〔 曰〕凡使，去根头，用酒浸一宿，曝干，以酥拌蒸之，从巳至酉，徐徐焙干，用入
补药乃效。
〔别录曰〕凡用去黄毛。毛射人肺，令人咳，不可疗。〔大明曰〕入药去梗，须微炙用
一法∶以羊脂炒干用。
〔时珍曰〕凡用以生布张开，将马勃于上摩擦，下以盘承，取末用。
〔 曰〕凡使先以酒浸一宿，至明漉出，晒干。用黄精自然汁于日中煎之，缓火煮成煎
为度
舂簸
〔 曰〕凡用 去两畔并心枝了，用糯泔浸七日，以酒拌蒸一伏时。每一斤用黄精自然
汁十二两浸焙，又浸又焙，待汁干用之。〔时珍曰〕此服食治法也。常用或生或炒，各从本
方。
〔弘景曰〕采炼松脂法，并在服食方中。以桑灰汁或酒煮软， 纳寒水中数十过，白滑
则可用。〔颂曰〕凡用松脂，先须炼治。用大釜加水置甑，用白茅籍甑底，又加黄砂于茅上，
浓
既凝又蒸，如此三过，其白如玉，然后入用。
〔 曰〕凡用辛夷，拭去赤肉毛了，以芭蕉水浸一宿。用浆水煮之，从巳至未，取出焙
干用。若治眼目中患，即一时去皮，用向里实者。〔大明曰〕入药微炙。
【李珣曰】凡是使用石斛，需去掉根头，用酒浸泡一夜，晒干后，用酥油拌合蒸制，从巳时到酉时，慢慢焙干，用于补药才有效。
【《名医别录》曰】凡是使用石斛，需去掉黄色的绒毛。绒毛射入肺部，令人咳嗽，无法治愈。
【孟诜曰】入药需去掉梗，必须微炙后用。一种方法：用羊脂炒干后使用。
【李时珍曰】凡是使用石斛，用盐水煮半天，再用井水煮半天，晒干后焙干使用。
【李时珍曰】凡是使用马勃，用生布将其展开，将马勃放在上面摩擦，下面用盘子承接，取粉末使用。
【李珣曰】凡是使用黄精，先用酒浸泡一夜，到天明滤出，晒干。用黄精的自然汁液在日光下煎煮，用慢火煮成膏状为度。
【李珣曰】凡是使用黄精，去掉两边的枝梢和心枝，用糯米淘米水浸泡七天，用酒拌合蒸一个时辰（两小时）。每斤黄精用十二两黄精自然汁浸泡并焙干，又浸又焙，直到汁液干透使用。
【陶弘景曰】采集炼制松脂的方法，都在服食方中记载。用桑灰汁或酒煮软，放入冷水中数十次，变白滑则可以使用。
【苏颂曰】凡是使用松脂，必须先经过炼制处理。用大锅加水放置蒸笼，用白茅草铺在蒸笼底，又在茅草上加黄沙，浓稠后既凝固又蒸制，如此三次，其色白如玉石，然后入药使用。
【李珣曰】凡是使用辛夷，擦拭去红色的肉质绒毛后，用芭蕉水浸泡一夜。用酸浆水煮沸，从巳时到未时，取出焙干使用。如果是治疗眼目中的疾病，就一次性去皮，使用里面坚实的部分。
[Li Xun] When using Shihu (Dendrobii Caulis), remove the root head, soak in wine for one night, dry in the sun, mix with butter and steam from Si hour (09:00-11:00) to You hour (17:00-19:00), then slowly bake until dry. It is effective when used in tonifying prescriptions.
[Ben Cao Jing Jiu Yi (Ancient Medical Records)] When using Shihu (Dendrobii Caulis), remove the yellow hairs. The hairs penetrate into the lungs, causing coughing which is incurable.
[Meng Shen] For medicinal use, remove the stems; they must be slightly roasted before use. One method: stir-fry with mutton fat until dry.
[Li Shizhen] When using Shihu (Dendrobii Caulis), boil in salt water for half a day, then boil in well water for another half a day, dry in the sun and roast before use.
[Li Shizhen] When using Ma Bo (Lycoperdon), spread it open with raw cloth, rub the Ma Bo (Lycoperdon) on top, catch the powder underneath with a plate, and use the collected powder.
[Li Xun] When using Huangjing (Polygonati Rhizoma), first soak in wine for one night. At dawn, strain and dry. Boil with the natural juice of Huangjing (Polygonati Rhizoma) under sunlight, simmering over slow fire until it becomes a paste.
[Li Xun] When using Huangjing (Polygonati Rhizoma), remove the branches on both sides and the central stem. Soak in rice washing water for seven days, mix with wine and steam for one Fu period (two hours). For every jin (approx. 500g) of Huangjing (Polygonati Rhizoma), use twelve liang of natural Huangjing (Polygonati Rhizoma) juice to soak and roast repeatedly until the juice is absorbed and dry.
[Li Shizhen] This is a method for dietary therapy. Usually used raw or roasted, according to the specific prescription.
[Tao Hongjing] The methods for harvesting and refining Songzhi (Pini Resina) are recorded in dietary therapy formulas. Boil soft with ash lye from mulberry wood or wine, immerse in cold water dozens of times until white and smooth, then it can be used.
[Su Song] When using Songzhi (Pini Resina), it must be refined first. Place a large cauldron with water and a steamer basket. Line the bottom of the steamer with white cogon grass, then add yellow sand on top of the grass. After thickening, solidify and steam. Repeat this process three times until it is white as jade, then use it medicinally.
[Li Xun] When using Xinyi (Magnoliae Flos), wipe off the red fleshy hairs. Soak in banana leaf water for one night. Boil in sour浆 water from Si hour (09:00-11:00) to Wei hour (13:00-15:00), take out and roast dry. If treating eye diseases, remove the skin entirely at once, using the inner solid part.
[Meng Shen] For medicinal use, slightly roast.
[Chen Zangqi] When using Chenxiang (Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum), it must not be dry or brittle. Those that are hard and heavy like horns, sinking to the bottom of water, are superior grade; those that float halfway are secondary. Do not expose to fire.
[Li Shizhen] For decoctions, only...