味甘、咸，性温，无毒。入心、肾二经。米泔洗净，童便浸揉，色白为度，入铅瓶中，
封固
，重汤煮三时，待冷方开。
补心除惊悸，滋肾理虚痨。养血益气、宁志返老。阴阳双补，坎气名高。
此物陈藏器、吴球二氏均富使用之经验。吴氏所订之大造丸乃传世之名方也。
味苦，性温，无毒。入心、肝、肾三经。
去瘀血，补真阴。父发与鸡子同煎，免婴儿惊悸。己发与川椒共 ，令本体乌头。吐血
衄红
取效，肠风崩带宜求。
发者，血之余也。故于血证多功。入罐中，盐泥固济， 存性。
肺肾阴虚之失音，以血余炭加入适当方中，活血补阴，颇有裨益。
（见女科）
（见补阴）
味甘、苦，性温，无毒。
生者∶散瘀止血，消肿定痛。跌仆外伤，诸种失红。熟品。补血和血、虚症堪用。
此药既能内服，亦可外治。活血化瘀、旅行及居家备之，可以救急。
味辛、涩，性偏温，无毒。入肺、肝、脾三经。
能强身止血，治过力劳伤。热病肠红拯救，虚人吐衄频尝。
此草止血和血，又能补益，为虚人血症不可或缺之药。
（见食疗）
（见女科）
味苦，性寒，无毒。入心、胞络、肝三经。
凉血和血，清解疮疡。宣发痘疹、通大小肠。治五疳以称善，利九窍而允藏。
紫草，凉而不凝，为痘家血热之要药。但痘证极重脾胃，过用则有肠滑之虞。
Taste: Sweet, salty; Nature: Warm; Toxicity: Non-toxic. Meridian Tropism: Heart, Kidney. Wash clean with rice water, soak and rub in urine from a healthy young boy until the color turns white. Place in a lead bottle, seal tightly, and boil in a double boiler for three *shi* (approximately six hours). Open only after it has cooled.
Tonifies the Heart, eliminates palpitations (anxiety and rapid heartbeat), nourishes the Kidney, and regulates consumptive diseases (chronic weakness syndromes). Nourishes blood, benefits qi, calms the spirit, and reverses aging. Tonifies both Yin and Yang; its reputation as *Kan Qi* (Kidney Essence/Vital Energy) is high.
Both Chen Cangqi and Wu Qiu had rich experience in using this substance. The Da Zao Wan (Great Creation Pill) formulated by Wu is a famous prescription handed down through generations.
Taste: Bitter; Nature: Warm; Toxicity: Non-toxic. Meridian Tropism: Heart, Liver, Kidney.
Removes blood stasis, tonifies True Yin (Kidney Yin). Father's hair decocted with an egg prevents infantile palpitations. Self-hair processed with Sichuan pepper transforms into a blackened form (referring to the preparation of carbonized hair). Effective for hematemesis (vomiting blood) and epistaxis (nosebleed); suitable for wind-intestinal bleeding (blood in stool) and metrorrhagia/metrostaxis (uterine bleeding and leukorrhea).
Hair is considered the surplus of blood. Therefore, it has many functions in treating blood disorders. Place in a jar, seal firmly with salt mud, and calcine to retain its properties.
For hoarseness due to Lung and Kidney Yin deficiency, adding Xue Yu Tan (Carbonized Hair) to appropriate formulas provides significant benefit by invigorating blood and tonifying Yin.
(See Gynecology section)
(See Yin-Tonification section)
Taste: Sweet, bitter; Nature: Warm; Toxicity: Non-toxic.
Raw product: Disperses stasis, stops bleeding, reduces swelling, and alleviates pain. For traumatic injuries from falls and blows, and various types of hemorrhage.
Cooked product: Tonifies blood, harmonizes blood, and is suitable for deficiency syndromes.
This herb can be taken internally or applied externally. Invigorates blood and resolves stasis; keep it handy during travel and at home for emergency use.
Taste: Pungent, astringent; Nature: Slightly warm; Toxicity: Non-toxic. Meridian Tropism: Lung, Liver, Spleen.
Strengthens the body and stops bleeding; treats injuries caused by overexertion. Saves cases of intestinal redness (hematochezia) due to febrile diseases; frequently used for frequent hematemesis and epistaxis in deficient individuals.
This herb stops bleeding, harmonizes blood, and tonifies deficiency; it is an indispensable medicine for blood disorders in deficient persons.
(See Food Therapy section)
(See Gynecology section)
Taste: Bitter; Nature: Cold; Toxicity: Non-toxic. Meridian Tropism: Heart, Pericardium, Liver.
Cools blood, harmonizes blood, clears and resolves sores and ulcers. Promotes the eruption of smallpox/rubella, unblocks the Large and Small Intestines. Highly regarded for treating the five kinds of childhood malnutrition syndromes (*Wu Gang*) and effectively benefiting the nine orifices.
Zi Cao (Arnebiae Radix seu Lithospermi Radix) is cooling but not congealing; it is a key herb for blood heat in patients with pox/rash diseases. However, pox diseases heavily rely on the Spleen and Stomach; excessive use may cause loose stools (diarrhea).