微寒，无毒。主小儿寒热，十二惊痫。《药性论》云∶臣。味甘，平。主小儿惊啼，
热壅。日华子云∶治客忤胎风。葛洪∶治猝得痫。用吊藤、甘草炙各二分，水五合，煮
二合，服如小枣大，日五夜三。又方∶疗小儿惊痫诸汤皆用吊藤皮。
味辛苦，温、微温，有小毒。主咳逆上气，喉鸣喘，咽肿短气，蛊毒鬼疟，疝瘕痈肿
杀虫鱼，消胸中痰水，喜唾，水肿，五水在五脏、皮肤及腰痛，下寒毒，肉毒。根∶疗疥疮，
可用毒鱼。《药性论》云∶使。能治心腹胀满，去水气，利五脏，寒痰，涕唾如胶，主通利
血脉，治恶疮，风痹湿，一切毒风，四肢挛急不能行步，能泻水肿胀满。日华子云∶疗嗽，
瘴疟。所在有。决明为之使。反∶甘草。
棕榈子，平，无毒。涩肠，止泻痢，肠风，崩中带下，及养血。皮∶平，无毒。止鼻
吐血，破症，治崩中带下，肠风，赤白痢。入药烧灰用，不可绝过。出∶岭南及西川，
亦有之。
味辛辣如椒。主游蛊飞尸着喉口者。剌破以子揩之令血出，当下涎沫。煮汁服之，去
冷腹痛，食不消，杀腥物。木高硕，茎有刺。
叶、嫩枝味苦，平，无毒。主久痢赤白。捣，和水绞取汁，服一升，日二，大效。
微温。主咳嗽，五淋，大小便不通，小儿惊痫，止血鼻衄。烧之吹内立巳。《唐本》
云∶灰疗转胞，小便不通，赤白痢，哽噎，鼻衄，痈肿，狐尿刺，尸疰，疔肿骨疽杂疮。
性论》云∶使。味苦。能消瘀血，关格不通，利水道。《千金方》∶治无故遗血。同爪
酒服。
Gouteng (Uncaria Rhynchophylla): Slightly cold in nature, non-toxic. Primarily treats alternating chills and fever in children, as well as twelve types of convulsive epilepsy. *Yao Xing Lun* states: It serves as a minister herb. Sweet in taste, neutral in nature. Primarily treats infantile crying due to fright and heat obstruction. Ri Huazi states: Treats external pathogenic invasion affecting the fetus and wind-stroke. Ge Hong states: Treats sudden onset of epilepsy. Usage: Use 2 fen of Gouteng (also known as Diaoteng) and 2 fen of roasted Licorice Root (Zhi Gancao), add 5 he of water, boil down to 2 he. Administer an amount the size of a small jujube, five times daily and three times at night. Another prescription: All decoctions for treating infantile convulsive epilepsy should use the bark of Gouteng.
Xueyu (Human Hair): Bitter and pungent in taste, warm or slightly warm in nature, slightly toxic. Primarily treats cough with rebellious qi, wheezing in the throat, sore throat, shortness of breath, gu poison, ghost malaria, hernia masses, abscesses and swellings, kills fish parasites, resolves phlegm-fluid retention in the chest, excessive salivation, edema, fluid retention in the five zang organs and skin, lower back pain, expels cold toxins from below, and meat toxins. Roots: Treats scabies; can be used to poison fish. *Yao Xing Lun* states: It serves as an envoy herb. Can treat fullness and distension in the heart and abdomen, removes fluid retention, benefits the five zang organs, treats cold phlegm, thick sputum like glue, promotes blood vessel patency, treats malignant sores, wind-bi dampness, all kinds of toxic winds, spasm and stiffness of the four limbs preventing walking, and can drain edema and distension. Ri Huazi states: Treats cough and malarial fevers. Found everywhere. Cassia Seed (Juemingzi) serves as its envoy herb. Counteracted by: Licorice Root (Gancao).
Zongluzi (Areca Palm Fruit): Neutral in nature, non-toxic. Astringes the intestines, stops diarrhea and dysentery, treats intestinal wind, metrorrhagia and leukorrhea, and nourishes blood. Bark: Neutral in nature, non-toxic. Stops epistaxis and hematemesis, breaks up mass formations, treats metrorrhagia and leukorrhea, intestinal wind, red and white dysentery. For medicinal use, it must be burned to ash; do not burn it completely to powder. Origin: Lingnan and Western Sichuan; also found elsewhere.
Leiwan (Wolffia globosa or similar parasitic plant described): Tastes pungent and spicy like pepper. Primarily treats wandering gu poison and flying corpse pathogens attaching to the throat and mouth. Pierce and rub with the seeds until bleeding occurs, which will cause the expulsion of saliva and foam. Boil the juice and drink it to remove cold abdominal pain, indigestion, and kill raw/fishy substances. The tree is tall and robust, with thorns on the stem.
Maxian (Purslane): Slightly warm in nature. Primarily treats persistent vomiting and diarrhea due to cholera-like disorder. Ri Huazi states: Pungent in taste, hot in nature, slightly toxic. Treats muscle cramps (charley horse).
Aiye/Tender Branches (Mugwort Leaves/Tender Branches): Bitter in taste, neutral in nature, non-toxic. Primarily treats chronic dysentery with red and white discharge. Crush, mix with water, squeeze out the juice, take one sheng, twice daily, with great efficacy.
Chugenpi (Toona Sinensis Root Bark): Slightly warm in nature. Primarily treats cough, five types of strangury, difficulty in urination and defecation, infantile convulsions, stops epistaxis. Burned to ash and insufflated into the nose for immediate effect. *Tang Bencao* states: Ash treats inverted bladder (retention of urine), urinary obstruction, red and white dysentery, choking sensation, epistaxis, abscesses, fox urine irritation, corpse transmission disease, carbuncles, bone abscesses, and miscellaneous sores. *Yao Xing Lun* states: It serves as an envoy herb. Bitter in taste. Can resolve blood stasis, relieve obstruction in guan-ge syndrome, and promote urination. *Qianjin Fang* states: Treats spontaneous bleeding. Take with wine containing chicken claws.