气温，味甘平，无毒。手足太阴经药也。治诸虚百损，疗五劳七伤。益气力，润泽皮肤。
长肌肉，兼强筋骨。除寒热邪气，却头面游风风眩。开心窍聪明，涩精管泄滑。理脾伤止咳、
参苓白术散频加。逐腰痛强阴，六味地黄丸常用。其曰补虚羸者，以其甘助元阳，温养肌肉
也。其曰消硬满者，何哉？盖气虚邪实，此硬满之所由结也，今补中益气，则正气胜而邪自
去，硬满安能久存乎。二门冬为使。恶甘遂。
气温，味甘，无毒。阳也，专理心经，善补心血。止恍惚惊悸，治恚怒健忘。开心益智，
安
气温，味苦，无毒。主和颜悦色，轻身耐老。利九窍而补中伤，除咳逆而驱惊悸，益智
慧而善不忘。小儿惊痫客忤，非此莫治。妇人血噤失音，非此莫疗。大都温则能补，故能益
精气，壮阳神，强志倍力。苦则能泄，故能辟邪气，去邪梦，安心定神。畏珍珠藜芦。
气温，味辛苦，无毒。主消目翳，去头风。开心志，益智慧。清音声，通灵窍。腹痛或
走者立效，胎动欲产者即安。中恶懵死难醒，急灌生汁。温疟积热不解，即浴浓汤。大都温
则驱手足湿痹，可使屈伸。辛则贴发背痈疽，能消肿毒。苦则除心热烦闷，能下气杀虫。
气寒，味苦，阴之阴也。疗腰以下至足，湿热肿盛香港脚，通行十二经。又曰，去下焦湿
肿痛，并膀胱火邪，必用防己龙胆草黄柏知母，固矣。若遇饮食劳倦，元气已亏，阴虚内热，
而以防己泄大便，则重亡其血，此不可用一也。如大渴引饮，此热在上焦肺经气分，宜渗泄
之，若防己，乃下焦血药，如之何用之，此不可用二也。如外伤风寒，邪传肺经，气分湿
热，而小便黄赤，乃至不通，此不可用三也。如人久病，津液不行，上焦虚渴，用此苦寒之
剂，则速危，此不可用四也。观此，凡上焦有湿热者，皆不可用，必下焦真有湿热，流入十
二经，以致二阴不通者，可审用之。
气温，味甘平，无毒。是手足太阴经的药物。治疗各种虚损和百种损伤，疗愈五劳七伤。补益气力，润泽皮肤。
生长肌肉，兼能强健筋骨。祛除寒热邪气，消除头面部游风引起的眩晕。开通心窍使听觉视觉灵敏，固涩精气防止遗精滑泄。调理脾脏损伤引起的咳嗽，（常配合）参苓白术散频繁添加使用。驱除腰痛并强健阴气，（常配合）六味地黄丸常用。所谓补益虚弱羸瘦的人，是因为它甘味能辅助元阳，温养肌肉。所谓消除坚硬胀满的病症，为什么呢？大概是因为气虚而邪气实盛，这是坚硬胀满形成的原因，现在通过补中益气，使得正气战胜邪气，那么邪气自然去除，坚硬胀满怎么能长久存在呢。以天门冬、麦门冬为使药。畏恶甘遂。
气温，味甘，无毒。属阳，专门调理心经，善于补益心血。止住恍惚惊悸，治疗因愤怒导致的健忘。开通心志增加智慧，安定心神。
气温，味苦，无毒。主要调和面色，使身体轻便延缓衰老。通畅九窍并补益中焦损伤，祛除咳逆并驱除惊悸，增加智慧且善于记忆不忘。小儿惊痫客忤，非此药不能治疗。妇人血噤失音，非此药不能疗治。大抵温热则能补益，所以能益精气，壮阳神，增强意志加倍力气。苦味则能泄降，所以能辟除邪气，去除邪梦，安心定神。畏惧珍珠、藜芦。
气温，味辛苦，无毒。主要消除目翳，去除头风。开通心志，增加智慧。清亮声音，通利灵窍。腹痛或游走性疼痛立即见效，胎动欲产者即刻安宁。中恶懵死难以苏醒，急灌生汁。温疟积热不解，即洗浴浓汤。大抵温热则能驱除手足湿痹，可使肢体屈伸。辛味则贴敷发背痈疽，能消肿毒。苦味则清除心热烦闷，能下气杀虫。
气寒，味苦，属阴中之阴。治疗腰部以下至足部，湿热肿盛之香港脚（脚气），通行十二经脉。又说，去除下焦湿热肿痛，以及膀胱火邪，必须用防己、龙胆草、黄柏、知母，这是确定的。如果遇到饮食劳倦，元气已经亏损，阴虚内热，而用防己泄大便，则会再次亡失血液，这是不可用的第一种情况。如大渴引饮，这是热在上焦肺经气分，宜用渗泄之法，若用防己，它是下焦血分药，怎么能用它呢，这是不可用的第二种情况。如外伤风寒，邪气传入肺经，气分湿热，导致小便黄赤，甚至不通，这是不可用的第三种情况。如人久病，津液不行，上焦虚渴，用这种苦寒药剂，则会迅速导致危险，这是不可用的第四种情况。观此，凡上焦有湿热者，都不可用，必须是下焦真有湿热，流入十二经脉，导致二阴不通者，才可审慎使用。
Temperature is warm, flavor is sweet and neutral, non-toxic. It is a herb for the Hand-Taiyin and Foot-Taiyin meridians. It treats various deficiencies and hundred damages, heals five labors and seven injuries. It boosts qi and strength, moistens and nourishes the skin.
