\r甜瓜\pb39.bmp\r，一名香瓜。味甘，性平。治风湿麻木，四肢疼痛。花，敷疮散毒。
皮，泡水止牙疼。根、叶，煎汤洗风癞。
\r葫芦\pb40.bmp\r，味甘、淡，性寒。阴也。冷胃，动寒疾。有寒疾食之，肚腹疼，
发腹中风湿、痰积。有风湿痰积食之，发出风疹，瘙痒，不宜多食。
葫芦，气味甘、冷。主治解热、除烦、润肺、通淋、利小便，多食令人吐利脚痛。
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\r瓠匏\pb41.bmp\r，味甘、苦，形似西瓜，名匏。用以盛水，味甘者作菜食，又分甜
苦二种。苦能下水，令人吐，除面目风邪，四肢浮肿。甜能利水，通淋，除心肺烦热。叶晒
干，捣碎为末，盛于磁器内，随身边，或走路口渴，用末（一钱），入水饮，不中水毒；或
蛇虫蛤蟆扒过之物，人误食中毒，此末亦可解。加雄黄，能解哑瘴山岚之毒；加松笔头，解
一切火毒；凡中毒药，但可（一、二钱）开水送下。
\r瓠子\pb42.bmp\r，一名龙蜜瓜、一名天瓜。味甘，寒。处处皆有。治小儿初生，周
身无皮，用瓠子烧灰调菜油搽之，神效；又治左瘫右痪，烧灰，酒下；又治痰火腿脚疼痛，
烤热包之，即愈；又治诸疮脓血流溃，杨梅结毒，横 、鱼口，用荞面包好，以火烧焦，去
面为末，服之。作菜不可多食，多则腹痛、心寒、呕吐。叶，治风癫作狂。根，治痘疮倒靥。
子，煎汤治哑瘴、棒疮跌打，搽之神效。与生姜同服，治咽喉肿疼。
甜瓜，又名香瓜。味道甘甜，性质平和。用于治疗风湿引起的麻木和四肢疼痛。其花外敷可消散疮毒。果皮泡水饮用可缓解牙痛。根部和叶片煎汤外洗，可治疗风癞（一种皮肤顽疾）。
葫芦，味道甘淡，性质寒凉。属性为阴。易伤胃气，引发寒性疾病。患有寒性疾病的人食用后，会导致腹部疼痛，诱发腹中的风湿和痰积。患有风湿痰积的人食用后，会引发风疹，出现瘙痒症状，因此不宜多吃。葫芦气味甘冷，主要功效是清热、除烦、润肺、通淋利尿，但多吃会导致呕吐、腹泻和脚痛。
瓠匏，味道甘苦，形状像西瓜，称为匏。用来盛水，味道甜的可以做菜吃，又分为甜、苦两种。苦的能利水下行，使人呕吐，去除面目部的风邪和四肢浮肿。甜的能利水通淋，清除心肺的烦热。叶子晒干后捣碎成粉末，存放在瓷器中随身携带。如果在路口感到口渴，用一钱粉末加水饮用，可以防止中暑；或者如果误食了蛇虫蛤蟆爬过的东西导致中毒，这种粉末也可以解毒。加入雄黄，能解哑瘴山岚之毒；加入松笔头（松针），能解一切火毒；凡是中了毒药，只要用一两钱粉末开水送服即可。
瓠子，又名龙蜜瓜、天瓜。味道甘甜，性质寒凉。各地都有生长。用于治疗新生儿全身无皮的情况，将瓠子烧成灰后用菜油调和涂抹，效果神奇；又用于治疗左瘫右痪（半身不遂），烧成灰后用酒送服；又用于治疗痰湿引起的手脚疼痛，烤热后包裹患处，即可痊愈；又用于治疗各种疮疡脓血溃烂、杨梅结毒、横痃、鱼口等病症，用荞麦面包裹好，烧焦后去掉荞麦面制成粉末，内服。作为蔬菜不可多吃，多吃会导致腹痛、心寒、呕吐。叶子用于治疗风癫引发的狂症。根部用于治疗痘疮倒靥（痘疹内陷）。种子煎汤可治疗哑瘴、棒疮跌打损伤，外涂效果神奇。与生姜同服，可治疗咽喉肿痛。
Melon, also known as fragrant melon. The taste is sweet, and the nature is neutral. It treats numbness caused by wind-dampness and pain in the four limbs. The flowers, when applied externally, dissipate sores and detoxify. The peel, when soaked in water, relieves toothache. The roots and leaves, when decocted into a soup for washing, treat *feng lai* (a chronic skin disease resembling leprosy).
Gourd, tastes sweet and bland, and has a cold nature. It belongs to Yin. It chills the stomach and triggers cold diseases. If consumed by those with cold diseases, it causes abdominal pain and induces wind-dampness and phlegm accumulation in the abdomen. If consumed by those with wind-dampness and phlegm accumulation, it induces urticaria (*feng zhen*) and itching; therefore, it should not be eaten in large quantities. Gourd has a sweet and cold flavor. Its main indications are clearing heat, relieving irritability, moistening the lungs, promoting urination through unblocking the urinary tract (*tong lin*), and benefiting urine. However, excessive consumption leads to vomiting, diarrhea, and foot pain.
Hu Pao, tastes sweet and bitter, resembles a watermelon in shape, and is called *pao*. It is used to hold water. Those that taste sweet can be eaten as vegetables, and they are further divided into two types: sweet and bitter. The bitter type promotes water metabolism downward, inducing vomiting, removing wind-pathogens from the face and eyes, and reducing edema of the four limbs. The sweet type promotes water metabolism, unblocks the urinary tract, and removes vexatious heat from the heart and lungs. The leaves, when dried and crushed into powder, should be stored in porcelain containers and carried on one's person. If thirsty at a crossroads, drinking one *qian* of this powder with water prevents heatstroke; or if one accidentally ingests poison from items touched by snakes, insects, toads, etc., this powder can also detoxify. Added with Realgar (*Xiong Huang*), it resolves the toxicity of miasma and mountain vapors; added with pine needles (*Song Bi Tou*), it resolves all fire-toxicities; for any drug poisoning, taking one or two *qian* of the powder dissolved in boiling water suffices.
Pepo (*Hu Zi*), also known as Long Mi Gua or Tian Gua. The taste is sweet, and the nature is cold. It grows everywhere. It treats newborns with no skin on their entire body; burning the pepo to ash and mixing it with vegetable oil for application yields miraculous effects; it also treats hemiplegia (left paralysis or right immobility); burning it to ash and taking it with wine is effective; it also treats pain in the legs and feet caused by phlegm-dampness; heating it and wrapping it around the affected area brings immediate recovery; it also treats various sores with pus and blood discharge, condyloma acuminatum (*yang mei jie du*), chancroid (*heng xuan*), and fish-mouth abscess (*yu kou*); wrapping them well with buckwheat flour, burning until charred, removing the flour, and taking the resulting powder internally is effective. As a vegetable, it should not be eaten in excess; excessive consumption causes abdominal pain, chilling of the heart, and vomiting. The leaves treat mania induced by wind-epilepsy. The root treats inverted pustules in smallpox (*dou chuang dao ye*). The seeds, when decocted into a soup, treat miasma and injuries from blows or falls; applying externally yields miraculous effects. Taken together with fresh ginger, it treats sore throat and swelling.