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[Suizhizi (Euphorbia lathyris)] Pungent in flavor, warm in nature, toxic. It primarily treats blood stasis and amenorrhea in women, zheng jia (abdominal masses), pi (flank accumulations), blood stasis, gu poison (parasitic poisoning), gui zhu (chronic wasting diseases), heart and abdominal pain, cold qi distension and fullness, promotes urination and defecation, eliminates phlegm-fluids and accumulations, and expels foul stagnant matter. The *Shu Ben* records: For accumulations of phlegm-fluids preventing food intake, vomiting, regurgitation, and abdominal grinding pain, taken with wine, no more than three grains are needed to expel foul matter. Ri Huazi states: It disseminates all types of retained stagnation, treats lung qi disorders and water qi disorders, and is applied externally for various malignant tinea. The juice of the leaves is applied to vitiligo and facial freckles.

[Cao] Sweet and bitter in flavor, cold in nature, non-toxic. It primarily treats the five stranguries (five types of dysuria), promotes diuresis, stops watery diarrhea, eliminates malaria, clears deficiency heat, and relieves thirst. The *Tang Wei Zhou Du Xing Fang* records: For those with sores all over the body, use one dan of [cao], boil it in two shi of water until one shi remains, and soak the sores; after three applications, it will heal. Also recorded: Wei Dan advocates crushing fresh herbs to obtain two sheng of juice, mixing it with two he of vinegar, and taking it all at once on an empty stomach. Urine will appear milky white afterward. It also treats chronic diarrhea progressing into gan syndrome. Take dried vines, crush and sieve them, place in a tube, and blow the powder into the anus; within three or four applications, recovery occurs, as if by magic. Habitat: Grows everywhere.

[Liu Huang (Sulfur)] Bitter in flavor, cold in nature, non-toxic. It primarily treats carbuncles, ulcers, and sores, detoxifies large doses of sulfur and cinnabar/mineral drugs, treats fa bei (back carbuncle), abscesses, and scrofula. Boil the leaves and roots together and take orally; previously ingested mineral drugs will be expelled first. Alternatively, grind into powder and take with cold water, or apply topically to back carbuncles and swellings; it is highly effective. The *Jing Yan Fang* records: Treats the five poisons.

[Lei Wan / Other Anthelmintic] Bitter in flavor, neutral in nature, slightly toxic. It primarily treats roundworms (Ascaris) and pinworms. Prepare as a powder, take with fatty meat and juice, one fang cun bi per dose. The *Bie Ben* annotation states: It treats heart pain. Mix half a fang cun bi with light vinegar and take; cure is immediate. Those from Persia are superior. Ri Huazi states: Cool in nature, non-toxic. Kills five types of parasites, stops malaria, and applies to malignant sores. Wei Yun states: For ten-year refractory heart pain, seeing this method in miscellaneous formulas, combining and taking it leads to recovery.

[Zi He Che / Chong Lou] Bitter in flavor, slightly cold in nature, toxic. It primarily treats convulsive epilepsy, head shaking and tongue protrusion, heat qi in the abdomen, mania, carbuncles and sores, genital erosion, expels three types of intestinal parasites, and removes snake venom. The *Tang Ben* annotation states: Rubbing with vinegar treats abscesses; applying externally to snake bites is effective. Ri Huazi states: Cold in nature, non-toxic. Treats fetal wind causing limb spasms, induces vomiting and diarrhea, and treats scrofula. The *Tu Jing* states: This is Zi He Che. Commonly known as Chong Lou Jin Xian. Habitat: Grows in southern mountains, river valleys, and Yuanju.