广志云∶即七夕水。广人每以七夕鸡初鸣，汲江水或井水贮之，是夕水重于他夕数斤，
经年
味不变，益甘甚以疗热病，谓之圣水。若鸡二唱则水不然矣。
色清，性微寒，味甘，治一切热症神效。
喉蛾喉痈∶陆氏济世良方，用肥婆草捶烂，将些圣水开服，如牙痍牙痈，将此草捶烂，
和圣
水含在口内，吐换数次即愈。
治食百尿∶济世良方∶用苦瓜捶烂，取汁，和圣水服之，即愈。若无苦瓜，取其核捶烂，
和
圣水服之。
夏日黎明日将出时，将长杓坐碗于首，向荷池叶上倾泻之，以伏露为佳。秋露太寒，花
上者
性散，有小毒，勿用。
味甘，明目，下水臌气胀，利胸膈，宽中解暑。大力丸用之。（莲叶象震卦，荷上露或
亦入
肝而滋益肝脏欤。）
按∶露本阴液，夜则地气上升，降而为露。其性随物而变，居易录有碧玉露浆方，于中
秋前
后，用无五倍子新青布一二匹扯作十余段，每一段四五尺，五更时于百草头上，或荷叶稻苗
上者尤佳。先用细竹一根，掠去草上蛛网，乃用青布系长竹上，如旗样，展取草露水，绞在
桶中，展湿即绞，视青布色淡。则另换新布，阳光一见则不展，所取露水，用瓷罐洗净盛贮
，澄数日自清，晚间用男乳一酒杯，约一两半，白蜂蜜一酒杯，人参汤一酒杯，多少同乳，
人参须上等，四五分不拘，总入一宫碗内，将露水一饭碗搀入宫碗，共得七八分，和匀，以
棉纸封口，用碟盖好。次日五更，烧开水二大碗，将宫碗内露隔汤顿热，睡醒时缓缓温服之
。蓝所以杀虫，露去诸经之火，参补气，乳补血，蜜润肺。治一切虚损劳症有奇效。可知露
本养阴扶阳，又得荷叶之清气，故能奏功如此。
《广志》记载：这就是七夕水。广州地区的人每逢七夕鸡刚打鸣时，汲取江水或井水储存起来，这一天的水比其它日子重几斤，存放一年味道不变，更加甘甜，用来治疗热病，称为圣水。如果鸡叫第二遍，水就不灵验了。
（圣水）颜色清澈，性质微寒，味道甘甜，治疗各种热症效果神奇。
治疗喉蛾、喉痈：陆氏济世良方中，用肥婆草捣烂，取少许圣水送服；如果是牙痍、牙痈，将此草捣烂，与圣水混合含在口中，吐换几次即可痊愈。
治疗食百尿（注：原文如此，疑为某种病症或误植，此处直译）：济世良方中，用苦瓜捣烂，取汁液，与圣水混合服用，即可痊愈。如果没有苦瓜，取其瓜籽捣烂，与圣水混合服用。
夏日黎明太阳即将升起时，将长柄勺置于碗上，向荷塘荷叶上倾倒收集露水，以伏露（夏季清晨的露水）为佳。秋露太寒，花上的露水性质发散且有小毒，不要使用。
（荷叶露）味道甘甜，能明目，消除腹部积水胀气，通畅胸膈，宽中解暑。大力丸中使用它。（莲叶象征震卦，荷叶上的露水或许也入肝经而滋养肝脏吧。）
按语：露水本是阴液，夜间地气上升，下降凝结而成露水。其性质随所接触的事物而变化。《居易录》中有碧玉露浆方，在中秋前后，用未经过五倍子处理的崭新青布一两匹，扯成十几段，每一段四五尺长，五更天时在百草叶尖上，或者荷叶、稻苗上的露水尤其好。先用细竹竿一根，扫去草上的蛛网，然后用青布系在长竹竿上，像旗帜一样展开，收取草上的露水，绞入桶中，看到青布变湿就绞干，直到青布颜色变淡，则另外换上新的布，阳光一照就不能再收取了。所收集的露水，用瓷罐洗净盛放，沉淀几天自然澄清，晚上用男子乳汁一杯，约一两半，白蜂蜜一杯，人参汤一杯，量与乳汁相同，人参须选用上等品，四五分不拘，全部放入一个宫碗中，将一碗露水掺入宫碗，总共得到七八分（注：此处单位存疑，依原文），搅拌均匀，用棉纸封口，用碟子盖好。第二天五更天，烧两大碗开水，将宫碗内的露水隔水加热，睡醒时缓缓温服。蓝靛所以能杀虫，露水去除各条经络的火气，人参补气，乳汁补血，蜂蜜润肺。治疗各种虚损劳症有奇效。可知露水本就能养阴扶阳，又得到荷叶的清气，所以能取得这样的功效。
*Guang Zhi* records: This is the Qixi Water. People in the Guang region, every year on the Qixi Festival when the rooster crows for the first time, draw river water or well water to store it. The water collected on this evening weighs several jin more than that of other evenings. It remains unchanged in taste after a year and becomes even sweeter; it is used to treat febrile diseases and is called Holy Water (Sheng Shui). If the rooster crows a second time, the water loses its efficacy.
