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Indicated for shilong (urinary obstruction due to calculi), and difficult urination. Grows in stones.

Treats abdominal pain, alternating chills and fever, and bleeding. Also known as Fupan.
Currently, children call it Hengpan, or sometimes Siping Chong (Dead Frequency Worm).

Sweet in taste, non-toxic. Indicated for Zhu Guan (a specific condition or location), brightens the eyes. Grows in Jiangxia.

Sweet in taste, non-toxic. Indicated for Bi syndrome (obstructive syndrome), stops bleeding.

Pungent in taste. Indicated for accumulated blood in the heart and abdomen. Also known as Feilong (Flying Dragon). Grows in Shu, resembling a mouse carrying something, with green legs and a flying head that is red. Harvested on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, dried in the shade.

Sweet in taste, toxic. Indicated for Shulou (scrofula/lymphatic tuberculosis), promotes water passage. Grows in hills, resembling a horsefly with red wings. Harvested in May and August.

Treats internal leakage caused by Bi syndrome. Also known as Duan, earth-colored with patterns.

Indicated for alternating chills and fever in women.

Sweet in taste, non-toxic. Treats Bi syndrome.

Indicated for Bi (closure) syndromes. Also known as Wushe (Tongueless).

Causes one not to feel hungry or thirsty. Grows in Huangling, resembling Ru (a soft-bodied organism/plant), dwelling in the soil.

Bitter in taste. Treats alternating chills and fever, grows on the ground, with a red head, long legs, and horns, living in groups. Harvested on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month.
The above fifteen types are insect drugs.

Sweet in taste, neutral in nature, non-toxic. Indicated for brightening the eyes, stopping tears, treating seminal emission, removing foul odors, treating headache due to Cold Damage (Shanghan), upward rushing of Qi, and lower back pain. Also known as Huicao (Orchid Grass), grows in low and wet places, harvested in March, dried in the shade; those with broken joints are superior.
Laypeople refer to Yancao (Swallow Grass); Xuncao (Musk Grass) resembles thatch but has fragrance and is widely planted by households. *Yaolu* states: leaves resemble hemp leaves, opposite each other. *Shanhaijing* states: Xuncao has hemp-like leaves and square stems, red flowers, black fruits, and a scent like Miwu, which can treat leprosy. Currently, merchants use Yancao, which is incorrect. Scholars often use the term "Hui" in poetry and books, yet do not know what grass it refers to. They retain the name but lose the substance, all of this being similar cases.

Sweet in taste, warm in nature, non-toxic. Indicated for severe wind-pathogenic factors, cold-pain due to damp-Bi. Long-term consumption lightens the body, prolongs life, and delays aging. Also known as Dongkuizi (Winter Okra Seed). Grows in rivers and marshes of Hedong.
This herb is not used in prescriptions; there is a formula called Guhuo Wan, which is actually another name for Yege (Wild Aconite). This is also called Dongkuizi, but it is not the Dongkuizi from okra vegetables; its therapeutic properties are entirely different.
[Note] *Bielu* also calls it Jijing (Chicken Spirit).