Foot-Yangming Stomach Meridian. Its function specializes in moistening the Lung and opening the stomach. It disperses water qi and eliminates various wind pathogens. When combined with Juglans regia (Walnut) in double quantity and refined honey to form pills, or taken together, it treats dryness of the Lung causing cough. When combined with Platycodi Radix (Note: Text says 柏子仁 Biota Seed, but context implies seed oil/laxative, sticking to text: Semen Biotae) and Cannabis Sativa Seed (Hemp Seed) dissolved in wax to form pills, named Sanren Wan (Three Seeds Pill), it treats deficiency constipation. It should be taken down with yellow soup. Those with damp-phlegm, loose stools, or seminal emission should avoid it.
Taste is sweet, nature is neutral. Enters the Hand-Taiyin Lung Meridian. Its function specializes in relieving thirst and removing irritability. When combined with Moschus (Musk), it resolves alcohol toxicity. Excessive consumption triggers roundworms. Also known as Mu Mi (Wood Honey), commonly called Ji Ju (Chicken Spur). When put into wine, the wine turns into water.
Taste is pungent, sweet, and aroma is fragrant. Enters the Hand-Taiyin Lung Meridian. Its function specializes in moistening the Lung and tonifying the Spleen. It is peaceful and precious. Excessive consumption generates phlegm.
Taste is sweet, nature is cold. Enters the Foot-Taiyin Bladder Meridian and Foot-Yangming Stomach Meridian. Its function specializes in clearing irritability and relieving thirst. It resolves summerheat and drains heat. Those with gastric instability and intestinal diarrhea should avoid eating it.
Taste is bitter, nature is cold, with slight toxicity. Enters the Foot-Yangming Stomach Meridian. Its function specializes in inducing vomiting. When combined with Fermented Soybean (Douchi) and Phaseolus Angularis (Adzuki Bean), the vomiting action includes dispersion. The leaves, when crushed for juice and applied to the head, promote hair growth. For hemiplegic headache, dry Cucumis Melo (Melon) Peduncle (Gua Di) is sun-dried, ground raw into powder, and insufflated into the nose; discharge of yellow fluid leads to cure. This refers to the peduncle of sweet melon.
Taste is sweet, nature is cold. Enters the Hand-Taiyin Lung Meridian and Foot-Yangming Stomach Meridian. Its function specializes in resolving summerheat, removing irritability, promoting urination, awakening from intoxication, relieving thirst, and clearing heat. Those with cold-dampness should not eat it. The seeds' shells treat hematemesis and blood in stool due to intestinal wind.
Taste is sweet. Enters the Foot-Taiyin Spleen Meridian and Foot-Yangming Stomach Meridian. Its function specializes in moistening the Lung and generating fluids. When combined with Ginger Juice, it treats retroflexion vomiting (fan wei). When combined with Ophiopogon Japonicus Root (Ophiopogonis Radix) and Rehmannia Glutinosa Root (Rehmanniae Radix), it treats depletion of fluids due to spring warmth. The peel, when sun-dried and ground raw, mixed with Sesame Oil (Sesamum Indicum Oil) for topical application, is excellent for alopecia (tu chuang). Those with abdominal fullness and diarrhea should not eat it.
Taste is sweet, nature is warm. Enters the Foot-Taiyin Spleen Meridian. Its function specializes in tonifying the Spleen and soothing the Liver. It moistens the Lung, harmonizes the Middle Jiao, eliminates phlegm, and treats cough. Those hard, white, and ice-like are Rock Sugar (Bing Tang). Bad breath after eating garlic/chives can be resolved by sugar soup.
Taste is sweet, nature is warm. Enters the Foot-Taiyin Spleen Meridian and Foot-Yangming Stomach Meridian. Its functions are similar to White Sugar. However, White Sugar tends to flare upward, while Purple Sugar reaches downward. Taken postpartum with Leonurus Japonicus Extract (Yimu Cao Gao), it expels lochia.