辛，苦，微寒，无毒。入手足厥阴经。消水行血，祛瘀生新。退疔肿而平乳痈，调经脉
而通
二便。血风血晕血痛血淋之苦，崩中带下胎疼难产之 。
生海滨池泽，今处处有之。五月采。春生苗如嫩蒿，夏长三四尺。茎方如麻，其叶如艾
而背
青，一茎三叶，叶有尖歧，寸许一节，节生穗丛簇抱茎。四五月开小花，红紫色，亦有微白
色者。每萼内有细子四粒，如同蒿子。红花者入血分，白花者入气分。
炒用。
甘，辛，无毒。明目益精，调经活血。一切胎产诸症。余治略同益母草。
辛，苦，微寒，无毒。散瘿破症，平瘰治 。止目睛之夜疼，解香港脚之肿满。
生蜀郡川谷，五月便枯，四月采之，今处处原野有之。高一二尺，其茎微方，叶对节生，
似
旋覆叶而长大，有细齿。茎端作穗，长一二寸，一穗有子四粒。
目睛疼冷泪，同香附末服。（验方第一。）
赤白带，为末饮下。（第二。）
血崩不止。同上。（第三。）
扑伤金疮，嚼封之。（第四。）
汗瘢白癜，日日煎洗。（第五。）
瘰 马刀，已溃未溃或成漏，水煎服。（第六。）
夜间珠疼连梭骨，同香附、甘草，汤、散均可。（第七。）
茎、叶、花、子同。宋祖刘裕小字寄奴。
苦，温，无毒。破血通经，除症消胀。金疮止血极效，产后余疾亦疗。忌多服。
生江南，今河中、孟州、汉中、滁州皆有之。一茎直上，叶似苍术。九月茎端分开数枝，
一
黄蕊，如小菊花，花罢有白絮，结子细长。
大小便血，为末茶下。（验方第一。）
折伤血瘀在腹，同骨碎补、元胡酒煎服。（第二。）
风入疮口肿疼，为末掺之。（第三。）
Taste: acrid, bitter; Nature: slightly cold; Toxicity: non-toxic. Enters the Hand-Jueyin and Foot-Jueyin meridians. Eliminates water retention, promotes blood circulation, removes blood stasis, and generates new blood. Reduces carbuncles and swelling, calms breast abscesses, regulates menstrual channels, and unblocks urination and defecation. Relieves suffering from blood wind, blood vertigo, blood pain, and bloody strangury; treats metrorrhagia, leukorrhea, fetal restlessness, and difficult labor.
Grows by seaside ponds and marshes; now found everywhere. Harvested in May. In spring, seedlings emerge like tender mugwort; in summer, they grow three to four chi high. The stem is square like hemp, leaves resemble Artemisia argyi (Mugwort) but are green on the back, with three leaves per node, pointed tips, about one cun per segment, bearing clustered spike-like inflorescences embracing the stem. Flowers bloom red-purple or pale white in April-May. Each calyx contains four small seeds resembling wormwood seeds. Red flowers enter the Blood level; white flowers enter the Qi level.
Used after stir-frying.
Taste: sweet, acrid; Toxicity: non-toxic. Brightens eyes, benefits essence, regulates menstruation, and invigorates blood. Treats all pregnancy and postpartum disorders. Other effects are similar to Motherwort Herb (Yimucao).
Taste: acrid, bitter; Nature: slightly cold; Toxicity: non-toxic. Dissolves goiters, breaks masses, calms scrofula, and treats tinea pedis (Hong Kong foot). Stops night-time eye pain, resolves swelling of tinea pedis.
Grows in valleys of Shu commandery; withers in May, harvested in April; now found in fields and wilds everywhere. One to two chi high, stem slightly square, leaves opposite, resembling Inulae Flos (Xuanfu) but larger and longer, with fine serrations. Apical spikes, one to two cun long, each spike containing four seeds.
Eye pain with cold tearing, taken with Cyperi Rhizoma powder. (Verified Formula 1.)
Red and white leukorrhea, taken as powder. (2.)
Incessant metrorrhagia. Same as above. (3.)
Traumatic injuries and metal wounds, chewed and applied externally. (4.)
Hidrosis alba and vitiligo, washed daily with decoction. (5.)
Scrofula and scirrus, whether ulcerated or not, or forming fistulas, taken as water decoction. (6.)
Nighttime eye pain radiating to orbital bones, combined with Cyperi Rhizoma and Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, either decoction or powder. (7.)
Stem, leaves, flowers, and seeds used together. Liu Yu, ancestor of Song Dynasty, had the childhood name Jinu.
Taste: bitter; Nature: warm; Toxicity: non-toxic. Breaks blood stasis, unblocks meridians, eliminates masses, and reduces distension. Extremely effective for stopping bleeding from metal wounds; also treats postpartum residual diseases. Avoid excessive dosage.
Grows in Jiangnan; now found in Hezhong, Mengzhou, Hanzhong, Chuzhou. Single upright stem, leaves resemble Atractylodis Rhizoma (Cangzhu). In September, stem branches into several tips, with yellow stamens resembling small chrysanthemums; after flowering, white fluff appears, bearing slender seeds.
Hematuria and hematochezia, taken as powder with tea. (Verified Formula 1.)
Fractures with abdominal blood stasis, combined with Drynariae Rhizoma (Gusuibu) and Corydalis Rhizoma (Yanhusu), decocted with wine. (2.)
Wind entering wound causing swelling and pain, applied as powder. (3.)