It promotes muscle growth, and simultaneously strengthens sinews and bones. It dispels pathogenic cold and heat, and eliminates dizziness caused by wandering wind in the head and face. It opens the heart orifices to improve hearing and vision, and astringes essence to prevent seminal emission and sliding discharge. It regulates spleen injury-induced cough, (often used with) Shenling Baizhu San (Ginseng, Poria, and Atractylodes Macrocephala Decoction) frequently added. It expels lower back pain and strengthens yin, (often used with) Liuwei Dihuang Wan (Six-Ingredient Rehmannia Pill) commonly employed. The statement "tonifies deficiency and emaciation" is because its sweet flavor assists primal yang and warms/nourishes muscles. The statement "eliminates hardness and fullness," why? Generally, when qi is deficient and pathogen is excess, this is how hardness and fullness form. Now, by tonifying middle and boosting qi, righteous qi overcomes the pathogen, so the pathogen naturally departs; how can hardness and fullness persist? Asparagus Root (Tianmen Dong) and Ophiopogon Tuber (Mendong) serve as guiding herbs. It is incompatible with Kansui Rhizome (Gansui).
Temperature is warm, flavor is sweet, non-toxic. It belongs to Yang, specifically regulating the Heart meridian, and is good at tonifying Heart blood. It stops mental confusion and palpitations, treats forgetfulness caused by anger. It opens the mind and enhances wisdom, calms the spirit.
Temperature is warm, flavor is bitter, non-toxic. It primarily harmonizes facial complexion, makes the body light and delays aging. It unblocks the nine orifices and tonifies middle jiao injury, eliminates reverse coughing and drives away palpitations, enhances intelligence and aids memory. For pediatric convulsions and sudden fright, no other herb can treat it as well. For women with blood stagnation aphonia, no other herb can cure it as effectively. Generally, warmth can tonify, thus it benefits essence and qi, strengthens yang spirit, fortifies willpower and doubles strength. Bitterness can drain/descend, thus it repels pathogenic factors, removes nightmare dreams, calms the heart and stabilizes the spirit. It fears Pearl (Zhenzhu) and Veratrum Rhizome (Lilu).
Temperature is warm, flavors are pungent and bitter, non-toxic. It primarily eliminates cornea opacity, removes head wind. It opens the mind and increases wisdom. It clarifies voice and unblocks spiritual orifices. Abdominal pain or migratory pain responds immediately; fetal restlessness threatening labor is instantly calmed. In cases of sudden collapse from evil influence where consciousness is lost and difficult to wake, urgently administer raw juice. For warm malaria with accumulated heat unresolved, bathe in strong decoction. Generally, warmth can drive out damp-bi in hands and feet, allowing flexion and extension. Pungency applied externally for dorsal carbuncles and ulcers can reduce swelling and detoxify. Bitterness clears heart heat and irritability, descends qi, and kills parasites.
Temperature is cold, flavor is bitter, belonging to Yin within Yin. It treats damp-heat swelling below the waist down to the feet, known as Hong Kong leg (Jiaoxi/Jiaji), and circulates through the twelve meridians. It is also said to eliminate damp-heat swelling and pain in the lower jiao, and bladder fire pathogens; using Fangji, Gentian Root (Longdan Cao), Phellodendron Bark (Huangbai), and Anemarrhena Rhizome (Zhimu) is indeed correct. However, if diet and overwork have depleted yuan qi, causing yin deficiency with internal heat, using Fangji to purge stool would cause further loss of blood; this is the first situation where it cannot be used. If there is excessive thirst with desire to drink, this indicates heat in the upper jiao Lung meridian qi level, which should be treated with draining/diffusing methods; Fangji is a lower jiao blood-level herb, so how can it be used? This is the second situation where it cannot be used. If external wind-cold invades and transmits to the Lung meridian, causing damp-heat in the qi level leading to yellow-red urine or even anuria, this is the third situation where it cannot be used. If a person has been ill for a long time, fluids do not circulate, causing upper jiao deficiency-thirst, using such bitter-cold agents will rapidly lead to danger; this is the fourth situation where it cannot be used. Observing this, anyone with damp-heat in the upper jiao must not use it; only when there is true damp-heat in the lower jiao flowing into the twelve meridians, causing obstruction of the two yin openings (urethra and anus), may it be used after careful examination.