甘，平。入手少阴、足厥阴经气分。达命门，利水道。散瘀破坚，宁神定魄。得朱砂，
治胎
惊。配朱砂、全蝎，治胎痫。佐大黄、鳖甲，下恶血。和鹿葱，治淋沥。
手心摩热能拾芥者真。研粉，滚水泡候冷，凝如石花，冲药用。肾虚溲不利者禁用。
淡、苦。入足少阴、太阳经。去心中水湿之懊 ，分疟疾阴阳之交并。（能于阳中降阴。）
目昏，无湿而渴，二者禁用。（泻水故也。）
王损庵治疟，每加猪苓于汤药中。以阴阳上下交争，遂致寒热更作，用升、柴升阴中之
阳，
用知、苓降阳中之阴。外加猪苓一味，理上焦而开腠理，使邪气外达也。
浓朴、芫花、荔实为之使。恶葛根、 蓄。
苦，寒。有小毒。入手足阳明经。燥脾除热，消积杀虫。（湿热除，虫之巢穴自倒。）
甘草汁浸，酒拌蒸，或泡用。色赤者杀人。
怪症∶皮肉生虫，行如蟹走，声如孩啼，此筋肉之化。用雷丸合雄黄各一两，为末，掺
猪肉
上炙熟食之。
忌火。
苦，平。入足厥阴经。去风湿，益血脉。主崩漏，散疮疡，安胎下乳，兼治胎产余疾。
配阿胶，治胎动腹痛。配芎、
防，治下痢脓血。
桑上节间生出，缠附桑枝者，名寄生。折断有深黄色者真。杂树上生者多害人。
苦，平。捣汁服，治膈气刺痛。
味甘，性平。归入手少阴心经与足厥阴肝经的气分。能通达命门，通利水道。具有消散瘀血、破除坚积的功效，并能宁心安神、定魄。若配伍朱砂（Cinnabar），可治疗胎惊（胎儿受惊或新生儿惊风）。若配伍朱砂、全蝎（Scorpion），可治疗胎痫（胎儿癫痫或新生儿惊厥）。若佐以大黄（Rhubarb）、鳖甲（Turtle Shell），可攻下恶血（瘀血）。若与鹿葱（Allium macrostemon）同用，可治疗淋沥（小便淋漓不尽）。
用手心摩擦后能吸附芥菜籽的，才是真品。研成粉末，用滚开水冲泡，待冷却后凝结如石花状，再冲服药物。肾虚导致小便不利者禁用。
味淡、苦。入足少阴肾经与足太阳膀胱经。能去除心中水湿引起的烦闷不适，区分疟疾阴阳交替发作的时机。（能在阳气中抑制阴气。）眼睛昏花、体内无湿却口渴这两种情况禁用。（因为本品有利水泻下的作用。）
王损庵治疗疟疾时，常在汤药中加入猪苓（Polyporus）。因阴阳在上下交争，导致寒热交替发作，使用升麻（Cimicifugae Rhizoma）、柴胡（Bupleuri Radix）提升阴中之阳，使用知母（Anemarrhenae Rhizoma）、猪苓降低阳中之阴。外加一味猪苓，调理上焦并开通腠理，使邪气向外发散。
厚朴（Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex）、芫花（Genkwa Flos）、荔实（Litchi Seed）作为其引经药。畏葛根（Puerariae Lobatae Radix）、蓄（Polygoni Avicularis Herba）。
味苦，性寒。有小毒。入手阳明大肠经与足阳明胃经。燥湿健脾，清除内热，消除积滞，杀虫。（湿热去除后，虫类的巢穴自然崩塌。）可用甘草汁浸泡，或用酒拌蒸，或泡服。颜色赤红的会致人死亡。
怪症：皮肉中生虫，行动如蟹爬，声音如婴儿啼哭，这是筋肉化生为虫。用雷丸（Wanillosporae Sclerotium）和雄黄（Realgar）各一两，研为细末，撒在猪肉上烤熟食用。
忌用火制。
味苦，性平。入足厥阴肝经。祛除风湿，补益血脉。主治崩漏（非经期大量出血或经期延长），消散疮疡，安胎，催乳，兼治胎产后的余疾。
配伍阿胶（Donkey-hide Gelatin），可治疗胎动腹痛。配伍川芎（Chuanxiong Rhizoma）、防风（Saposhnikoviae Radix），可治疗痢疾脓血。
生长在桑树枝节间，缠绕依附于桑枝上的，名为桑寄生（Taxilli Herba）。折断后断面呈深黄色的为真品。生长在杂树上的多有害于人。
味苦，性平。捣烂取汁服用，可治疗膈气刺痛（胸膈部气滞刺痛）。
Sweet, neutral. Enters the Qi level of the Heart Meridian of Hand-Shaoyin and the Liver Meridian of Foot-Jueyin. Reaches the Gate of Vitality (Mingmen), promotes urination. Disperses blood stasis, breaks up firm accumulations, calms the Spirit, and stabilizes the Soul. Combined with Cinnabar (Zhusha), it treats fetal fright (Taijing). Paired with Cinnabar (Zhusha) and Scorpion (Quanxie), it treats fetal epilepsy (Taixian). Assisted by Rhubarb (Dahuang) and Turtle Shell (Biejia), it purges evil blood (E-xue). With Allium macrostemon (Luchong), it treats dribbling dysuria (Linli).
The authentic product can attract mustard seeds when rubbed between the palms. Grind into powder, steep in boiling water, let cool until it congeals like a stone flower, then take with medicine. Contraindicated for those with Kidney deficiency causing difficult urination.
