味酸,温,无毒。主治痿痹。一名类重。生田中高地,叶如天名精、美根。五月采。
杀鼠,益气,明目。一名百合。浓实,生木间,茎黄,七月实黑如大豆。
主治咳逆上气,益肺气,安五脏。一名 薰,一名玉荆。三月采,阴干。
味苦,无毒。主易耳。一名马耳。
味苦,平,无毒。主明目。实有刺,大如稻米。
味辛,平。治妇人漏血,白沃,阴蚀,湿痹,邪气,补中,益气。生晋平阳。
味甘,冷,无毒。主消渴,去热淋,利小便。生水中,即荇菜也,一名接余。五月
〔附〕
一名织女菀,一名苑。生汉中川谷,或山阳。正月、二月采,阴干。
味苦,微寒,无毒。主治伤寒,时气寒热,热在肌肤,温风注毒伏在骨间,除郁,
狂越,僻谬,及食噎不通。久服强筋骨,轻身,起阴,益气,利丈夫。生石城山及华
采无时。
《本经》原文∶零羊角,味咸寒。主明目,益气,起阴,去恶血注下,辟蛊毒恶鬼不
祥,安心气,常不魇
味苦,微寒,无毒。主治百节中结气,风头痛及蛊毒、吐血,妇人产后余痛。烧之
魅,辟虎野狼。生河西。取无时,勿使中湿,湿即有毒。(菟丝为之使。)羊髓,味甘,温
毒。主治男女伤中,阴气不足,利血脉,益经气,以酒服之。
[Sheep Horn] Sour in taste, warm in nature, non-toxic. Mainly treats flaccidity and bi-syndrome (painful obstruction syndrome). Also known as Leizhong. Grows in high, dry areas of fields; leaves resemble those of *Badram* (Tianmingjing) and Meigen. Harvested in the fifth month.
Kills rats, benefits qi, and improves vision. Also known as Baihe. The fruit is dense and solid, grows among trees, stems are yellow, and fruits turn black like soybeans in the seventh month.
Mainly treats cough with rebellious qi, benefits lung qi, and calms the five zang organs. Also known as Xun, also known as Yujing. Harvested in the third month, dried in the shade.
[Sheep Ear Herb] Bitter in taste, non-toxic. Mainly treats ear deafness (Yi'er). Also known as Maer.
[Sheep's Hoof Herb] Pungent in taste, warm in nature, non-toxic. Mainly promotes lightness of the body and treats bi-syndrome. Harvested in the fifth month, dried in the shade, grows in Shangdang.
[Another Variety of Sheep's Hoof Herb] Bitter in taste, neutral in nature, non-toxic. Mainly improves vision. The fruit has thorns and is as large as rice grains.
[Another Variety] Pungent in taste, neutral in nature. Treats metrorrhagia (uterine bleeding) in women, leukorrhea (white discharge), genital erosion, damp-bi syndrome, pathogenic factors, tonifies the middle jiao, and benefits qi. Grows in Pingyang, Jin region.
[Water Lettuce/Xingcai] Sweet in taste, cold in nature, non-toxic. Mainly treats xiaoke (wasting-thirst diabetes), eliminates heat strangury, and promotes urination. Grows in water; it is Xingcai, also known as Jieyu. Harvested in the fifth month.
[Appendix: Zhi Nü Wan / Yuan] Also known as Zhi Nü Wan, also known as Yuan. Grows in valleys or sunny slopes in Hanzhong. Harvested in the first and second months, dried in the shade.
Bitter in taste, slightly cold in nature, non-toxic. Mainly treats shanghan (cold damage), epidemic febrile diseases with alternating chills and fever, heat lingering in the skin and muscles, toxic wind-heat lurking between bones, removes depression/stagnation, mania, aberrant behavior, and food dysphagia. Long-term use strengthens sinews and bones, lightens the body, raises yin, benefits qi, and is beneficial for men. Grows on Shicheng Mountain and Huacai Mountain; harvestable at any time.
Original text from *Shennong Bencao Jing*: Ling Yangjiao (Zero Sheep Horn), salty in taste, cold in nature. Mainly improves vision, benefits qi, raises yin, expels bad blood downward, wards off gu poison, evil spirits, and inauspicious influences, calms the heart spirit, and prevents nightmares.
Bitter in taste, slightly cold in nature, non-toxic. Mainly treats qi stagnation in all joints, wind headache, gu poison, hematemesis, and residual pain after childbirth in women. Burning it repels demons and wards off tigers and wild wolves. Grows in the Hexi region. Harvestable at any time; avoid moisture, as wetness renders it toxic. (*Cuscutae Semen*, Tusizi, acts as its guiding herb.)
[Sheep Marrow] Sweet in taste, warm in nature, toxic. Mainly treats internal injury in both men and women, insufficiency of yin qi, unblocks blood vessels, and benefits meridian qi. Taken with wine.