畏桐油。伏白银、硫黄。
苦，平。生发元气，（足少阳甲胆之气，与手少阳三焦元气，同为生发之气。）裨助脾胃。消
水谷，发痘疮，涩精浊，
除水肿，散瘀血，留好血，下胞衣，治吐衄及崩淋损伤，产后一切血症。得升麻、苍术，治
雷头风证。得白僵蚕，治痘
疮倒 。得 本，治脚膝浮肿。得童便，治产后心痛。得蚌粉，保伤寒胎孕。（卷荷更好。
蜜调服，并涂腹上。）配红花、
姜黄，童便调服，治伤寒产后血运。配蒲黄，止吐衄崩中。活血，生用。止血，炒焦用。
荷叶蒂
一名荷鼻
苦，平。除恶血，留新血，初产者必需。研烧，治下痢。（赤痢沙糖调，
白痢白蜜调。）烧研末，糯米泔调服，安胎。
一名鸡头
甘、平、涩。入足少阴、太阴经。补脾助气，固肾涩精。治遗浊滞下，小便不禁。得金
樱子
，涩精。配秋石、莲肉、大枣，为丸盐汤下，治便数精滑。佐生地，止血。合菟丝子，实大
便。
即乌芋，又名地栗。
甘，微寒。滑。入足阳明经。消坚积，止消渴，疗黄胆。除胸中实热及五肿膈疾，误吞
铜物
。得烧酒浸，封贮，治赤白痢。配海蜇煮食，治痞块虫积。入雄猪肚，瓦器煮食，治腹胀。
捣汁和酒温服，治便血。烧研酒服，治妇人血崩。
辟蛊，晒干研末服。治胀，去皮食。作粉，可点目翳。有冷气、孕妇禁食。
(He Ye, Lotus Leaf) Dreads Tong Oil (Tung Oil). Can subdue Silver and Sulfur.
Bitter, Neutral. Generates Yuan Qi (Original Qi), (The Qi of the Foot-Shaoyang Gallbladder Meridian and the Yuan Qi of the Hand-Shaoyang Sanjiao Meridian both belong to generating Qi). Benefits the Spleen and Stomach. Eliminates accumulation of water and grain, promotes the eruption of smallpox, astringes essence and turbidity, eliminates edema, dissipates blood stasis, retains good blood, expels the placenta, treats hematemesis, epistaxis, metrorrhagia, leukorrhea, trauma injuries, and all blood disorders postpartum. Combined with Shengma (Cimicifugae Rhizoma) and Cangzhu (Atractylodis Rhizoma), treats Leitou Feng syndrome (Thunderhead Wind). Combined with Bai Jiangcan (Bombyx Batryticatus), treats inverted or failed smallpox eruptions. Combined with Ben Cao (likely referring to Gaoben/Ligusticum sinense or similar, based on context of leg/knee swelling), treats edema of feet and knees. Combined with Tongbian (Child's Urine), treats heart pain postpartum. Combined with Bangfen (Margarita), protects pregnancy during Shanghan (Cold Damage) fever. (Juanhe, curled lotus leaf, is better. Taken with honey, and applied to the abdomen.) Combined with Honghua (Carthami Flos) and Jianghuang (Curcumae Longae Rhizoma), taken with child's urine, treats blood syncope postpartum due to Cold Damage. Combined with Puhuang (Pollinis Typhae), stops hematemesis, epistaxis, and heavy uterine bleeding. For activating blood circulation, use raw; for stopping bleeding, use charred.
He Ye Di (Lotus Leaf Peduncle)
Also known as He Bi (Lotus Nose).
Bitter, Neutral. Expels evil blood, retains new blood, essential for newly delivered women. Crushed and charred, treats dysentery. (For bloody dysentery, mix with rock sugar; for white dysentery, mix with white honey.) Charred and powdered, mixed with rice washing water, calms the fetus.
Ji Shi (Trapa Natans Fruit)
Sweet, Cold. Calms the Middle Jiao, clears summerheat, relieves thirst, resolves alcohol intoxication.
Yi Ming Ji Tou (Euryale Seed / Qian Shi)
Sweet, Neutral, Astringent. Enters the Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian and Foot-Taiyin Spleen Meridian. Tonifies Spleen Qi, assists healthy Qi, secures the Kidney, and astringes essence. Treats spermatorrhea, cloudy urine, dysentery with stagnation, and urinary incontinence. Combined with Jinyingzi (Chrysanthemi Fructus), astringes essence. Combined with Qiushi (Natrii Acetas), Lianrou (Nelumbinis Plumula), and Dazao (Ziziphi Jujubae Fructus), formed into pills, taken with salt water, treats frequent urination and seminal emission. With Shengdi (Rehmanniae Radix), stops bleeding. Combined with Tusizi (Cuscutae Semen), firms the stool.
Wu Yu (Dioscorea opposita / Water Chestnut), also named Di Li.
Sweet, Slightly Cold. Slippery. Enters the Foot-Yangming Stomach Meridian. Eliminates hard accumulations, relieves polydipsia, treats jaundice. Clears solid heat in the chest and five types of swelling and diaphragmatic diseases, and objects swallowed by mistake like copper. Soaked in distilled liquor, sealed and stored, treats bloody and white dysentery. Cooked with Hai Zhe (Amanitae Phalloides / Jellyfish), treats masses and parasitic accumulation. Cooked with male pig stomach in a clay pot, treats abdominal distension. Juice extracted and taken warm with wine, treats hematochezia. Charred, powdered, and taken with wine, treats metrorrhagia in women.
Repels gu poison, dried and powdered for oral administration. Treats distension, eaten peeled. Made into powder, can be used to treat corneal opacity. Contraindicated for those with cold qi and pregnant women.