Bland, bitter. Enters the Kidney Meridian of Foot-Shaoyin and the Bladder Meridian of Foot-Taiyang. Removes mental restlessness caused by water-dampness in the Heart, distinguishes the yin-yang transition in malaria. (It can subdue Yin within Yang.) Contraindicated for dim vision and thirst without dampness. (Because it drains water.)
Wang Sun'an treated malaria by adding Polyporus (Zhu Ling) to decoctions. Since Yin and Yang contend above and below, causing alternating chills and fever, he used Cimicifuga (Shengma) and Bupleurum (Chaihu) to raise the Yang within Yin, and Anemarrhena (Zhimu) and Polyporus (Zhu Ling) to lower the Yin within Yang. Additionally, one dose of Polyporus (Zhu Ling) regulates the Upper Jiao and opens the interstices (Cou Li), allowing pathogenic factors to exit outwardly.
Magnolia bark (Houpo), Genkwa flower (Yuanhua), and Litchi seed (Lishi) act as guides. It is incompatible with Kudzu root (Gegen) and Knotweed herb (JiSun).
Bitter, cold. Slightly toxic. Enters the Large Intestine Meridian of Hand-Yangming and the Stomach Meridian of Foot-Yangming. Dries Spleen dampness, clears heat, eliminates accumulation, and kills parasites. (When damp-heat is removed, the habitat of parasites collapses naturally.) Soaked in Licorice juice, steamed with wine, or soaked before use. Those that are red in color cause death.
Strange symptoms: Worms growing in skin and flesh, moving like crabs, crying like infants; this is the transformation of muscle and flesh. Use Wanillospora (Leiwu) and Realgar (Xionghuang), each 1 liang, ground into powder, sprinkled on pork, roasted, and eaten.
Contraindicated with fire processing.
Bitter, neutral. Enters the Liver Meridian of Foot-Jueyin. Dispels wind-dampness, benefits blood vessels. Mainly treats metrorrhagia (Banglou), disperses sores and ulcers, calms the fetus, promotes lactation, and treats residual diseases after childbirth.
Paired with Donkey-hide gelatin (Ejiao), it treats fetal movement with abdominal pain. Paired with Chuanxiong (Xiong) and Saposhnikovia (Fangfeng), it treats dysentery with pus and blood.
Growing between the nodes of mulberry branches, entangled and attached to mulberry twigs, named Taxillus (Sangshengji). The authentic product has a deep yellow cross-section when broken. Those growing on miscellaneous trees often harm people.
Bitter, neutral. Crushed and juice taken orally, it treats stabbing pain due to diaphragmatic Qi stagnation (Geqi).