(五果)温肾固胃宽肠
栗(专入肾。兼入肠胃)。肾之果也。味咸性温。体重而实。故能入肾而补气。凡人胃
气亏损
。
而见腰脚软弱。并胃气不充。而见肠鸣泄泻。服此治无不效。(弘景曰。相传有人患腰脚弱
。往栗树下食数升。便能起行。此是补肾之义。)然须风干。连液吞咽为佳。(时珍曰。风干
之栗。胜于日曝。而火煨油炒。胜于蒸煮。)作粉为食。胜于菱芡。若使栗不风干。或生水
气未除。食则助湿发气生虫。蒸煮炒熟。食则壅气滞膈。而于风水之人尤忌。小儿多食。令
齿不生。栗楔系栗中瓣。能疗筋骨风痛。冷积疾癖。生啮可罨恶刺。出箭头。敷瘰 肿毒痛
。栗 (即肉上薄皮。)烧灰存性。能治骨鲠在喉。吹入即下。栗壳煮汁。能治反胃消渴。
栗
球(即外刺包。)煮汁。洗火丹毒肿。栗花能治瘰 。栗树皮煮汁。可洗沙虱溪毒。并丹毒
疮
毒。栗根酒煎。能治偏坠肾气。皆以取其下气解毒之功耳。
(夷果)入肺胃生津止渴解酒鱼诸毒
橄榄(专入肺胃)。禀受土阳。其味先酸后甘。气温无毒。肺胃家果也。性能生津止渴。
酒后
嚼之最宜。故书载能以解酒毒。人服河豚鱼肝及子迷闷至死。取此煮汁即解。故书又载能解
诸鱼之毒。(鱼食橄榄渣即毙。又用橄榄木作楫。其鱼拨着。即皆浮出。)及治鱼骨之鲠。(
橄
榄嚼汁即下。无橄榄用核研末。急流水调下亦效。)至于痘疮不起。并痘抓碎成疮。(煮食托
疮解毒。磨汁涂灭疮痕。)肠风下血。(橄榄烧灰。存性研末。每服二钱。米饮调下。)耳足
冻疮。(橄榄木研末。油调以涂。)初生胎毒。(集效方小儿落地时。用橄榄一个烧研。朱砂
五分。和匀。嚼生脂麻一口。吐唾和药。绢包如枣核大。安儿口中。待咂一个时辰。方可与
乳。此药取下肠胃秽毒。令儿少疾。及出痘稀少也。)唇裂生疮。(橄榄炒研。猪脂和涂。)
牙齿风疳。(脓血有虫。用橄榄研。入麝香少许。贴之。)下部疳疮。(用橄榄烧存性研末。
油调敷之。或加孩儿茶等分。)阴肾 肿等症。(橄榄核荔枝核山楂核等分。烧存性。研末。
每服二钱。空心。茴香汤送下。)无不用此皆效。以其具有温行酸敛之性耳。但此性专搜涤
胎毒。过服则有呕吐泄泻之虞。性专聚火涩气。寒嗽用之得宜。热嗽则不免有热气上蒸之弊
也。
栗子(专门入肾经,兼入肠胃经)。是肾脏的果实。味道咸,性质温,质地沉重而坚实。因此能够进入肾经并补益肾气。凡是人的胃气亏损,出现腰部和脚部软弱无力;以及胃气不充实,出现肠鸣和泄泻的症状,服用栗子治疗没有不有效的。(陶弘景说:相传有人患腰脚软弱,走到栗树下吃了几升栗子,就能起身行走。这是补肾的道理。)但是必须选择风干的栗子,连同汁液一起吞咽效果最佳。(李时珍说:风干的栗子,胜过日晒的;用火煨或油炒的,胜过蒸煮的。)将栗子磨成粉食用,胜过菱角和芡实。如果栗子没有经过风干,或者生湿气未除,食用则会助长湿气、引发气滞、滋生虫疾;如果是蒸煮或炒熟后食用,则会导致气机壅滞、胸膈痞闷,对于患有风水病(水肿伴有恶风)的人尤其禁忌。小儿多吃栗子,会导致牙齿不生。栗楔是指栗子中的瓣膜,能治疗筋骨的风痛、冷积和癖块,生嚼可以敷贴恶刺(毒刺),拔出箭头,外敷治疗瘰疬、肿毒疼痛。栗衣(即包裹果肉的那层薄皮),烧存性制成灰,能治疗鱼骨卡在喉咙里,吹入喉中即可使骨鲠下行。栗壳煮汁,能治疗反胃和消渴症。栗球(即外面的带刺外壳),煮汁,可洗涤火丹毒引起的肿胀。栗花能治疗瘰疬。栗树皮煮汁,可用于清洗沙虱溪毒以及丹毒疮毒。栗根用酒煎服,能治疗偏坠(睾丸肿痛)和肾气病,这些都是利用其下气解毒的功效罢了。
橄榄(专门入肺、胃二经)。禀受土中之阳气,味道先酸后甘,气温,无毒。是肺、胃之家的果实。性能生津止渴,酒后咀嚼最为适宜,所以书籍记载它能解酒毒。人误服河豚鱼的肝和子导致昏迷至死,取橄榄煮汁服用即可解毒,所以书籍又记载它能解各种鱼类的毒素。(鱼吃了橄榄渣就会死亡,另外用橄榄木做船桨,鱼触碰到就会浮出水面。)以及治疗鱼骨卡喉。(咀嚼橄榄取汁吞下即可使骨鲠下行,如果没有橄榄,可用核研成末,用急流水调服也有效。)至于痘疮不起发,以及痘疮被抓破溃烂成疮的情况。(煮食可以托毒外出、解毒,磨汁涂抹可以消除疮痕。)肠风下血。(将橄榄烧成灰,保留药性,研成细末,每次服用二钱,用米汤调服。)耳部和足部的冻疮。(将橄榄木研成末,用油调和后涂抹。)初生婴儿的胎毒。(《集效方》记载:小儿落地时,用一个橄榄烧成灰研末,配合朱砂五分,混合均匀,让孩子嚼一口生芝麻,用唾液调和药物,用绢布包成枣核大小,放入婴儿口中,等待吸吮一个时辰后,才可以喂奶。此药能排出肠胃中的秽浊毒素,使婴儿少生病,且出痘稀少。)嘴唇开裂生疮。(将橄榄炒后研末,用猪脂调和涂抹。)牙齿风疳(牙龈肿痛出血有虫)。(脓血且有虫,用橄榄研磨,加入少许麝香,贴敷患处。)下部疳疮。(用橄榄烧存性研末,用油调和敷涂,或者加孩儿茶等量。)阴囊和阴茎肿胀等症状。(将橄榄核、荔枝核、山楂核等量,烧存性,研成末,每次服用二钱,空腹时用茴香汤送服。)没有不使用这些方法而无效的。因为橄榄具有温通运行、酸收敛涩的性质。但是这种性质专门搜剔涤荡胎毒,过量服用则有呕吐和泄泻的担忧。其性质专门聚集火气、涩滞气机,寒性咳嗽使用得当,热性咳嗽则不免有热气上蒸的弊端。
(Five Nuts) Warm the Kidney, secure the Stomach, and broaden the Intestines.
