Acridity enters the lung

Acrid medicinals act upon the lung. Examples of acrid medicinals that enter the lung are Platycodon (Platycodonis Radix, 桔梗 jié gěng), ephedra (Ephedrae Herba, 麻黄 má huáng), borneol (Borneolum, 冰片 bīng piàn), silkworm (Bombyx Batryticatus, 白僵蚕 bái jiāng cán), tribulus (Tribuli Fructus, 刺蒺藜 cì jí lí), dried ginger (Zingiberis Rhizoma, 干姜 gān jiāng), tangerine peel (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium, 陈皮 chén pí), peucedanum (Peucedani Radix, 前胡 qián hú), radish seed (Raphani Semen, 莱菔子 lái fú zǐ), and gleditsia (Gleditsiae Fructus, 皂荚 zào jiá).