味咸苦甘,平,微寒,无毒。主青盲,目淫肤赤白膜,眼赤痛泪出。疗唇口青。久服益
精光,轻身,生龙门川泽。石决明生豫章,十月十日采,阴干百日。
味辛,温,无毒。主中风入脑,头痛寒痹,筋挛缓急,金疮,妇人血闭,无子,
冷动,面上游风去来,目泪出,多涕唾,忽忽如醉,诸寒冷气,心腹坚痛,中恶,卒急肿
胁风痛,温中内寒。一名胡穷,一名香果。其叶名蘼芜。生武功川谷斜谷西岭,三月四
根,曝干。
味辛,温,无毒。主咳逆,定惊气,辟邪恶,除蛊毒鬼疰,去三虫。久服通神,主身中
老风,头中久风风眩。一名薇芜,一名茳蓠。芎 苗也。生雍州川泽及冤句,四月五月采叶,
曝干。
味苦辛,微温,无毒。主伤寒,补不足,金疮,痈伤,折跌,续筋骨,妇人乳难,崩中
漏血,金疮血内漏,止痛,生肌肉,及 伤恶血,腰痛,关节缓急。久服益气力。一名龙豆,
一名属折,一名接骨,一名南草,一名槐。生常山山谷,七月八月采,阴干。
味辛苦,温,无毒。主泻痢肠 ,杀蛊毒。去邪恶结气,止痛,除寒热,消渴。
见鬼精物,多食令人狂走。杀精物,下水,烧之致鬼。久服轻身,通神明,益寿。一名员实,
一名云英,一名夭豆。生河间川谷,十月采,曝干。
味甘,微温,无毒。主痈疽久败疮,排脓止痛,大风癞疾,五痔鼠 ,补虚,小儿百病,
妇人子脏风邪气,逐五脏间恶血,补丈夫虚损,五劳羸瘦,止渴,腹痛泻痢,益气,利阴气,
白水者冷,补。其茎叶∶疗渴及筋挛,痈肿,疽疮。一名戴糁,一名戴椹,一名独椹,一名
芰草,一名蜀脂,一名百本。生蜀郡山谷白水汉中,二月十日采,阴干。
【决明子】味道咸、苦、甘,性平,微寒,无毒。主治青盲(视力减退或失明),目淫肤赤白膜(眼睑红肿及眼表白色翳膜),眼睛红痛流泪。治疗嘴唇和口角发青。长期服用可增进精力与视力,使身体轻盈。生长在龙门川泽。石决明生长在豫章,于十月十日采集,阴干一百天。
【蘼芜】味道辛,性温,无毒。主治中风邪气入脑,头痛寒痹,筋脉拘挛或弛缓,金创(金属利器造成的创伤),妇人血闭经,不孕,冷气发动,面部游走性风邪往来,眼泪流出,鼻涕唾液多,精神恍惚如醉酒状,各种寒冷之气,心腹坚硬疼痛,中恶邪,突然急性肿胀,胁肋部风痛,温中散内寒。又名胡穷,又名香果。其叶子名为蘼芜。生长在武功川谷斜谷西岭,三月采收四根,晒干。
【芎䓖】味道辛,性温,无毒。主治咳嗽气逆,安定惊气,辟除邪恶,去除蛊毒鬼疰(一种由鬼祟引起的传染病),去除三虫(寄生虫)。长期服用可通神,主治体内老风,头部久患的风眩。又名薇芜,又名茳蓠。是芎䓖的幼苗。生长在雍州川泽及冤句,四月五月采集叶子,晒干。
【接骨木/续断类】味道苦、辛,微温,无毒。主治伤寒,补益不足,金创,痈伤,骨折跌打,接续筋骨,妇人难产,崩中漏血,金创血内漏,止痛,生肌肉,以及瘀血损伤,腰痛,关节拘急或弛缓。长期服用可益气力。又名龙豆,又名属折,又名接骨,又名南草,又名槐。生长在常山山谷,七月八月采集,阴干。
【云英/员实类】味道辛苦,性温,无毒。主治泻痢肠澼(痢疾伴肠道病变),杀蛊毒。去除邪恶结气,止痛,去除寒热,消渴(糖尿病症状)。见鬼精物,多吃令人狂走。杀精物,下水,烧之致鬼。长期服用可轻身,通神明,益寿。又名员实,又名云英,又名夭豆。生长在河间川谷,十月采集,晒干。
【蜀脂/百本类】味道甘,微温,无毒。主治痈疽久败疮,排脓止痛,大风癞疾(麻风病),五痔鼠瘘(痔疮及淋巴结核),补虚,小儿百病,妇人子宫风邪气,逐五脏间恶血,补丈夫虚损,五劳羸瘦,止渴,腹痛泻痢,益气,利阴气,白水者冷,补。其茎叶:治疗口渴及筋挛,痈肿,疽疮。又名戴糁,又名戴椹,又名独椹,又名芰草,又名蜀脂,又名百本。生长在蜀郡山谷白水汉中,二月十日采集,阴干。
[Juemingzi (Cassiae Semen)] Salty, bitter, and sweet in taste; neutral in nature, slightly cold, non-toxic. It primarily treats blindness (Qingmang), eyelid swelling with redness and white membranes on the eye surface, red painful eyes with tearing. It treats bluish lips and mouth. Long-term consumption enhances vitality and vision, lightens the body. Grows in the streams and marshes of Longmen. Shijueming (Haliotidis Concha) grows in Yuzhang, harvested on the 10th day of the 10th lunar month, dried in shade for 100 days.
