平，无毒。逐寸白，散腹中温温喘息。生晋山。三月采实，阴干。
《本经》原文∶芜荑，味辛。主五内邪气，散皮肤骨节中淫淫温行毒，去三虫，化食。
一名无姑，一名
无毒。主治腹肿胀满痛，以合膏，治小儿疮及面渣。生砀山及楚地。三月采根，阴干
《本经》原文∶紫草，味苦，寒。主心腹邪气，五疸，补中益气，利九窍，通水道。一
名紫丹，一名紫
味辛，无毒。主治咳唾脓血，止喘悸，五劳体虚，补不足，小儿惊痫。一名紫茜，一
青苑。生房陵及真定、邯郸。二月、三月采根，阴干。（款冬为之使；恶天雄、瞿麦、雷
远志。畏茵陈蒿。）
《本经》原文∶紫菀，味苦，温。主咳逆上气，胸中寒热结气，去蛊毒，痿蹶，安五脏。
生山谷。
味咸，无毒。主治四肢不安，时行腹中大热、饮水、欲走、大呼，小儿惊痫，妇人产
余痛。生上谷及宛朐。四月、五月采根，阴干。（恶桑螵蛸、桔梗、茯苓、萆 。）
《本经》原文∶白藓，味苦，寒。主头风黄胆，咳逆淋沥，女子阴中肿痛，湿痹死肌，
不可屈伸起止行步。
无毒。主治风疰，诸大毒不可入口者，皆消除之。又去血，可末着痛上，立消。
者，煮饮之即解。生交州。
《本经》原文∶白兔藿，味苦，平。主蛇虺、蜂虿、 狗、菜肉蛊毒，鬼注。一名白葛。
生山谷。
Nature is neutral, non-toxic. It expels *Taenia saginata* (Beef Tapeworm) [Cunbai], and disperses the warm, panting sensation in the abdomen caused by damp-heat. Grows in Jin Mountain. Fruits are harvested in March and dried in the shade.
Original text from *Shennong Bencao Jing*: Wu Yi, pungent in taste. It governs evil qi within the five zang organs, dissipates the creeping, warm toxicity in the skin and joints, eliminates three types of parasites, and promotes digestion.
Also known as Wugu, also known as...
Non-toxic. It governs abdominal swelling, distension, and pain. When combined with ointment, it treats pediatric sores and facial acne. Grows in Dangshan and Chu region. Roots are harvested in March and dried in the shade.
Original text from *Shennong Bencao Jing*: Zicao, bitter in taste, cold in nature. It governs evil qi in the heart and abdomen, treats the five types of jaundice, tonifies the middle jiao and supplements qi, unblocks the nine orifices, and promotes water passage.
Also known as Zidan, also known as Zi...
Pungent in taste, non-toxic. It governs coughing up pus and blood, stops panting and palpitations, treats deficiency due to the five labors, supplements insufficiency, and treats pediatric convulsions and epilepsy. Also known as Ziqian, also known as Qingyuan. Grows in Fangling, Zhending, and Handan. Roots are harvested in February and March and dried in the shade. (*Donghua* [Aster Tataricus Flower] acts as its assistant; adverse with Tianxiong, Qumai, Leiwan, and Yuanzhi; fears Yinchenhao.)
Original text from *Shennong Bencao Jing*: Ziwan, bitter in taste, warm in nature. It governs cough with rebellious qi, cold-heat knotting qi in the chest, removes gu toxicity, treats flaccidity and厥逆 (cold extremities), and calms the five zang organs.
Grows in mountain valleys.
Salty in taste, non-toxic. It governs restlessness in the four limbs, intense abdominal heat during epidemic diseases, thirst for drinking, desire to run, loud shouting, pediatric convulsions and epilepsy, and residual pain after childbirth in women. Grows in Shanggu and Wanqu. Roots are harvested in April and May and dried in the shade. (Adverse with Sangpiaoxiao, Jiegeng, Fuling, and Bixie.)
Original text from *Shennong Bencao Jing*: Baixian, bitter in taste, cold in nature. It governs head wind and jaundice, cough with rebellious qi and dribbling dysuria, swelling and pain in the female genitalia, damp-bi causing muscle necrosis and stiffness, and inability to flex, extend, walk, or step.
Non-toxic. It governs Fengzhu (a contagious chronic wasting disease) and various severe toxins that cannot be ingested, eliminating them all. It also removes blood stasis; when powdered and applied to painful areas, relief is immediate. If boiled and drunk, it resolves [specific conditions]. Grows in Jiaozhou.
Original text from *Shennong Bencao Jing*: Bai Tu Huo, bitter in taste, neutral in nature. It governs snake bites, scorpion stings, rabid dog bites, and food/water gu toxicity, and Guizhu (Zhu disease). Also known as Baige.
Grows in mountain valleys.