气温。味辛。无毒。主温中。消食止泄。治积冷心腹胀痛。霍乱。中恶鬼气冷
疰。呕沫冷气。小儿乳霍。（面包煨）
肉蔻气温。禀天春和之木气。入足厥阴肝经。味辛无毒。得地西方燥金之味。入足阳明
燥
金
胃经、手阳明大肠经。气味俱升。阳也。胃者中州也。辛温温胃。所以温中。胃温则食易化
。故主消食。大肠寒则 溏。辛温温肠。所以止泄。日积月累。积冷于肠。冬日重感于寒。
则大肠病胀。胃亦妨于食而胃胀。胀则腹满而心胃痛矣。肉蔻温肠胃。胃阳充而胀平也。霍
乱。胃有湿热也。辛温燥胃。霍乱自止。胃者阳气之原也。胃阳衰则阴邪乘之。而患中恶冷
疰矣。肉蔻温胃。胃阳充则阴邪消。而中恶冷疰愈也。肝寒而阴气上升。则呕沫而冷气出矣
。肉蔻温肝。肝平呕逆定也。小儿乳霍。胃寒不纳也。辛温散寒。所以亦主之也。
制 方:
肉蔻同人参、补骨、吴茱萸、五味、砂仁。治冷泄。同砂仁、陈皮、人参、红曲、查肉、
藿香
、麦芽。治泄消食。同木香、枣肉丸。治久泻。同川附米糊丸。治寒泄。
气温大热。味辛。有大毒。主风寒咳逆邪气。寒湿痿 拘挛。膝痛不能行步。破症
坚积聚血瘕。金疮。（便浸水煮去皮脐用）
附子气温大热。温则禀天春和之木气。入足厥阴肝经。大热则禀天纯阳炎烈之火气。入
足少
阴肾经。补助真阳。味辛而有大毒。得地西方燥酷之金味。入手太阴肺经。气味俱浓。阳也
。其主风寒咳逆邪气者。肺受风寒之邪气。则金失下降之性。邪壅于肺。咳而气逆也。附子
入肺。辛热可解风寒也。寒湿之气。地气也。感则害人皮肉筋骨。而大筋软短。小筋舒长。
拘挛痿 之症成焉。附子入肝。肝主筋。辛可散湿。热可祛寒。寒湿散。而拘挛痿 之症愈
矣。膝痛不能行步者。肝肾阳虚。而湿流关节也。温热益阳。辛毒行湿。所以主之。症坚积
聚
血瘕者。凡物阳则轻松。阴则坚实。坚者皆寒凝而血滞之症也。附子热可软坚。辛可散结。
温可行滞也。金疮寒则不合。附子温肺。肺主皮毛。皮毛暖。则疮口合也。
制 方
附子佐人参、肉桂、五味。补肾真阳。佐白术。除寒湿。同人参、白芍、甘草、砂仁、
陈皮
。治慢惊。同白术、肉桂、牛膝、木瓜、青皮。治寒疝。同人参、陈皮。治久病呕哕。同人
参、白芍、甘草、桂枝、北味。治伤寒误汗下。真阳虚脱症。
【肉豆蔻】
气味温热。味道辛。无毒。主要功效为温暖中焦，消除食积，止住腹泻。治疗因积冷导致的心腹胀满疼痛、霍乱、中恶鬼气及冷疰（一种由寒邪引起的慢性传染病）、呕吐涎沫和冷气上逆。也用于治疗小儿乳霍（婴儿因受寒引起的吐泻）。用法：用面包包裹后煨熟。
肉豆蔻气味温热，禀受了春天温和的木气，进入足厥阴肝经。味道辛且无毒，获得了西方燥金的味性，进入足阳明胃经和手阳明大肠经。其气味都主升发，属于阳。胃位于人体中部，辛温之性能温暖胃部，从而起到温中的作用。胃温暖则食物容易消化，所以能消食。大肠寒冷会导致大便溏薄，辛温之性能温暖肠道，从而止泻。日积月累，寒气积聚在肠中，冬天再次感受寒邪，就会导致大肠病胀，胃也受妨碍而不能正常进食，导致胃胀。胀则腹部满闷，心胃痛。肉豆蔻温暖肠胃，使胃阳充足，胀满得以平复。霍乱是因为胃中有湿热。辛温之性能燥湿暖胃，霍乱自然停止。胃是阳气的根本。胃阳衰弱，阴邪就会乘虚而入，导致中恶冷疰。肉豆蔻温暖胃，胃阳充足则阴邪消散，中恶冷疰痊愈。肝寒导致阴气上升，就会呕吐涎沫并伴有冷气排出。肉豆蔻温暖肝脏，肝气平和，呕吐逆气自定。小儿乳霍是因为胃寒不能纳食。辛温之性能散寒，所以也能主治此症。
制方方法：
肉豆蔻与人参、补骨脂、吴茱萸、五味子、砂仁同用，治疗冷泄。与砂仁、陈皮、人参、红曲、山楂肉、藿香、麦芽同用，治疗泄泻并消食。与木香、枣肉制成丸剂，治疗久泻。与川附子米糊制成丸剂，治疗寒泄。
【附子】
气味大热。味道辛。有大毒。主要治疗风寒引起的咳嗽气逆、邪气侵袭、寒湿导致的痿证和拘挛、膝痛不能行走、破除症坚积聚血瘕（体内形成的肿块或瘀血）、金疮（刀剑等金属利器造成的创伤）。（处理方法是：用粪便浸泡过的水煮，去皮去脐后使用）
附子气味大热。温的特性禀受了春天温和的木气，进入足厥阴肝经；大热的特性禀受了纯阳炎烈之火气，进入足少阴肾经，以补助真阳。味道辛且有大毒，获得了西方燥酷的金味，进入手太阴肺经。其气味都很浓厚，属于阳。它主治风寒咳逆邪气，是因为肺受到风寒邪气侵袭，导致金（肺）失去下降的特性，邪气壅滞在肺，引起咳嗽和气逆。附子入肺，辛热可以解除风寒。寒湿之气是地气，感受后会伤害人的皮肉筋骨，导致大筋收缩变短，小筋松弛变长，形成拘挛和痿证的病症。附子入肝，肝主筋，辛能散湿，热能祛寒，寒湿散去，拘挛痿证的病症就痊愈了。膝痛不能行走，是因为肝肾阳虚，湿气流注关节。温热能益阳，辛毒能行湿，所以主治此症。症坚积聚血瘕，凡是物体，阳气盛则轻松，阴气盛则坚实。坚硬的都是寒凝而血滞的病症。附子的热性能软化坚硬，辛性能散结，温性能行滞。金疮遇寒则伤口不合，附子温肺，肺主皮毛，皮毛温暖，伤口就能愈合。
制方方法：
附子佐助人参、肉桂、五味子，补肾中真阳。佐助白术，去除寒湿。与人参、白芍、甘草、砂仁、陈皮同用，治疗慢惊风。与白术、肉桂、牛膝、木瓜、青皮同用，治疗寒疝。与人参、陈皮同用，治疗久病呕吐呃逆。与人参、白芍、甘草、桂枝、北五味子同用，治疗伤寒误用汗法下法后导致的真阳虚脱症。
[Rou Dou Kou / Nutmeg]
