宣,燥,暖胃散寒
辛热。暖胃散寒,消食醒酒。
治胃脘冷痛(凡心口一点痛,俗言心气痛,非也。乃胃脘有滞或有虫,及因怒、因寒而
起。以良姜酒洗七次,香附醋洗七次,焙研。因寒者,姜二钱,附一钱;因怒者,附二钱,
姜一钱;寒怒兼者,每钱半,米饮加姜汁一匙,盐少许服。初梁绲患心脾痛,梦神授此方,
二味等分服,后入各炒方用),霍乱泻痢,吐恶噎膈,瘴疟冷癖。肺胃热者忌之。
出岭南高州。
子,名红豆蔻,温肺散寒,醒脾燥湿,消食解酒(东垣脾胃药中常用之)。并东壁土炒
用。
茇、一作拨
燥,除胃冷,散浮热
辛热除胃冷,温中下气,消食祛痰。
治水泻气痢(牛乳点服),虚冷肠鸣(亦入大肠经),冷痰恶心,呕吐酸水, 癖阴疝。
辛散阳明之浮热,治头痛(偏头痛者,口含温水,随左右以末吹一字入鼻效)、牙痛(寒痛
宜干姜、荜茇、细辛,热痛宜石膏、牙硝,风痛宜皂角、僵蚕、蜂房、二乌,虫痛宜锻石、
雄黄),鼻渊。多服泄真气,动脾肺之火,损目。
出南番,岭南亦有。类椹子而长,青色,去挺用头。醋浸。刮净皮粟,免伤人肺。
新增
宣,行气,辟寒
辛温有毒。
治风寒湿痹,滞气停痰,山岚瘴雾。其气入口,不循常度,顷刻而周一身,令人通体俱
快,醒能使醉,醉能使醒,饥能使饱,饱能使饥。
人以代酒代茗,终身不厌(故一名相思草)。然火气熏灼,耗血损年,人自不觉耳。闽
产者佳(烟筒中水,能解蛇毒)。
【高良姜】
功效:宣通,燥湿,温暖胃腑,驱散寒邪。
性味:辛,热。
作用:温暖胃腑,驱散寒邪,消除食积,解酒醒神。
主治:胃脘冷痛(凡是心口部位的一点疼痛,民间称为“心气痛”,这是错误的说法。这实际上是胃脘部有积滞或有寄生虫,以及因愤怒、受寒引起的疼痛。治疗方法是用高良姜用酒清洗七次,香附用醋清洗七次,焙干后研成粉末。如果是因寒引起的,高良姜用二钱,附子用一钱;如果是因愤怒引起的,附子用二钱,高良姜用一钱;如果寒和怒兼有,每味药各用一钱半,用米汤送服,并加入一匙姜汁和少许盐服用。初梁绲患有心和脾的疼痛,梦中得到神仙传授的这个方子,将这两味药等分服用,后来在炒制方剂时使用)。霍乱导致的腹泻和痢疾,呕吐恶心及噎膈症,瘴疟和冷癖。肺胃有热者忌用。
产地:出自岭南的高州。
子实:名为红豆蔻,能温肺散寒,醒脾燥湿,消食解酒(李东垣在治疗脾胃病的药物中常用它)。使用时需用东壁土炒制。
【荜茇】
别名:一作“拨”。
功效:燥湿,去除胃中寒冷,驱散浮热。
性味:辛,热。
作用:驱散胃中寒冷,温中降气,消除食积,祛除痰浊。
主治:水泻和气痢(可用牛乳点服),虚寒性的肠鸣(也入大肠经),冷痰引起的恶心,呕吐酸水,癖证和阴疝。
辛散阳明经的浮热,治疗头痛(偏头痛者,口中含温水,根据疼痛侧别,将药末吹入鼻孔一字量,效果显著)、牙痛(寒性牙痛宜用干姜、荜茇、细辛;热性牙痛宜用石膏、牙硝;风性牙痛宜用皂角、僵蚕、蜂房、川乌和草乌;虫性牙痛宜用煅石、雄黄),鼻渊。多服用会耗泄真气,引发脾肺之火,损伤眼睛。
产地:出自南番,岭南地区也有。形状像桑葚但较长,青色,去掉硬梗只用头部。用醋浸泡。刮净表面的皮刺,以免伤害肺部。
【烟草】(新增)
功效:宣通,行气,辟除寒邪。
性味:辛,温,有毒。
主治:风寒湿痹,气滞停痰,山岚瘴雾。其气味进入口中,不遵循常规路径,片刻间就能周流全身,让人通体舒畅。清醒的人吸入能使其醉,醉酒的人吸入能使其醒,饥饿的人吸入能使其饱,饱食的人吸入能使其饿。
人们用它代替酒和茶,终身不厌(因此又名相思草)。然而火气熏灼,耗伤血液,折损寿命,人们自己却不觉察。福建产的质量较好(烟筒中的积水,能解蛇毒)。
[Gao Liang Jiang / Galangal]
Efficacy: Dispersing, drying dampness, warming the stomach, and dispelling cold.
