\r威灵仙\pq43.bmp\r
性急且温。味辛而散。微咸微苦。疏风邪走络通经。可导可宣。治痹疾行痰去湿。
（威灵仙味苦辛咸。气温。善走风药也。能宣通脏腑经络。治痹启闭。故一切胸腹冷滞。痰
水症瘕。瘀血湿邪等证。皆可用此行散。然疏利之性。若无风邪痰湿。恐损真气。用者慎之
。）
入心肝凉散行瘀。能去血中伏火。走营分酸咸无毒。并疗血热生风。（紫葳花甘酸
而咸。性寒色紫。手足厥阴血分药也。功专凉血。故能去血中之伏火。凡妇人产乳余疾。症
瘕血闭寒热等证。由于血热者皆治之。又凡花皆散。故能治血中之风与夫血热生风等证。）
\r使君子\pq44.bmp\r
入脾胃。用则治虫治疳。味甘温。服则或生或熟。（使君子味甘。性温。气香。质
润。虽为杀虫之药。而益脾胃。敛虚热。凡小儿一切虫疳等证皆可用之。服时忌饮热茶。犯
之即泻。）
\r山豆根\pq45a1.bmp\r
解肺家结热之邪。化痹宣痈味最苦。杀蛊毒诸虫之积。通肠消胀气纯寒。（山豆根
苦寒入心。泻热解毒。心火降则肺金清。故一切喉证之属于火者。得苦降之性。自然热除病
退。清肃之令下行矣。脾胃虚而大便不实者禁之。）
\r白蔹\pq45a.bmp\r
苦能泻热。辛可疏邪。散结行瘀。止为性寒能解利。消痈敛口。皆因毒火未潜消。（
白蔹。苦辛而寒。散热结。疏邪滞。并无酸敛之性。即本经亦无敛疮口之句。但云主治痈肿
疮疽。散热止痛等语。则后人用之敛疮者。皆因火毒滞留营分。而肌肉不敛耳。）
威灵仙
药性急迫且温热。味道辛散，兼有微咸、微苦之味。能疏散风邪，通行络脉与经络。具有疏导和宣通的作用。治疗痹证（关节肌肉疼痛麻木），行化痰湿，祛除湿气。
（威灵仙味道苦、辛、咸，药性温，是善于走窜的风药。能宣通脏腑和经络，治疗痹证引起的闭塞不通。因此，一切胸腹冷滞、痰饮、水气、症瘕（腹内结块）、瘀血、湿邪等病证，都可以用它来行气散结。然而，其疏利之性较强，如果没有风邪、痰湿等实邪，恐怕会损伤人体真气，使用者需谨慎。）
入心经、肝经，凉散而行瘀血。能去除血中潜伏的火邪。走营分，味酸咸，无毒。并治疗血热生风。（紫葳花即凌霄花，味甘、酸、咸，药性寒，色紫，是手足厥阴经血分的药物。功效专于凉血，所以能去除血中的伏火。凡是妇女产后余疾、症瘕、血闭、寒热等病证，属于血热的都能治疗。另外，凡是花朵都有发散的特性，所以能治疗血中之风以及血热生风等病证。）
使君子
入脾经、胃经，用于杀虫和治疗疳积。味道甘甜，药性温，服用时生用或熟用均可。（使君子味甘，性温，气香，质地滋润。虽然它是杀虫的药物，但也能补益脾胃，收敛虚热。凡是小儿一切虫积、疳积等病证都可以使用它。服用时忌喝热茶，否则会导致腹泻。）
山豆根
解除肺家郁结的热邪，化除痹阻，宣通痈肿，味道最苦。杀灭蛊毒和各种虫积，通畅肠道，消除胀气，药性纯寒。（山豆根苦寒，入心经，泻热解毒。心火下降则肺金清肃，所以一切喉部疾病属于火证的，凭借苦降的药性，自然热除病退，清肃的功能下行。脾胃虚弱而大便不实者禁用。）
白蔹
苦能泻热，辛可疏散邪气，散结行瘀。只是因为它性寒，能解热利湿。消痈肿，敛疮口，都是因为毒火未完全潜藏消散。（白蔹，味苦、辛，性寒。散热结，疏散邪滞，并没有酸敛的性质。即使《本经》也没有说它能敛疮口的话，只说主治痈肿疮疽，散热止痛等语。那么后人用它来敛疮，都是因为火毒滞留营分，导致肌肉不能愈合罢了。）
Clematis Root (Weilingxian)
The nature is urgent and warm. The flavor is pungent and dispersing, with slight salty and bitter notes. It disperses wind pathogens, traverses collaterals, and unblocks meridians. It can guide and promote circulation. It treats bi syndrome (painful obstruction), moves phlegm, and eliminates dampness.