Qi is warm. Flavor is pungent. Non-toxic. Primarily warms the middle jiao (middle burner), resolves food stagnation, and stops diarrhea. Treats heart and abdominal distension and pain caused by accumulated cold, cholera-like disorders (huoluan), zhong'e (sudden illness due to evil qi) and lengzhu (cold malarial or infectious disease), vomiting of saliva/phlegm, and upward rush of cold qi. Also treats xiao'er ru huo (infantile vomiting and diarrhea due to cold). Preparation: Roast wrapped in bread dough.
Rou Dou Kou has a warm qi, inheriting the mild Wood Qi of spring, entering the Foot Jueyin Liver Meridian. Its flavor is pungent and non-toxic, acquiring the dry Metal flavor of the West, entering the Foot Yangming Stomach Meridian and the Hand Yangming Large Intestine Meridian. Both its aroma and flavor are ascending, belonging to Yang. The Stomach is the central earth. Pungent-warmth warms the Stomach, thereby warming the middle. When the Stomach is warm, food digests easily; thus, it resolves food stagnation. Cold in the Large Intestine leads to loose stools. Pungent-warmth warms the intestines, thereby stopping diarrhea. Accumulated over time, cold gathers in the intestines. If exposed to cold again in winter, the Large Intestine becomes diseased with distension, and the Stomach is also hindered from digesting food, leading to gastric distension. Distension causes abdominal fullness and heart/stomach pain. Rou Dou Kou warms the stomach and intestines; when Stomach Yang is sufficient, distension subsides. Huoluan is caused by damp-heat in the Stomach. Pungent-warmth dries the Stomach, and huoluan stops naturally. The Stomach is the source of Yang Qi. When Stomach Yang declines, Yin pathogens invade, causing zhong'e and lengzhu. Rou Dou Kou warms the Stomach; when Stomach Yang is sufficient, Yin pathogens dissipate, and zhong'e/lengzhu heal. Liver cold causes Yin Qi to rise, leading to vomiting of saliva and emission of cold qi. Rou Dou Kou warms the Liver; when the Liver is balanced, vomiting and rebellious Qi subside. Xiao'er ru huo is due to Stomach cold failing to receive food. Pungent-warmth disperses cold, hence it also treats this condition.
