\r丝瓜络\pq114.bmp\r
通经络。凉血祛风。性甘寒。化痰解毒。（丝瓜络味甘性寒。入经络解热邪。热除
则风去。络中津液不致结而为痰。变成肿毒诸证。故云解毒耳。）
味本甘咸。导肠中湿热。性因寒滑。利肺部胶痰。（石花菜即麒麟菜。生南海沙石
间。状如珊瑚。枝上有细齿。色白可作菜食。味甘咸。性寒滑。清肺部热痰。导肠中湿热。
阴虚湿热痔血等证。皆可用之。虚寒者尤宜禁耳。）
性属甘平。滋养营阴治吐衄。质兼凉黑。善疗痔漏止肠红。务宜知有毒无毒之不齐。
当省察良木朽木之互异。（木耳生于朽木上。得湿热而生。受阴晦之气。不无小毒。味甘色
黑。虽能治痔漏肠红等证。毕竟非治病良药。仅堪以供蔬食。况木之种类不一。不可不审耳
。）
甘平调胃疏风气。香润和中行血瘀。（香菌或土出。或木生。种类不一。皆为湿热郁
蒸而生。然此物香甘可口。故能调脾和胃。其香似可入血。其形似宜解散。故又能疏风耳。）
\r吴茱萸\pq115a1.bmp\r
散厥阴之寒。辛苦疏肝降冷浊。燥脾家之湿。芳香治呕愈寒疼。故疝瘕香港脚相宜。
而郁结饮邪亦效。吞酸胸满。能导以下行。 癖奔豚。可用其温散。（吴茱萸辛苦而温。芳
香而燥。本为肝之主药。而兼入脾胃者。以脾喜香燥。胃喜降下也。其性下气最速。极能宣
散郁结。故治肝气郁滞。寒浊下踞。以致腹痛疝瘕等疾。或病邪下行极而上。乃为呕吐吞酸
胸满诸病。均可治之。即其辛苦香燥之性。概可想见其功。然则治肝治胃以及中下寒湿滞浊
。无不相宜耳。）
疏通经络。凉血祛风。药性甘寒。化痰解毒。（丝瓜络味甘性寒，进入经络解除热邪，热邪去除则风邪自去，络脉中的津液不至于凝结成痰，从而避免变成肿毒等各种病证，所以说它能解毒。）
（石花菜即麒麟菜，生长在南海的沙石之间，形状像珊瑚，枝条上有细齿，颜色白可作蔬菜食用，味甘甜咸，性寒滑，能清肺部热痰，导泄肠道湿热，阴虚湿热导致的痔血等病证，都可以使用它，虚寒体质的人尤其应当禁忌。）
药性属甘平，滋养营阴治疗吐血衄血，质地兼有凉黑之性，善于治疗痔疮瘘管止住肠红出血。务必知晓有毒无毒的差异，应当审察良木与朽木的不同。（木耳生长在朽木上，得湿热之气而生，受阴晦之气影响，不免带有小毒，味甘色黑，虽然能治疗痔疮漏下、肠红等病证，但终究不是治病的良药，仅适合用作蔬菜食物，况且木材的种类不一，不可不仔细审察。）
味甘平能调理胃气疏散风气，香气润泽能调和脾胃运行血瘀。（香菌有的从土中长出，有的从树木上生长，种类不一，都是因湿热郁蒸而生，然而此物香气甘甜可口，所以能调脾和胃，它的香气似乎能入血分，它的形状似乎适宜解散，所以又能疏风。）
疏散厥阴经的寒邪，辛苦之性能疏肝降下冷浊，燥湿之性能祛除脾脏的湿气，芳香之性能治疗呕吐治愈寒冷疼痛。所以疝气、癥瘕、香港脚（脚气）都适宜使用，而气机郁结、饮邪停滞也有效。吞酸胸满，能引导病邪向下运行，癖积奔豚，可以使用它的温散作用。（吴茱萸辛苦而温，芳香而燥，本是肝脏的主药，而且兼入脾胃，因为脾喜欢香燥，胃喜欢降下。它的药性下气速度最快，极能宣散郁结，所以治疗肝气郁滞、寒浊下踞导致的腹痛疝瘕等疾病，或者病邪下行至极而上逆，成为呕吐吞酸胸满各种病证，都可以治疗。从它辛苦香燥的药性，大概可以推想它的功效。那么治疗肝脏、治疗胃以及中下焦寒湿滞浊，没有不适宜的。）
Luo Guansi (Luffa Fruit Fibre)
Unblocks the meridians. Cools blood and dispels wind. The nature is sweet and cold. Resolves phlegm and detoxifies. (Luo Guansi has a sweet taste and cold nature, enters the meridians to resolve heat pathogens; when heat is removed, wind is eliminated. The fluids in the collaterals do not congeal into phlegm, thus preventing various conditions such as swellings and toxic sores; hence it is said to detoxify.)
