一名蒲笋
甘，寒。去燥热，利小便，止消渴，和血脉。疗妊娠劳热，治胎动血崩。配粟米煮食，
治热
毒痢。
蒲初生中心白者，曰 ，可煮汁煎药。
甘，平。入手足厥阴经血分。凉血活血。专治一切血病，心腹诸痛，兼除癃秘遗精，止
儿枕
痛，敷舌肿满。得五灵脂，治少腹诸病。配阿胶、生地汁，治口耳大衄。（急以帛系两乳，
止乃已。）
行血，生用。止血，炒黑。勿犯铁器。
辛，寒。入手太阴经。发汗，祛风，利水。治一切风热肿毒，风湿麻痹，无名风疾，及
香港脚
扑伤。佐犀角、钩藤，治夹惊伤寒。佐四物、黄芩，治身体虚痒。入鲤鱼腹内麻油、酒煮，
治杨梅疮初发。研烂，入冰片少许，贴眼上，治 肉攀睛。
紫背者佳。拣净，以竹筛摊晒，候干用。取鲜者煮汁，浴遍身风疾恶疮。烧烟，辟蚊。
发汗
胜于麻黄。血虚肤燥，（服之血涸则死。）气虚风痛，（服之汗出不止。）二者禁用。
反甘草。
苦、咸，寒。软坚泄热。消瘿瘤，止 疝，散颈核，除浮肿，去痰饮，通淋秘。得甘草，治
瘰马刀。（反者并用，
其功益烈。）配僵蚕，治蛇盘瘰 。
淡白酒洗去盐水，再用生乌豆、紫背天葵同蒸，晒干用。用之不当，令人瘦削。
[Background Information]
Book: Depei Bencao (Compendium of Compatible Materia Medica)
Author: Yan Xiting
Dynasty: Qing
Chapter: Pu / ... / Hai Dai (Total 5 sections)
Category: Materia Medica
[Original Text to be Processed]
Also known as Pusun.
Sweet, cold. Dispels dryness and heat, promotes urination, stops thirst (Xiaoke), and harmonizes the blood vessels. Treats labor fever during pregnancy, and manages fetal restlessness with uterine bleeding. When cooked and eaten with millet, it treats dysentery caused by heat-toxin.
The white center of newly sprouted Pu is called [missing character], which can be boiled for juice to decoct herbs.
Sweet, neutral. Enters the blood aspect of the Jueyin meridians of the hand and foot. Cools blood and invigorates blood. Specifically treats all blood diseases, various pains in the heart and abdomen, simultaneously eliminates strangury with retention and spermatorrhea, stops postpartum abdominal pain (Erzhen Tong), and applies externally for tongue swelling and fullness. Combined with Wulingzhi (Trogopterus Dung), it treats various diseases of the lower abdomen. Paired with Ejiao (Donkey-hide Gelatin) and Shengdi Zhi (Juice of Rehmanniae Radix Recens), it treats severe hemorrhage from the mouth and ears. (Quickly tie silk around both breasts to stop the bleeding.)
To move blood, use raw. To stop bleeding, stir-fry until charred black. Do not come into contact with iron utensils.
Pungent, cold. Enters the Taiyin meridian of the hand. Induces sweating, dispels wind, and promotes diuresis. Treats all types of wind-heat swelling and toxicity, wind-dampness numbness and paralysis, nameless wind diseases, and Hongkongjiao (Gouty Arthritis) or traumatic injuries. Assisted by Xijiao (Rhinoceros Horn) and Gouteng (Uncariae Ramulus cum Uncis), it treats Shanghan (Cold Damage) complicated with fright. Assisted by Siwu Tang (Four Substances Decoction) and Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix), it treats body itching due to deficiency. Cooked inside a carp's belly with sesame oil and wine, it treats early-stage Yameichuang (Syphilis). Ground into a paste with a small amount of Bingpian (Borneol) applied to the eye, it treats Rou Pan Jing (Pterygium).
Those with purple backs are superior. Select cleanly, spread on a bamboo sieve to dry in the sun, and use when dry. Take fresh ones, boil for juice, and bathe the whole body for wind diseases and malignant sores. Burn to produce smoke to repel mosquitoes.
Inducing sweating is more effective than Mahuang (Ephedrae Herba). Contraindicated in cases of blood deficiency with dry skin (taking it will cause blood exhaustion leading to death) and qi deficiency with wind-pain (taking it will cause unceasing sweating). Both conditions strictly forbid its use.
Incompatible with Gancao (Licorice Root).
Bitter, salty, cold. Softens hardness and drains heat. Dissolves goiters and tumors, stops hernia, disperses cervical lymph node swellings, removes edema, eliminates phlegm-fluid retention, and relieves strangury with retention. Combined with Gancao, it treats Luomadao (Scrofula). (Using them together despite incompatibility intensifies their efficacy.) Paired with Jiangcan (Bombyx Batryticatus), it treats Shepanluo (Herpes Zoster).
Rinse with light white wine to remove salt water, then steam together with raw Wudou (Black Soybean) and Zi Bei Tian Kui, dry in the sun, and use. Improper use causes emaciation.
Salty, cold. Treats water diseases, dispels wind-dampness, dissolves goiters and tumors, and facilitates difficult childbirth.