(天水 地水)
性味甘平,轻扬上行,补中而举阳气下陷,宜煎补中升阳
有毒坏物,人饮之,多生脾胃疾。小满节前后淫雨,并为咸雨,其毒尤甚。
性甚消伐,有毒霉物,惟可洗疮疥灭痕。澄清入酱亦易熟。芒种后逢壬为入梅,小暑
逢壬为出梅,此时湿热熏蒸,人受其气则生病。物受其气则生霉。
性味清烈,解毒杀虫。宜制造疟、痢、疮、疡诸丹、丸、煎,辟祟药更效。
即五月五日午时雨,急伐竹竿沥取为神水。性味甘寒,清热化痰,定惊安神。和獭肝
丸,治心腹积,及杀劳虫及诸虫病。
性味甘寒,清热润燥,宜煎整肃肺气之药。
有毒,坏禾稻,人饮亦致多疾;与小满节内雨相近,性稍清肃耳。
立冬后十日为入液,至小雪为出液。液雨杀虫消积,宜煎虫痛疳积药。
气禀肃杀,功专泻热,阳气有余者,宜此煎药。
即方诸水。功专益阴退热,明目安神,除烦止渴,宜煎虚劳烦热之药。
甘平止渴,润肺解暑。百花上露∶令人明目,好颜色。
甘冷解酒热。和蚌粉,敷暑月痱疮。
【天水与地水】
性质甘平,能升举阳气、提升下陷;适合煎煮治疗中气不足、清阳下陷的药物。
性质甘平,质地轻扬上行,补益中气并提升下陷的阳气,适宜用于煎煮具有补中升阳功效的药物。
(梅雨)含有毒物质,会破坏物品,人饮用后容易引发脾胃疾病。小满节气前后的连绵阴雨,被称为“咸雨”,其毒性尤为严重。
(梅雨)性质具有很强的消蚀和攻伐作用,有毒且易使物体发霉,仅可用于洗涤疮疥、去除瘢痕。澄清后的雨水加入酱中也能加速煮熟食物。芒种日后遇到壬日为进入梅雨季节,小暑日遇到壬日为出梅,此时湿热熏蒸,人受此湿气侵袭则生病,物品受此湿气影响则生霉。
性质清冽猛烈,能解毒杀虫。适宜用来制造治疗疟疾、痢疾、疮疡的各种丹剂、丸剂和煎剂,作为辟邪药物效果更佳。
即五月五日午时之雨,迅速砍伐竹竿沥取汁液称为“神水”。性质甘寒,能清热化痰,定惊安神。与獭肝制成丸剂,可治疗心腹积聚,以及杀灭劳虫和各种寄生虫病。
性质甘寒,能清热润燥,适宜煎煮调理肺气的药物。
(伏雨)有毒,会毁坏禾稻,人饮用也会导致多种疾病;与小满节气内的雨水相近,但性质稍显清肃。
立冬后十日为进入“液”期,至小雪为出“液”。液雨能杀虫消积,适宜煎煮治疗虫痛、疳积的药物。
(秋霖)气候禀赋肃杀之气,功效专于泻热,阳气有余者,适宜用此雨水煎药。
(冬雨)能清热益阴,适宜浸泡滋补五脏及痰火积聚、虫毒等丹剂、丸剂。
即方诸水。功效专于益阴退热,明目安神,除烦止渴,适宜煎煮治疗虚劳烦热的药物。
(春露)甘平止渴,润肺解暑。百花上的露水:能令人明目,面色红润好看。
(夏露)甘冷,能解酒热。与蚌粉调和,敷治暑月痱疮。
[Tianshui and Dishui]
Nature is sweet and neutral; it raises yang and lifts sinking qi; suitable for decocting herbs to treat deficiency of middle qi and sinking of clear yang.
Nature is sweet and neutral, light and ascending, tonifies the middle and lifts sinking yang qi; suitable for decocting herbs that tonify the middle and raise yang.
[Plum Rain] Contains toxic substances that spoil items; human consumption often causes spleen and stomach diseases. Continuous rains around the Xiaoman solar term are called "salty rain," with particularly severe toxicity.
[Plum Rain] Has a strong dissolving and attacking nature; it is toxic and promotes mold growth on objects. It can only be used to wash sores, scabies, and remove scars. Clarified rainwater added to sauce also cooks food faster. After Mangzhong, encountering a Ren day marks the beginning of the Plum Rain season; after Xiaoshu, encountering a Ren day marks the end. At this time, damp-heat steams upward; humans exposed to this qi fall ill, and objects exposed to this qi develop mold.
Nature is clear and fierce; detoxifies and kills insects. Suitable for manufacturing various pills, elixirs, and decoctions for treating malaria, dysentery, sores, and ulcers; more effective as an exorcising medicine.
Refers to rain at noon on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. Quickly cut bamboo poles to drip juice, known as "Divine Water." Nature is sweet and cold; clears heat and transforms phlegm, calms fright and soothes the spirit. Combined with otter liver in pill form, treats heart and abdominal accumulations, and kills labor parasites and various parasitic diseases.
Nature is sweet and cold; clears heat and moistens dryness; suitable for decocting herbs that regulate lung qi.
[Fu Rain] Is toxic, destroys crops, and human consumption leads to multiple diseases; similar to rain during the Xiaoman solar term, but slightly clearer and more purifying in nature.
Ten days after Lidong marks the entry into the "Ye" period, until Xiaoxue marks the exit. Ye rain kills insects and reduces accumulation; suitable for decocting herbs treating worm pain and childhood malnutrition (ganji).
[Autumn Rain] Qi possesses a肃杀 (severe/killing) nature; its function specializes in draining heat; suitable for decocting herbs for those with excess yang qi.
[Winter Rain] Clears heat and benefits yin; suitable for soaking herbs to tonify the five zang organs, as well as pills and elixirs for phlegm-fire accumulation and insect toxins.
Refers to Fangzhu Shui (Water from the Square Vessel). Function specializes in benefiting yin and reducing fever, brightening eyes, calming the spirit, relieving restlessness, and stopping thirst; suitable for decocting herbs treating deficiency exhaustion with vexation and heat.
[Spring Dew] Sweet and neutral, stops thirst, moistens lungs, and resolves summerheat. Dew on hundred flowers: makes eyes bright and complexion good.
[Summer Dew] Sweet and cold, resolves alcohol heat. Mixed with clam powder, applied externally for prickly heat sores in summer.
[Autumn Rain] Sweet and cold, treats epidemic warm diseases; suitable for decocting herbs treating cold damage, febrile diseases, and fire pathologies; topical application treats prickly heat and kills insects. Spring Snow: breeds worms, unsuitable for medicinal use.
[Ice] Sweet and cold; water extreme resembles earth, essence of Taiyin. For coma due to yang toxin in cold damage, placing ice in the Danzhong area is beneficial. Also resolves liquor toxicity.