酒浸干用。畏海蛤、文蛤。
甘，淡，微咸，微寒，无毒。入足太阳、少阴经。利水通淋，止呕除泻，渗湿解渴，治
疝补
阴。祛心下之水痞，逐膀胱之湿热。消肿胀而除香港脚，明耳目而舒筋骨。
生汝南池泽。九月采根。今山东、河、陕、江、淮亦有之，以汉中者为胜。春苗多在浅
水中
。叶似牛舌，独茎而长。秋开白花，作丛似谷精草。
冒暑霍乱，小便不利，同白术、茯苓、生姜、灯心煎。（验方第一。）
水肿，同白术为末或丸服。（第二。）
泽泻汤 泽泻（五两） 白术（四两）
水煎分服。治心下支饮，苦眩冒，脉沉弦。
去毛微炒。秦皮、秦艽为使。恶地胆、麻黄，忌饴糖、羊肉、铁器。石菖蒲良。
辛，温，苦，平，无毒。手少阳、足厥阴药也。开心孔，通耳窍。明目发音，祛湿逐风，
除
痰消积，开胃宽中。疗噤口毒痢，除风痹惊痫。崩带胎漏之疾，痈疮疥瘙之 。
生上洛池泽及蜀郡严道。一寸九节者良。今处处有之，而池州、戎州者佳。时珍曰∶菖
蒲凡
五种∶生于池泽，蒲叶肥，根高二三尺者，泥菖蒲也；生于溪涧，蒲叶瘦，根高二三尺者，
水菖蒲也；生于石水之间，叶有剑脊，瘦根密节，高尺余者，石菖蒲也；人家以砂栽之，每
春剪，愈剪愈细，高四五寸，叶如韭，根如匙柄粗者，亦石菖蒲也。
遍身生疮，痛而不痒，粘着衣被，晓夕不卧，以数斤为细末，布席上卧之，即不粘衣，
又得
安卧，五七日瘥，神效。（验方第一。）
飞丝入目，捶碎，左目塞右鼻，右塞左，神效。（第二。）
头疮不瘥，为末，香油合敷，日三。（第三。）
阴汗湿痒，同蛇床末搽之。（第四。）
病后耳聋，取汁滴之。（第五。）
耳猝聋，同蓖麻子捣丸，绵包塞耳，日易之，七日愈。（第六。）
产后崩中，酒煎服两半。（第七。）
赤白带下，同故纸炒末酒下。（第八。）
胎动不安，或痛或下血，取汁服。（第九。）
肺损吐血，同白面新水下。（第十。）
诸积鼓胀，半斤，斑蝥四两同炒，去蝥，醋丸，服三十丸。（十一。）
霍乱胀痛，四两，每服一两。（十二。）
尸厥如死脉如常，为末吹鼻，仍煎服。（十三。）
魇死不寤，勿以火照，但痛咬其踵，以菖蒲末吹鼻，且煎服。（十四。）
聪耳明目，益智不忘，为末，酒常服之。（十五。）
Soaked in wine and used after drying. Adverse to Haige (Margarita) and Wen Ge (Cypraea).
Sweet, bland, slightly salty, slightly cold, non-toxic. Enters the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian and Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian. Promotes urination and relieves strangury, stops vomiting and diarrhea, leaches out dampness and quenches thirst, treats hernia and tonifies Yin. Dispels water distention below the heart, drives out damp-heat from the bladder. Reduces swelling and cures Hong Kong foot (Jiaqi disease), brightens eyes and ears, and relaxes sinews and bones.
Grows in Chi Ze of Runan. Roots are harvested in September. Now grown in Shandong, He, Shaanxi, Jiang, and Huai regions, with those from Hanzhong being superior. Spring shoots mostly grow in shallow water. Leaves resemble ox tongues, single stem and long. White flowers bloom in autumn, growing in clusters similar to Spica Centipedae.
For heatstroke cholera with difficult urination, decoct together with Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), Fuling (Poria), Shengjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens), and Dengxincao (Junci Medulla). (Verified Formula 1.)
