去心蒸用。地黄、贝母为使。畏曾青，忌鲤鱼。误食鲤，浮萍可解之。
甘，寒，微苦，无毒。入手太阳，手足少阴经。滋肾润燥，止渴消痰。除阴火而疗骨蒸，
润
五脏而利二便。痰咳喘促之邪热，消渴嗌干之火热，肺痿肺痈之热毒，吐脓吐血之热郁。内
无热者，与素渴者勿用。杀三虫而去伏尸，强骨髓而泽肌肤。
生奉高山谷。春秋采根。今处处有之。春生藤蔓，大如钗股，高丈余。叶如茴香，极尖
细而
疏滑，有逆刺，亦有涩而无刺者。夏生细白花，亦有黄、紫花者。根颇同百部根。
妇人骨蒸烦热，盗汗口干，同麦冬末，生地汁，煎熬丸服。（验方第一。）
口疮连年，上方去地黄加元参，蜜丸含化。（第二。）
诸般痈肿，取汁酒下。（第三。）
酒浸焙用。
甘，苦，微温，无毒。温肺杀虫。除咳嗽上气，治传尸骨蒸，解疳疾最易，疗疥癣良效。
处处山野有之。春苗，作藤蔓。叶大而尖长，颇似竹叶，面青色而光。根下一撮十五六枚，
黄白色。春秋采根。
暴咳嗽，渍酒服，日三。（验方第一。）
三十年嗽，同蜜熬服。（第二。）
熏衣去虱，同秦艽末，入筒烧熏。（第三。）
米泔浸拌，黑豆同蒸。忌铁。茯苓为使，忌诸血、无鳞鱼、蒜、葱、莱菔。
苦，涩，微温，无毒。足厥阴、少阴药也。益肾补肝，养血祛风。黑髭发而悦颜色，长
筋骨
而益精髓，治瘰 而消痈肿，止崩带而除疟疾。
生顺州南河县，今在处有之，以西洛、嵩山、河南柏县者为胜。春生苗，蔓延竹木墙壁
间，
茎紫色。叶叶相对如山药而不光泽。夏秋开黄白花，如葛勒花。结子有棱，似荞麦而小。根
如拳，有五棱瓣，似小甜瓜。有赤白二种。秋冬取根。
疥疮满身，不可治者，同艾叶煎熏之。（验方第一。）
大麻风，一斤，胡麻四两，九蒸九晒，为末，酒下二钱。（第二。）
伤破血出，为末敷，神效。（第三。）
瘰 结核，已破未破，嚼 ，日二。（第四。）
肠风下血，米饮下末二钱。（第五。）
皮里作痛，不问何处，为末，姜汁合膏敷之，帛包，炙热鞋底熨之。（第六。）
骨软腰膝痛，行步不得，遍身痒，酒制枣肉丸豆大，每三十丸酒下。（第七。）
紫白癜风，多起面项，初无痛痒，后渐微痒，延蔓成片，或游走遍身。纯紫斑者紫癜，
粉红有
白斑者为白癜，均有汗。初起以万灵丹汗之。首乌、荆芥、苍术、苦参、皂刺丸服，治白癜。
又
附子、硫黄、姜汁调匀，茄蒂搽之，治紫白二癜。又硫黄一钱，密陀僧一钱，信石分，陈醋
合敷
之，良效。又密陀僧为末，醋敷之。（第八。）
七宝美髯丹 首乌（赤白各一斤，米泔浸三日，去皮铺黑豆上，砂釜蒸之，如此
九次） 赤白
茯苓（各半斤） 菟丝子（半斤，酒蒸） 当归身（半斤） 故脂（四两，酒浸，黑芝麻同
炒） 牛
膝（半斤。）
共为末，蜜丸龙眼大，每酒下二三丸。黑须发，壮筋骨，固精气，续嗣延年。（诸方第
一。）
Remove the heart and steam before use. *Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata* (Di Huang, Prepared Rehmannia Root) and *Fritillariae Bulbus* (Bei Mu, Fritillary Bulb) are used as guiding herbs. It is incompatible with *Chrysocollae Lapis* (Zeng Qing, Chrysocolla). Carp is contraindicated. If carp is accidentally ingested, *Lemna Minor* (Fu Ping, Duckweed) can resolve the toxicity.
