俗名扫帚是也。
甘，寒，无毒。益精强阴，聪耳明目。除膀胱之湿热，解皮肤之风热。利小便而通淋沥，
治疝而洗疮疥。
处处有之。其嫩叶作菜茹，极甘美。
风热目赤，焙末，生地汁合饼。晒干为末，酒下。（验方第一。）
胁下疼，酒下末。（第二。）
狐疝阴 ，佐白术，稍加桂心，末，酒下。（第三。）
积年腰痛，酒下末。（第四。
血痢不止，佐地榆、黄 ，末，酒下。（第五。）
妊娠淋痛，水煎八两，分服。（第六。）
疣目，同白矾煎洗。（第七。）
苦，寒，无毒。捣汁服治赤白下痢，烧灰亦良。水煎服疗手足烦痛，诸淋亦通。洗目去
热暗
，亦洗雀盲涩痛。固肠止泻痢，并除恶疮疥痒。
竹沥浸用。丹皮为使，恶螵蛸。即石竹子。
苦，寒，无毒。逐膀胱之邪热，热淋血淋；主月经之结闭，破血坠胎。降心火而利小肠，
决
痈肿而排脓疮。明目去翳亦能，开关利窍亦效。
处处有之。
热淋或血，同炙草、山栀末，葱头、灯草、生姜下。（验方第一。）
石淋，酒下末，当下石也。（第二。）
子死腹中，煎服。（第三。）
九窍出血，同山栀、生姜、炙草、大枣、灯草服。（第四。）
骨哽，水下末。（第五。）
竹木入肉，水煎末服。（第六。）
箭刀在肉，酒下末。（第七。）
It is commonly known as the broom plant.
Sweet, cold, non-toxic. It benefits essence and strengthens Yin, improving hearing and vision. It clears damp-heat from the Bladder and resolves wind-heat from the skin. It promotes urination and treats strangury (dysuria with pain), manages hernia, and washes sores and scabies.
It grows everywhere. Its tender leaves can be eaten as vegetables and are extremely sweet and delicious.
For redness of the eyes due to wind-heat, roast until dry, grind into powder, mix with juice of *Rehmanniae Radix* (Shengdi Huang) to form a cake. Dry it, grind into powder, and take with wine. (Verified Formula 1.)
For pain in the hypochondrium, take the powder with wine. (2.)
For *Huxian* hernia (intermittent inguinal hernia) and scrotal swelling, combine with *Atractodis Rhizoma* (Baizhu), add a little *Cinnamomi Cortex* (Guixin), grind into powder, and take with wine. (3.)
For chronic lower back pain, take the powder with wine. (4.)
For persistent bloody dysentery, combine with *Sanguisorbae Radix* (Diyu) and *Phellodendri Cortex* (Huangbai), grind into powder, and take with wine. (5.)
For painful strangury during pregnancy, decoct eight liang in water and divide into doses. (6.)
For warts, decoct with *Alumen* (Baifan) and wash. (7.)
Bitter, cold, non-toxic. Crushed juice taken internally treats red and white dysentery; burnt to ash is also effective. Decoction taken internally treats vexing pain in hands and feet and unblocks various types of strangury. Washing the eyes removes heat-induced nebula, and also treats night blindness and astringent pain. It consolidates the intestines, stops diarrhea and dysentery, and eliminates malignant sores, scabies, and itching.
Use after soaking in bamboo sap (*Zhuli*). Use *Moutan Cortex* (Danpi) as an guiding herb; incompatible with *Ostreae Concha* (Piaoxiao). This is also known as *Lithospermi Herba* (Shizhuzi).
Bitter, cold, non-toxic. Drains pathogenic heat from the Bladder, treating heat-strangury and blood-strangury; governs menstrual obstruction, breaks blood stasis, and induces abortion. Descends Heart fire and benefits the Small Intestine, resolves abscesses and discharges pus from sores. It can brighten the eyes and remove nebula, and is also effective in opening orifices and promoting fluid passage.
It grows everywhere.
For heat-strangury or blood-strangury, combine with roasted *Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma* (Zhigancao), *Gardeniae Fructus* (Shanzhi) powder, green onion bulb, *Junci Medulla* (Dengcao), and fresh ginger, taken with water. (Verified Formula 1.)
For lithiasis strangury (stone strangury), take the powder with wine, which will expel the stones. (2.)
For fetus dead in the womb, decoct and take. (3.)
For bleeding from the nine orifices, combine with *Gardeniae Fructus* (Shanzhi), fresh ginger, roasted *Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma* (Zhigancao), *Ziziphi Jujubae Fructus* (Dazao), and *Junci Medulla* (Dengcao), taken together. (4.)
For bone stuck in the throat, take the powder with water. (5.)
For bamboo or wood splinters embedded in flesh, decoct the powder and take. (6.)
For arrowheads or blades embedded in flesh, take the powder with wine. (7.)