甘，涩，平，无毒。涩肠开胃，消痰止渴，止血杀虫，退热解毒。消腹中宿血，吐血咯
血，
润心肺而疗肺痿，治反胃而解咳嗽。
生津止渴，化痰宁嗽。清上焦心肺之邪热，治咽喉口舌之疮痛。
热呃热渴，脉数，半夏、麦冬、黄芩、炒栀、柴胡、小茴、柿蒂、木香、竹茹、拣砂、
甘草
，心热甚加黄连。（验方第一。）
冷呃，病久肢冷，柿蒂、公丁、半夏、小茴、陈皮、良姜、荔核。此症百死一生。（第
二。）
肠风下血，柿饼为末、为丸俱可服之。（第三。）
血淋，柿饼烧末饮之。（第四。）
热淋涩痛，同上，加灯心服。（第五。）
小儿秋痢，大米煮粥，熟时入柿饼细末，再煮三沸食之。（第六。）
反胃吐食，干柿三枚，捣烂酒服，勿杂他药。（第七。）
痰喘带血，大柿饼饭上蒸熟批开，每一枚入真青黛一钱，卧时食之，薄荷汤下。（第八。）
产后咳逆，气乱心烦，柿饼切，水煎细呷。（第九。）
鼻窒不通，同大米煮粥，日日食之。（第十。）
耳聋鼻塞。同上。（十一。）
胫烂疮，柿霜、柿蒂烧研敷之甚效。（十二。）
解桐油毒，柿饼食之。（十三。）
呃逆不止，柿蒂、丁香、生姜水煎服。（十四。）
酸，温，无毒。止泻痢下血，除崩中带下。祛筋骨之风湿，除腰脚之痿痹。涩精泄而收
目泪
，下蛔虫而解筋挛。
赤白痢下，腹痛食不化者，炙末枣肉丸服。烧末米饮下亦良。（验方第一。）
粪前有血，炒末每服二钱。（第二。）
肠滑久痢，全石榴一枚，烧末，另以石榴一瓣煎汤下。（第三。）
小儿风痫，大榴一枚，去顶剜空，入全蝎五枚，黄泥固济， 之为末，每半钱乳汁下，
或防风汤下。（第四。）
脚肚生疮，痒痛黄水，用皮煎汤，日日扫之。（第五。）
蛔虫，东行根水煎服。（第六。）
经闭方，同上，不通再服。嗽而脉甚数者不用。（第七。）
赤白痢。同上。（第八。）
金蚕蛊毒，吮白矾味甘，食黑豆不腥是也。方同上。（第九。）
金疮出血榴花、锻石等分，捣合阴干，为末敷之。（第十。）
甘味，涩味，性平，无毒。能涩肠止泻、开胃消食，消除痰液、止渴，止血杀虫，退热解毒。能消除腹中积存的瘀血，治疗吐血和咯血，滋润心肺以治疗肺痿，治疗反胃并缓解咳嗽。
生津液、止口渴，化痰液、使咳嗽安宁。清除上焦心肺的邪热，治疗咽喉和口舌部位的疮痛。
对于因热引起的呃逆和口渴，脉象数急者，使用半夏、麦冬、黄芩、炒栀子、柴胡、小茴香、柿蒂、木香、竹茹、拣选过的砂仁、甘草；若心热严重，加用黄连。（验方第一。）
对于因冷引起的呃逆，病程长久且四肢冰冷者，使用柿蒂、公丁香、半夏、小茴香、陈皮、高良姜、荔枝核。此症病情危重，十死一生。（第二方。）
对于肠风下血，将柿饼研成粉末或制成丸剂均可服用。（第三方。）
对于血淋（尿血伴疼痛），将柿饼烧成灰末，用水冲服。（第四方。）
对于热淋（尿路感染）引起的涩痛，同上法，加灯心草一起服用。（第五方。）
对于小儿秋季痢疾，用大米煮粥，待粥熟时加入柿饼细末，再煮沸三次后食用。（第六方。）
对于反胃吐食，取干柿三枚，捣烂后用酒送服，不要混杂其他药物。（第七方。）
对于痰喘伴有咳血，取大柿饼在饭上蒸熟后剖开，每枚放入真青黛一钱，睡前服用，用薄荷汤送下。（第八方。）
对于产后咳逆，气机紊乱心烦意乱，将柿饼切片，水煎后细细呷服。（第九方。）
对于鼻窒不通（鼻塞），同大米一起煮粥，每日食用。（第十方。）
对于耳聋、鼻塞，同上法。（第十一方。）
对于小腿溃烂疮疡，将柿霜、柿蒂烧成灰研末敷贴，效果显著。（第十二方。）
解除桐油中毒，吃柿饼即可。（第十三方。）
呃逆不止，用柿蒂、丁香、生姜水煎后服用。（第十四方。）
酸味，性温，无毒。能止泻痢下血，消除崩漏和带下病。祛除筋骨间的风湿，消除腰脚部的痿软麻痹。能固涩精气泄漏并收敛目泪，驱除蛔虫并缓解筋脉拘挛。
