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*Bai Cao Jing* records: The leaves resemble those of *Sedum sarmentosum* (Mouse Tooth Half-Branch), growing in mountain streams. The leaves are opposite at the nodes, and yellow flowers resembling *Sedum aizoon* (Wall Stonecrop) bloom in summer.
It treats snake bites and carbuncles with swelling.

Wang Lianshi in *Cai Yao Shu* (Book of Herb Gathering) records: The flowers of Fox Tail Grass resemble a fox's tail, having nine nodes, and it grows beside water marshes; it is named Hu Mei Hua (Fox Charm Flower).
Its main indications include hematemesis and metallic wounds (apply root externally). Various swellings and toxins (cover with root). Washing sores (use leaves).

Also known as Bian Di Xiang (Spreading Fragrance Everywhere) and Fo Er Cao (Buddha Ear Grass). Folk names erroneously include Bai Er Cao, Ru Xiang Teng, Jiu Li Xiang, Ban Chi Lian, Qian Nian Leng, and Bian Di Jin Qian. Its leaves are opposite, round like coins. Bo Er Cao has round leaves, two petals opposite each other, resembling cymbals; it grows in suburban wetlands, sprouting in February and October, creeping over the ground, blooming with pale purple flowers. Every one or two inches, a node forms, rooting along the ground. The leaf margins have small notches, and the surface is wrinkled. Larger leaves possess stronger efficacy; dried leaves with a clear fragrance are authentic. Harvest in March, avoiding fire. *Ben Cao Gang Mu* mentions Ji Xue Cao (Snow Accumulation Grass), which is this plant. However, the main indications cited in various books differ slightly, so it is still added for supplementation. Regarding *Ben Cao Gang Mu*'s record that it has special effects in treating lower abdominal pain in women, the prescription is already recorded there, so no repetition here.
Taste is slightly sweet, nature is slightly cold. It dispels wind and treats damp-heat. *Bai Cao Jing* records: Traumatic injuries, malaria, postpartum convulsions, abdominal abscesses, perineal sores, hemorrhoids and fistulas, rubbing...
Ge Zu Fang records: Dispels wind and scatters toxins, decocting soup to wash various sores and scabies, with miraculous effect. *Cai Yao Zhi* (Record of Herb Gathering) records: Disperses head wind and pathogenic wind, treating rhinorrhea (brain leakage), leukorrhea, and hot strangury.
Note: Jiang Yi in *Yao Jing* (Mirror of Medicine) states: Fo Er Cao descends phlegm and calms wheezing, can remove lung distension, stops asthma and soothes coughing, greatly rescues from "Metal Cold." Using it fiercely entering the heat aspect, is it because its qi is pungent?
*Bai Hu Dan*: Zhu Shi Xiao Fang (Zhu Family Effective Prescription): Fresh wild mussels, which are *Plantago asiatica* (Plantain), are washed clean, mixed with Bian Di Xiang, pounded into a paste, blended with white wine juice, extracted, and applied to the affected area with a goose feather to eliminate immediately.
Scabies: *Jiu Sheng Ku Hai* (Sea of Bitterness Saving Lives): Bo Er Grass plus a little salt, rubbed until cooked, frequently applied until completely dissolved, then bathed. Three times will surely cure; if decocted for washing, it shows no effect.
Carbuncle moving yellow (systemic toxicity from carbuncle), toxin returns to the Heart. *Ci Hang Huo Ren Shu* (Compassionate Navigation Book for Saving People): Tong Qian Cao (Copper Coin Grass), which is Bian Di Xiang. Collect leaves, pound into paste, decoct with child's urine, drink after taking, then drink good...
Zhang Jiebin *Ben Cao Zheng*: Fo Er Cao tastes slightly sour, nature is warm. It greatly warms Lung qi, stops cold cough, scatters phlegm qi, disperses wind-cold alternating chills and fever, and also stops diarrhea. