酸咸。吐痰饮宿食。酸苦漏泄为阴也。此乃作黄 菜水。
以器盛取。沐头长发令黑润。朝朝用梳摩小儿头久觉有益。小儿诸疳遍身。或面
上生疮烂成孔。白如杨梅疮。百药不效。用蒸糯米甑气水扫疮上。不数日即愈。
性滑。上可至颠。下可至泉。宜煎四末之药。（说文曰漏以铜壶受水刻节昼
夜百刻周礼周官曰挈壶氏掌壶以水火守之分以日夜及冬则以火爨鼎水而沸之而沃之郑康成曰
冬水冻故以火炊水沸以沃之谓沃漏也。）
主治痈疽发背不起。瘀肉不腐。及阴疮瘰 流注 疮顽疮。然火吹灭。日炙二次
。未溃拔毒止痛。已溃补接阳气。去腐生肌。凡一切补药诸膏。宜此火煎之。
栎炭火宜 炼一切金石药。 炭火宜烹煎炙焙百药丸散。
宜煎一切滋补药。
阳络脉盛处。以灯心蘸麻油点灯淬之良。外痔肿痛者亦淬之。油能去风解毒。火能
通经也。小儿初生。因冒寒气欲绝者。勿断脐。急烘絮包之。将胎衣烘热。用灯炷于脐下往
来燎之。暖气入腹内。气回自苏。又烧铜匙柄熨烙眼弦内。去风退赤甚妙。惟灯用胡麻油苏
子油然者。明目治病。其余之油灯。烟皆损目。亦不治病。
主治敷金疮。止血生肉。小儿邪热在心。夜啼不止。以二三颗灯花调抹乳头令吮之
即止。得辰砂少许拌尤效。
灸百病。若灸风冷诸疾。入石硫黄末少许更妙。
味酸、咸。能催吐痰饮和停滞的食物。酸味和苦味具有漏泄作用，属于阴的性质。这是指制作黄菜水的方法。
用容器盛取这种水。用来洗头，可使长发变得黑亮润泽。每天早晨用梳子梳理按摩小儿的头部，久而久之觉得有益处。治疗小儿各种疳积病，全身患病，或者面部生疮，溃烂成孔，白色如杨梅疮状，百药无效时，用蒸糯米饭甑子冒出的蒸汽水（甑气水）扫洗疮面，不几天就能痊愈。
性滑利。向上可达头顶，向下可达足底。适宜用来煎煮四肢末梢的药物。（《说文解字》说：漏是用铜壶承接水滴，刻划刻度，昼夜共一百刻。《周礼·天官》说：挈壶氏掌管水壶，用水和火守护，划分日夜。到了冬天就用火在鼎中烧水使其沸腾，然后浇灌到漏壶中。郑康成注释说：冬天水结冰，所以用火炊煮使水沸腾来浇灌，这叫做“沃漏”。）
主治痈疽、发背等疮疡不起发、瘀肉不腐烂的情况，以及阴疮、瘰疬、流注、顽疮等。将艾火烧旺后吹灭明火，利用其余热每日炙烤两次。疮未溃破时可拔毒止痛，已溃破后可补接阳气，去除腐肉，促进新肌生长。凡是所有的补药和各种膏剂，都适宜用这种艾火来煎制。
栎树炭火适宜炼制各种金石类药物。木炭火适宜烹煮、煎炸、炙烤、焙干各种丸药和散剂。
适宜煎煮各种滋补药物。
在阳经脉络旺盛的部位，用灯心草蘸麻油点燃灯火进行淬刺，效果良好。外痔肿痛者也可以用这种方法淬刺。油能祛风解毒，火能通经活络。小儿刚出生时，如果因受寒气侵袭而气息微弱欲绝，不要剪断脐带，急忙用烘热的棉絮包裹身体，再将胎衣烘热，用灯芯在脐下往来燎烤。暖气进入腹内，气机回复自然苏醒。另外，烧红铜匙柄熨烙眼睑内部，祛风退赤效果极佳。只有使用胡麻油、苏子油点灯的，才能明目治病；其他的油灯，烟雾都会损伤眼睛，也不能治病。
主治敷治金创（金属利器造成的创伤），止血长肉。小儿邪热在心，夜间啼哭不止，用二三颗灯花调匀涂抹在乳头上让婴儿吮吸，即可停止啼哭。加入少许辰砂拌和，效果更佳。
Sour and salty. Induces vomiting of phlegm-fluids (Tan Yin) and retained food. Sour and bitter flavors have a draining and leaking nature, belonging to Yin. This refers to the method of preparing Huang Cai water.
Collect it in a vessel. Use it to wash the head; it makes long hair black and lustrous. Using a comb to massage the infant's head every morning is beneficial over time. For various types of pediatric malnutrition (Gan syndrome) affecting the whole body, or sores on the face that ulcerate into holes resembling mulberry sores (Yangmei Chuang), which are unresponsive to various medicines, apply the steam-water from steaming glutinous rice (Zeng Qi Shui) to the sores. Healing occurs within a few days.
Slippery in nature. It can reach upwards to the vertex and downwards to the sole. It is suitable for decocting medicines for the four extremities. (*Shuowen Jiezi* states: A clepsydra (Lou) receives water from a bronze urn, marked with divisions for day and night, totaling 100 marks. *Rites of Zhou* states: The Keeper of Urns manages the water vessels, guarding them with fire and water to distinguish day and night. In winter, fire is used to boil water in a ding vessel, which is then poured into the clepsydra. Zheng Kangcheng notes: Since water freezes in winter, fire is used to boil water for pouring, termed "Wo Lou".)
Indicated for carbuncles, ulcers, and back abscesses that fail to suppurate, necrotic flesh that does not rot, as well as yin sores, scrofula (Luo Li), flowing nodules (Liu Zhu), and stubborn sores. Extinguish the open flame of the moxa fire. Apply heat twice daily. Before ulceration, it draws out toxins and relieves pain; after ulceration, it supplements yang qi, removes necrotic tissue, and generates new flesh. All tonifying medicines and various pastes should be decocted using this type of fire.
Oak charcoal fire is suitable for refining all kinds of mineral and metallic drugs. Wood charcoal fire is suitable for cooking, decocting, roasting, and drying various pills and powders.
It is suitable for decocting all kinds of nourishing and tonifying medicines.
At areas where yang collaterals are abundant, dip rush pith (Deng Xin) in sesame oil, light it, and use the flame to cauterize. This is effective. External hemorrhoids with swelling and pain can also be treated by cauterization. Oil dispels wind and resolves toxicity; fire unblocks meridians. For newborns who are nearly dying due to exposure to cold pathogenic factors, do not cut the umbilical cord immediately. Quickly wrap the infant in heated cotton wadding, heat the placenta, and use a lamp wick to moxibustion-scorch the area below the navel repeatedly. Warm qi enters the abdomen; when qi returns, consciousness is restored. Additionally, heating the handle of a copper spoon and applying it to the inner eyelid effectively dispels wind and reduces redness. Only lamps using sesame oil (Huma You) or perilla seed oil (Suzi You) can brighten the eyes and treat diseases; smoke from other oil lamps damages the eyes and does not treat disease.
Indicated for dressing metal wounds (Jin Chuang), stopping bleeding, and generating flesh. For infants with evil heat in the heart causing incessant nocturnal crying, mix two or three lamp flowers and smear them on the nipple for the infant to suckle; crying stops immediately. Adding a small amount of Cinnabar (Chensha) enhances efficacy.
Moxibustion treats all diseases. If treating various wind-cold disorders, adding a small amount of powdered Pyrite (Shi Liu Huang) is even more effective.