对于赤白痢疾，腹痛且食物不消化者，将石榴皮炙烤后研末，用枣肉制成丸剂服用。烧成灰末后用米汤送服也很好。（验方第一。）
对于粪便前有血，将石榴皮炒成末，每次服用二钱。（第二方。）
对于肠道滑脱导致的久痢，取整个石榴一个，烧成灰末，另外取石榴一瓣煎汤送服。（第三方。）
对于小儿风痫（癫痫），取大石榴一个，去掉顶部挖空，放入全蝎五枚，用黄泥密封固定，烧成灰末，每次半钱，用乳汁送服，或用防风汤送服。（第四方。）
对于小腿肚生疮，瘙痒疼痛且有黄水渗出，用石榴皮煎汤，每日涂抹患处。（第五方。）
对于蛔虫病，用向东生长的石榴根水煎后服用。（第六方。）
治疗经闭的方子，同上法，若不通则继续服用。但若咳嗽且脉象极数者禁用。（第七方。）
对于赤白痢，同上法。（第八方。）
对于金蚕蛊毒，特征是吮吸白矾感觉味甘，吃黑豆不觉腥臭。方子同上。（第九方。）
对于金创出血，用榴花和锻石各等分，捣碎混合后阴干，研成末敷于伤口。（第十方。）
Sweet, astringent, neutral in nature, non-toxic. It binds the intestines to stop diarrhea, opens the stomach to promote appetite, resolves phlegm, relieves thirst, stops bleeding, kills parasites, reduces fever, and detoxifies. It eliminates stagnant blood in the abdomen, treats hematemesis (vomiting blood) and hemoptysis (coughing up blood), moistens the lungs and heart to treat lung abscess/fibrosis (Fei Wei), treats regurgitation (Fan Wei), and alleviates cough.
Generates body fluids, relieves thirst, transforms phlegm, and calms cough. Clears pathogenic heat from the Upper Jiao (Upper Burner) affecting the lungs and heart, and treats sores and pain in the throat, mouth, and tongue.
For hiccups and thirst caused by heat, with a rapid pulse: use Banxia (Pinellia Rhizome), Maidong (Ophiopogon Tuber), Huangqin (Scutellaria Root), Chao Zhizi (Fried Gardenia Fruit), Chaihu (Bupleurum Root), Xiaohui (Fennel Seed), Shidi (Persimmon Calyx), Muxiang (Aucklandia Root), Zhuru (Bamboo Shavings), Jian Sha (Selected Amomum Fruit), Gancao (Licorice Root); if heart heat is severe, add Huanglian (Coptis Rhizome). (Verified Formula 1.)