Chestnut (Li) [Specifically enters the Kidney meridian; also enters the Stomach and Large Intestine meridians]. It is the fruit of the Kidney. Its taste is salty, its nature is warm, its substance is heavy and solid. Therefore, it can enter the Kidney to tonify Qi. For those whose Stomach Qi is deficient, presenting with weakness in the waist and legs, or whose Stomach Qi is insufficient, presenting with borborygmus and diarrhea, taking this for treatment is invariably effective. (Hongjing said: It is rumored that someone suffering from weak waist and legs went to a chestnut tree, ate several sheng [a unit of volume], and was then able to walk. This illustrates the principle of tonifying the Kidney.) However, it is best to use wind-dried chestnuts and swallow them whole with their juices. (Shizhen said: Wind-dried chestnuts are superior to sun-dried ones; those roasted in fire or fried in oil are superior to those steamed or boiled.) Eating them as powder is superior to eating water caltrop (Eichhornia crassipes) or Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis). If chestnuts are not wind-dried, or if raw dampness has not been eliminated, eating them will aid dampness, generate Qi stagnation, and produce parasites. If steamed, boiled, or roasted and eaten, they cause Qi obstruction and diaphragmatic fullness, which is particularly contraindicated for persons with Fengshui disease (edema accompanied by aversion to wind). If children eat too many chestnuts, it may prevent teeth from growing. Li Xie (the membrane within the chestnut nutlet) can treat wind-pain in tendons and bones, cold accumulation, and pi-masses (abdominal lumps). Chewing it raw and applying it externally can draw out thorns/arrowheads and apply to scrofula, swelling, toxic pain. Li Yi (the thin skin on the meat), burned until carbonized but retaining its nature, can treat fishbones stuck in the throat; blowing the powder into the throat causes the bone to descend. Boiling the shell in water treats regurgitation and Xiao Ke (wasting-thirst syndrome). Li Qiu (the outer spiny husk), when boiled in water, can wash Huodan toxic swelling. Li Hua (chestnut flowers) can treat scrofula. Chestnut bark boiled in water can be used to wash Shashi Xi Du (toxins from sandflies/creeks) and Dan Du Chuang Du (erysipelas and sores). Chestnut root decocted in wine can treat Pian Zhui (unilateral testicular swelling) and Shen Qi disorders. All these utilize its ability to direct Qi downward and resolve toxicity.