Sweet in taste, cold in nature, slightly bitter, non-toxic. Enters the Hand-Taiyang, Hand-Shaoyin, and Foot-Shaoyin meridians. Nourishes Kidney Yin, moistens dryness, relieves thirst, and resolves phlegm. Clears deficient fire (Yin Fire) to treat bone-steaming fever, moistens the Five Zang organs, and promotes urination and defecation. Indicated for pathogenic heat causing cough with wheezing and shortness of breath, fiery heat causing polydipsia and dry throat, heat-toxin causing lung abscess or wasting-thirst syndrome, and heat stagnation causing vomiting of pus or blood. Contraindicated in those without internal heat and those with chronic thirst. Kills three types of parasites, removes latent corpse-guan (consumptive disease), strengthens bone marrow, and nourishes the skin.
Grows in high mountains and valleys of Fenggao. Roots are harvested in spring and autumn. Now distributed everywhere. Vines sprout in spring, thick as a hairpin shaft, over one zhang tall. Leaves resemble fennel, extremely sharp, fine, sparse, and smooth, with reverse thorns; some are rough without thorns. Delicate white flowers bloom in summer, also yellow or purple ones. Roots resemble *Stemonae Radix* (Bai Bu, Stemona Root).
For women suffering from bone-steaming fever, irritability, night sweats, and dry mouth, mix this herb with powder of *Ophiopogonis Radix* (Mai Dong, Ophiopogon Root) and juice of *Rehmanniae Radix* (Sheng Di Huang, Raw Rehmannia Root), decoct into pills, and take orally. (Verified Formula 1.)
For chronic oral ulcers lasting years, remove *Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata* from the above formula, add *Scrophulariae Radix* (Xuan Shen, Scrophularia Root), make honey pills, and hold in the mouth to dissolve. (Formula 2.)
For various carbuncles and swellings, take the juice and swallow with wine. (Formula 3.)
Soak in wine and bake before use.
Sweet and bitter in taste, slightly warm in nature, non-toxic. Warms the Lung and kills parasites. Treats cough with rebellious Qi, cures transmissive bone-steaming (tuberculosis-like consumption), easily resolves gan disease (malnutrition/parasitic disease in children), and effectively treats scabies and tinea.
Found in mountains and fields everywhere. Sprouts in spring, forming vines. Leaves are large, sharp, and long, resembling bamboo leaves, green on the surface and glossy. A cluster of fifteen or sixteen roots grows beneath, yellowish-white. Harvested in spring and autumn.
For sudden cough, soak in wine and drink, three times daily. (Verified Formula 1.)
For thirty-year chronic cough, decoct with honey and take. (Formula 2.)
To fumigate clothes to remove lice, mix with powder of *Gastrodiae Rhizoma* (Qin Jiao, Gentiana Macrophylla Root), place in a bamboo tube, burn, and fumigate. (Formula 3.)
Soak in rice wash water, mix, and steam with black soybeans. Avoid iron vessels. *Poria* (Fu Ling, Poria Cocos) is used as a guiding herb. Contraindicated with all blood products, scaleless fish, garlic, scallions, and radish (*Raphani Semen*, Lu Bo Zi).
Bitter and astringent in taste, slightly warm in nature, non-toxic. A herb for the Foot-Jueyin Liver and Foot-Shaoyin Kidney meridians. Benefits the Kidney and tonifies the Liver, nourishes blood, and expels wind. Darkens beard and hair, improves complexion, strengthens sinews and bones, benefits essence and marrow, treats scrofula, dissipates swellings, stops metrorrhagia and leukorrhea, and eliminates malaria.
