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[Convolvulus (Xuanhua)] Bitter and acrid, slightly warm, non-toxic. Primarily treats Shanghan (Cold Damage), tonifies deficiencies, and addresses metal wounds (Jinchuang), carbuncles (Yong), fractures from falls, continuing tendons and bones, treating women's difficulty in lactation, metrorrhagia and metrostaxis (Bengzhong Louxue), internal bleeding from metal wounds, relieving pain, generating flesh, healing wounds, eliminating blood stasis, and treating lower back pain. *Yaoxing Lun* states: It serves as the Sovereign drug. It primarily treats severe injuries, dispels various warm toxins, and can unblock and circulate the meridians. Ri Huazi states: It assists Qi, harmonizes the blood vessels, tonifies the five labors and seven injuries (general terms for various deficiency syndromes), breaks up masses and blood stasis, reduces swelling and detoxifies, treats intestinal wind hemorrhoids, mastitis (Ruyong), scrofula (Luoli), traumatic injuries, and all diseases before and after childbirth in women, sallow complexion with deficiency edema, reduces urination, stops seminal emission, treats hematuria, threatened abortion (Tailou), and cold uterus. Rehmanniae Radix (Dihuang) is its guiding herb. It is incompatible with Polyporus Umbellatus (Leiyuan).

[Drynaria (Xuduan)] Bitter, slightly cold, non-toxic. Primarily treats pathogenic factors in the heart and abdomen, borborygmus, accumulations of cold and heat, breaks up zheng and jia (abdominal masses), relieves vexation and fullness, benefits Qi, nourishes blood, removes stubborn diseases and qi stagnation in the heart and abdomen, treats stiffness of the waist and spine, numbness and pain in the legs, and dispels lingering heat from wind pathogens. *Yaoxing Lun* states: It serves as the Minister drug. Its nature is neutral. It can treat weakness and painful obstruction in the legs, sudden invasion by evil pathogens, and various diseases caused by malevolent spirits. Ri Huazi states: It nourishes the spirit and stabilizes the will, unblocks and benefits the joints and pulses, treats pus and pain caused by cold and heat, generates flesh, breaks up old blood, tonifies new blood, calms the fetus, expels a dead fetus, stops bleeding, treats vexation due to pathogenic factors, and also treats malignant sores, scabies and tinea, goiters and swellings, erysipelas, headache, and red eyes. It is antagonistic to Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata (Wutou).

[Morinda (Bajitian)] Sour, warm, non-toxic. Primarily benefits Qi, treats cough with rebellious Qi, emaciation due to overwork and injury, tonifies deficiencies, strengthens Yin, benefits men's essence, nourishes the five zang organs, and clears deficiency heat. *Yaoxing Lun* states: It serves as the Sovereign drug. It can treat disharmony of Qi in the middle and lower jiao, and stop vomiting and rebellious Qi. Ri Huazi states: It brightens the eyes, warms the water organ (Kidney), treats wind pathogens, promotes digestion, treats cholera with muscle cramps, abdominal masses and cold qi rushing upward (Ben Tun), reduces edema, treats regurgitation, abdominal distension due to Qi stagnation, relieves thirst, clears vexation and heat, resolves alcohol toxicity, and strengthens bones. Cistanches Herba (Congrong) is its guiding herb. It is incompatible with Polygonatum Odorati Rhizoma (Weirui) and is superior to Aconiti Radix (Wutou).

[Boehmeriae Folium (Jinfei Cao)] Sweet, warm, non-toxic. Primarily benefits Qi, removes dark spots on the face, and enhances beauty. Its root is acrid. It primarily treats cold and hot pathogenic factors in the abdomen, and promotes urination. Another record states: The root primarily continues tendons. Chen Zangqi states: Taking the juice of the crushed root and shoots treats erysipelas heat. The root primarily continues tendons and bones and heals metal wounds. Also known as Jinfei, also known as Meicao. Origin: Pingze in Yuzhou. Harvested in May, dried in the shade.