禀土气以生,故味甘,气寒,无毒。入足太阴经。其主水肿,益气克肌肤者,皆补
脾坚土之验也,强阴痿明目者,乃脾实则能生精,而灌注于肾之功,由是五脏皆实,气
力增,筋骨壮,悦颜色而轻身矣。
楮实,主水肿,充肌肤,助腰膝,益气力,强阴痿,补虚劳,悦颜色,轻身壮筋骨
明目。纸烧存性,调酒亦止血晕血崩。剪衙门有印纸烧吞,断妇人产神效。
感天地阴寒之气,兼木与水之化,故味苦、酸、咸,气寒,无毒。入手足阳明兼入
足厥阴经。总苦寒纯阴之药,为凉血要品,能除一切热,散一切结,清一切火也。其花
味以苦独胜,故除手足阳明、足厥阴之热尤效耳。
槐实,去五内邪热,五痔肿痛、凉大肠,消乳瘕,男子阴湿燥痒不止,女人产户
痛痒难当,理火疮,堕胎孕,酒吞七粒,催产犹奇。花味甚苦,炒黄凉大肠,去热理肠
风,泻血及皮肤风热,止痔 来红,并白赤痢矣。去胃脘卒痛,杀腹脏蛔虫,但病患虚
寒,脾胃作泻,及阴虚内热者忌服。枝主洗疮,及阴囊湿痒。皮主浴烂疮。根主喉痹寒
热,叶煎汤,治小儿惊痫壮热疥癣及疔肿。外树上木耳,烧灰为末水服,善治虫咬心
痛,并肠痔及便血俱神效。
《大清草木方》云∶槐者虚星之精,以十月上已日采子,服之去百病,长生通神。
又(梁书)言∶庚肩吾常服槐实,年七十余发鬓皆黑,目看细字亦其验也。
楮实禀受土的五行之气而生长,所以味道甘甜,药性寒凉,没有毒性。它进入足太阴脾经。它能主治水肿、使肌肤充实饱满,这些都是补益脾气、坚固脾土功效的体现;它能强壮阴气、治疗阳痿、明目,这是因为脾脏功能充实后能够化生精微物质,并将其灌注于肾脏的缘故。由此使得五脏都变得充实,体力增强,筋骨强健,面色红润悦泽,身体轻盈。
楮实主要治疗水肿,使肌肤充实,辅助腰膝,增加体力,强壮阴气治疗阳痿,补益虚劳,使面色红润悦泽,身体轻盈并强健筋骨、明目。将造纸用的楮树皮烧成炭(保留药性),用酒调服也可以止血,治疗因失血引起的头晕和血崩症。剪取衙门里盖有印章的楮纸烧焦后吞服,对妇人难产有神奇的疗效。
槐实感应天地间的阴寒之气,兼具木与水的五行变化特性,所以味道苦、酸、咸,药性寒凉,没有毒性。它进入手阳明大肠经、足阳明胃经,兼入足厥阴肝经。槐实总属苦寒纯阴性质的药物,是凉血的要药,能清除所有的热邪,消散所有的郁结,清解所有的火毒。槐花的气味以苦味为主,所以清除手足阳明经及足厥阴经的热邪尤为有效。
槐实能去除五脏内部的邪热,治疗五种痔疮引起的肿痛,凉润大肠,消除乳房中的肿块积聚(乳瘕)。对于男子阴部潮湿燥痒不止,女子产道疼痛瘙痒难以忍受,以及火疮的治疗都有作用。它能促使流产,若用酒送服七粒槐实,催产效果奇特。槐花味道极苦,炒黄后能凉润大肠,去除热邪调理肠风(便血),治疗泻血以及皮肤的风热,止住痔疮出血,以及白痢和赤痢。槐实还能去除胃脘部的突发剧痛,杀灭腹脏内的蛔虫。但是,如果病患体质虚寒,脾胃虚弱导致腹泻,以及阴虚内热的患者禁止服用。槐枝主要用于清洗疮疡,以及阴囊潮湿瘙痒。槐皮主要用于洗浴溃烂的疮口。槐根主要用于治疗喉痹(咽喉肿痛闭塞)伴有寒热症状。槐叶煎汤,可以治疗小儿惊痫高热、疥癣以及疔疮肿毒。生长在槐树上的木耳,烧成灰研末用水送服,善于治疗被虫咬伤引起的心痛,以及肠痔和便血,都有神奇的效果。
《大清草木方》说:槐树是虚宿星精气的化身,在农历十月上巳日采集槐实服用,可以去除百病,使人长生不老,通晓神灵。另外《梁书》记载:庚肩吾经常服用槐实,七十多岁时头发和鬓角依然乌黑,视力好到能看清细小的字,这也是服用槐实的验证。
Budding Nut (Celtis sinensis) Fruit absorbs the Qi of Earth in its generation, thus its flavor is sweet, its nature is cold, and it is non-toxic. It enters the Foot-Taiyin Spleen Meridian. Its ability to treat edema and fill out the skin and muscles are all evidences of its efficacy in tonifying the Spleen and consolidating the Earth element. Its ability to strengthen Yin, treat impotence, and improve vision stems from the function where a solid Spleen generates Essence and pours it into the Kidney. Consequently, the Five Zang Organs become solid, strength increases, bones and tendons grow strong, complexion becomes radiant, and the body feels light.
