味苦，温、微温，无毒。主治中风伤寒头痛，温疟，发表出汗，去邪热气，止咳逆上气，
除寒热，破症坚积聚。五脏邪气缓急，风胁痛，治乳余疾，止好唾，通腠理，疏伤寒头疼，
解肌，泄邪恶气，消赤黑斑毒。不可多服，令人虚。一名卑相，一名龙沙，一名卑盐。生晋
地及河东川谷。立秋采茎，阴干令青。（浓朴为之使，恶辛夷、石韦。）
今出青州、彭城、荣阳、中牟者为胜，色青而多沫。蜀中亦有，不好。用之折除节。节
止汗故也。先煮一两沸，去上沫，沫令人烦。其根亦止汗。夏月杂粉用之。世用治伤寒，解
肌第一。（《大观》卷八，《政和》一九九页）
味甘，平，无毒。主治消渴，身大热，呕吐，诸痹，起阴气，解诸毒。治伤寒中风头痛，
解肌发表出汗，开腠理，治金疮，止痛，胁风痛。生根汁，大寒，治消渴，伤寒壮热。
葛谷∶主治下痢十岁以上。白葛，烧以粉疮，止痛断血。叶∶主金疮，止血。花∶主消
酒。一名鸡齐根，一名鹿藿，一名黄斤。生汶山川谷。五月采根，曝干。（杀野葛、巴豆、
百药毒。）
即今之葛根，人皆蒸食之。当取入土深大者，破而日干之。生者捣取汁饮之。解温病发
热。其花并小豆花干末，服方寸匕，饮酒不知醉。南康、庐陵间最胜，多肉而少筋，甘美。
但为药用之，不及此间尔。五月五日日中时，取葛根为屑，治金疮断血为要药，亦治疟及疮，
至
【麻黄】
味苦，性温或微温，无毒。主治中风、伤寒引起的头痛，温疟，能发散表邪使汗出，去除体内的邪热，止咳逆气喘，消除寒热症状，破除症坚积聚。缓解五脏邪气导致的急迫症状，治疗风邪引起的胁痛，治疗乳部余疾，停止过度流涎，疏通腠理，疏解伤寒头痛，解除肌表之邪，泄除邪恶之气，消除赤黑色斑毒。不可多服，否则令人身体虚弱。又名卑相，又名龙沙，又名卑盐。产于晋地及河东的川谷之中。立秋时采集茎部，阴干至青色。（浓朴作为其引经药，忌与辛夷、石韦同用。）
现在以青州、彭城、荣阳、中牟出产的为优，颜色青且泡沫多。蜀地也有，但品质不佳。使用时需折断并去除节段。因为节段具有止汗的作用。先煮一两沸，去掉表面的浮沫，因为浮沫会让人心烦。其根部也能止汗。夏季可混合米粉使用。世人常用它治疗伤寒，是解除肌表邪气的首选药物。（出自《大观本草》卷八，《政和证类本草》第199页）
【葛根】
味甘，性平，无毒。主治消渴病，身体高热，呕吐，各种痹症，升发阴气，解除各种毒素。治疗伤寒、中风引起的头痛，解除肌表邪气使汗出，开泄腠理，治疗金疮，止痛，治疗胁部风痛。生葛根汁，性大寒，治疗消渴病，伤寒壮热。
葛谷（葛花/果实）：主治十年以上的久痢。白葛，烧成灰后敷于疮口，可止痛止血。叶：主治金疮，止血。花：主治解酒毒。又名鸡齐根，又名鹿藿，又名黄斤。产于汶山的川谷之中。五月采集根部，晒干。（能克制野葛、巴豆及百种药物的毒性。）
就是现在的葛根，人们都蒸熟食用。应当选取入土深且大的根部，破开后在阳光下晒干。新鲜的捣取汁液饮用。能解除温病发热。将其花与小豆花一起烘干研末，服用一方寸匕的量，饮酒后便不会醉。南康、庐陵一带出产的最为优良，肉质多肉而筋少，味道甘美。但作为药用，则不及这一带的好。在五月五日正午时分，采集葛根制成粉末，是治疗金疮止血的要药，也用于治疗疟疾和疮疡，直到……
[Mahuang / Ephedrae Herba]
Bitter in taste, warm or slightly warm in nature, non-toxic. It treats headache caused by wind-stroke and cold damage (Shanghan), warm malaria (Wen Nue); it releases the exterior and induces sweating, eliminates pathogenic heat, stops cough and rebellious qi (Ke Ni Shang Qi), removes alternating chills and fever, breaks up masses and accumulations (Zheng Jian Ji Ju). It relieves urgency caused by pathogenic factors in the five zang organs, treats wind-induced flank pain, treats residual diseases of the breast, stops excessive salivation, unblocks interstices (Cou Li), disperses headache due to cold damage, resolves the muscle layer (Jie Ji), vents evil qi, and reduces red and black toxic macules. It should not be taken in excess, as it may cause deficiency. Also known as Beixiang, Longsha, or Beiyian. It grows in valleys of Jin region and Hedong. The stems are harvested at Start of Autumn and dried in shade until green. (Moumen / Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex is its guiding herb; it is incompatible with Xinyi / Magnoliae Flos and Shiwei / Pyrrosiae Folium.)
Those from Qingzhou, Pengcheng, Rongyang, and Zhongmu are considered superior, characterized by a green color and abundant foam. There is also some from Shu, but it is of poor quality. When used, break the stem and remove the nodes (jie), because the nodes stop sweating. Boil for one or two minutes first, and discard the foam on the surface, as the foam causes restlessness. The root also stops sweating. In summer, it can be mixed with starch powder. People generally use it to treat cold damage; it is the primary herb for resolving the muscle layer. (From *Daguan Bencao*, Vol. 8; *Zhenghe Zhenglei Bencao*, p. 199)
[Gegen / Puerariae Radix]
Sweet in taste, neutral in nature, non-toxic. It treats thirst (Xiao Ke), high fever, vomiting, various bi syndromes (Bi Zheng), raises yin qi, and resolves various toxins. It treats headache due to cold damage and wind-stroke, resolves the muscle layer and releases the exterior inducing sweating, opens the interstices, treats metal wounds (Jin Chuang), stops pain, and treats wind pain in the flanks. Fresh juice of Gegen is very cold in nature; it treats thirst and severe fever from cold damage.
Ge Gu (Pueraria Flower/Fruit): Treats dysentery lasting more than ten years. White Gegen, when burned to ash and applied to sores, stops pain and bleeding. Leaves: Treat metal wounds and stop bleeding. Flowers: Treat alcohol intoxication. Also known as Jiqigen, Luhuo, or Huangjin. Grows in valleys of Wenshan. Roots are harvested in May and sun-dried. (It counteracts the toxicity of Yege, Badou, and hundred herbs.)
This is the current Gegen, which people usually steam and eat. One should select roots that penetrate deep into the soil and are large, break them, and dry them in the sun. Fresh ones can be crushed to extract juice for drinking. It resolves fever from warm diseases. Mix its flowers with dried powdered small bean flowers, take one cun cube (fangcunbi) dose, and one will not get drunk after drinking alcohol. Those from Nankang and Luling are the best, being fleshy, fibrous-poor, and sweet. However, for medicinal use, they are inferior to those from this region. On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month at noon, collect Gegen and make it into powder; it is an essential medicine for treating metal wounds and stopping bleeding, and also treats malaria and sores, up to...