宦游笔记∶塞外有查克木，丛生，树高五尺许，无皮，枝乾清翠可爱，叶似三春之柳，
然质
甚坚，并无柔条垂丝，颇耐霜雪。若伐以为薪，箸火即燃，形似炭，有红焰而无烟，置径寸
于炉中，历一、二日乃烬。惟生于瀚海沙碛之地，遇大风根株即拔，因入土未深，是以夭扎
，无经久者。 西北域记∶查克木产推河，似丝柳而不垂，无皮，耐霜雪，色青时，入炉即
燃，数日乃烬，然大者拱，高者寻，风斯拔之，何者？地沙且咸，根难据而易朽也。
治产难，临蓐之时，握其木易产。心痛，烧灰服之。
边志∶出辽东，树高丈余，其叶两两相对，开花如盏大，黄色，花谢结实，亦两两相对，
大
如木瓜，绿色，春生夏熟，人不可食，误食之，入口即齿落如屑，舌黑如漆，满口裂碎，血
出如水，终日不能食，经旬方止。又能碎骨如泥，彼处橐驼初生，取以润其蹄，则千里可行
，否则不能行。其性刚利如锥，举而刺之，利如刀锯，凡作角器，必用此。
性烈有大毒，能腐骨碎齿，入外科方术家用。
百草镜∶丁香油出南番，乃用母丁香榨取其油，色紫，芳香辛烈。番人贮以琉璃器，盖
偶不
密，即香达于外。粤澳门多有之。 药性考∶丁香油出西番。 气味甘辛，性大热，透关窍
驱寒，力更速于丁香，治胃寒痛，或滴少许入煎药；或以油涂脐上痛处。 暖丹田，除水泻
，涂暖脐膏贴。解蟹毒，以一滴同姜汤服。揩牙，治口臭。 药性考云∶壮阳暖肾，疝痛阴
寒。 按齐民要术∶鸡舌香即母丁香，时珍所谓雄为丁香，雌为鸡舌香也。丁香中雌者独大
，而可取油；雄者细小，不中榨取。予内兄朱放鹇曾宦于粤，据云丁香油亦近时始有，其性
热而淫，凡衣饰器物经染其气，数日不灭，近日豪贵家多珍之，为房帷用。以色紫同玫瑰，
滴水中搅之散而复聚者为真。伪者曰樟木油，色稍淡，紫中带黄黑色，气辛烈，触鼻作樟脑
气，滴沐器洗衣，或入香佩，可以辟汗，不入药用。纲目于丁香下附丁皮及根枝，不及油，
或其时尚未有，即有亦未行入中土也。
涂脐，散臌痞。受寒胃痛，好酒和服。
金御乘云∶胃寒呃逆呕吐甚者，用丁香油擦透中脘。痛痹擦痛处，皆立效，试过极验。
祝穆试效方∶治瘰 ，化核膏用之，取其香烈直透经络，辛以散结滞耳。
《宦游笔记》记载：塞外有一种名为查克木的植物，丛生生长，树高约五尺，没有树皮，枝干青翠可爱，叶子像初春时的柳树，但质地非常坚硬，并没有柔嫩的枝条垂下，很耐霜雪。如果砍伐它作为柴火，点火即燃，形状像炭，有红色火焰而无烟雾，放入直径一寸的炉中，经过一两天才会烧尽。这种树只生长在沙漠沙砾之地，遇到大风根株就会被拔起，因为入土不深，所以寿命短，没有能长久存活的。
《西北域记》记载：查克木产于推河，样子像丝柳但不下垂，没有树皮，耐霜雪，颜色青时，放入炉中即燃，几天后才会烧尽。但是大的树干需两人合抱，高的可达八尺（寻），风一吹就倒，为什么呢？因为土地是沙且咸的，根部难以稳固且容易腐朽。
用于治疗难产，临产时，握住这种木头可以容易生产。治疗心痛，将其烧成灰服用。
《边志》记载：产于辽东，树高一丈多，叶子两两相对，开花如盏大，黄色，花谢后结果实，也是两两相对，大小如木瓜，绿色，春天生长夏天成熟，人不可食用，误食的话，入口牙齿就会脱落如碎屑，舌头黑如漆，满口裂开破碎，出血如水，整天不能进食，经过十天才能停止。又能将骨头磨碎如泥，当地人在骆驼刚出生时，取此物润滑其蹄，则能行走千里，否则不能行走。它的性质刚烈锋利如锥，举起来刺击，锋利如刀锯，凡是制作角器，必须使用此物。
性质猛烈有大毒，能腐蚀骨头、打碎牙齿，进入外科方术家中使用。
《百草镜》记载：丁香油出自南番，是用母丁香榨取其油，颜色紫，芳香辛烈。番人用琉璃器皿储存，盖子如果不严密，香气就会散发到外面。广东澳门多有出产。
《药性考》记载：丁香油出自西番。气味甘辛，性大热，能透达关窍驱除寒气，效力比丁香更快，治疗胃寒痛，或者滴少许加入煎好的药中；或者用油涂抹在脐上疼痛处。温暖丹田，去除水泻，配合暖脐膏贴敷。解蟹毒，用一滴同姜汤服用。擦拭牙齿，治疗口臭。
按《齐民要术》记载：鸡舌香就是母丁香，李时珍所说雄的是丁香，雌的是鸡舌香。丁香中雌性的特别大，可以取油；雄性细小，不适合榨取。我的内兄朱放鹇曾在广东做官，据他说丁香油也是近代才开始有的，其性质热而淫，凡是衣物饰品器物沾染了它的气味，几天都不消散，近日权贵之家多珍视它，用于房帷之中。以颜色紫同玫瑰相似，滴入水中搅拌后散开又聚集的是真品。伪品叫樟木油，颜色稍淡，紫中带黄黑色，气味辛烈，触鼻有樟脑气，滴在沐浴器具或洗衣，或放入香囊，可以辟汗，不入药用。《本草纲目》在丁香条目下附有丁皮及根枝，没有提到油，或许那时还没有，即使有也没有传入中原。
*Huan You Bi Ji* (Notes from Official Travels) records: In the frontier regions, there is a plant called *Zhakemu*, which grows in clusters. The tree is about five chi tall, has no bark, and its branches and trunk are clear green and lovely. The leaves resemble those of willow trees in early spring, but the texture is very hard, with no soft drooping twigs, making it quite resistant to frost and snow. If felled for firewood, it ignites immediately upon contact with fire, resembling charcoal, producing red flames without smoke. Placing a piece of one cun in diameter in a stove, it takes one or two days to burn to ash. This tree only grows in sandy desert areas; when strong winds blow, the root system is uprooted because it does not penetrate deep into the soil, hence its lifespan is short, and none survive for long.
