蒸之，浆水浸，焙用。
苦，平，无毒。入厥阴肝。性行而不留。下乳催生，通经止衄，除风祛痹，行瘀调经。
平金
疮而止血，利小便而除烦。解疮痈之毒，出竹木之刺。
时珍曰∶多生麦地中。高一二尺，三四月开小花如铎铃，红白色。结实如灯笼草子。壳
有五
棱，壳内抱实如豆大，实内细子，圆如细珠。
鼻血不止，连茎叶煎服。（验方第一。）
粪后下血，末服，每一钱。（第二。）
竹木入肉，末服，以根敷之。（第三。）
留行散 留行 蒴 双皮 浓朴 黄芩 白芍 干姜 甘草 川椒
治金疮、刀斧伤亡血。大疮饮服，小疮粉之。（诸方第一。）
涌泉散 留行 穿山甲 龙骨 瞿麦穗
等分为末，每酒下二钱。治因气无乳，仍以木梳梳之。（第二。）
拌糯米炒用。榆皮为使，得酒良，恶僵蚕。
辛，苦，大寒，无毒。入足太阳膀胱经。下气行水，消肿除痰，止咳定喘，通经利便。
破积
聚症结，解风热痱痒。虚人忌之。
生田野间。春生苗叶，高六七寸，似荠。三月开花，色黄淡。结角粗且短，角中细子色
黄。
一种狗芥，叶似芥，近根下作歧，生角细长，盖甜葶苈也。
通身肿满，苦葶苈，枣肉丸，双皮汤下。（验方第一。）
水肿喘满，面赤烦渴，小水不利，甜葶苈、汉防己、猪苓丸服，白汤下。（第二。）
水肿尿涩，先煮大枣，去渣，入葶苈末，再熬丸服。（第三。）
积聚腹胀，一升熬之，酒五升浸七日服。（第四。）
痰饮咳嗽，同知母、贝母炒末，枣肉、砂糖丸弹大，含咽之。脉弦紧者。（第五。）
痰喘，枣肉丸服。（第六。）
咳而上气不卧，或一身肿或面肿，或足肿。以微火熬研，绢盛浸酒中三日，每服两
枣许，以利为度。（第七。）
月水不通，蜜丸绵包纳阴中，数易之。未生子者不可用。男不在家者不可用。（第八。）
头风疼，为末，以汤淋沐头三四度。（第九。）
白秃头疮，为末涂之。（第十。）
葶苈大枣汤 葶苈
捣丸弹大。枣十二，水三盅，煎二盅，入葶苈丸一枚，煮取一盅，（诸方第一。） 顿服。
治
不卧。
Steamed, soaked in sour rice water, and dried by roasting for use.
Bitter, neutral, non-toxic. Enters the Jueyin Liver meridian. Its nature is to move without staying. It promotes lactation, facilitates childbirth, unblocks menstruation, stops epistaxis, dispels wind, removes bi-syndrome, moves blood stasis, and regulates menstruation.
It heals sores and stops bleeding, promotes urination to relieve irritability. It resolves toxicity from carbuncles and abscesses, and expels splinters of bamboo or wood.
Li Shizhen said: It grows mostly in wheat fields. It is one to two chi high, blooms small flowers like bells in March and April, red and white in color. The fruit resembles the seed of Physalis alkekengi. The shell has five ridges, enclosing a bean-sized substance inside; within are fine seeds, round like small pearls.
For incessant epistaxis, decoct the stems and leaves together and take orally. (Verified Formula No. 1.)
For hematochezia after defecation, take as powder, one qian per dose. (No. 2.)
For bamboo or wood splinters embedded in flesh, take as powder internally, and apply the root externally. (No. 3.)
Liuxing San (Cowherb Seed Powder): Wangbuliuxing (Vaccariae Semen), Shuodao (Polygoni Avicularis Herba), Shuangpi (likely a processing term or variant, kept as is), Houpo (Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex), Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix), Baishao (Paeoniae Radix Alba), Ganjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma), Chuanjiao (Sichuan Pepper).
Treats traumatic injuries from metal weapons or axe blows causing blood loss. For large wounds, take orally; for small wounds, apply as powder. (All Formulas No. 1.)
Yongquan San (Surging Spring Powder): Wangbuliuxing (Vaccariae Semen), Chuanshanjia (Manis Squama), Longgu (Fossilia Os Mastodi et Ossis Parietalis), Qumaifeng (Agrostidis Spica).
Grind into equal parts powder, take two qian with wine. Treats agalactia due to Qi stagnation; comb the breasts with a wooden comb afterwards. (No. 2.)
Stir-fry with glutinous rice before use. Ulmi Cortex is used as an assistant drug; efficacy is enhanced with wine; adverse reaction occurs with Jiangcan (Bombyx Batryticatus).
Acrid, bitter, very cold, non-toxic. Enters the Foot-Taiyang Bladder meridian. It descends Qi, promotes water metabolism, reduces swelling, eliminates phlegm, stops cough, calms wheezing, unblocks menstruation, and promotes urination.
It breaks up accumulations and masses, and relieves itching caused by wind-heat. Contraindicated in deficient persons.
Grows in fields. Sprouts in spring, six to seven cun high, resembling Shepherd's Purse. Blooms in March, pale yellow flowers. Forms thick, short pods containing fine, yellow seeds.
A variety called Goujie (Dog Mustard) has leaves resembling mustard, branching near the base, forming long, thin pods; this is likely Tian Tingli (Sweet Lepidium Seed).
For generalized edema and fullness, use Ku Tingli (Bitter Lepidium Seed), form pills with jujube paste, and take with Shuangpi Decoction. (Verified Formula No. 1.)
For edema with wheezing and fullness, flushed face, irritability, thirst, and difficult urination, use Tian Tingli (Sweet Lepidium Seed), Han Fangji (Stephaniae Tetrandrae Radix), and Zhuling (Polyporus) as pills, taken with plain boiled water. (No. 2.)
For edema with dysuria, first boil large jujubes, remove dregs, add Tingli powder, and re-cook into pills. (No. 3.)
For accumulation and abdominal distension, roast one sheng, soak in five sheng of wine for seven days, then take. (No. 4.)
For phlegm-fluid retention and cough, stir-fry with Zhimu (Anemarrhenae Rhizoma) and Beimu (Fritillariae Cirrhosae Bulbus) into powder, form pills with jujube paste and brown sugar the size of a bullet, and suck/swallow. Suitable for those with wiry and tight pulses. (No. 5.)
For phlegm-wheezing, take pills made with jujube paste. (No. 6.)
For cough with rebellious Qi preventing lying flat, or generalized edema, facial edema, or pedal edema: roast gently over low heat, grind, place in silk bag, soak in wine for three days. Take an amount equivalent to two jujubes per dose, until relief is achieved. (No. 7.)
For amenorrhea, make honeyed pills, wrap in cotton, and insert vaginally, changing frequently. Contraindicated in nulliparous women and when the husband is not at home. (No. 8.)
For headache due to wind, make into powder, and wash/rinse the head with hot water three to four times. (No. 9.)
For alopecia barbae/capitis (white tetter), make into powder and apply topically. (No. 10.)
Tingli Dazao Tang (Lepidium and Jujube Decoction): Tingli (Lepidii Semen).
Grind and form pills the size of bullets. Use twelve jujubes, three zhong of water, decoct to two zhong. Add one Tingli pill, cook to obtain one zhong. (All Formulas No. 1.)
Take in one dose.
Treats inability to lie flat.