甘平，无毒。寒食日以单面所造酵水发成。
发明 温中健脾，消食化滞，和血止汗，利三焦，通水道；用以打糊丸，健脾胃良药
。
酒曲，红曲，女曲
甘微苦辛平，无毒。造神曲法，夏日用白面五斤，入青蒿、
苍耳、野蓼自然汁各一碗，杏仁泥四两，赤小豆二两，煮研拌面作曲，风干，陈久者良，炒
香用。举世以相思子作小豆，大谬。
发明 神曲入阳明胃经，其功专于消化谷麦酒积。陈久者良。但有积者，能消化，无积
而久服则消人元气。故脾阴虚胃火盛当禁也。酒曲亦能消食去滞气，行药力，但力峻伤胃。
红曲乃粳米所造，然必福建制者为良。活血消食，有治脾胃营血之功。女人经血阻滞，赤痢
下重，宜加用之。女曲是女人以完麦罨成黄子，消食下气，止泻痢，破冷血，《千金方》恒
用之。
即饧糖
甘温，无毒。白色者良。
发明 饴糖甘温入脾经气分，润肺气，止暴嗽，补虚冷，益津气，除唾血，仲景建中汤
用治腹痛，取稼穑之甘以缓之也。治伤寒肾虚，尺脉不至，是实土以堤水，非伐肾也。而中
满吐逆疳病，皆不可食，以其生痰助火最甚也。丹溪云，大发湿中之热，小儿多食，损齿生
虫，熬焦酒服，能消食积，下瘀血，解附子、乌头毒。拌轻粉熬焦为丸，噙化，疗咸哮喘嗽
，大吐稠痰即愈。
【蒸饼】
味甘，性平，无毒。在寒食节当天，仅用面粉制作，以发酵的水来发面制成。
【发明】（对药性的阐发）
能温暖中焦、健脾益气，消除食积、化解停滞，调和血液、止汗，通利三焦、疏通水道；用来制作糊丸，是健脾胃的良药。
【酒曲、红曲、女曲】
味甘，微苦、辛，性平，无毒。
制作神曲的方法：夏天用白面粉五斤，加入青蒿、苍耳、野蓼的自然汁各一碗，杏仁泥四两，赤小豆二两，煮烂后研磨拌入面粉中制成曲块，风干存放，陈久的品质更好，炒香后使用。世人误用相思子当作赤小豆，这是极大的错误。
【发明】
神曲归阳明胃经，其功效专门在于消化谷物、麦类及酒类的积滞。陈久的神曲品质更佳。但有积滞时，它能帮助消化；若无积滞而长期服用，则会耗损人的元气。因此，脾阴虚且胃火旺盛者应当禁用。酒曲也能消食去滞气，推动药力运行，但药力峻猛，容易损伤胃气。
红曲是由粳米酿造而成，但必须以福建产制的为佳。具有活血消食的功效，有调理脾胃营血的作用。女性因经血阻滞引起的赤痢、里急后重等症状，适宜加用此药。
女曲是妇女用完整的麦子捂制而成的黄曲，能消食下气，止泻痢，破除冷血，《千金方》中经常使用它。
【饴糖】（即饧糖）
味甘，性温，无毒。白色的品质较好。
【发明】
饴糖味甘性温，入脾经气分，能润肺气，制止突发性的咳嗽，补益虚冷，增益津液与元气，消除唾血。张仲景在建中汤中使用它治疗腹痛，是取稼穑之甘味来缓急止痛。治疗伤寒肾虚、尺脉摸不到的情况，是通过充实土气来堤防水气泛滥，并非直接攻伐肾脏。但是，对于中焦胀满、呕吐逆气、疳积等病症，都不可食用，因为它生痰助火的作用非常强烈。朱丹溪说，饴糖大发湿中之热，小儿多吃会损害牙齿并生虫；将其熬焦后用酒送服，能消化食积，下行瘀血，并能解附子、乌头的毒。将其与轻粉混合熬焦制成丸药，含化咽下，可治疗咸哮喘嗽，吐出大量稠痰后即可痊愈。
[Zhengbing (Steamed Cake)]
Sweet in taste, neutral in nature, non-toxic. Made on Cold Food Festival using only flour and fermented water for leavening.
[Invention] (Elucidation of properties)
Warms the middle jiao, strengthens the spleen and promotes qi transformation, resolves food stagnation and eliminates retention, harmonizes blood and stops sweating, benefits the three jiao, and unblocks water passages; when used to make paste pills, it is an excellent medicine for strengthening the spleen and stomach.
[Jiuqu (Wine Qu), Hongqu (Red Yeast Rice), Nvqu (Female Qu)]
Sweet with slight bitter and pungent tastes, neutral in nature, non-toxic.
Method for making Shenqu: In summer, use five jin of white wheat flour, add one bowl each of natural juices from Qinghao (Artemisia annua L.), Cang'er (Xanthium strumarium L.), and Yeliao (Polygonum aviculare L.), four liang of almond paste, and two liang of Adzuki beans (Vigna angularis). Boil until soft, grind, mix with flour to form qu blocks, air-dry. The older it ages, the better. Use after frying until fragrant. It is a major error for people worldwide to mistake Xiangsi seeds (Abrus precatorius L.) for Adzuki beans.
[Invention]
Shenqu enters the Yangming Stomach meridian; its function specializes in digesting accumulations of grains, wheat, and alcohol. The aged variety is superior. When there are accumulations, it aids digestion; however, long-term use without accumulations will consume the body's primordial qi. Therefore, it is contraindicated for those with Spleen Yin deficiency and excessive Stomach fire. Jiuqu also resolves food stagnation, removes stagnant qi, and facilitates the action of medicines, but its action is vigorous and may damage the Stomach Qi.
Hongqu is brewed from japonica rice (Oryza sativa L. var. japonica), but the variety produced in Fujian is considered superior. It invigorates blood and resolves food stagnation, possessing the merit of regulating Ying blood in the spleen and stomach. It is suitable for women suffering from dysentery with tenesmus due to menstrual blood obstruction.
Nvqu is made by women covering whole wheat to ferment into yellow mold. It resolves food stagnation, directs qi downward, stops diarrhea and dysentery, and breaks up cold blood. It is frequently used in the *Qianjin Fang* (Essential Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold).
[Yitang (Malt Sugar)] (i.e., Xingtang)
Sweet in taste, warm in nature, non-toxic. The white variety is superior.
[Invention]
Yitang is sweet and warm, entering the Qi aspect of the Spleen meridian. It moistens Lung Qi, arrests sudden coughs, tonifies deficiency-cold, benefits Jin fluids and Yuan Qi, and eliminates hemoptysis. Zhang Zhongjing uses it in Jianzhong Tang (Middle-Warming Decoction) to treat abdominal pain, utilizing the sweetness of agriculture (Jise) to relieve urgency. To treat Kidney deficiency in Shanghan (Cold Damage) where the Chi pulse is absent, it works by fortifying Earth to dam Water, rather than attacking the Kidney. However, it is forbidden for conditions involving middle jiao fullness, vomiting, regurgitation, and Gan disease, as it generates phlegm and assists fire most severely. Danxi stated that it greatly exacerbates heat within dampness; excessive consumption by children damages teeth and causes worms. When fried until charred and taken with wine, it can resolve food accumulations, move stasis downward, and detoxify Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata) and Wutou (Aconiti Radix). Mixed with Qinfen (Calomelas) and fried until charred to make pills, held in the mouth to dissolve, it treats asthma and cough, curing the condition immediately upon expectoration of thick phlegm.