*Xi Bei Yu Ji* (Records of the Northwest Regions) states: *Zhakemu* is produced in the Tui River region. It resembles silk willow but does not droop, has no bark, and resists frost and snow. When green, it ignites instantly in a furnace and burns for several days before turning to ash. However, large specimens require two arms to embrace, and tall ones reach eight chi (one xun). Why do they fall easily in the wind? Because the soil is sandy and saline, making the roots difficult to anchor and prone to decay.
It treats difficult childbirth; holding this wood during labor facilitates delivery. For heart pain, burn it to ash and ingest it.
*Bian Zhi* (Border Chronicles) records: Produced in Liaodong, the tree is over one zhang tall. The leaves grow opposite each other in pairs. The flowers are cup-shaped, yellow, and after fading, produce fruit that also grows in pairs, similar in size to quinces, green in color, maturing in summer. Humans cannot eat it; if ingested by mistake, teeth fall out like dust, the tongue turns black as lacquer, the mouth cracks and bleeds profusely, preventing eating for a day, and recovery takes ten days. It can also crush bones like mud. Locals use it to lubricate the hooves of newborn camels so they can walk a thousand li; otherwise, they cannot walk. Its nature is rigid and sharp like an awl; used as a piercing tool, it is as sharp as a saw. It is essential for making horn utensils.
Its nature is fierce and highly toxic; it can corrode bones and shatter teeth. It is used by surgeons and practitioners of external medicine.
*Bai Cao Jing* (Mirror of Hundred Herbs) records: *Dingxiang You* (Clove Oil) comes from the Southern Barbarians. It is extracted from female cloves (*Mu Dingxiang*). It is purple in color, aromatic, pungent, and intense. Barbarians store it in glass vessels; if the lid is not tight, the fragrance permeates outward. It is abundant in Macau, Guangdong.
*Yao Xing Kao* (Examination of Drug Properties) records: *Dingxiang You* (Clove Oil) comes from the Western Barbarians. Its taste is sweet and pungent, and its nature is greatly hot. It penetrates orifices and drives out cold, acting faster than cloves themselves. It treats stomach cold pain; a few drops can be added to decoctions, or the oil applied to painful areas on the navel. It warms the Dantian and removes watery diarrhea; apply with *Nuan Qi Gao* (Warming Navel Plaster). It resolves crab toxicity; take one drop mixed with ginger soup. Rubbing teeth with it treats halitosis.
*Yao Xing Kao* further states: It strengthens yang and warms the kidneys, treating hernia pain and yin-cold conditions.
According to *Qi Min Yao Shu*: *Jishe Xiang* (Chicken Tongue Fragrance) is female clove. Li Shizhen stated that male cloves are *Dingxiang*, while female cloves are *Jishe Xiang*. Among cloves, the female ones are uniquely large and suitable for oil extraction; the male ones are small and unsuitable for pressing. My brother-in-law Zhu Fangxian served as an official in Guangdong. He claimed that *Dingxiang You* (Clove Oil) is a recent innovation. Its nature is hot and lascivious. Any clothing, ornaments, or objects stained with its scent retain it for days. Recently, wealthy families have prized it for bedroom use. Authentic oil is purple, similar to rose; when dropped in water and stirred, it disperses and then re-aggregates. Counterfeits are called *Zhangmu You* (Camphor Wood Oil), which is slightly paler, purple with yellow-black tints, pungent, smelling of camphor upon inhalation. It can be dropped into bathwater or laundry, or put in sachets to repel sweat, but is not used medicinally. *Bencao Gangmu* listed *Dingpi* (Clove Skin) and branch roots under Clove, omitting the oil, perhaps because it did not exist then or had not yet entered Central China.
Applied to the navel, it dissipates abdominal distension and masses. For stomach pain due to cold, mix with good wine and ingest.
Jin Yucheng said: For severe hiccups and vomiting due to stomach cold, rub *Dingxiang You* (Clove Oil) thoroughly through the Zhongwan point. For painful bi-syndrome, rubbing the painful area yields immediate results; I have tested it and found it extremely effective.
Zhu Mu's *Shi Xiao Fang* (Trial Efficacy Formulas) records: Used in *Hua He Gao* (Core-Softening Paste) to treat scrofula. Its purpose is to utilize its intense fragrance to penetrate meridians directly and its pungency to disperse stagnation and nodules.