《本经》名属折，《别录》名接骨
苦微温，无毒。去根尾，酒炒用。
《本经》主伤中补不足，金疮痈疡，折跌，续筋骨。妇人乳难，久服益气力。
发明 续断入肝主续筋骨，为妇人胎产崩漏之首药。又主带脉为病，久服益气力，利关
节、治腰痛，暖子宫，疗金疮折伤，散痈肿瘀血，疗妇人乳难。《本经》治伤中补不足等病
，总取和血通经之义。又能止小便多，治遗泄。古方血痢用平胃散一两、续断三钱为末，每
服三钱，水煎服即愈，宁无顾名思义之实乎。
《本经》名野兰
苦咸寒，有毒。
《本经》主皮肤热毒，恶疮疽，痔漏痹，下乳汁。
发明 漏芦苦寒解毒，乃足阳明经药。《本经》治热毒恶疮，下乳汁，以其能利窍也。
为消毒、排脓、杀虫要药。古方治痈疽发背，以漏芦汤为首称。盖咸能软坚，寒能解毒。故
服之必大便作泻，使邪从下而出也。昔人治婴儿疮毒，令母服此，使药性从乳中过之，每致
乳子利下白沫，大损元气，故气虚及疮疡不起发者，咸非所宜，而妊妇尤为切禁。
甘寒，无毒。
发明 苎麻专行滞血，产妇枕之治血晕。产后腹痛，以苎安腹上即止。渍苎水疗热渴，
苎根治小儿赤丹。其黄麻苦温，专散陈久瘀血，取陈年者烧灰存性，酒调服之。络麻根烧灰
治锁喉风神效。
*Shennong Bencao Jing* (Divine Farmer's Materia Medica) names it "Shuzhe," while *Bielu* (Supplementary Records of Famous Physicians) names it "Jiegu."
(Xuduan, Dipsaci Radix) Bitter, slightly warm, non-toxic. Remove the root end and tail, stir-fry with wine before use.
*Shennong Bencao Jing* states it treats internal injury and tonifies insufficiency, golden wounds (metal-induced trauma) and carbuncles, fractures and dislocations, and continues sinews and bones. For women's difficulty in lactation, long-term consumption boosts qi and strength.
[Invention] Xuduan enters the Liver meridian to continue sinews and bones, serving as the premier herb for women's gestational and postpartum metrorrhagia (abnormal uterine bleeding). It also treats diseases of the Dai vessel (Girdle Vessel), long-term consumption boosts qi and strength, benefits joints, treats lower back pain, warms the uterus, heals golden wounds and fractures, dissipates carbuncle swelling and blood stasis, and treats women's difficulty in lactation. The treatments for internal injury and insufficiency mentioned in *Shennong Bencao Jing* generally derive their efficacy from harmonizing blood and unblocking meridians. It can also stop frequent urination and treat seminal emission. In ancient prescriptions for bloody dysentery, one liang of Pingwei San combined with three qian of Xuduan are ground into powder; taking three qian per dose, decocted in water, results in immediate cure. Is this not a case where the name matches the reality?
*Shennong Bencao Jing* names it "Yelan."
(Loulu, Euphorbiae Humifusae Herba) Bitter, salty, cold, toxic.
*Shennong Bencao Jing* states it treats skin heat toxins, malignant sores and abscesses, hemorrhoidal fistulas and bi-syndrome, and promotes lactation.
[Invention] Loulu is bitter and cold, capable of detoxification, and acts on the Foot-Yangming Meridian. *Shennong Bencao Jing* treats heat toxins and malignant sores, and promotes lactation, because it can open orifices. It is a key herb for disinfection, pus drainage, and killing parasites. In ancient prescriptions for carbuncles and back abscesses, Loulu Tang is highly praised. This is likely because saltiness softens hardness, and coldness resolves toxins. Therefore, ingestion inevitably causes diarrhea, allowing pathogens to exit through the bowels. In the past, when treating infant skin infections, mothers were instructed to take this herb so its properties would pass through breast milk, often causing infants to suffer from diarrhea with white froth, severely damaging primordial qi. Thus, it is unsuitable for those with qi deficiency or sores that fail to suppurate, and is strictly contraindicated for pregnant women.
(Zhuma, Boehmeriae Niveae Folium) Sweet, cold, non-toxic.
[Invention] Zhuma specifically moves stagnant blood; placing it under a pillow treats postpartum blood syncope. For postpartum abdominal pain, placing Zhuma on the abdomen stops the pain. Soaking Zhuma in water treats heat-thirst, and the root treats pediatric erysipelas (red dan). Huangma (Yellow Hemp) is bitter and warm, specifically dispersing old blood stasis; taking aged Huangma, calcined to ash while retaining its nature, and taken with wine. Luoma root calcined to ash is miraculously effective for treating throat-lock wind (a condition characterized by severe throat swelling and obstruction).