味苦咸，微寒，无毒。主腹中寒热积聚，女子产乳余疾，补肾气，令人目明。主暴中
伤寒，身热支满狂邪，温疟，血瘕，下寒血，除胸中气，下水，止烦渴，散颈下核，痈肿
心腹痛，坚症。《药性论》云∶使。能治暴结热，主热风头痛，伤寒复劳，散瘤瘿瘰 。日
恶∶黄 、干姜、大枣、山茱萸。反∶藜芦。
味辛，温，无毒。主女人漏下赤白，血闭阴肿，寒热，风头侵目泪出，长肌肤，润泽
疗风邪，久渴，吐呕。《药性论》云∶君。治心腹血刺痛，除风邪，女人血崩，治沥血腰
日华子云∶治目赤， 肉及补胎漏滑落，破宿血，补新血，乳痈，发背，瘰 ，肠风，
排脓止痛。当归为使。恶∶旋复花。
俗名仙灵脾。味辛，寒，无毒。主阴痿，绝伤，茎中痛，利小便，益气力，坚筋骨
瘰，赤痈，下部有疮。《药性论》云∶主坚筋益骨。日华子云∶紫芝为使，得酒良。
切冷风劳气，补腰膝，强心力，丈夫绝阳不起，女人绝阴无子，筋骨挛急，四肢不仁。
紫芝为使。生∶上郡。
味苦甘，平、微温，无毒。主腰背强、机关缓急，周痹寒湿膝痛，颇利老人。疗失溺
节，男子脚弱腰痛，风邪淋露，少气目暗，女子伤中，关节重。《药性论》云∶味苦辛，
热。治男子女人毒风软脚，邪气湿痹，肾气虚弱，补益男子，续筋骨。萆 为使。恶∶败
玄参：味苦、咸，性微寒，无毒。主治腹中因寒热邪气积聚而成的病证，妇女产后遗留的疾病，能补肾气，使人目光明亮。主治突然发作的伤寒，身体发热、胸胁胀满、神志狂乱，温疟，血瘕（腹部结块），排出下焦瘀血，消除胸中气滞，利水，止烦渴，消散颈部淋巴结肿大，治疗痈肿及心腹疼痛，使坚硬的症积变软。《药性论》记载：作为佐使药。能治疗暴发的结聚热邪，主治风热引起的头痛，伤寒病愈后复发劳损，消散瘤、瘿、瘰疬。畏恶的药物有：黄芩、干姜、大枣、山茱萸。相反的药物是：藜芦。
狗脊：味辛，性温，无毒。主治妇女漏下赤白带下，血闭，阴部肿痛，寒热往来，头部受风邪侵袭导致流泪，能使肌肤生长，润泽肌肤，治疗风邪，久渴，呕吐。《药性论》记载：作为君药。治疗心腹刺痛，祛除风邪，妇女血崩，治疗淋沥不尽及腰痛。日华子记载：治疗目赤，眼睑下垂及补固胎元防止流产滑胎，破除陈旧瘀血，补充新血，治疗乳痈，发背疮，瘰疬，肠风便血，排脓止痛。以当归为佐使药。畏恶的药物有：旋覆花。
淫羊藿：俗称仙灵脾。味辛，性寒，无毒。主治阳痿，严重损伤，阴茎中疼痛，通利小便，益气力，坚固筋骨，治疗瘰疬，赤色痈肿，下部生疮。《药性论》记载：主治坚固筋骨，有益骨骼功效。日华子记载：以紫芝为佐使药，得酒则疗效更佳。切治冷风劳气，补益腰膝，增强心力，治疗男子阳气衰竭不起，女子阴气衰竭无子，筋骨拘挛急迫，四肢麻木不仁。以紫芝为佐使药。产地：上郡。
萆薢：味苦、甘，性平、微温，无毒。主治腰背强直、关节缓急不利，周身痹痛因寒湿所致及膝痛，颇利于老年人。治疗遗尿，关节病变，男子脚弱腰痛，风邪淋露，少气目暗，女子内伤，关节沉重。《药性论》记载：味苦、辛，性热。治疗男子女人毒风软脚，邪气湿痹，肾气虚弱，补益男子，续接筋骨。以萆薢为佐使药。畏恶的药物有：败酱。
Scrophulariae Radix (Xuanshen): Bitter and salty in flavor, slightly cold in nature, non-toxic. It primarily treats abdominal accumulations caused by the aggregation of cold and heat pathogens, residual diseases in women after childbirth, tonifies Kidney Qi, and enhances vision. It treats sudden onset of Shanghan (Cold Damage), fever with chest and hypochondriac fullness, mania, warm malaria, blood masses (Xuejia), expels lower jiao stagnant blood, removes qi stagnation in the chest, promotes urination, relieves thirst and irritability, dissipates cervical nodules, treats carbuncles and sores, heart and abdominal pain, and softens hard masses. *Yaoxing Lun* states: It acts as an assistant or guide. It can treat sudden accumulation of heat pathogens, primarily wind-heat headache, recurrence of fatigue after Shanghan, and dissipates tumors, goiters, and scrofula. It is incompatible with Scutellariae Radix (Huangqin), Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens (Ganjiang), Jujubae Fructus (Dazao), and Corni Fructus (Shanzhuyu). It is contraindicated with Veratrum Radix (Lilu).
