气温，味苦辛，有毒。气薄味浓，可升可降，阴中阳也。坠诸风不省之痰毒，主破伤如
尸之身强。削坚积，消痈肿，利胸膈，散血堕胎，乃肺经之本药也。欲下行，以黄柏引之。
欲上行，以桔梗载之。抱龙丸用之以镇惊，豁痰丸用之以开迷。大都姜制亦可，不若胆浸为
上。孕妇禁用。
气平，味酸辛平，无毒。气味俱薄，升也，阴之阳也。去皮肤风动如虫行，主面点生如
漆点。又能助肺气，保清化生水之源。治相火，散浊逆结滞之痰。口噤失音者必用，肿突几
危者急付。主小儿惊痫夜啼，治妇人崩中赤白。除风湿有功，拔疔毒极效。痘家用之于解毒
药中，喉痹用之于甘桔汤里。
气温，味甘辛，有毒。主小儿风痫手足抽掣，驱大人中风口眼 斜。却风痰耳聋，解风
毒瘾疹。痘家初发，密如蚕种者，急用苦参为主，同防风荆芥姜蚕青黛麻黄天麻连翘蝉蜕，
一服即散。
气平，味苦辛，无毒。治小儿风痫惊悸，疗大人风热头眩。驱湿痹拘挛，主瘫痪蹇滞。
通血脉开窍，利腰膝强筋。痘毒可解，痈疽堪愈。何者？盖痘毒痈疽，俱自脏腑而达之表也，
此剂有自内而达外之理，苦以制热，固矣，然热从何处出也，又有辛以散毛窍，使风热之毒
悉从毛窍中出也。
气热，味辛，有毒。破症结，散痈毒，治恶疮。疏九窍，发臭汗，驱诸毒俱从毛窍中出
也。故痘家用蟾酥五分，大辰砂二钱，梅花桃花各一钱半，苦参五钱，研细末，浓煎麻黄汤
为饼。发热时及放标时，葛根汤磨化一钱服之，遍身臭汗即出，自然热退身凉，痘自转危为
险，易险为顺。好痘出不快者，用大力子桔梗入干葛汤煎磨服之，则为透痘丹。如痘出稠密，
及血不归根者，用白芍入干葛汤煎磨，则为敛痘丹。如痘色紫黑血不活者，用紫背天葵入干
葛汤煎磨，则为活血丹。
气温，味苦辛，有毒。气薄味浓，可升可降，属于阴中之阳。能坠除各种风邪导致的神志昏迷之痰毒，主治因破伤引起的身体僵硬如尸体般的情况。能消除坚硬的积滞，消散痈肿，通畅胸膈，散血并堕胎，是肺经的本药。若想使其药力下行，用黄柏作为引经药；若想使其药力上行，用桔梗作为载体。抱龙丸中使用它来镇惊，豁痰丸中使用它来开窍醒神。大多用生姜炮制也可以，但不如胆汁浸制为上品。孕妇禁用。
气平，味酸辛平，无毒。气味都较淡薄，主升，属于阴中之阳。能去除皮肤中风邪扰动如虫行般的症状，主治面部出现如漆点般的黑斑。又能辅助肺气，保护清化生水之源。治疗相火，消散浊逆结滞的痰。口噤失音者必须使用，肿胀突起几乎危及生命者紧急服用。主治小儿惊痫夜啼，治疗妇人崩漏赤白带下。祛除风湿有功，拔除疔毒极有效。痘医在解毒药中加入它，喉痹在甘桔汤中加入它。
气温，味甘辛，有毒。主治小儿风痫手足抽搐，驱除大人中风口眼歪斜。消除风痰引起的耳聋，解除风毒引起的瘾疹。痘家初发时，皮疹密如蚕种者，急用苦参为主药，同防风、荆芥、姜蚕、青黛、麻黄、天麻、连翘、蝉蜕一起，一服即散。
气平，味苦辛，无毒。治疗小儿风痫惊悸，疗治大人风热头眩。驱除湿痹引起的拘挛，主治瘫痪蹇滞。通血脉开窍，利腰膝强筋。痘毒可解，痈疽可愈。为什么呢？因为痘毒痈疽，都是从脏腑达于体表，此剂有从内达外的道理，苦味可以制约热邪，固然正确，然而热邪从哪里排出呢？又有辛味发散毛窍，使风热之毒全部从毛窍中排出。
气热，味辛，有毒。破除症结，消散痈毒，治疗恶疮。疏通九窍，发出臭汗，驱除诸毒全部从毛窍中排出。所以痘家用蟾酥五分，大辰砂二钱，梅花桃花各一钱半，苦参五钱，研成细末，用浓煎的麻黄汤做成饼。发热时及放标时，用葛根汤磨化一钱服用，遍身臭汗即出，自然热退身凉，痘自转危为险，易险为顺。好痘出不快者，用大力子桔梗入干葛汤煎磨服用，则为透痘丹。如痘出稠密，及血不归根者，用白芍入干葛汤煎磨，则为敛痘丹。如痘色紫黑血不活者，用紫背天葵入干葛汤煎磨，则为活血丹。
Temperature: Warm. Flavor: Bitter, Acrid. Toxic: Yes. Qi is thin, flavor is strong; can ascend and descend; Yang within Yin. It sinks to eliminate phlegm-toxin causing unconsciousness from various wind disorders, and primarily treats body stiffness resembling a corpse due to broken-skin injuries (Po Shang Ru Shi). It breaks down hard accumulations, dissipates carbuncles and swellings, benefits the chest and diaphragm, disperses blood, and induces abortion. It is the principal herb of the Lung Meridian. To direct its action downward, use Huangbai (Phellodendri Cortex) as a guiding drug. To direct its action upward, use Jiegeng (Platycodonis Radix) as a carrier. In Baolong Wan, it is used to calm fright; in Huotan Wan, it is used to open confusion. Generally, processing with ginger is acceptable, but processing with bile is superior. Contraindicated in pregnancy.