Native to Nanhe County, Shunzhou, now found everywhere; those from Xiluo, Songshan, and Boxian, Henan are superior. Sprouts in spring, creeping among bamboo, trees, and walls, stems are purple. Leaves grow opposite each other, resembling *Dioscoreae Rhizoma* (Shan Yao, Yam) but not glossy. Yellow-white flowers bloom in summer and autumn, resembling *Polygoni Multiflori Caulis* (Ge Le Teng). Seeds have ridges, smaller than buckwheat. Roots are fist-sized, with five ridges, resembling small sweet melons. There are red and white varieties. Harvested in autumn and winter.
For incurable generalized scabies, decoct with *Artemisiae Argyi Folium* (Ai Ye, Mugwort Leaf) and fumigate/wash. (Verified Formula 1.)
For leprosy (Da Ma Feng), use one jin of this herb and four liang of *Sesami Fructus* (Hu Ma, Sesame Seed), steam nine times and sun-dry nine times, grind to powder, and take two qian with wine. (Formula 2.)
For traumatic injury with bleeding, grind to powder and apply externally; miraculous effect. (Formula 3.)
For scrofula and tubercles, whether ruptured or not, chew and swallow twice daily. (Formula 4.)
For intestinal wind with bloody stool, take two qian of powder with rice water. (Formula 5.)
For pain under the skin, regardless of location, grind to powder, mix with ginger juice to form a paste, apply, wrap with cloth, and press with a hot shoe sole. (Formula 6.)
For soft bones, waist and knee pain, inability to walk, and generalized itching, process with wine, mix with jujube meat to make bean-sized pills, take thirty pills with wine each time. (Formula 7.)
Purple and white vitiligo often starts on the face and neck, initially painless and itchless, later becoming slightly itchy, spreading in patches or migrating across the body. Pure purple spots are called "purple petechiae"; pink spots with white patches are called "white vitiligo," both accompanied by sweating. At onset, induce sweating with *Wan Ling Dan*. For white vitiligo, take pills made of *Polygoni Multiflori Radix Praeparata* (Shou Wu, Prepared Fleeceflower Root), *Schizonepetae Spica* (Jing Jie, Schizonepeta Spike), *Atractylodis Rhizoma* (Cang Zhu, Atractylodes Rhizome), *Sophorae Flavescentis Radix* (Ku Shen, Sophora Root), and *Gleditsiae Sinensis Spina* (Zao Ci, Gleditsia Thorn). Additionally, mix *Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata* (Fu Zi, Prepared Aconite Lateral Root), *Sulfur* (Liu Huang), and ginger juice, apply with eggplant stalks to treat purple and white vitiligo. Also, mix one qian of Sulfur, one qian of *Plumbi Oxidum Rubrum* (Mi Tuo Seng, Litharge), and a small amount of *Arsenolite* (Xin Shi) with aged vinegar for external application; effective. Alternatively, grind *Plumbi Oxidum Rubrum* to powder and apply with vinegar. (Formula 8.)
*Qi Bao Mei Ran Dan* (Seven Treasures Beard Beautifying Pill): *Polygoni Multiflori Radix Praeparata* (Shou Wu, Prepared Fleeceflower Root - one jin each of red and white varieties, soaked in rice water for three days, skin removed, placed on black soybeans, steamed in a clay pot, repeated nine times), *Poria* (Fu Ling, Poria Cocos - half jin each of red and white varieties), *Cuscutae Semen* (Tu Si Zi, Dodder Seed - half jin, steamed in wine), *Angelicae Sinensis Radix* (Dang Gui, Dang Gui Body - half jin), *Epimedii Folium* (Gu Zhi, Epimedium Leaf - four liang, soaked in wine, stir-fried with black sesame seeds), *Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix* (Niu Xi, Achyranthes Root - half jin).
Grind all to powder, make pills with honey the size of longan seeds, take two or three pills with wine each time. Blackens beard and hair, strengthens sinews and bones, consolidates essence and qi, aids fertility, and prolongs life. (First of All Formulas.)