For edema, grind together with Baizhu into powder or pills and take. (2.)
Zexie Tang (Alisma Decoction): Zexie (Alismatis Rhizoma, 5 liang), Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma, 4 liang).
Decoct in water and take in divided doses. Treats Zhīyǐn (fluid retention under the heart), suffering from dizziness and vertigo, with a deep and wiry pulse.
Remove hairs and stir-fry lightly. Qinpi (Phellodendri Cortex) and Qinjiao (Gentianae Macrophyllae Radix) act as guiding herbs. Averse to Didan (Euphorbia kansui Root) and Mahuang (Ephedrae Herba), contraindicated with Yitang (Maltose), mutton, and iron vessels. Shichangpu (Rhizoma Acori Tatarinowii) is of good quality.
Acrid, warm, bitter, neutral, non-toxic. It is a herb for the Hand-Shaoyang Sanjiao Meridian and Foot-Jueyin Liver Meridian. Opens the heart orifices, unblocks the ear orifices. Brightens vision and improves speech, dispels dampness and expels wind, eliminates phlegm and reduces accumulation, opens the stomach and broadens the middle jiao. Treats Jin Kou Du Li (lockjaw toxic dysentery), dispels wind-bi and convulsive epilepsy. Addresses conditions such as metrorrhagia, leukorrhea, and fetal leakage; carbuncles, sores, scabies, and pruritus.
Grows in Chi Ze of Shangluo and Yandao of Shu Commandery. Those that are one inch long with nine nodes are superior. Now available everywhere, but those from Chizhou and Rongzhou are excellent. Li Shizhen said: There are five types of Changpu: Growing in ponds/marshes, with thick leaves and roots two to three feet high, it is Ni Changpu (Mud Calamus); growing in streams, with thin leaves and roots two to three feet high, it is Shui Changpu (Water Calamus); growing between rocks and water, with sword-like ridges on leaves, thin dense-rooted stems over one chi high, it is Shi Changpu (Stone Calamus); planted by households in sand, trimmed every spring, becoming finer with each trim, four to five cun high, leaves like chives, roots as thick as a spoon handle, this is also Shi Changpu.
For sores all over the body, painful but not itchy, sticking to clothes and bedding, unable to sleep day or night, grind several jin into fine powder, spread on a mat to lie on, which prevents sticking to clothes and allows peaceful sleep, curing within five to seven days, miraculous effect. (Verified Formula 1.)
For flying silk entering the eye, crush finely, block the right nostril with the left eye covered, and vice versa, miraculous effect. (2.)
For persistent head sores, grind into powder, mix with sesame oil, apply externally, three times daily. (3.)
For sweaty and itchy genital area, apply together with Shechuangzi powder. (4.)
For post-illness deafness, extract juice and drip into ears. (5.)
For sudden deafness, mash together with Castor seeds, form pills, wrap in cotton, insert into ears, change daily, cured in seven days. (6.)
For postpartum metrorrhagia, decoct in wine and take half liang. (7.)
For red and white leukorrhea, stir-fry with Guzhi (Psoraleae Fructus) into powder, take with wine. (8.)
For restless fetus, pain, or bleeding, take juice orally. (9.)
For lung damage with hemoptysis, take with new water and wheat flour. (10.)
For various accumulations and drum-like abdominal distension, use half jin, stir-fry with Banmao (Mylabris) four liang, remove Banmao, make pills with vinegar, take thirty pills. (11.)
For cholera with bloating and pain, use four liang, take one liang per dose. (12.)
For Shijue (corpse-like coma) where pulse is normal, grind into powder, insufflate into nose, still decoct and take orally. (13.)
For nightmare death/unconsciousness, do not use fire to illuminate, bite the heel hard, insufflate Changpu powder into nose, and decoct to take orally. (14.)
To brighten ears and eyes, enhance intelligence and memory, grind into powder, take regularly with wine. (15.)