More than 410 kinds of prescriptions of medicines were presented, some of which were collected in Shennong Bencao Jing(, Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica) and other herbal works, are included in Lu Zhiyi's Bencao Chengya Banji(). He introduced the indications of these medicines by focusing on the name of the herbs, or the species of them, and the features and growth morphology of the herbs. He abstracted the efficacy of drugs on the human body. Therefore, he noted the indications of all the medicines list in the book.
卢之颐《本草乘雅半偈》收载了《神农本草经》及诸家本草共410多种药物，并以阐释药物主治为重点。其中，卢氏主要以每一味药为基本单元，先通过对名称、生长形态或气味的理解，提炼药物的基本特征，然后借助基本特征理解药物对人体的作用，并在此基础上逐一解读它们的主治条文。.
Keywords: Gleditsia sinensis; LU Zhiyi; Sichuan lovage rhizome; bencaology; common yam rhizome.