(Shi Hua Cai, also known as Qilin Cai, grows among the sands and rocks of the South Sea. It resembles coral, with fine teeth on its branches. It is white and can be eaten as a vegetable. Its taste is sweet and salty, and its nature is cold and slippery. It clears hot phlegm from the lungs and drains damp-heat from the intestines. It can be used for conditions such as hemorrhoidal bleeding due to yin deficiency and damp-heat, but those with deficiency-cold should strictly avoid it.)
The nature is sweet and neutral, nourishes Ying-Yin to treat hematemesis and epistaxis. The substance possesses cooling and dark properties, effectively treating hemorrhoids and fistulas while stopping intestinal bleeding. One must understand the differences between toxic and non-toxic varieties, and carefully distinguish between good wood and rotten wood. (Mu Er grows on rotten wood, arising from damp-heat and receiving yin-dark qi, inevitably carrying slight toxicity. With a sweet taste and black color, although it can treat conditions like hemorrhoidal discharge and intestinal redness, it is ultimately not an excellent medicinal herb for curing diseases, but merely suitable for dietary use. Moreover, since there are various types of wood, careful examination is necessary.)
Sweet and neutral regulates the stomach and disperses wind qi. Fragrant and moist harmonizes the middle jiao and moves blood stasis. (Xiang Jun may grow from soil or wood, varying in species, all arising from stagnant damp-heat steaming. However, this substance is fragrant, sweet, and palatable, thus able to regulate the spleen and harmonize the stomach. Its fragrance seems to enter the blood level, and its form seems suitable for dispersion, thus it can also disperse wind.)
Wu Zhu Yu
Disperses cold in the Jueyin channel. Pungent and bitter soothes the liver and descends cold turbidity. Dries dampness in the spleen. Aromatic treats vomiting and cures cold pain. Therefore, it is suitable for hernia, masses, and Hong Kong foot (gouty arthritis/foot drop). It is also effective for stagnation and fluid retention. For acid regurgitation and chest fullness, it guides downward. For Pi accumulation and Ben Tun (rushing qi), its warming and dispersing action can be utilized. (Wu Zhu Yu is pungent, bitter, and warm, aromatic and drying. It is originally the principal herb for the liver, but also enters the spleen and stomach, because the spleen likes aromatic dryness and the stomach likes descending. Its property of directing qi downward is very rapid, extremely capable of ventilating and dispersing stagnation. Thus, it treats diseases such as abdominal pain and hernia caused by liver qi stagnation and cold turbidity settling below, or pathogenic factors moving downward to the extreme and then reversing upward, resulting in vomiting, acid regurgitation, and chest fullness. All these can be treated. From its pungent, bitter, aromatic, and drying nature, its efficacy can be generally inferred. Therefore, for treating the liver, treating the stomach, and addressing cold-damp stagnation and turbidity in the middle and lower jiao, nothing is unsuitable.)