主治泻热散结。下十二种水肿。消五内各种水。痰饮。心下满。症瘕。腹中雷鸣水气
肿。香港脚。奔豚疝气。卵肿瘿瘤瘰 痈肿。海藻丸。海藻（洗晒）川芎当归官桂白芷细辛藿
香
白蔹昆布（洗）明矾（ ）各一两。海蛤（ ）松罗茶各七钱五分研末。蜜丸弹子大。每
服一丸。
食后含化。治瘿瘤。又方。海藻海带各一两。斑蝥二十八枚。（去足翅）巴豆二十八个。（去
壳）先以斑蝥巴豆同装生绢袋内。用好醋一碗。以瓦铫盛四味同煎。将干去斑蝥巴豆不用。
只将海藻海带研末。以淡豆豉百粒用煎药。余醋略浸蒸饼为膏和丸梧子大。朱砂三钱。入麝
香少许。研匀为衣。令干。瓷瓶收贮。初服七丸。再十丸。三十五丸。不愈。再服二三次。
每次十五丸。皆以盐炒茴香细嚼空腹温酒下。忌鸭子酢酱动气等物。药贵新合。陈者须多服
。治偏坠小肠气。海藻玉壶汤。海藻陈皮贝母连翘昆布半夏青皮独活川芎当归甘草节各一钱
海带五分。水二钟煎至八分。量病上下食前后服。治石瘿等症。海藻连翘汤。海藻连翘陈
半夏白茯苓黄芩（酒拌炒）黄连（酒炒）天南星（姜制）牛蒡子（炒）柴胡三棱（酒炒）蓬
莪术（酒
昆布僵蚕（炒去丝）羌活防风桔梗夏枯草川芎升麻加生姜薄荷水煎食后服。治结核瘰 马刀。
瘿瘤痰核。
海藻散坚丸。海藻昆布各二两。小麦四两。（醋煮炒干）龙胆草二两。研末蜜丸梧子大。
每服二十丸。临卧熟汤下。治肝经瘿瘤。
按此药亦治梅毒宜与生草同用。
Indications: Clears heat and purges fire, dissipates nodules and resolves masses. Treats twelve types of edema. Eliminates various water-dampness accumulations within the five zang organs. Phlegm-fluid retention. Fullness below the heart. Zheng-jia (masses). Borborygmus with water qi in the abdomen. Swelling. Hongxiangjiao (podagra/foot swelling). Ben tun (fleeing pig) hernia. Testicular swelling, ying liu (goiter), luo li (scrofula), yong zhong (carbuncle).
Haizao Wan (Kelp Pill): Haizao (kelp, washed and dried), Chuanxiong, Danggui, Guanzi Gui, Baizhi, Xixin, Huoxiang, Bailian, Kunbu (washed), Mingfan each 1 liang; Haige, Songluo Cha each 7 qian 5 fen. Grind into powder, mix with honey to form pills the size of a bullet. Take one pill per dose. Allow to dissolve slowly in the mouth after meals. Treats ying liu (goiter).
Another prescription: Haizao, Haidai each 1 liang; Banmao 28 pieces (remove feet and wings); Badou 28 pieces (remove shells). First, place Banmao and Badou together in a raw silk bag. Add 1 bowl of good vinegar. Place these four ingredients in a clay pot and decoct together. When the liquid is nearly dry, remove Banmao and Badou and discard them. Only grind Haizao and Haidai into powder. Use Dan Dou Chi 100 grains, soak slightly in the remaining medicinal vinegar, steam rice cake to make a paste, and mix with the powder to form pills the size of a wutong seed. Zhusha 3 qian, add a small amount of Shexiang, grind evenly to coat the pills, and let dry. Store in a porcelain bottle. Initial dose: 7 pills. Second dose: 10 pills. Third dose: 15 pills. If not cured, take two or three more courses, 15 pills each time. Chew salt-fried Huixiang finely, and swallow with warm wine on an empty stomach. Avoid duck, vinegar sauce, and foods that cause qi stagnation. Medicines are best prepared fresh; aged medicines require increased dosage. Treats unilateral testicular descent and xiaochang qi (hernia).
Haizao Yuhu Tang (Kelp Jade Pot Decoction): Haizao, Chenpi, Beimu, Lianqiao, Kunbu, Banxia, Qingpi, Duhuo, Chuanxiong, Danggui, Gancao Jie each 1 qian; Haidai 5 fen. Add 2 zhong of water, decoct to 8 fen. Administer according to the location of the disease (upper or lower) and timing relative to meals. Treats shi ying (lithoid goiter) and other conditions.
Haizao Lianqiao Tang (Kelp and Forsythia Decoction): Haizao, Lianqiao, Chenpi, Banxia, Bai Fuling, Huangqin (stir-fried with wine), Huanglian (stir-fried with wine), Tiannanxing (processed with ginger), Niubangzi (stir-fried), Chaihu, Sanleng (stir-fried with wine), Peng'e zhu (stir-fried with wine), Kunbu, Jiangcan (stir-fried, remove silk), Qianghuo, Fangfeng, Jiegeng, Xiakucao, Chuanxiong, Shengma. Add Shengjiang, Bohe, decoct with water, take after meals. Treats tuberculous luo li, madao fistula, as well as ying liu and tan he (phlegm nodules).
Haizao Sanjian Wan (Kelp Hardening-Resolving Pill): Haizao, Kunbu each 2 liang; Xiaomai 4 liang (boiled in vinegar, then stir-fried until dry); Longdan Cao 2 liang. Grind into powder, mix with honey to form pills the size of a wutong seed. Take 20 pills per dose, swallow with boiled water before going to bed. Treats ying liu caused by liver meridian pathology.
Note: This herb also treats syphilis and should be used together with Sheng Caoglycyrrhiza uralensis root).