（造酿）解肾热邪及诸食物
豆酱（专入肾）。本豆与面蒸罨。加盐与水晒成。虽曰经火经日煎熬。然味咸性冷。火
不胜水
。仍为解热解毒泻火之剂耳。是以书载一切鱼肉菜蔬蕈毒。皆当用此以调。蛇虫蜂虿犬咬。
汤火砒霜蛊毒。皆当用此以解。与夫手指掣痛。（用酱清和蜜温热。浸之。） 疡风驳。（用
酱清和石硫黄细末。日日揩之。）大便不通。（用酱汁灌入孔中。）飞虫入耳。（用酱滴灌耳中
即出。）浸淫疮癣。（用酱瓣和人尿以涂。）轻粉毒中。（用三年陈酱。化水以漱。）身上干燥
。（用豆酱入药以涂。）妊娠下血尿血等症。（下血用豆酱二升。去汁。取豆炒研。服方寸匙
。尿血用豆酱煎干。生地二两为末。每服一钱。米汤以下。）无不当用此以治。但此气咸性
冷。小儿过服。则恐生痰动气。妊娠合雀肉以食。则恐令儿面黑。所当避也。取豆酱陈久者
佳。（小麦酱杀药力不如豆酱。）
（荤辛）芹菜辛多于苦则能以治寒湿 苦多于辛则能以治热毒
芹菜（专入肺胃肝）。地出。有水有旱。其味有苦有甘。有辛有酸之类。考之张璐有言。
旱芹
得青阳之气而生。气味辛窜。能理胃中湿浊。水芹得湿淫之气而生。气味辛浊。考之纲目有
言。旱芹气味甘寒。能除心下烦热。水芹气味甘平。能治女子赤沃。两说绝不相类。讵知旱
芹种类。或有得于阳气之浓。故味多辛而燥。得于阳气之微。故味苦而多湿。水芹种类。得
于阳气之最。则气虽浊而仍清。得于阴气之胜。则味既苦而且浊。不得谓水芹尽属阴类。旱
芹尽属阳类也。惟察辛多于苦。则芹多燥而不凉。苦胜于辛。则芹多寒而不温。辛胜于苦。
则治当如本经所云。能治女子赤沃。俾浊湿去。胃气清。而精血有赖。令人肥健嗜食。苦胜
于辛。及质粘滑。则治当如唐本所云。能治痈肿马毒。又安能入脾以助食。入阴以助精。
入肝以保血乎！但芹在水。须防有虫在于叶间。（春夏之交。多有蜥蝎虺蛇在于此处遗精。）
视之不见。令人为患面青手青。腹满如妊。痛不可忍。作蛟龙痛。须服硬饧二三斤。吐出便
瘥。其根白盈尺者曰马 。食之令人发疮疥。以其湿热之气最盛也。和醋食之损齿。有鳖瘕
人不可食。
（酿造类）能解除肾经热邪以及各种食物毒素。
豆酱（专入肾经）。由大豆和面粉蒸制后发酵，加入盐和水日晒而成。虽然说是经过火烤和长时间熬煮，然而其味咸、性寒凉，火势胜不过水气。因此它仍然是清热、解毒、泻火的药剂。所以医书记载：一切鱼肉、蔬菜、菌菇的毒素，都应当用此来调和；蛇虫、蜂蝎、狗咬伤，以及汤火烫伤、砒霜中毒、蛊毒等，都应当用此来解救。至于手指抽搐疼痛（可用酱清与蜂蜜混合温热后浸泡患处）；皮肤顽癣（可用酱清与硫磺细末混合，每日擦拭）；大便不通（可用酱汁灌入肛门）；飞虫进入耳中（可用酱滴入耳中使其排出）；浸淫疮癣（可用豆瓣与人尿混合涂抹）；轻粉中毒（可用存放三年的陈酱化水漱口）；身体干燥（可用豆酱入药涂抹）；妊娠期间下血、尿血等症状（下血者用豆酱二升，去汁，取豆炒研成粉，每次服用方寸匙大小；尿血者将豆酱煎干，配生地二两研末，每次服一钱，米汤送服）。没有不适宜用此来治疗的。但是此物气味咸、性质寒凉，小儿过量服用，恐怕会生痰动气；孕妇若与雀肉同食，恐怕会使胎儿面色发黑。这些情况都应当避免。选取陈久的豆酱为佳。（小麦酱会削弱药力，不如豆酱。）
（荤辛类）芹菜辛味多于苦味时，能治疗寒湿；苦味多于辛味时，能治疗热毒。
芹菜（专入肺、胃、肝经）。生于土地，有水芹和旱芹之分。其味道有苦、甘、辛、酸等不同种类。考察张璐的说法：旱芹得春季青阳之气而生，气味辛散窜行，能调理胃中的湿浊之气；水芹得湿气淫溢之气而生，气味辛而浑浊。考察《本草纲目》的说法：旱芹气味甘寒，能清除心下的烦热；水芹气味甘平，能治疗女子赤白带下。这两种说法截然不同。岂不知旱芹的种类中，有的得阳气浓厚，所以味道多辛且燥；有的得阳气微弱，所以味道苦且多湿。水芹的种类中，得阳气最盛，则气虽浑浊但仍保持清透；得阴气胜势，则味道既苦而且浑浊。不能断言水芹全属阴类，旱芹全属阳类。只有观察辛味多于苦味，则芹菜多燥而不凉；苦味胜于辛味，则芹菜多寒而不温。辛味胜于苦味时，治疗应当如《本经》所说，能治疗女子赤白带下，使浊湿去除，胃气清爽，从而精血有所依赖，使人肥健、食欲增加。苦味胜于辛味，且质地粘滑时，治疗应当如《唐本》所说，能治疗痈肿和马毒，又怎能起到入脾助食、入阴助精、入肝保血的作用呢！但是芹菜生长在水中，须防备叶间有虫子。（春夏之交，常有蜥蜴、毒蛇在此处遗精。）肉眼看不见，会导致人面部青色、手部青色，腹部胀满如怀孕状，疼痛难以忍受，称为“蛟龙痛”。必须服用硬饧二三斤，吐出后即可痊愈。芹菜根白色长达一尺的叫做“马芹”，食用后会让人发生疮疥，因为其湿热之气最盛。与醋同食会损伤牙齿，有鳖瘕病的人不可食用。
(Brewing Category) Resolves heat pathogens in the Kidney and toxins from various foods.