Cibotii Rhizoma (Gouji): Pungent in flavor, warm in nature, non-toxic. It primarily treats leukorrhea (red and white discharge) in women, blood obstruction, genital swelling, alternating chills and fever, tearing due to wind invading the head and eyes, promotes skin growth, moistens the skin, treats wind pathogens, prolonged thirst, and vomiting. *Yaoxing Lun* states: It acts as the sovereign drug. It treats stabbing pain in the heart and abdomen, dispels wind pathogens, treats metrorrhagia in women, and treats dribbling dysuria and lower back pain. Ri Hua Zi states: It treats red eyes, ptosis, and stabilizes the fetus to prevent miscarriage; it breaks old blood and tonifies new blood, treats mastitis, back carbuncles, scrofula, intestinal wind (blood in stool), drains pus, and stops pain. Angelicae Sinensis Radix (Danggui) serves as its assistant. It is incompatible with Inulae Flos (Xuanfuhua).
Epimedii Folium (Yinyanghuo): Commonly known as Xianlingpi. Pungent in flavor, cold in nature, non-toxic. It primarily treats impotence, severe injuries, pain in the urethra, promotes urination, boosts Qi and strength, strengthens sinews and bones, treats scrofula, red carbuncles, and sores in the lower body. *Yaoxing Lun* states: It primarily strengthens sinews and benefits bones. Ri Hua Zi states: Ganoderma (Zizhi) serves as its assistant; it is effective when taken with wine. It treats cold wind and consumptive disorders, tonifies the waist and knees, strengthens heart power, treats male yang exhaustion with inability to erect, female yin exhaustion with infertility, sinew and bone spasms, and numbness of the four limbs. Ganoderma (Zizhi) serves as its assistant. Origin: Shang Commandery.
Dioscoreae Hypoglaucae Rhizoma (Bixie): Bitter and sweet in flavor, neutral and slightly warm in nature, non-toxic. It primarily treats stiffness of the waist and back, laxity and tightness of joints, generalized bi syndrome due to cold-dampness, knee pain, and is particularly beneficial for the elderly. It treats urinary incontinence, joint issues, weakness of the legs and lower back pain in men, wind-damp leakage, shortness of breath, dim vision, internal injury in women, and heaviness of the joints. *Yaoxing Lun* states: Bitter and pungent in flavor, hot in nature. It treats toxic wind and soft feet in men and women, pathogenic damp-bi syndrome, weak Kidney Qi, tonifies men, and reconnects sinews and bones. Dioscoreae Hypoglaucae Rhizoma (Bixie) serves as its assistant. It is incompatible with Patriniae Radix (Baijiang).