即益母子
制硫黄、砒石。
辛、甘、微温。入足厥阴经血分。除风热，明眼目，调经水，惟子为良。治疮肿，消水
气，
行郁血，茎叶为良。
或炒用，或蒸熟烈日晒燥用。禁用与益母草同。
即鹿衔草
得秦皮良。
苦，微寒。入足阳明、厥阴、少阴经。治风湿痹痛痈肿。配泽泻、白术，治酒风自汗。
（身
热懈惰、汗出如浴、恶风少气、病名酒风。）配白附子末，薄荷汤下，疗破伤风。
妇人服之，绝产无子。
土瓜为之使。伏汞砂。
微辛、微苦，气寒。入足厥阴经气分。解阴中郁结之热，通血脉凝滞之气。合香附、贝
母，
治头疮瘰 。调茶清、香附、甘草，治目珠热痛。
土瓜水浸，焙燥用。治目痛，沙糖水浸，焙干用。气虚者禁用。
苦，温。入心脾二经血分。下气破血。消痈肿毒，治汤火伤。配茶清，治大小便血。配
乌梅
、白姜，治下痢赤白。（并治阴阳交带，不问赤白，如赤加乌梅，白加姜。）
汤火伤者，先以盐掺之，后掺寄奴末。子研，以热水泡之，治肠泻无度，下咽即止。
脾虚作泻者禁用。多服令人泄泻。
一名金沸草
苦、辛，温。入手太阴、阳明经气分。降心脾伏饮，去五脏寒热，除胁下气满，破膈痰
如漆
。止呕逆，平惊悸。（痰水去也。）
配地葱、新绛，治半产漏下。配赭石、半夏，治噫气痞硬。
去皮蒂蕊壳，蒸用。入药须绢包煎，恐妨肺而反嗽。气虚，大肠冷利，阴虚燥咳，三者
禁用
。
It is the seed of *Leonurus japonicus* (Motherwort).
Processed with Sulfur and Arsenolite.
Pungent, sweet, slightly warm. Enters the blood aspect of the Foot Jueyin Liver Meridian. Eliminates wind-heat, brightens the eyes, regulates menstruation; the seeds are particularly effective. Treats carbuncles and swellings, dissipates water qi, moves stagnant blood; the stems and leaves are particularly effective.
Can be used stir-fried or steamed then dried in the sun. Contraindicated for simultaneous use with *Leonurus japonicus* herbs.
It is *Hericium coralloides* (Deer Grass).
Pairs well with *Phellodendri Cortex* (Qinpi).
Bitter, slightly cold. Enters the Qi aspect of the Foot Yangming Stomach Meridian, Foot Jueyin Liver Meridian, and Foot Shaoyin Kidney Meridian. Treats rheumatic bi-syndrome pain and carbuncles. Paired with *Alismatis Rhizoma* (Zexie) and *Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma* (Baizhu), treats "Jiu Feng" spontaneous sweating. (Body heat, lethargy, profuse sweating like bathing, aversion to wind, shortness of qi; disease name: Jiu Feng.) Paired with *Fuzi* powder, taken down with Mint Decoction, treats tetanus.
Women taking it will become sterile.
*Melopepo Radix* (Tugua) acts as its guiding herb. Mercury sulfide is subdued here.
Slightly pungent, slightly bitter, cold in nature. Enters the Qi aspect of the Foot Jueyin Liver Meridian. Resolves heat from stagnation in the yin, unblocks stagnant qi in the blood vessels. Combined with *Cyperi Rhizoma* (Xiangfu) and *Fritillariae Thunbergii Bulbus* (Beimu), treats head sores and scrofula. Mixed with tea infusion, Xiangfu, and Licorice, treats hot pain in the eyeballs.
*Tugua* soaked in water, roasted dry for use. For treating eye pain, soak in sugar water, roast dry for use. Contraindicated for those with Qi deficiency.
Bitter, warm. Enters the blood aspect of the Heart and Spleen meridians. Descends qi and breaks blood stasis. Eliminates carbuncle swelling and toxins, treats burns and scalds. Paired with tea infusion, treats hematochezia and hematuria. Paired with *Mume Fructus* (Wumei) and White Ginger, treats dysentery with red and white discharge. (Also treats Yin-Yang cross-discharge, regardless of color; add Wumei if red, add Ginger if white.)
For burns and scalds, first sprinkle salt, then sprinkle powder of *Viola yedoensis* (Jinu). Seeds ground, soaked in hot water, treats incessant intestinal diarrhea, stops immediately upon swallowing.
Contraindicated for those with Spleen deficiency causing diarrhea. Excessive intake causes diarrhea.
Also known as *Inulae Flos* (Jinfengcao).
Bitter, pungent, warm. Enters the Qi aspect of the Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian and Hand Yangming Large Intestine Meridian. Descends latent fluid retention in the Heart and Spleen, removes cold and heat from the five zang organs, eliminates fullness of qi under the hypochondrium, breaks phlegm in the diaphragm like lacquer. Stops vomiting and regurgitation, calms palpitations and fright. (Due to the removal of phlegm-fluid.)
Paired with *Allium fistulosum* (Dicong) and *New Crimson Silk* (Xinjjiang), treats miscarriage with persistent bleeding. Paired with *Hematitum* (Zheshi) and *Pinelliae Rhizoma* (Banxia), treats belching and epigastric hardness.
Remove skin, pedicel, pistil, and shell, steam for use. When entering prescriptions, must be decocted wrapped in silk gauze, lest it obstruct lung qi and cause coughing. Contraindicated for three conditions: Qi deficiency, cold diarrhea of the large intestine, and yin deficiency with dry cough.