甘平无毒。入调补药用白蜜，泻火药用赤蜜。味酸者不堪入药，不可与生葱、独
蒜、莴苣同食，令人下利。凡炼蜜，炭火慢炼，掠去浮沫至滴水成珠为度。炼成每斤入陈酒
四两再熬沸，和药为丸，则药力易化。
《本经》主心腹邪气，诸惊痫 ，安五脏，补不足，益气补中，止痛解毒，除众病，
和百药，久服强志轻身，不饥不老。
发明 蜂采无毒之花酝酿而成。生则性凉清热，故能治心腹之邪气。熟则性温，补中安
五脏诸不足，甘而和平，故能解毒。柔而润泽，故能润燥。缓以去急，故能主心腹肌肉疮疡
之痛。仲景治阳明结燥，大便不通，用蜜煎导法，取其能通结燥而不伤肠胃也。凡滋补药俱
用炼白蜜丸，取其和脾润肺也。赤蜜味酸，食之令人心烦，惟降火药用之。白蜜虽补脾肺，
然性凉润，脾胃不实，肾气虚滑，及湿热痰滞，胸痞不宽者，咸须忌之。故琼玉膏用糖霜，
枳术丸用荷叶裹饭，佐金丸用米饮，牛黄丸用蒸饼，黑锡丹用酒曲，磁朱丸用神曲，虎潜丸
用酒，香连丸用醋，茸珠丹用红枣，滚痰丸用水泛，各有所宜。今人制丸剂概用蜂蜜，殊失
先哲用方之义。
淡平无毒。
《本经》主下痢脓血，补中，续绝伤金疮，益气不饥耐老。
发明 蜜成于蜡。万物之至味，莫甘于蜜，莫淡于蜡，得非浓此薄彼耶。仲景治痢有调
气饮，《千金》治痢有胶蜡汤。盖有见于《本经》之义也。淡为五味之本，胃为五脏之源，
故能补中续伤，盖有得于太极也。甄权治孕妇胎动下血不绝欲死，以鸡子大一枚煎三五沸，
投美酒半斤服立瘥。又能解毒，故蜡矾丸用之为君。华佗治下痢，食入即吐，用白蜡方寸匙
，鸡子黄一枚，石蜜、苦酒、发灰、黄连末各半，鸡子壳，先煎蜜蜡苦酒，鸡子四味令匀，
乃纳连末，发灰熬至可丸乃止，二日服尽神效。
甘平无毒。在用于调和补益的药物中使用白蜜，在用于泻火的药物中使用赤蜜。味道发酸的蜂蜜不适合入药，不能与生葱、独蒜、莴苣一起食用，否则会导致腹泻。凡是炼制蜂蜜，需用炭火慢火熬炼，撇去浮沫，直到滴入水中能凝结成珠的程度为止。炼成后，每斤蜂蜜加入陈年白酒四两再次煮沸，用来和药制作丸剂，则药力容易消化吸收。
《神农本草经》记载：蜂蜜主治心腹部的邪气，各种惊痫（因受惊或热盛引起的抽搐痉挛病症），安养五脏，补充不足，益气补中，止痛解毒，消除多种疾病，调和百种药物，长期服用可以增强意志、身体轻健，不感饥饿、延缓衰老。
发明：蜜蜂采集无毒的花朵酝酿而成。生的蜂蜜性质凉，能清热，所以能治疗心腹部的邪气。熟的蜂蜜性质温，能补益中焦、安养五脏的各种不足，味甘而平和，所以能解毒。质地柔润滋润，所以能润燥。作用缓和以缓解急症，所以能主治心腹肌肉疮疡的疼痛。张仲景治疗阳明经结燥，大便不通，使用蜜煎导法，取它既能通导结燥又不损伤肠胃的特性。凡是滋补类药物都用炼制的白蜜做丸剂，取它调和脾胃、润肺的作用。赤蜜味道酸，食用后令人心烦，只有降火药才使用它。白蜜虽然能补脾肺，但性质凉润，脾胃虚弱不实、肾气虚滑，以及湿热痰滞、胸膈痞闷不宽畅的人，都必须忌用。所以琼玉膏用糖霜代替，枳术丸用荷叶裹饭，佐金丸用米饮送服，牛黄丸用蒸饼送服，黑锡丹用酒曲送服，磁朱丸用神曲送服，虎潜丸用酒送服，香连丸用醋送服，茸珠丹用红枣送服，滚痰丸用水泛丸，各有适宜的辅料。现在人制作丸剂一概使用蜂蜜，严重失去了先哲运用方剂的深意。
淡平无毒。
《神农本草经》记载：蜂蜡主治下痢脓血，补益中焦，接续绝伤和金创（金属利器造成的创伤），益气使人不饥饿且耐老。
发明：蜂蜡由蜂蜜转化而成。万物中最美味的东西，没有比蜂蜜更甜的，没有比蜂蜡更淡的，这难道不是厚此薄彼吗？张仲景治疗痢疾有调气饮，《千金方》治疗痢疾有胶蜡汤。这都是看到了《神农本草经》中的义理。淡是五味的根本，胃是五脏的源泉，所以蜂蜡能补益中焦、接续损伤，大概是因为契合了太极的道理。甄权治疗孕妇胎动不安、下血不止几乎要死亡的情况，用鸡蛋大一枚煎煮三五沸，投入半斤美酒服用，立刻痊愈。蜂蜡又能解毒，所以蜡矾丸用它作为君药。华佗治疗下痢，食物入口即吐，使用白蜡一方寸匙，鸡蛋黄一枚，石蜜、苦酒（醋）、头发灰、黄连末各半，用鸡蛋壳盛装，先煎煮蜜、蜡、苦酒、鸡蛋黄四味使其均匀，然后纳入黄连末和头发灰，熬制到可以做成丸剂为止，两天内服完，效果神奇。
Sweet, neutral, non-toxic. White honey (Bai Mi) is used in harmonizing and tonifying prescriptions, while red honey (Chi Mi) is used in purging-fire prescriptions. Honey with a sour taste is unsuitable for medicinal use. It should not be consumed together with raw green onion (Cong Bai), single-clove garlic (Du Suan), or lettuce (Wo Ju), as this may cause diarrhea. When refining honey, slow heat over charcoal fire is applied; the foam is skimmed off until a drop of honey forms a bead when dropped into water. After refining, for every jin (500g) of honey, four liang (approx. 125g) of aged wine are added, and it is boiled again. When used to bind herbs into pills, the medicinal efficacy becomes easier to assimilate.