Budding Nut (Celtis sinensis) Fruit primarily treats edema, fills out the skin and muscles, assists the waist and knees, boosts energy, strengthens Yin to treat impotence, tonifies deficiency and exhaustion, makes the complexion radiant, lightens the body, strengthens bones and tendons, and improves vision. Paper made from Budding Nut bark burned to retain its medicinal properties (charcoal), mixed with wine, can also stop bleeding and treat dizziness and metrorrhagia caused by blood loss. Chopping official seal paper made from Budding Nut bark, burning it, and swallowing it has miraculous effects for treating difficult labor in women.
Huai Shi (Sophora japonica Fruit) perceives the Yin-cold Qi of Heaven and Earth, combining the transformations of Wood and Water; thus, its flavors are bitter, sour, and salty, its nature is cold, and it is non-toxic. It enters the Hand-Yangming Large Intestine Meridian and Foot-Yangming Stomach Meridian, and additionally enters the Foot-Jueyin Liver Meridian. As a drug that is purely bitter, cold, and Yin, it is an essential product for cooling blood, capable of removing all heat, dissipating all knots, and clearing all fire. The Huai flower's flavor is predominantly bitter, so it is particularly effective in clearing heat from the Hand-Yangming, Foot-Yangming, and Foot-Jueyin meridians.
Huai Shi removes pathogenic heat from the five internal organs, treats swelling and pain of the five types of hemorrhoids, cools the large intestine, and resolves breast masses (Ru Jia). For men with persistent dampness, dryness, and itching in the genital area, and for women with unbearable pain and itching in the vaginal canal after childbirth, as well as for treating fire sores, it is effective. It can induce abortion; swallowing seven grains with wine for inducing labor yields remarkable results. The Huai flower tastes very bitter; when stir-fried until yellow, it cools the large intestine, removes heat to regulate intestinal wind (hematochezia), stops bleeding from hemorrhoids, and treats both white and red dysentery. It can also relieve sudden epigastric pain and kill roundworms in the abdomen and viscera. However, patients with deficiency-cold constitutions, spleen-stomach weakness causing diarrhea, and those with Yin deficiency with internal heat should avoid taking it. The branches are mainly used for washing sores and treating dampness and itching of the scrotum. The bark is mainly used for bathing ulcerated sores. The roots are mainly used to treat throat obstruction (Hou Bi) accompanied by chills and fever. Decoction of the leaves treats infantile convulsions with high fever, tinea, and carbuncles. Earwood growing on the tree, burned to ash and taken with water, effectively treats heart pain caused by insect bites, as well as intestinal hemorrhoids and hematochezia.
The *Daqing Caomu Fang* states: "The Huai tree is the essence of the Xu Star. Collecting its fruit on the Shangsi day in the tenth lunar month and consuming it can remove hundred diseases, promote longevity, and connect with the divine." Additionally, the *Book of Liang* records: Geng Jianwu frequently consumed Huai Shi, and at over seventy years old, his hair and sideburns remained black, and his eyesight was sharp enough to read fine print, which is verification of its efficacy.