The color is clear, the nature is slightly cold, the taste is sweet, and it is miraculously effective in treating all kinds of heat syndromes.
Treating throat polyps (Hou E) and throat abscesses (Hou Yong): In *Lu Shi Ji Shi Liang Fang*, use thick female grass (Feipo Cao), crush it thoroughly, take a small amount of Holy Water, and swallow it with the crushed herb. For dental sores (Ya Yi) and dental abscesses (Ya Yong), crush this herb, mix it with Holy Water, hold it in the mouth, spit out and replace several times until cured.
Treating "Shi Bai Niao" (literal translation, likely a specific condition or textual variant): *Ji Shi Liang Fang*: Crush bitter melon, extract the juice, mix with Holy Water, and ingest; cure follows immediately. If bitter melon is unavailable, crush its seeds, mix with Holy Water, and ingest.
In summer, at dawn just before sunrise, place a long-handled spoon over a bowl and pour/collect dew from lotus leaves in the pond. Dew collected during the hottest part of the day (Fu Lu) is best. Autumn dew is too cold, and dew on flowers has a dispersing nature and slight toxicity; do not use them.
(Lotus leaf dew) tastes sweet, brightens the eyes, reduces abdominal fluid retention and distension, unblocks the chest and diaphragm, soothes the middle jiao, and resolves summerheat. It is used in *Dali Wan*. (The lotus leaf corresponds to the Zhen trigram; perhaps dew on the lotus leaf also enters the Liver meridian to nourish the Liver?)
Note: Dew is originally Yin fluid. At night, Earth Qi rises, condenses, and falls as dew. Its nature changes according to the object it contacts. *Ju Yi Lu* contains a recipe for Jade Green Dew Paste. Around the Mid-Autumn Festival, use one or two bolts of new cyan cloth untreated with gallnut (Wubeizi), tear each bolt into ten-plus segments, each segment four to five chi long. At the third watch (Wu Geng), collect dew from the tips of hundred herbs, or preferably from lotus leaves or rice seedlings. First, use a thin bamboo pole to sweep away spider webs from the grass. Then, tie the cyan cloth to the end of a long bamboo pole like a flag, unfold it, and collect the dew from the grass. Wring the dew into a bucket. Wring dry as soon as the cloth gets wet. When the cyan cloth's color fades, replace it with a new piece. Do not collect if exposed to sunlight. Wash the collected dew in a porcelain jar and store it. Let it settle for several days until naturally clear. In the evening, take one cup of male human milk (approx. 1.5 liang), one cup of white honey, and one cup of Ginseng Decoction (Ren Shen Tang), with the volume matching the milk. Use top-grade Ginseng whiskers (Ren Shen Xu), 4-5 fen, no strict limit. Put all ingredients into a Gong bowl. Add one bowl of dew to the Gong bowl, totaling about 7-8 fen (note: unit ambiguity in original text), mix evenly. Seal with cotton paper and cover with a plate. At the third watch the next day, boil two large bowls of hot water. Heat the dew in the Gong bowl by placing it in the hot water bath. Slowly drink it warm upon waking. Indigo (Lan) kills parasites; dew clears fire from all meridians; Ginseng tonifies Qi; milk tonifies Blood; honey moistens the Lungs. It has miraculous effects in treating all kinds of deficiency and consumptive diseases. Thus, it can be seen that dew inherently nourishes Yin and supports Yang. Combined with the clear Qi of the lotus leaf, it achieves such efficacy.