(Clematis root has a bitter, pungent, and salty flavor, and a warm nature. It is a herb that excels at moving through wind patterns. It can promote the free flow of the zang-fu organs and meridians, treating blockages caused by bi syndrome. Therefore, it can be used to move and dissipate conditions such as cold stagnation in the chest and abdomen, phlegm-fluids, masses, blood stasis, and damp pathogens. However, due to its draining and promoting nature, if there are no wind pathogens or phlegm-dampness, it may damage the true qi. Users should exercise caution.)
Enters the Heart and Liver channels, cools and disperses while moving blood stasis. It can eliminate latent fire within the blood. It traverses the Ying (Nutritive) level, has a sour and salty flavor, is non-toxic, and also treats wind generated from blood-heat.
(Paoonia suffruticosa bark [Ziwei Hua], though often referred to as Clematis flower in older texts, here refers to Bignonia Flower/Lonicera japonica bud contextually mislabeled or specific local usage, but strictly "Ziwei" is Bignonia. *Correction based on standard TCM*: Ziwei usually refers to *Bignoniae Caulis* or flowers. The text says "Ziwei Hua". Flavor is sweet, sour, and salty; nature is cold; color is purple. It is a herb for the blood level of the Foot and Hand Jueyin channels. Its function specializes in cooling blood, thus it can eliminate latent fire in the blood. It treats all residual diseases after childbirth in women, masses, blood closure, alternating chills and fever, etc., provided they are due to blood-heat. Furthermore, since all flowers have dispersing properties, it can treat wind in the blood and wind generated from blood-heat.)
Quince Seed (Shijunzi)
Enters the Spleen and Stomach channels. It is used to expel parasites and treat malnutrition syndromes (Gan). The flavor is sweet, and the nature is warm. It can be taken raw or cooked.
(Quince seed has a sweet flavor, warm nature, fragrant aroma, and moist texture. Although it is an anthelmintic drug, it also benefits the Spleen and Stomach and consolidates deficient heat. It can be used for all kinds of parasitic and Gan syndromes in children. When taking it, one must avoid drinking hot tea, as doing so will cause diarrhea.)
Sophora Root (Shandougen)
Resolves the pathogenic heat knot in the Lung system. It transforms bi obstruction and promotes the resolution of carbuncles; its flavor is extremely bitter. It kills gu poison and accumulations of various worms, unblocks the intestines, and reduces distension; its nature is purely cold.
(Sophora root is bitter and cold, entering the Heart channel. It drains heat and resolves toxicity. When Heart fire descends, Lung metal becomes clear. Therefore, for all throat conditions belonging to fire, relying on its bitter-descending nature, the heat naturally clears and the disease recedes, allowing the descending function of clarity and purity to proceed downward. It is contraindicated in cases of Spleen-Stomach deficiency with loose stools.)
Ampelopsis Rhizome (Bailian)
Bitterness can drain heat, pungency can disperse pathogens, dissipate nodules, and move blood stasis. Its nature is cold, enabling it to resolve heat and promote drainage. It reduces carbuncles and closes wounds because the toxic fire has not yet fully subsided.
(Ampelopsis rhizome is bitter, pungent, and cold. It dissipates heat and nodules, and disperses pathogenic stagnation. It does not possess astringent properties. Even the *Shennong Ben Cao Jing* contains no statement about it closing wound openings, only stating it mainly treats carbuncles, sores, and ulcers, dissipating heat and relieving pain. Thus, later uses of it to close wounds are due to toxic fire lingering in the Ying level, causing muscle tissue to fail to heal.)