Shennong Bencao Jing · The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica

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Ganqi · Dried Lacquer Pungent, warm; classified non-toxic. Listed for severing injuries, supplementing the center, reconnecting sinews and bones, filling marrow and brain, settling the five zang, the five slacknesses and six tensions, and wind-cold-damp impediment. Raw lacquer is listed for expelling long worms. Prolonged use is claimed to lighten the body and resist aging. Grows in river valleys. Mulan Bitter, cold. Listed for great bodily heat within the skin, removing facial heat, red eruptions and wine-related red facial lesions, harmful wind and lai disorders, and itching and dampness beneath the genitals; brightening eyes. Also Linlan. Grows in mountain valleys. Longyan Sweet, neutral. Listed for pathogenic qi of the five zang, settling resolve, and aversion to food. Prolonged use is claimed to strengthen the hun soul, sharpen hearing and sight, lighten the body, prevent aging and communicate with numinous powers. Grows in mountain valleys. Houpo Bitter, warm; classified non-toxic. Listed for wind-strike, cold damage, headache, cold and heat with fright qi, blood impediment and deadened flesh, and expelling the Three Worms. Grows in mountain valleys. Zhuye · Bamboo Leaves Bitter, neutral. Listed for counterflow cough and upward qi, overflowing, tight sinews and harmful sores, and killing small worms. The root, made into a decoction, is said to benefit qi, stop thirst, supplement deficiency and bring qi downward. The juice is listed for wind spasms and impediment. The fruit is claimed to communicate with numinous powers, lighten the body and benefit qi. Note: The isolated “overflowing” wording follows the supplied source; its object is not specified. Zhishi Bitter, cold. Listed for great wind within the skin, with lesions like hemp seeds or beans and severe itching; removing cold, heat and heat binding, and stopping diarrhea. It is said to grow flesh, benefit the five zang, increase qi and lighten the body. Grows by waterways and marshes. Shanzhuyu Sour; classified non-toxic. Listed for pathogenic qi below the heart with cold and heat, warming the center, expelling cold-damp impediment and removing the Three Worms. Prolonged use is claimed to lighten the body. Also Shuzao. Grows in mountain valleys. Wuzhuyu Pungent, warm. Listed for warming the center, bringing qi downward and stopping pain, counterflow cough and cold and heat; removing dampness and blood impediment, expelling wind pathogens and opening the interstices of the flesh. The root is listed for killing the Three Worms. Also Yi. Grows in river valleys. Qinpi Sour; classified non-toxic. Listed for wind-cold-damp impediment, shivering cold qi, removing heat, and blue-green obstructions and white films in the eyes. Prolonged use is claimed to keep hair from whitening and lighten the body. Grows in river valleys. Zhizi Bitter, cold. Listed for pathogenic qi within the five internal organs, heat qi in the Stomach, a red face with wine-related eruptions and a red, bumpy nose, and white and red lai sores and ulcers. Also Mudan. Grows in river valleys. Hehuan Sweet, neutral. Listed for settling the five zang, harmonizing the heart and resolve, and making a person happy and free of worry. Prolonged use is claimed to lighten the body, brighten eyes and bring what one desires. Grows in mountain valleys of Yizhou. Qinjiao · Qin Pepper Pungent, warm. Listed for wind and pathogenic qi, warming the center, removing cold impediment, strengthening teeth, growing hair and brightening eyes. Prolonged use is claimed to lighten the body, improve complexion, resist aging, add years and communicate with spirits. Grows in river valleys. Ziwei Sour, slightly cold. Listed for women's lingering ru disorders following childbirth or lactation, uterine flooding, zheng/jia masses and blocked blood, cold and heat with emaciation, and nourishing the fetus. Grows in river valleys. Wuyi Pungent. Listed for pathogenic qi within the five internal organs, dispersing noxious influences that spread and travel through skin, bones and joints, expelling the Three Worms and transforming food. Also Wugu; a further alias is written with the rare graphs 𦽄䕋. Grows in river valleys. Sanggen Baipi · White Mulberry Root Bark Sweet, cold. Listed for internal injury, the five exhaustions and six extremes with emaciation, uterine flooding with interrupted vessels, supplementing deficiency and benefiting qi. The leaves are listed for removing cold and heat and bringing sweat. Black mulberry-ear growths are listed for women's red and white vaginal leakage, blood disorders, abdominal pain from zheng/jia masses and accumulations, cold and heat of yin and yang, and childlessness. The ears of five kinds of tree, called Ru with the wood radical, are claimed to benefit qi, remove hunger, lighten the body and strengthen resolve.

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