甘平润肺。滋大肠之结燥难通。香滑和中。悦胃气而肌肤自泽。生则解毒而止痛。熟
则缓脾以补虚。（蜂蜜。蜂所酿成。白者良。甘平无毒。调五脏。利二肠。和中缓急。毒可
解。痛可止。无非皆甘润之力。生则性凉。熟则性温。故炼熟白蜜。又能补益脾胃耳。随宜
用之可也。）
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淡且微温。久痢滑遗可固。甘而兼涩。虚淋咳痿皆瘳。护内膜以安胎。白能入肺。掺金
疮而止血。敛可生肌。（蜡有虫蜡蜜蜡两种。蜜蜡系蜂蜜之底。虫蜡乃有一种小虫在树而生
。凝结树上者。如五倍血竭产于树枝者。同类两种。蜡味皆甘淡而涩。性皆温。入肺胃。疗
肺虚。养胃气。凡咳嗽泻痢遗精带浊之属于虚脱者。皆可用此固之涩之。外科用以护内膜。
敷金疮。亦此意耳。）
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入阳明而质毒。疔疮瘰 宜求。味咸苦而性平。癣癞顽风可治。风虫牙痛。水漱为
良。附骨痈疽。制方可采。虽本经可治惊痫诸邪。而服食总宜审详慎用。（露蜂房生山林树
木间。大小不一。得雨露之气。故名露蜂房。味咸苦。微甘微辛。性平有毒。入阳明经。其
用无论内服外敷。皆是以毒攻毒。去风痹。死肌。杀虫治疮。然亦止可外治。虽其功能治一
切附骨疔疽乳岩等证。毒根连及脏腑者可用此拔之。但总属有毒之品。不必为此侥幸之图。
而为内服之药耳。）
蜂蜜：味甘性平，能润肺。滋润大肠的燥结，使大便难以通畅的情况得以改善。气味香滑，能调和脾胃之气，使胃气愉悦，肌肤自然润泽。生用可以解毒并止痛。熟用（炼蜜）能缓和脾急以补益虚损。（蜂蜜是蜜蜂酿造而成的。白色的品质较好。味甘、性平、无毒。能调理五脏，通利大小肠，调和脾胃，缓解急迫症状。毒邪可以解除，疼痛可以停止。这些功效无非都是依靠其甘润的特性。生用时性质偏凉，熟用时性质偏温。因此，炼制过的白蜜，又能补益脾胃。根据具体情况适宜使用即可。）
蜡：味道淡且微温。久痢导致的滑脱不禁可以固摄。味甘兼有涩味。虚证引起的淋证、咳嗽、痿证都能痊愈。保护内膜以安胎。白色入肺经。掺敷金疮（金属利器造成的创伤）可以止血，收敛作用可以生肌。（蜡分为虫蜡和蜜蜡两种。蜜蜡是蜂蜜的沉淀物；虫蜡是一种小虫在树上生长凝结而成的，如同五倍子、血竭产于树枝上一样，属于同类两种。蜡的味道都是甘淡而涩，性质都是温的。入肺、胃经。治疗肺虚，养胃气。凡是咳嗽、泻痢、遗精、带浊属于虚脱性质的，都可以用此来固涩。外科用于保护内膜，敷治金疮，也是这个意思。）
露蜂房：入阳明经，质地有毒。疔疮、瘰疬应当寻求它。味道咸苦，性质平。癣癞、顽固性风邪可以治疗。风虫牙痛，用水漱口疗效良好。附骨痈疽，经过炮制后的方剂可以选用。虽然《神农本草经》记载可治疗惊痫等邪气，但内服总宜审慎详细，谨慎使用。（露蜂房生长在山林树木之间，大小不一，吸收了雨露之气，所以名叫露蜂房。味道咸苦，微甘微辛，性质平，有毒。入阳明经。它的用法无论内服还是外敷，都是以毒攻毒，祛除风痹，消除死肌，杀虫治疮。然而也只适合外治，虽然其功能可以治疗一切附骨疔疽、乳岩等病症，毒根连及脏腑的可以用此拔除毒邪。但这终究是有毒的物品，不必为此抱有侥幸心理而将其作为内服药物。）
Honey: Sweet and neutral in nature, it moistens the lungs. It nourishes the dryness and constipation of the large intestine, facilitating difficult defecation. Its fragrant and slippery nature harmonizes the middle jiao (spleen and stomach), pleasing the stomach qi so that the skin and muscles naturally become lustrous. Raw honey detoxifies and relieves pain. Cooked honey (refined) soothes the spleen to tonify deficiency. (Honey is brewed by bees. White honey is of better quality. It is sweet, neutral, and non-toxic. It regulates the five zang organs, benefits the two bowels (large and small intestines), harmonizes the middle jiao, and relieves urgency. Toxins can be resolved, and pain can be stopped. These effects are all due to its sweet and moistening power. When raw, its nature is cool; when cooked, its nature is warm. Therefore, refined white honey can also tonify and benefit the spleen and stomach. Use it as appropriate.)
Beeswax: Pale in taste and slightly warm. It can secure leakage and incontinence caused by chronic dysentery. Sweet with astringent properties, it cures leukorrhea, cough, and flaccidity syndromes arising from deficiency. It protects the inner lining to calm the fetus. Its white color enters the Lung meridian. Applied to metal wounds, it stops bleeding; its astringent property promotes tissue regeneration. (There are two types of wax: insect wax and honey wax. Honey wax is the residue of honey; insect wax is produced by a certain small insect on trees, condensing on them, similar to Galla Chinensis (Wubeizi) or Dragon's Blood produced on tree branches. Both belong to the same category. The taste of both waxes is pale, sweet, and astringent, and their nature is warm. They enter the Lung and Stomach meridians. They treat Lung deficiency and nourish Stomach qi. For conditions such as cough, dysentery, seminal emission, and leukorrhea belonging to deficiency and collapse, this can be used to secure and astringe. In surgery, it is used to protect the inner lining and apply to metal wounds, for the same reason.)
Vespa nest (Lufengfang): Enters the Yangming meridian and has a toxic nature. It is sought for treating carbuncles (Dingchuang) and scrofula (Luoli). Its taste is salty and bitter, and its nature is neutral. It treats tinea, leprosy-like skin diseases, and stubborn wind pathogens. For toothache caused by wind and insects, rinsing with water infusion is effective. For deep-seated abscesses (Fugu yongju), prepared formulas may be selected. Although the *Shennong Bencao Jing* records its ability to treat convulsions, epilepsy, and various pathogenic factors, internal use should always be examined carefully and used with caution. (The Vespa nest grows among trees in mountains and forests, varying in size. Having absorbed the qi of dew and rain, it is named "Dew Vespa Nest." Its taste is salty and bitter, slightly sweet and pungent, its nature is neutral, and it is toxic. It enters the Yangming meridian. Whether taken internally or applied externally, its mechanism is using toxicity to combat toxicity, dispelling wind-bi, eliminating dead flesh, killing parasites, and treating sores. However, it is suitable only for external treatment. Although its functions can treat all kinds of deep-seated carbuncles, abscesses, breast cancer (Ruyan), etc., where toxins extend to the viscera, it can be used to draw out the toxin root. But since it is ultimately a toxic substance, one should not take chances by using it as an internal medicine.)