[Study of the medical macrofungal literature in Hui Hui Yao Fang].

Words on medical macrofungi appeared over one hundred times in Hui Hui Yao Fang, some are transliterated words from the Hui language, such as Aligong, Alihun, Aergong, Futeier, Zulumalei and Talaxix: others are Chinese, such as fuling, tianma and mogu. These medical macrofungi were used in about one hundred prescriptions with different effects. Former scholars had made some creative contributions to unveil the prototypes of the medical macrofungi, but there are still some points open to question. For example, Aligong, Alihun and Aergong refer to Laricifomes officinalis rather than cap-shaped mushrooms. Futeier is an alexipharmic and edible macrofungus rather than a poisonous macrofungus. Talaxixi should refer to the parasite plant Cynomorium coccineum, not a macrofungus. Also, according to the catalog of Hui Hui Yao Fang, red mushrooms are considered poisonous, which does not coincide with the facts. Given that the book we preserved is incomplete, some exposition may be different from that in the original book.