Doujiang (Soybean Paste) (Specifically enters the Kidney Meridian). It is made by steaming soybeans and wheat flour, fermenting them, and then adding salt and water for sun-drying. Although it undergoes heating and prolonged processing, its flavor is salty and its nature is cold. The fire element cannot overcome the water element. Therefore, it remains an agent for clearing heat, resolving toxicity, and purging fire. Consequently, medical texts record that for all types of fish, meat, vegetables, and mushroom poisoning, this should be used to harmonize; for snake and insect bites, bee stings, dog bites, scalds, arsenic poisoning, and gu poison, this should be used to resolve. Regarding finger spasms and pain (soak with warm mixture of paste liquor and honey); stubborn skin sores and tinea (wipe daily with mixture of paste liquor and fine powder of sulfur); constipation (enema with paste juice); flying insects entering the ear (instill paste into the ear to expel them); impetigo and tinea (apply mixture of bean paste pieces and human urine); calomel poisoning (rinse mouth with water dissolved from three-year-old aged paste); dryness of the body (apply medicine containing soybean paste); conditions such as lower bleeding and hematuria during pregnancy (for lower bleeding, use two sheng of soybean paste, remove the liquid, stir-fry the beans, grind into powder, take one fangcun chi per dose; for hematuria, boil soybean paste until dry, mix with two liang of powdered Rehmanniae Radix, take one qian per dose, swallow with rice soup). There is no condition unsuitable for treatment with this. However, since its qi is salty and nature is cold, excessive consumption by children may generate phlegm and disturb qi; if pregnant women consume it with sparrow meat, it may cause the child's face to turn dark. These situations should be avoided. Aged soybean paste is preferred. (Wheat paste diminishes medicinal efficacy and is inferior to soybean paste.)
(Non-vegetarian/Pungent Category) When Celery has more pungency than bitterness, it can treat cold-dampness; when it has more bitterness than pungency, it can treat heat-toxicity.
Qincai (Celery) (Specifically enters the Lung, Stomach, and Liver meridians). Grows in the earth, divided into wild celery (Zhanqin) and water celery (Shuiqin). Its flavors vary among bitter, sweet, pungent, and sour. According to Zhang Lu: Wild celery grows by receiving the Qingyang (Spring Yang) qi, possessing a pungent and dispersing aroma, capable of regulating damp-turbidity in the Stomach. Water celery grows by receiving excessive damp qi, possessing a pungent but turbid aroma. According to *Bencao Gangmu*: Wild celery has a sweet and cold flavor, capable of clearing vexatious heat below the heart; water celery has a sweet and neutral flavor, capable of treating leukorrhea in women. These two theories are completely different. Is it not known that among wild celery varieties, some receive strong yang qi, thus having a pungent and drying taste; others receive weak yang qi, thus having a bitter and damp taste. Among water celery varieties, those receiving the strongest yang qi have a turbid yet clear qi; those dominated by yin qi have a bitter and turbid taste. One cannot assert that all water celery belongs to the Yin category or all wild celery to the Yang category. Only by observing whether pungency exceeds bitterness can one determine that celery is mostly drying and not cooling; if bitterness exceeds pungency, celery is mostly cold and not warming. When pungency exceeds bitterness, treatment should follow the *Shennong Bencao Jing*, stating it treats female leukorrhea, allowing turbid dampness to leave, Stomach qi to clear, and essence and blood to rely on it, making people robust and increasing appetite. When bitterness exceeds pungency and the texture is sticky and slippery, treatment should follow the *Tang Bencao*, stating it treats carbuncles and horse venom, rather than entering the Spleen to aid digestion, entering the Yin to assist essence, or entering the Liver to preserve blood! However, since celery grows in water, one must beware of insects between the leaves. (Around spring and summer, lizards and venomous snakes often leave semen here.) Invisible to the naked eye, this causes the face and hands to turn blue, abdominal distension resembling pregnancy, unbearable pain, termed "Jiaolong Pain." One must consume two to three jin of hard maltose syrup; vomiting will bring recovery. The root of celery that is white and reaches one chi in length is called "Ma Qin" (Horse Celery); consuming it causes sores and scabies because its damp-heat qi is most abundant. Consuming it with vinegar damages teeth; persons with Bie Jia (turtle-shaped abdominal mass) should not eat it.