味甘，寒，无毒。主伤中，五劳六极，羸瘦，崩中，脉绝，补虚，益气，去肺中水气，
唾血，热渴，水肿，腹满，胪胀，利水道，去寸白，可以缝金疮。采无时。出土上者杀人。
叶∶除寒热，出汗。汁解蜈蚣毒，桑耳∶味甘，有毒。黑者主女子漏下赤白汁，血病症瘕，
积聚，阴痛，阴阳寒热，无子，疗月水不调。其黄熟陈白者，止久泄，益气不饥。其金色者，
治癖饮积聚，腹痛，金疮。《药性论》云∶使。能治肺气喘咳，水气浮肿，主伤绝，利水道，
消水气，虚劳客热头痛，内补不足。桑耳∶使。又名桑黄。味甘辛，无毒。能治女子崩中带
下，月闭血凝，产后血凝，男子 癖，兼疗伏血，下赤血。日华子云∶桑白皮，温。调中下
气，益五脏，消痰，止渴，利大小肠，开胃下食，杀腹脏虫，止霍乱吐泻。续断、桂心、麻
子为使。
味苦，平，无毒。主霍乱，中恶，赤白，久痢，除甘 ，疥癣，牙齿虫痛。并煮服
之。水浸洗目，去肤赤。堪作绳索，入水不烂。日华子云∶温。治血脉麻痹疼痛及目赤
洗。《海药》云∶主腰脚不遂，顽痹，腿膝疼痛，霍乱，赤白泻痢，白痢，疥癣。
竹叶 竹叶，味苦，平。大寒，无毒。主咳逆上气，溢筋，急恶疡，杀小虫，除烦热
风痉，喉痹呕吐。根∶作汤∶益气，止渴，补虚，下气，消毒。汁，主风 。实∶通神明
。淡竹叶∶味辛，平、大寒。主胸中痰热，咳逆上气。沥∶大寒。疗暴中风，风痹，胸中大
热，止烦闷。皮茹∶微寒。主 哕，温气寒热，吐血崩中。溢筋。苦竹叶及沥∶疗口疮，目
痛，明目，利九窍。竹笋∶《蜀本》作诸笋。味甘，无毒。主消渴，利水道，益气。可久食。
药性论》云∶淡竹叶，主吐血，热毒风，压丹石毒，止
唾血，鼻衄，治五痔。日华子云∶淡竹叶并根消痰，治热狂，烦闷，中风失音不语，壮热头
痛，头风，并怀妊人头旋倒地，止惊悸，温疫，迷闷，小儿惊痫天吊。茎叶同用。又云∶苦
竹止消渴，解酒毒，除烦热，发汗，治中风失音。《食医心境》∶苦竹笋，主消渴，利水道，
下气，理风热香港脚。取蒸煮食之。
**Sangbaipi (Cortex Mori)**: Sweet in taste, cold in nature, non-toxic. It primarily treats damage to the middle jiao, five types of consumptive diseases (Wulao), six extremes of exhaustion, emaciation, metrorrhagia and metrostaxis (Bengzhong), pulse conditions indicating extremity depletion, tonifies deficiency, benefits qi, removes fluid accumulation in the lungs, treats hemoptysis (spitting blood), thirst due to heat, edema, abdominal fullness, and distension of the skin. It promotes urination, expels *Taenia saginata* (pinworm/roundworm), and can be used for suturing traumatic wounds from metal instruments. There is no specific time for harvesting. However, those growing near the soil surface are lethal.
**Leaves**: Remove chills and fever, induce sweating. The juice resolves centipede toxicity.
**Sanger (Fomes Officinalis on Mulberry / Sanghuang)**: Sweet in taste, toxic. Black Sanger treats leukorrhea with blood discharge in women, blood stasis masses (Zhijia), accumulations, genital pain, alternating chills and fever due to yin-yang imbalance, and infertility; it regulates irregular menstruation. Yellow, ripe, and aged white Sanger stops chronic diarrhea, benefits qi, and alleviates hunger. Golden Sanger treats phlegm-fluid retention, accumulations, abdominal pain, and traumatic wounds. *Xingbing Lun* states: Used as an assistant drug. It treats lung asthma with cough, fluid retention and edema, primary depletion, promotes urination, eliminates fluid retention, treats headache due to deficient labor and pathogenic heat, and internally supplements insufficiency.