[Miwu (Angelicae Dahuricae Folium et Radix)] Pungent in taste, warm in nature, non-toxic. It primarily treats wind-stroke with pathogenic factors entering the brain, headache, cold-bi syndrome, tendon spasms or flaccidity, metallic wounds, amenorrhea in women, infertility, movement of cold qi, wandering wind on the face, tearing, excessive nasal discharge and saliva, mental confusion resembling drunkenness, various cold pathogens, hardness and pain in the heart and abdomen, sudden onset of evil pathogens, acute swelling, wind-pain in the hypochondrium, warms the middle and dispels internal cold. Also known as Huqiong, also known as Xiangguo. Its leaves are named Miwu. Grows in the valleys of Wugong, west ridge of Xiegu, harvested in March, dried in the sun.
[Xiongqiong (Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizoma seedling)] Pungent in taste, warm in nature, non-toxic. It primarily treats cough and rebellious qi, calms fright and qi stagnation, expels evil influences, removes gu poison and ghostly infections, eliminates three types of parasites. Long-term consumption opens the spirit, treats chronic internal wind, and chronic wind-dizziness in the head. Also known as Wei Wu, also known as Jiang Li. It is the seedling of Xiongxiong. Grows in the streams and marshes of Yongzhou and Yuanju, leaves harvested in April and May, dried in the sun.
[Jiegumu/Xuduan type] Bitter and pungent in taste, slightly warm in nature, non-toxic. It primarily treats shanghan (cold damage), tonifies deficiencies, treats metallic wounds, carbuncles, fractures and dislocations, reconnects sinews and bones, treats difficult labor in women, metrorrhagia and metrostaxis, internal bleeding from metallic wounds, relieves pain, promotes flesh regeneration, treats traumatic blood stasis, lower back pain, and joint stiffness or flaccidity. Long-term consumption boosts qi and strength. Also known as Longdou, also known as Shezhe, also known as Jiegut, also known as Nancao, also known as Huai. Grows in the valleys of Changshan, harvested in July and August, dried in shade.
[Yunyuan/Yunying type] Bitter and pungent in taste, warm in nature, non-toxic. It primarily treats dysentery and intestinal disorders, kills gu poison. Removes evil stagnant qi, relieves pain, dispels cold and heat, treats polydipsia. Seeing spirits, excessive consumption causes manic running. Kills spirits, descends water, burning it attracts ghosts. Long-term consumption lightens the body, opens the spirit, and prolongs life. Also known as Yuanshi, also known as Yunying, also known as Yaodou. Grows in the valleys of Hejian, harvested in October, dried in the sun.
[Shuzhi/Baiben type] Sweet in taste, slightly warm in nature, non-toxic. It primarily treats chronic ulcerating sores from carbuncles, drains pus and relieves pain, treats severe leprosy, five types of hemorrhoids and scrofula, tonifies deficiency, treats various ailments in children, wind-pathogens in the uterus of women, expels evil blood from the five zang organs, tonifies deficiency in men, treats five labors and emaciation, stops thirst, abdominal pain and dysentery, boosts qi, benefits yin qi, clears coldness in white water, tonifies. Its stems and leaves: treat thirst and tendon spasms, carbuncles, and sores. Also known as Daishen, also known as Daishen, also known as Dushen, also known as Jicao, also known as Shuzhi, also known as Baiben. Grows in the valleys of Shujun, Baishui, and Hanzhong, harvested on the 10th day of the 2nd lunar month, dried in shade.