(Barbarian Fruits) Enter the Lung and Stomach meridians; generate fluids, quench thirst, resolve alcohol toxicity, and detoxify various fish poisons.
Olive (Gan Lan) [Specifically enters the Lung and Stomach meridians]. It inherits Yang Qi from Earth. Its taste is sour first, then sweet. Its nature is warm, non-toxic. It is the fruit of the Lung and Stomach families. Its function generates fluids and quenches thirst. Chewing it after drinking alcohol is most suitable, hence texts record it can resolve Jiu Du (alcohol toxicity). If one ingests Pufferfish liver and eggs leading to coma and near-death, boiling this in water resolves the poison. Hence, texts also record it can resolve various fish toxins. (Fish die upon eating olive residue; furthermore, using olive wood as oars, fish touching it float to the surface.) It also treats Yu Gu Zhi Geng (fishbone impaction). (Chewing olives to extract juice and swallowing helps expel the bone; if no olives are available, grinding the pits into powder and taking with fast-flowing water is also effective.) Regarding Dou Chuang Bu Qi (measles/rubella eruptions failing to rise) and Dou Zhua Sui Cheng Chuang (eruptions scratched open into sores): (Boiling and eating helps push out toxins and detoxify; grinding into juice and applying eliminates scar marks.) Chang Feng Xia Xue (intestinal wind with bloody stool): (Burn olives to ash, retain nature, grind to powder, take 2 qian per dose, mixed with rice drink.) Er Zu Dong Chuang (frostbite of ears and feet): (Grind olive wood to powder, mix with oil, and apply.) Chu Sheng Tai Du (neonatal fetal toxin): (Ji Xiao Fang records: When a newborn lands, take one olive, burn to ash, grind, mix with 5 fen of Cinnabar (Zhusha), have the infant chew a mouthful of raw Sesame (Zhimai), mix saliva with medicine, wrap in silk like a date pit, place in infant's mouth, wait for one hour of sucking before allowing milk. This medicine expels turbid toxins from intestines and stomach, reducing illness and ensuring sparse eruptions.) Chun Lie Sheng Chuang (lip fissures with sores): (Roast olives, grind, mix with Pig Fat (Zhuzhi), and apply.) Ya Chi Feng Gan (wind-gum disease with pus/blood/parasites): (Grind olives, add a little Musk (Shexiang), and apply.) Xia Bu Gan Chuang (lower jiao gum disease): (Burn olives to ash, retain nature, grind to powder, mix with oil and apply, or add equal parts of Child's Tea (Haiercha)). Yin Shen Zhong (scrotal and penile swelling) and other symptoms: (Equal parts Olive Pit, Lychee Pit, Hawthorn Pit, burned to ash, retained nature, ground to powder, take 2 qian per dose, empty stomach, delivered with Fennel Decoction). None fail to be effective using these, due to its properties of warming movement and astringent contraction. However, this property specifically searches and cleanses fetal toxins; excessive consumption risks vomiting and diarrhea. Its nature gathers Fire and astringes Qi. Used appropriately for Cold Cough, it is beneficial; for Hot Cough, it inevitably causes adverse effects of Heat Qi steaming upward.