For hiccups caused by cold, with long-standing illness and cold limbs: use Shidi (Persimmon Calyx), Gongding (Clove Bud), Banxia (Pinellia Rhizome), Xiaohui (Fennel Seed), Chenpi (Tangerine Peel), Liangjiang (Galangal Rhizome), Lihé (Lychee Seed). This condition is critical, with only one chance of survival out of a hundred. (Formula 2.)
For intestinal wind with bloody stool: Persimmon cake (Shi Bing) can be taken as powder or pills. (Formula 3.)
For bloody strangury (Xue Lin): Persimmon cake burned to ash, taken with water. (Formula 4.)
For hot strangury with painful difficulty in urination: Same as above, add Dengxin (Juncus Effusus Pith). (Formula 5.)
For pediatric autumn dysentery: Cook rice porridge; when ripe, add fine persimmon cake powder, boil three more times, and eat. (Formula 6.)
For regurgitation and vomiting food: Take three dried persimmons, mash them, and take with wine. Do not mix with other herbs. (Formula 7.)
For phlegm-wheezing with blood in sputum: Steam a large persimmon cake on rice until cooked, slice it open, insert one qian (approx. 3-5g) of real Qingdai (Indigo Naturalis) into each piece, eat at bedtime, and wash down with Bohe Tang (Mint Decoction). (Formula 8.)
For postpartum hiccups, chaotic qi, and restlessness: Slice persimmon cake, decoct in water, and sip slowly. (Formula 9.)
For nasal obstruction (Bi Zhi): Cook together with rice as porridge, eat daily. (Formula 10.)
For deafness and nasal congestion: Same as above. (Formula 11.)
For leg ulcers: Apply Shi Shuang (Persimmon Frost) and Shidi (Persimmon Calyx) burned to ash and powdered. Very effective. (Formula 12.)
To detoxify tung oil poisoning: Eat persimmon cake. (Formula 13.)
For persistent hiccups: Decoct Shidi (Persimmon Calyx), Dingxiang (Clove), and Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger) in water and take. (Formula 14.)
Sour, warm in nature, non-toxic. Stops dysentery and bloody stools, eliminates metrorrhagia (Bang Lou) and leukorrhea (Dai Xia). Dispels wind-dampness in bones and joints, removes flaccidity and numbness in the waist and legs. Astringes essence leakage and stops tearing, expels roundworms, and relieves muscle spasms.
For red and white dysentery with abdominal pain and indigestion: Roast the material, powder it, form pills with jujube flesh, and take. Burning to ash and taking with rice water is also good. (Verified Formula 1.)
For blood appearing before feces: Powder the roasted material, take two qian per dose. (Formula 2.)
For chronic dysentery due to intestinal slipping: Take one whole pomegranate, burn to ash; separately decoct one segment of pomegranate in water to take with the ash. (Formula 3.)
For pediatric wind epilepsy: Take one large pomegranate, remove the top, hollow it out, insert five whole Quanxie (Scorpion), seal tightly with yellow mud, burn to ash, powder it, take half a qian per dose with milk, or with Fangfeng Tang (Saposhnikovia Decoction). (Formula 4.)
For sores on the calf with itching, pain, and yellow discharge: Decoct the peel in water and apply/sweep onto the area daily. (Formula 5.)
For roundworms: Decoct the root growing eastward in water and take. (Formula 6.)
For amenorrhea: Same as above; if menstruation does not resume, continue taking. Contraindicated if there is cough with a very rapid pulse. (Formula 7.)
For red and white dysentery: Same as above. (Formula 8.)
For Jin Can Gu Du (Golden Silkworm Gu Poison): Characterized by sweet taste when sucking alum and lack of fishy smell when eating black beans. Formula same as above. (Formula 9.)
For traumatic bleeding: Mix Liu Hua (Pomegranate Flower) and Duan Shi (Calcined Iron Ore) in equal parts, pound, mix, dry in shade, powder, and apply to the wound. (Formula 10.)