润肝，明目
甘而微寒。入肝经气血分。润肝燥。治目中赤脉、青盲肤翳，赤肿眵（音鸱。眼脂）泪，
小儿疳气攻眼。产蜀中。叶冬不雕，其花繁密蒙茸，故名。拣净，酒浸一缩，候干，蜜拌蒸
，晒三次。
泻，凉血，解毒
辛平、性滑涎粘。清肺凉血，散热止痛，消肿排脓。治一切痈疽肿毒有殊功（用芙蓉花
，或叶、或皮、或根，生捣或干研末，蜜调涂四围，中间留头，干则频换。初起者即觉清凉
，痛止肿消。已成者即脓出，已溃者则易敛。疡科秘其名为清凉膏、清露散、铁箍散，皆此
物也。或加赤小豆末，或苍耳烧存性为末，加入亦妙）。
泻，凉血
甘微辛寒。色赤，入血分。治吐衄肠风。麻油调末，涂汤火伤。用红者为末，入童便、
姜汁、酒调服，可代郁金。
泻热
苦凉。活血润燥。治肠风泻血，痢后热渴。作饮服，令人得睡。川产者治癣疮（癣疮有
虫，用川槿皮肥皂水浸，时时搽之，或浸汁磨雄黄尤妙）。用根、皮。
宣，散肿胀
辛温。去恶气，散风毒。治香港脚肿痛，心腹胀满，洗毒疮（柳子浓纂《救死方》云∶得
香港脚夜半痞绝，胁块如石，昏困且死。郑洵美传杉木汤，食顷大下，块散气通。用杉木节一
升，橘叶一升，无叶以皮代，大腹槟榔七枚，连子槌碎，童便三升煮，分二服。若一服得快
利，即停后服）。有赤、白二种，赤、油斑如野鸡者，作棺尤贵。性直，烧炭最发火药。
Moisten the Liver, Brighten the Eyes
Sweet in taste and slightly cold in nature. Enters the Qi and Blood levels of the Liver Meridian. Moistens liver dryness. Treats red veins in the eyes (Hongmai), blindness (Qingmang), corneal opacities (Fuyi), redness and swelling of the eyes, excessive eye discharge (Chishi) and tearing, as well as eye diseases caused by infantile malnutrition (Ganqi) attacking the eyes. Produced in Shu region (modern Sichuan). The leaves do not fall in winter, and its flowers are dense and fluffy, hence the name. Select clean herbs, soak in wine until volume shrinks, wait until dry, mix with honey, steam, and sun-dry; repeat this process three times.
Drain Fire, Cool Blood, Detoxify
Pungent in taste and neutral in nature, slippery texture with viscous saliva. Clears Lung heat, cools blood, dissipates heat, relieves pain, reduces swelling, and discharges pus. Has special efficacy in treating all kinds of carbuncles, ulcers, swellings, and toxins (Use Hibiscus mutabilis flower, or leaves, bark, or roots; crush fresh or grind dried into powder, mix with honey to apply around the periphery of the lesion, leaving the head open. Change frequently when dry. For early stage, it feels cool immediately, pain stops, and swelling subsides. For formed abscesses, it promotes pus discharge. For ulcerated lesions, it facilitates healing. Surgeons secretly name it Liangjiang Gao, Qinglu San, Tiegu San, all referring to this substance. Alternatively, add Phaseolus angularis powder, or burn Xanthium sibiricum to retain its charred nature and grind into powder, adding it is also excellent).
Drain Fire, Cool Blood
Sweet and slightly pungent, cold in nature. Red color, enters the Blood level. Treats hematemesis, epistaxis, and wind-intestinal bleeding (Changfeng). Mix powder with sesame oil to apply to scalds and burns. Take red-colored material as powder, mix with child's urine, ginger juice, and wine for oral administration; can substitute Curcuma wenyujin (Yujin).
Drain Heat
Bitter and cool in nature. Invigorates blood, moistens dryness. Treats wind-intestinal bleeding (Changfeng), bloody stool, and thirst after dysentery. Taken as a decoction, induces sleep. Sichuan-produced variety treats tinea corporis (Tinea involves parasites; soak Chrysophyllum oliviforme bark in soap water, apply occasionally, or use the extract to grind Realgar externally, which is especially good). Use roots and bark.
Disperse, Resolve Swelling
Pungent and warm in nature. Removes foul qi, disperses wind-toxicity. Treats Hongxiangjiao (Beriberi/Edema of legs) causing swelling and pain, abdominal distension and fullness, and washes toxic sores (Liu Zinong's *Jiusi Fang* states: When Beriberi strikes at midnight causing blockage, flank masses hard as stone, coma and impending death, Zheng Xunmei transmitted Shanmu Tang. After a short while, significant purging occurs, masses disperse, and qi flows freely. Use 1 sheng of Cunninghamia lanceolata nodes, 1 sheng of Citrus reticulata leaves (use bark if no leaves), 7 Areca catechu seeds crushed with kernels, 3 sheng of child's urine; boil, divide into two doses. If one dose yields rapid purgation, stop the second dose). There are red and white varieties; those with red oily spots resembling pheasant feathers are particularly prized for making coffins. The wood is straight; burned to charcoal, it most easily ignites gunpowder.