The *Shennong Bencao Jing* states: It treats evil qi in the heart and abdomen, various types of jingxian (convulsions and epilepsy due to fright or heat), calms the five zang organs, supplements deficiencies, benefits qi and the middle jiao, stops pain, detoxifies, eliminates numerous diseases, harmonizes hundred herbs, and long-term consumption strengthens willpower, lightens the body, prevents hunger, and delays aging.
Invention: Honey is produced by bees fermenting nectar from non-toxic flowers. Raw honey has a cool nature and clears heat, thus treating evil qi in the heart and abdomen. Refined honey has a warm nature, tonifies the middle jiao, and calms the five zang organs' deficiencies. Its sweet and mild nature allows it to detoxify. Its soft and moistening quality enables it to lubricate dryness. Its缓 (slow/gentle) action relieves urgency, thus treating pain from sores and ulcers on the heart, abdomen, and muscles. Zhang Zhongjing treated yangming constipation (Yangming Jie Zao) with unformed stools using the honey suppository method (Mi Jian Dao Fa), utilizing its ability to unblock constipation without damaging the stomach and intestines. All tonifying prescriptions use refined white honey for pills, taking advantage of its ability to harmonize the spleen and moisten the lungs. Red honey is sour; consuming it causes mental restlessness, so it is used only for descending-fire prescriptions. Although white honey tonifies the spleen and lungs, its cool and moist nature requires contraindication in cases of spleen-stomach deficiency-cold, kidney qi deficiency with incontinence, damp-heat with phlegm stagnation, and chest fullness without relief. Therefore, Qiongyu Gao uses rock sugar instead; Zhizhu Wan is wrapped in lotus leaf with rice; Zuojin Wan is taken with rice decoction; Niuhuang Wan is taken with steamed cake; Heixi Dan is taken with yeast; Cizhu Wan is taken with Shenqu (Medicated Leaven); Hujian Wan is taken with wine; Xianglian Wan is taken with vinegar; Rongzhu Dan is taken with red dates; Gutan Wan is water-pelleted. Each has its appropriate suitability. Modern practitioners generally use honey for all pill preparations, which significantly deviates from the profound meaning of formulas by ancient sages.
Tasteless, neutral, non-toxic.
The *Shennong Bencao Jing* states: It treats dysentery with pus and blood, tonifies the middle jiao, repairs severe injuries and metal wounds, benefits qi, prevents hunger, and promotes longevity.
Invention: Beeswax is derived from honey. Among all things, nothing is sweeter than honey, and nothing is more bland than beeswax; does this not imply favoring one over the other? Zhang Zhongjing’s Tiaoqi Yin treats dysentery, and the *Qianjin Fang*'s Jiaola Tang treats dysentery. Both reflect the principles found in the *Shennong Bencao Jing*. Blandness is the root of the five flavors, and the stomach is the source of the five zang organs; thus, it can tonify the middle and repair injuries, aligning with the principle of Taiji. Zhen Quan treated pregnant women with fetal unrest and continuous bleeding nearing death by boiling one egg-sized piece of wax for three to five boils, mixing it with half a jin of fine wine, and administering it resulted in immediate recovery. Beeswax also detoxifies, serving as the chief ingredient in Lafan Wan. Hua Tuo treated dysentery with immediate vomiting after eating by using one cun-chi spoonful of white beeswax, one egg yolk, half each of rock sugar, Kujiu (vinegar), hair ash, and Coptis chinensis powder. The first four ingredients were mixed evenly in an eggshell and boiled, then Coptis powder and hair ash were added and cooked until suitable for forming pills. Taken within two days, it proved miraculous.