味涩平。入手太阴经。功专散血消肿。清热解毒。治消渴吐逆泄痢便数。解鼠莽毒
。
味甘。入手太阴经。功专下气消暑。得香薷治霍乱吐利。得天花粉消渴。炒研米
汤调服。治赤白带。伤寒邪炽者勿服。用皮胜于用肉。以皮清暑而不壅气。若用之补脾。则
皮肉全用为是。
味苦涩温。入手足太阴阳明经。功专健脾胃。治贼风风痹。俗名马料豆。
味甘温。入手足阳明经。功专温中下气。利肠胃。益肾归元。取子烧存性。白汤调
下。治呃逆神效。
味甘微苦温有小毒。入手足太阴经。功专温中益气。多食发闷。一名狸豆。以豆作
狸首纹故名。
味苦寒。入手太阴经。功专泄肺清热。下气调中。得葱则发汗。得山栀则吐。得
盐亦吐。得酒治风。得薤治痢。得蒜止血。炒熟又能止汗。若伤寒直中三阴与传入阴经及热
结胸烦闷。宜下不宜汗者。均须忌服。
味甘平。入足阳明经。功专除胃中积热。消水病胀满。破妇人恶血。疗湿痹筋
挛膝痛。小儿撮口。初生豆芽。研烂绞汁。和乳灌少许即愈。
味甘咸寒。入手足太阴阳明经。功专清热散血。和脾胃。消胀满。下大肠浊气。中
其毒者。以莱菔子汤解之。
味甘平。入足太阴阳明经。功专消谷利水。得大蒜淡豆豉为丸。治久淋。
味甘微寒。入手少阴经。功专养心镇肝。得通草治老人五淋。得海藻消项下瘿气。
麸醋拌蒸。散血止痛。熨腰脚折伤风湿痹痛。寒湿香港脚。五易至汗出良。浮小麦味咸凉。止
虚汗盗汗。劳热骨蒸。即水淘浮起者焙用。麦奴即麦将熟。穗上有黑霉。
其黑霉名麦奴。取之治阳毒温毒。渴热发狂。
以及温疟甚效。陈麦柴堆在露天者最好。用三五根洗净泥。剪寸许长。煎服。治难产神效。
豇豆：味道涩，性平。归入手太阴肺经。功效专长于散血消肿、清热解毒。用于治疗消渴（糖尿病类症状）、呕吐逆气、泄泻痢疾及小便频数。能解除鼠莽草的毒性。
小麦：味道甘。归入手太阴肺经。功效专长于下气消暑。配伍香薷可治疗霍乱引起的呕吐和腹泻；配伍天花粉可治疗消渴。将小麦炒熟研末，用米汤调服，可治疗赤白带下。伤寒邪气炽盛者禁止服用。使用麦皮优于使用麦肉，因为麦皮能清解暑热且不阻滞气机。若用于补脾，则麦皮和麦肉应全用。
马料豆（黑豆）：味道苦涩，性温。归入手足太阴肺脾经及手足阳明胃大肠经。功效专长于健脾胃。用于治疗贼风（外感风邪）和风痹（风湿痹痛）。俗称马料豆。
大豆：味道甘温。归入手足阳明胃大肠经。功效专长于温中下气、利肠胃、益肾固元。取豆粒烧至存性（炭化保留药性），用白开水送服，治疗呃逆有显著疗效。
狸豆：味道甘微苦，性温，有小毒。归入手足太阴肺脾经。功效专长于温中益气。多吃会导致胸闷。又名狸豆，因其表面纹路像狸猫头部而得名。
绿豆：味道苦寒。归入手太阴肺经。功效专长于泄肺清热、下气调中。配伍葱可发汗；配伍山栀或盐可引起呕吐；配伍酒可治风病；配伍薤白可治痢疾；配伍大蒜可止血。炒熟后又能止汗。如果是伤寒病邪直接侵入三阴经，或传入阴经，以及热结胸膈导致烦闷，属于宜用攻下法而不宜用发汗法的病症，均须忌服绿豆。
豆芽：味道甘平。归入足阳明胃经。功效专长于清除胃中积热、消除水病引起的胀满、破除妇人恶血、治疗湿痹筋挛膝痛及小儿撮口风。取初生的豆芽，研烂绞汁，与乳汁混合灌服少许即可痊愈。
麦麸：味道甘咸，性寒。归入手足太阴肺脾经及手足阳明胃大肠经。功效专长于清热散血、调和脾胃、消除胀满、降泄大肠浊气。误食其毒者，用莱菔子汤解毒。
大麦：味道甘平。归入足太阴脾经及足阳明胃经。功效专长于消谷利水。配伍大蒜和淡豆豉制成丸剂，可治疗久淋（慢性淋证）。
浮小麦：味道甘微寒。归入手少阴心经。功效专长于养心镇肝。配伍通草可治疗老人五淋；配伍海藻可消除颈部瘿气（甲状腺肿等）。用麸皮和醋拌蒸，可散血止痛，熨烫腰脚折伤及风湿痹痛、寒湿香港脚（痛风），更换五次直至出汗效果良好。浮小麦味道咸凉，能止虚汗、盗汗、劳热骨蒸（阴虚发热）。即用水淘洗时浮起的小麦，焙干后使用。
麦奴：即小麦即将成熟时，穗上出现的黑霉，这种黑霉称为麦奴。采集它治疗阳毒、温毒引起的口渴、高热、发狂，以及温疟，效果甚佳。陈年的麦柴堆放在露天处的最好，取三五根洗净泥土，剪成寸许长，煎汤服用，治疗难产有显著疗效。
**Vigna unguiculata (Cowpea/Long Bean):** Pungent and astringent, neutral in nature. Enters the Hand-Taiyin Lung Meridian. Its primary functions are to dissipate blood stasis, reduce swelling, clear heat, and resolve toxicity. It treats Xiao Ke (wasting-thirst syndrome), vomiting, diarrhea, dysentery, and frequent urination. It resolves the toxicity of *Ratou* (mouse mang poison).
