甘平属土，治吐逆泄痢腹胀。
甘微苦温，益气温中。
甘寒，降气利肠，治肠胃沉积。
甘平，滑肠可救荒。
甘微寒，补中除热。
辛平，主折伤续筋骨散瘀，火 醋淬甘草水飞。
辛平，治目中障瘀横产五淋，亦可煮汁。
辛平，镇惊劫痰，止血消积，杀虫疗肿毒灭瘢 ，治疮痔，出银坑，今以倾银炉底
代之。
酸咸寒，性涩而收，燥湿涌涎化痰，除风止血，通二便杀虫，除痼热在骨髓，生用解
毒，多服损心肺伤骨。
甘咸，和血生肌治疮伤。
咸寒，明目解金石药毒。
甘平，宜煎发散及补中益气药，又立春清明二节贮水亦名神水，浸造诸风脾胃
虚损丹丸，久留不坏。
皆有毒，造药酿酒易坏，饮之生脾胃疾。
洗疮疥灭瘢痕，入酱易熟。
宜造疟痢疮疡虫蛊诸丹丸。
端午午时有雨，急伐竹竿中必有水名为神水，甘寒清热化痰定惊安神，治心腹积聚及
虫病。
宜浸造滋补药及痰火积聚虫毒丹丸。
与寒露冬至大寒小寒雨水同。
立冬后十日为入液，至小雪为出液，能杀百虫，宜煎杀虫消积之药。
味甘性温，能宽胸理气、降逆平喘，通利大肠以消除水肿及痘疮痈肿。豆油味辛甘性热，外涂可治疗疮疥。
味甘微苦性温，能补益元气、温中散寒。
味甘性寒，能降气通肠，治疗肠胃中的积滞郁热。
味甘性平，因有滑肠作用，在饥荒年份可作为救荒食物。
味甘微寒，能补益中焦、清除内热。
味酸苦性温，能消散瘀血、破除症块，收敛气血、消除痈肿，但会损伤胃气。
味辛性平，主治跌打折伤，能接续筋骨、消散瘀血；制作时需经火淬、醋浸，再用甘草水飞研成细粉。
味辛性平，主治目中生翳障、瘀血阻滞、难产及五种淋证，也可煮汁服用。
味辛性平，能镇惊安神、祛除顽痰，止血消积，杀虫疗毒、消除瘢痕，治疗疮疡痔疮；产于银矿坑中，现今多用倾铸银器的炉底灰来替代。
味酸咸性寒，性质涩而具有收敛作用，能燥湿涌吐涎沫、化痰，祛风止血，通利大小便、杀虫，清除骨髓深处的顽固热邪；生用可解百毒，但多服会损伤心肺、伤害骨骼。
味酸凉且涩而有收敛作用，能燥湿消积、化痰，通利小便、解毒杀虫，主要功效与白矾大致相同。
味甘辛性温，主治气血疼痛以及痰痫、疮伤，若中毒者可用冷水解毒。
味甘咸，能和血生肌，治疗疮伤。
味咸性寒，能明目，解除金石类药物之毒。
味甘性平，适宜煎煮发散药及补中益气药；另外，立春和清明两节气储存的水也称为“神水”，用于浸泡配制治疗各种风病及脾胃虚损的丹丸，久存不坏。
（上述多数）皆有毒性，用于制药或酿酒时容易变质，饮用后会引发脾胃疾病。
清洗疮疥、消除瘢痕，加入酱中易熟。
端午节午时若有雨，急伐竹竿，其中必有积水名为“神水”，味甘性寒，能清热化痰、定惊安神，治疗心腹积聚及虫病。
适宜浸泡配制滋补药及治疗痰火积聚、虫毒的丹丸。
其性味功效与寒露、冬至、大寒、小寒、雨水等节气的记载相同。
立冬后第十日为“入液”之时，至小雪为“出液”之时，能杀灭百虫，适宜煎煮杀虫消积的药物。
Sweet and cold in nature, regulates Qi, resolves phlegm, and benefits the stomach and intestines.
Sweet and warm in nature, expands the middle jiao, directs rebellious Qi downward, promotes bowel movement, reduces edema, and treats acne carbuncles. Bean oil is pungent, sweet, and hot; applied externally to treat sores and scabies.
Sweet and neutral, associated with Earth, treats vomiting, regurgitation, diarrhea, dysentery, and abdominal distension.
Sweet and slightly bitter, warm in nature, tonifies Qi and warms the middle.
Sweet and cold in nature, descends Qi and promotes intestinal function, treating accumulation and stagnation in the stomach and intestines.
Sweet and neutral, lubricates the intestines and can be used as a famine relief food.
Sweet and slightly cold in nature, tonifies the middle and clears heat.
Sour, bitter, and warm in nature, disperses blood stasis, eliminates masses (zheng), consolidates Qi and Blood, reduces swelling and abscesses, but damages the Stomach.
Pungent and neutral, primarily treats fractures and sprains, reconnects sinews and bones, and disperses blood stasis; processed by quenching in fire, soaking in vinegar, and levigating with Licorice root decoction.
Pungent and neutral, treats visual obstructions, blood stasis, difficult labor, and five types of strangury (lin syndrome); can also be boiled for juice.
Pungent and neutral, calms fright, expels stubborn phlegm, stops bleeding, reduces accumulation, kills parasites, treats swellings and toxins, removes scars, and treats sores and hemorrhoids; originally from silver mines, now often replaced by the bottom ash of silver smelting furnaces.
Sour, salty, and cold in nature, astringent and收敛 (consolidating), dries dampness, induces vomiting of saliva, resolves phlegm, dispels wind, stops bleeding, unblocks urination and defecation, kills parasites, clears deep-seated heat in the bone marrow; raw use detoxifies, but excessive consumption damages the Heart and Lungs and injures bones.
Sour, cool, and astringent, dries dampness, reduces accumulation, resolves phlegm, promotes urination, detoxifies, and kills parasites; main indications are similar to Alum (Bai Fan).
Sweet, pungent, and warm in nature, treats Qi and Blood pain, phlegm-epilepsy, and sores; if poisoned, antidote with cold water.
Sweet and salty, harmonizes Blood, generates flesh, and treats sores.
Sweet and cool, unblocks orifices, moves damp-heat, treats strangury, leukorrhea, and visual obstructions.
Salty and cold, brightens the eyes, and detoxifies mineral medicines.
Sweet and neutral, suitable for decocting exterior-releasing and Middle-Jiao-tonifying Qi formulas; also, water stored during the Start of Spring and Qingming festivals is called "Divine Water," used to soak pills for wind diseases and Spleen-Stomach deficiency, remaining unspoiled for long periods.
All are toxic; when used for medicine or wine brewing, they spoil easily; ingestion causes Spleen-Stomach diseases.
Washes sores and scabies, removes scars; cooks easily when added to sauce.
Suitable for preparing pills for malaria, dysentery, sores, ulcers, and parasitic infestations.
On the Dragon Boat Festival at noon, if it rains, bamboo poles cut urgently will contain water named "Divine Water"; sweet and cold, clears heat, resolves phlegm, calms fright, anchors the Spirit, treats heart and abdominal accumulations, and parasitic diseases.
Suitable for soaking medicinal herbs for tonics and pills for phlegm-fire, accumulations, and insect toxins.
Same as Cold Dew, Winter Solstice, Major Cold, Minor Cold, and Rain Water.
Ten days after Start of Winter is the "Entry of Fluids" period, ending at Light Snow; capable of killing hundreds of insects, suitable for decocting drugs that kill parasites and reduce accumulation.