味苦，气寒，无毒，乃清热滑利之药。肠风泻血湿热，留中也。痢后作渴，余热在
经，津液不足也。夜卧少睡，心经蕴热，虚烦不宁也。皮肤风痒，肺胃虚热也。苦寒能
除，诸热滑利，能导积滞，故并主之。
木槿，即今栽作篱障者。枝主痢后热渴，令人得眠。花主泻痢肠风，涩肠止血。
作汤代茗，风痒渐驱，二者用之。并宜炒过，又川槿皮，擦顽癣，虫疮甚效，肉浓而
色红者真。
伏牛花，一名隔虎刺花，主生风遍身碎疼，疗湿痹四肢挛急，五痔下血堪止，风眩
头痛能驱。
感仲夏之气出土，故其味苦，气温，无毒。入足阳明经、厥阴经。其温能通行散
邪，所以为去寒热止咳逆下肺气之需也。
牡荆实，有青黄两种、人药惟青可用。八月采实晒干，临用炒黄研碎，下肺气止咳
逆咽喉，通胃气除寒热骨节，通神见鬼，又载仙方，得柏实青葙，疗头风甚验。叶主脚
气肿满， 湿疮霍乱，转筋无淋血痢。根煎服驱头面肢体诸风，解肌发汗。又有荆沥，
如取竹沥同法，姜汁匀服，消痰末如神，治老人中风，失音昏危。小儿发热惊痫抽搐，
气实能食者宜服，气虚少食者忌之。
丹溪云∶虚痰用竹沥，实痰用荆沥，二味俱开经络，行血气要药也。
禀春气以生，故味酸，气微寒，无毒，乃入肝行血之峻药。故主产乳余疾，及通 瘕
血闭，妇人血气虚者，一概勿施，至于胎前断不宜用。
紫葳花即凌霄花，主用女科，善调月信，破血祛瘀， 瘕血闭，治血痛要药，去
产乳余疾，散酒破热风，能去血中伏火，及血热生风之症，走而不守，虚人忌之。
味苦，气寒，无毒，是清热滑利之药。肠风泻血湿热，留滞于中焦也。痢后作渴，余热在经，津液不足也。夜卧少睡，心经蕴热，虚烦不宁也。皮肤风痒，肺胃虚热也。苦寒能除诸热，滑利能导积滞，故并主之。
木槿，即今栽作篱障者。枝主痢后热渴，令人得眠。花主泻痢肠风，涩肠止血。作汤代茗，风痒渐驱，二者用之。并宜炒过，又川槿皮，擦顽癣，虫疮甚效，肉浓而色红者真。
伏牛花，一名隔虎刺花，主生风遍身碎疼，疗湿痹四肢挛急，五痔下血堪止，风眩头痛能驱。
感仲夏之气出土，故其味苦，气温，无毒。入足阳明经、厥阴经。其温能通行散邪，所以为去寒热止咳逆下肺气之需也。
牡荆实，有青黄两种、人药惟青可用。八月采实晒干，临用炒黄研碎，下肺气止咳逆咽喉，通胃气除寒热骨节，通神见鬼，又载仙方，得柏实青葙，疗头风甚验。叶主脚气肿满，湿疮霍乱，转筋无淋血痢。根煎服驱头面肢体诸风，解肌发汗。又有荆沥，如取竹沥同法，姜汁匀服，消痰末如神，治老人中风，失音昏危。小儿发热惊痫抽搐，气实能食者宜服，气虚少食者忌之。
丹溪云∶虚痰用竹沥，实痰用荆沥，二味俱开经络，行血气要药也。
禀春气以生，故味酸，气微寒，无毒，乃入肝行血之峻药。故主产乳余疾，及通瘕血闭，妇人血气虚者，一概勿施，至于胎前断不宜用。
紫葳花即凌霄花，主用女科，善调月信，破血祛瘀，瘕血闭，治血痛要药，去产乳余疾，散酒破热风，能去血中伏火，及血热生风之症，走而不守，虚人忌之。
Bitter in flavor, cold in nature, non-toxic, it is a drug that clears heat and promotes lubrication. Intestinal wind with bloody diarrhea and damp-heat stagnating in the middle jiao; thirst after dysentery due to residual heat remaining in the meridians and insufficiency of body fluids; restlessness and insomnia at night due to latent heat in the Heart meridian causing deficiency vexation; skin itching due to deficiency heat in the Lung and Stomach. Bitter-cold can eliminate various heats, and lubricating properties can guide out accumulated stagnation, thus it treats all these conditions.