**Triticum aestivum (Wheat):** Sweet in taste. Enters the Hand-Taiyin Lung Meridian. Its primary functions are to direct Qi downward and relieve summerheat. When combined with Moslae Herba (*Xiangru*), it treats Huoluan (cholera-like syndrome) with vomiting and diarrhea. When combined with Trichosanthis Radix (*Tianguahua*), it treats Xiao Ke (wasting-thirst syndrome). Stir-fried and ground into powder, taken with rice water decoction, it treats red and white leukorrhea. It is contraindicated in cases where Shaoyang disease pathogens are blazing. Using the bran is superior to using the kernel, as the bran clears summerheat without obstructing Qi flow. If used to tonify the Spleen, both bran and kernel should be used together.
**Glycine max (Black Soybean/Maliao Dou):** Bitter and astringent, warm in nature. Enters the Hand-Taiyin Lung, Foot-Taiyin Spleen, Hand-Yangming Large Intestine, and Foot-Yangming Stomach meridians. Its primary function is to strengthen the Spleen and Stomach. It treats Zeifeng (wind invasion) and Fengbi (wind-bi syndrome). Commonly known as Maliao Dou.
**Glycine max (Soybean):** Sweet and warm in taste. Enters the Hand-Yangming Large Intestine and Foot-Yangming Stomach meridians. Its primary functions are to warm the Middle Jiao, direct Qi downward, benefit the intestines and stomach, and tonify the Kidney to restore the Yuan Qi. Take the beans, char them until they retain their medicinal properties (charred but not ashed), and administer with plain water. It is highly effective for treating hiccups.
**Lupinus angustifolius (Blue Lupin/Lidou):** Sweet and slightly bitter, warm in nature, with slight toxicity. Enters the Hand-Taiyin Lung and Foot-Taiyin Spleen meridians. Its primary function is to warm the Middle Jiao and augment Qi. Excessive consumption causes chest stuffiness. Also known as Lidou, named so because its bean surface resembles the pattern of a fox's head.
**Vigna radiata (Mung Bean):** Bitter and cold in nature. Enters the Hand-Taiyin Lung Meridian. Its primary functions are to drain the Lungs, clear heat, direct Qi downward, and harmonize the Middle Jiao. Combined with Scallion, it induces sweating. Combined with Gardenia or Salt, it induces vomiting. Combined with Wine, it treats wind disorders. Combined with Allium macrostemon (*Xie*), it treats dysentery. Combined with Garlic, it stops bleeding. When stir-fried cooked, it stops sweating. In cases where Shanghan (cold damage) pathogens directly invade the Three Yin meridians, enter Yin meridians, or cause heat binding in the chest with restlessness, conditions that require purgation rather than diaphoresis, Mung Bean must be avoided.
**Phaseolus vulgaris Sprout (Bean Sprout):** Sweet and neutral in taste. Enters the Foot-Yangming Stomach Meridian. Its primary functions are to eliminate accumulated heat in the Stomach, reduce edema and distension from water diseases, break up evil blood in women, treat damp-bi with tendon spasms and knee pain, and treat Xia'er Cuokou (neonatal tetanus/jaw lock). Take fresh bean sprouts, grind them into a paste, squeeze out the juice, mix with milk, and administer a small amount orally for immediate cure.
**Triticum aestivum Bran (Wheat Bran):** Sweet and salty, cold in nature. Enters the Hand-Taiyin Lung, Foot-Taiyin Spleen, Hand-Yangming Large Intestine, and Foot-Yangming Stomach meridians. Its primary functions are to clear heat, dissipate blood stasis, harmonize the Spleen and Stomach, reduce distension, and descend turbid Qi from the Large Intestine. For those poisoned by it, detoxify with Radish Seed Decoction.
**Hordeum vulgare (Barley):** Sweet and neutral in taste. Enters the Foot-Taiyin Spleen and Foot-Yangming Stomach meridians. Its primary functions are to digest grains and promote urination. Formed into pills with Garlic and Fermented Soybean (*Danchidou*), it treats chronic Lin syndrome (dysuria).
**Triticum aestivum (Floating Wheat/Fuxiaomai):** Sweet and slightly cold in nature. Enters the Hand-Shaoyin Heart Meridian. Its primary functions are to nourish the Heart and calm the Liver. Combined with Akebia Caulis (*Tongcao*), it treats Wulin (five types of dysuria) in the elderly. Combined with Sargassum (*Haizao*), it reduces Yingqi (goiter/thyroid swelling). Steamed with wheat bran and vinegar, it dissipates blood stasis and relieves pain; applied as a hot compress to waist and leg fractures, wind-damp bi pain, and Han Shi Xiangjiao (cold-damp gout), changing the compress five times until sweating occurs yields good results. Floating Wheat is salty and cool in nature, stopping deficiency sweating, night sweats, and bone-steaming tidal fever caused by labor exhaustion. These are the grains that float when washed in water, dried by roasting before use.
**Triticum aestivum Mold (Mai Nu):** This refers to the black mold found on the ears of wheat just before harvest, called Mai Nu. It is collected to treat Yang Du (yang toxicity) and Wen Du (warm toxicity) manifesting as thirst, high fever, and mania. It is also highly effective for Wen Nue (warm malaria). The best material is old wheat stalks stored outdoors; take three to five stalks, wash off the dirt, cut into inch-long pieces, decoct, and drink. It is highly effective for treating difficult labor.