Temperature: Neutral. Flavor: Sour, Acrid, Neutral. Toxic: No. Both Qi and flavor are thin; it ascends; Yang within Yin. It removes skin sensations of wind moving like insects crawling, and primarily treats black spots on the face resembling lacquer dots. It also assists Lung Qi, preserving the source of clear transformation and water generation. It treats Ministerial Fire, dissipating turbid, counterflowing, stagnant phlegm. It must be used for trismus and aphonia, and urgently administered when swelling protrudes dangerously. It primarily treats pediatric convulsions, epilepsy, and night crying; treats women's metrorrhagia with red and white discharge. It is effective in dispelling wind-dampness and extremely effective in extracting toxin from carbuncles. Dermatologists include it in detoxifying formulas; practitioners treating throat obstruction (Hou Bi) include it in Ganjie Tang.
Temperature: Warm. Flavor: Sweet, Acrid. Toxic: Yes. It primarily treats pediatric wind-epilepsy with twitching of hands and feet, and drives away facial deviation and mouth distortion in adults suffering from stroke. It eliminates wind-phlegm deafness and resolves wind-toxin urticaria. In cases where pustules first appear densely like silkworm eggs, Ku Shen (Sophorae Flavescentis Radix) should be urgently used as the main drug, combined with Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix), Jingjie (Schizonepetae Spica), Jiangcan (Bombyx Batryticatus), Qingdai (Indigo Naturalis), Mahuang (Ephedrae Herba), Tianma (Gastrodiae Rhizoma), Lianqiao (Forsythiae Fructus), and Chantui (Cicadae Periostracum); one dose will disperse them immediately.
Temperature: Neutral. Flavor: Bitter, Acrid. Toxic: No. It treats pediatric wind-epilepsy and palpitations, and cures adult wind-heat dizziness. It drives out damp-bi spasms and contractures, and primarily treats paralysis and sluggishness. It unites the blood vessels, opens orifices, benefits the waist and knees, and strengthens tendons. Pustule toxins can be resolved, and carbuncles and ulcers can be healed. Why? Because pustule toxins and carbuncles/ulcers all reach the exterior from the Zang-Fu organs; this formula has the principle of reaching outward from the interior. Bitterness controls heat, which is certain, but where does the heat exit? There is also acridity to disperse the hair follicles, allowing wind-heat toxins to exit completely through the pores.
Temperature: Hot. Flavor: Acrid. Toxic: Yes. It breaks up masses, dissipates carbuncle toxins, and treats malignant sores. It unblocks the nine orifices, induces foul sweat, and drives all toxins out through the pores. Therefore, dermatologists use Chan Su (Toad Venom) 5 fen, Da Chen Sha (Cinnabar) 2 qian, Meihua (Prunus Mume Flower) and Taohua (Prunus Persica Flower) 1.5 qian each, and Ku Shen 5 qian, ground into fine powder, formed into pills with concentrated decoction of Mahuang Tang (Ephedra Decoction). During fever or when pustules are emerging, take 1 qian ground in Gegen Tang (Puerariae Decoction); foul sweat will cover the body, naturally reducing fever and cooling the body, turning critical danger into manageable risk, and difficult cases into smooth progress. For good pustules that do not emerge quickly, use Niuxi (not listed, likely referring to Niu Bang Zi based on context "Da Li Zi") and Jiegeng added to Gange Tang (Puerariae Decoction) for grinding and consumption, which becomes Toudou Dan (Pustule-Releasing Pill). If pustules emerge densely and blood fails to return to its root, use Baishao (Paeoniae Radix Alba) added to Gange Tang for grinding and consumption, which becomes Liandou Dan (Pustule-Astringing Pill). If pustules are purple-black and blood is inactive, use Zibei Tiankui (Dysosma Versipellis Rhizoma) added to Gange Tang for grinding and consumption, which becomes Huoxue Dan (Blood-Activating Pill).