Nature and Flavor: Pungent, Hot.
Actions: Warms the stomach, dispels cold, resolves food stagnation, and revives from intoxication.
Indications: Cold pain in the epigastrium (Any single-point pain at the heart region, commonly called "Heart Qi Pain," is incorrect; it is actually caused by stagnation or parasites in the epigastrium, or triggered by anger and cold. Treatment involves washing Galangal Rhizome seven times with wine and Cyperi Rhizoma seven times with vinegar, then baking and grinding them into powder. For cases due to cold, use 2 qian of Galangal Rhizome and 1 qian of Aconitum Lateralis Preparatum; for cases due to anger, use 2 qian of Aconitum Lateralis Preparatum and 1 qian of Galangal Rhizome; for combined cold and anger, use 1.5 qian of each, taken with rice water, adding one spoonful of ginger juice and a little salt. Chu Lianggun suffered from Heart-Spleen pain and received this prescription in a dream from a deity; he took equal parts of these two herbs. Later, they were used in stir-fried formulas). Cholera with diarrhea and dysentery, vomiting, nausea, dysphagia, miasmic malaria, and cold masses. Contraindicated in cases of Heat in the Lung and Stomach.
Origin: Produced in Gaozhou, Lingnan.
Seed: Named Hong Dou Kou (Red Cardamom), warms the Lung, dispels cold, awakens the Spleen, dries dampness, resolves food stagnation, and relieves intoxication (Frequently used in Li Dongyuan's formulas for the Spleen and Stomach). It should be stir-fried with soil from the east-facing wall before use.
[Bi Ba / Long Pepper]
Alternative Name: Also written as "Bo".
Efficacy: Drying dampness, removing cold from the Stomach, dispersing floating heat.
Nature and Flavor: Pungent, Hot.
Actions: Dispels cold from the Stomach, warms the Middle Jiao, directs Qi downward, resolves food stagnation, and expels phlegm.
Indications: Watery diarrhea and Qi-type dysentery (can be taken with cow's milk), intestinal borborygmus due to deficiency-cold (also enters the Large Intestine Meridian), nausea due to cold-phlegm, vomiting of sour fluid, Pi syndrome, and Yin hernia.
Pungency disperses floating Heat in the Yangming channel, treating headache (for migraines, hold warm water in the mouth and insufflate one zi amount of powder into the nostril on the affected side for effective results), toothache (Cold toothache suits dried Ginger, Long Pepper, and Asarum; Heat toothache suits Gypsum and Natrii Sulfas; Wind toothache suits Gleditsiae Fructus, Bombyx Batryticatus, Vespa Nest, and Chuanwu/Caowu; Worm toothache suits calcined stone and Realgar), and Bi Yuan (nasal sinusitis). Excessive consumption depletes True Qi, stirs Fire in the Spleen and Lung, and damages the eyes.
Origin: Imported from Southern Barbarian lands; also found in Lingnan. Resembles mulberry fruit but longer, green in color; remove the stem and use only the head. Soak in vinegar. Scrape off the skin and tubercles to avoid injuring the Lung.
[Tobacco] (New Addition)
Efficacy: Dispersing, moving Qi, repelling cold.
Nature and Flavor: Pungent, Warm, Toxic.
Indications: Bi syndrome due to Wind-Cold-Damp, stagnant Qi and retained phlegm, and mountain miasma. Its aroma, upon entering the mouth, does not follow normal pathways but circulates through the entire body within moments, making the whole body feel comfortable. It can intoxicate the sober, awaken the drunk, make the hungry feel full, and make the full feel hungry.
People use it as a substitute for wine and tea, never tiring of it (hence the name Xiang Si Cao / Love-Grass). However, its fiery nature scorches and consumes blood, shortening lifespan, though people are often unaware of this. Those produced in Fujian are superior (water collected from tobacco pipes can antidote snake venom).