Prescription Methods:
Combine Rou Dou Kou with Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma), Buguzhi (Fructus Psoraleae), Wuzhuyu (Fructus Evodiae), Wuweizi (Fructus Schisandrae), and Sharen (Fructus Amomi) to treat cold diarrhea. Combine with Sharen, Chenpi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae), Renshen, Hongqu (Massa Medicata Fermentata Rubra), Zhaurou (Sarcocarpus Crataegi), Huoxiang (Herba Pogostemonis), and Maiya (Fructus Hordei Germinatus) to treat diarrhea and resolve food stagnation. Combine with Muxiang (Radix Aucklandiae) and Zao Rou (Sarcocarpus Jujubae) to make pills for treating chronic diarrhea. Combine with Chuan Fuzi (Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata) and rice paste to make pills for treating cold diarrhea.
[Fu Zi / Prepared Aconite Root]
Qi is greatly hot. Flavor is pungent. Highly toxic. Primarily treats wind-cold cough with rebellious Qi, pathogenic factors, wind-damp bi syndrome with flaccidity and spasms, knee pain preventing walking, breaking masses, firm accumulations, and blood stasis masses (xiejia), and metallic wounds. Preparation: Soak in fecal water, boil, remove skin and umbilicus before use.
Fu Zi has a greatly hot qi. Its warmth inherits the mild Wood Qi of spring, entering the Foot Jueyin Liver Meridian. Its great heat inherits the pure Yang fiery Qi, entering the Foot Shaoyin Kidney Meridian to supplement True Yang. Its flavor is pungent and highly toxic, acquiring the dry and harsh Metal flavor of the West, entering the Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian. Both its aroma and flavor are dense, belonging to Yang. It treats wind-cold cough with rebellious Qi because when the Lung is invaded by wind-cold pathogens, Metal loses its descending nature, pathogens obstruct the Lung, causing cough and rebellious Qi. Fu Zi enters the Lung; pungent-heat can resolve wind-cold. Wind-damp Qi is Earth Qi; contracting it harms skin, flesh, sinews, and bones, causing large sinews to shorten and small sinews to lengthen, resulting in spasms and flaccidity. Fu Zi enters the Liver; the Liver governs sinews. Pungency disperses dampness, heat dispels cold. When wind-damp disperses, spasms and flaccidity heal. Knee pain preventing walking is due to deficiency of Liver-Kidney Yang and dampness flowing into joints. Warmth benefits Yang, pungent toxicity moves dampness, hence it treats this. Firm masses and blood stasis occur because things with abundant Yang are light/loose, while those with abundant Yin are solid/firm. Firmness results from cold coagulation and blood stasis. Fu Zi's heat softens hardness, pungency scatters nodules, warmth moves stagnation. Metallic wounds fail to close in cold. Fu Zi warms the Lung; the Lung governs skin and hair. When skin/hair are warm, wound edges unite.
Prescription Methods:
Fu Zi assists Renshen, Rougui (Cortex Cinnamomi), and Wuweizi to tonify Kidney True Yang. Assists Baizhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae) to eliminate wind-damp. Combine with Renshen, Baishao (Radix Paeoniae Alba), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae), Sharen, and Chenpi to treat slow convulsion (man jing). Combine with Baizhu, Rougui, Niuxi (Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae), Mugua (Fructus Chaenomelis), and Qingpi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae Viride) to treat cold hernia (han shan). Combine with Renshen and Chenpi to treat chronic vomiting and hiccup. Combine with Renshen, Baishao, Gancao, Guizhi (Ramulus Cinnamomi), and Bei Wei (Fructus Schisandrae Chinensis) to treat True Yang collapse due to erroneous sweating and purging in Shanghan (Cold Damage).