Mu Jin (Hibiscus mutabilis), which is currently planted as hedges. The branches treat heat and thirst after dysentery, helping people sleep. The flowers treat diarrhea, dysentery, and intestinal wind, astringing the intestines and stopping bleeding. Made into a decoction to replace tea, it gradually dispels skin itching; both parts are used. They should be stir-fried before use. Also, Chuan Jin Pi (Cortex Hibisci Mutabilis) applied externally is very effective for stubborn tinea and insect sores; those with thick flesh and red color are authentic.
Fu Niu Hua (Flos Tribuli), also known as Ge Hu Ci Hua, treats generalized body pain caused by wind generation, alleviates wet bi syndrome with limb spasms and contractures, stops bleeding from the five types of hemorrhoids, and dispels dizziness and headache caused by wind.
Emerged from the soil sensing the qi of midsummer, its flavor is bitter, nature is warm, and it is non-toxic. It enters the Foot Yangming Meridian and Jueyin Meridian. Its warmth can circulate and disperse pathogens, making it necessary for eliminating alternating chills and fever, relieving cough and asthma, and descending Lung qi.
Mu Jing Shi (Fructus Viticis), comes in green and yellow varieties, only the green ones are usable for medicine. Harvested in August, dried in the sun, stir-fried until yellow and crushed before use. It descends Lung qi, relieves cough and asthma in the throat, unblocks Stomach qi, eliminates alternating chills and fever in bones and joints, calms the spirit, and treats hallucinations ("seeing ghosts"). It is also recorded in Immortal Formulas; combined with Bai Zi Ren (Arborvitae Seed) and Qing Xiang Zi (Celosia Seed), it is highly effective for treating head wind. Leaves treat edema and fullness of lower limbs (jiaqi), damp sores, cholera-like vomiting and diarrhea, muscle cramps without painful urinary dysfunction or bloody dysentery. Decoction of roots expels various winds affecting the head, face, and limbs, releases the muscle layer, and induces sweating. There is also Jing Li (Vitex Juice), extracted similarly to Zhu Li (Bamboo Sap); taken evenly mixed with Ginger Juice, it eliminates phlegm miraculously, treating stroke in the elderly with aphonia and critical condition. For children with fever, convulsions, and epilepsy, those with excess qi and good appetite should take it, while those with deficient qi and poor appetite should avoid it.
Danxi said: For deficiency phlegm, use Zhu Li (Bamboo Sap); for excess phlegm, use Jing Li (Vitex Juice). Both are essential drugs for opening collaterals and promoting blood and qi circulation.
Born receiving the qi of spring, its flavor is sour, nature is slightly cold, and it is non-toxic. It is a potent drug entering the Liver to promote blood circulation. Thus, it treats residual diseases after childbirth and menstruation, and unblocks abdominal masses and blood obstruction. Women with deficiency of blood and qi should absolutely not use it, and it is strictly contraindicated during pregnancy.
Zi Wei Hua (Lantern Flower / Campsis grandiflora), also known as Ling Xiao Hua, is mainly used in gynecology. It skillfully regulates menstruation, breaks blood stasis, removes blood clots, treats abdominal masses and blood obstruction, is an essential drug for treating blood-related pain, eliminates residual diseases after childbirth, disperses alcohol-induced pathogenic wind, can clear latent fire in the blood, and treats symptoms where blood heat generates wind. It moves freely without staying put, and those with deficiency constitution should avoid it.