**Sanger (also known as Sanghuang)**: Sweet and pungent in taste, non-toxic. It treats metrorrhagia and leukorrhea in women, amenorrhea with blood coagulation, postpartum blood stasis, male pi disorders (abdominal masses), latent blood syndromes, and passage of bloody stool.
**Ri Hua Zi** stated: Sangbaipi is warm. It regulates the middle jiao, directs rebellious qi downward, benefits the five zang organs, eliminates phlegm, stops thirst, promotes urination through the large and small intestines, opens the stomach for food intake, kills intestinal parasites, and stops cholera-like vomiting and diarrhea. It uses Xuduan (Radix Dipsaci), Guixin (Cortex Cinnamomi), and Maziren (Semen Cannabis) as assistant drugs.
**Haitongpi (Cortex Erythrinae)**: Bitter in taste, neutral in nature, non-toxic. It primarily treats cholera, sudden severe illness (Zhong'e), dysentery with red and white discharge, chronic dysentery, removes gan sores (skin ulcers), scabies, and tinea capitis/corporis, and toothache caused by worms. All are taken after boiling. Soaking in water and washing the eyes removes redness. It is durable enough to make ropes that do not rot in water.
**Ri Hua Zi** stated: Warm. Treats numbness, pain in blood vessels, and red eyes.
**Haiyao Bencao** stated: Treats inability to move waist and legs, stubborn bi syndrome, pain in legs and knees, cholera, dysentery with red and white discharge, white dysentery, scabies, and tinea.
**Zhuye (Leaf of Bambusa)**: Bitter in taste, neutral in nature, very cold, non-toxic. It treats cough with rebellious qi, spasm of tendons, acute malignant sores, kills small insects, removes irritability and heat, treats wind spasms, throat obstruction (Houbi), and vomiting.
**Root**: Decoction benefits qi, stops thirst, tonifies deficiency, directs qi downward, and detoxifies.
**Juice**: Treats wind pathogens.
**Fruit**: Promotes spiritual clarity.
**Dan Zhuye (Leaf of Lophatherum)**: Pungent in taste, neutral in nature, very cold. It treats phlegm-heat in the chest and cough with rebellious qi.
**Zhu Li (Bamboo Sap)**: Very cold. Treats sudden stroke, wind-bi syndrome, excessive heat in the chest, and stops irritability.
**Zhuru (Stem of Bambusa in Middle Joints)**: Slightly cold. Treats hiccups (Yue), warm qi with chills and fever, hematemesis, and metrorrhagia.
**Ku Zhuye and Zhu Li**: Treat mouth ulcers, eye pain, brighten the eyes, and promote the opening of the nine orifices.
**Zhunsun (Bamboo Shoot)**: Recorded as various shoots in *Shu Ben*. Sweet in taste, non-toxic. It treats polydipsia (xiaoke), promotes urination, and benefits qi. It can be consumed for a long time.
*Xingbing Lun* stated: Dan Zhuye treats hematemesis, wind-heat toxin, suppresses toxicity from mineral pills, stops hemoptysis, epistaxis, and treats five types of hemorrhoids.
**Ri Hua Zi** stated: Dan Zhuye and its root eliminate phlegm, treat mania due to heat, irritability, loss of speech due to stroke, high fever with headache, wind-head, dizziness and falling in pregnant women, stop palpitations, treat epidemic febrile diseases, confusion, and pediatric convulsions/tetany. Stems and leaves are used together.
It also stated: Ku Zhu (Bitter Bamboo) stops polydipsia, resolves alcohol toxicity, removes irritability and heat, induces sweating, and treats loss of speech due to stroke.
**Shiyi Xinjing** stated: Ku Zhunsun (Bitter Bamboo Shoot) treats polydipsia, promotes urination, directs qi downward, and regulates wind-heat beriberi. It should be steamed or boiled before eating.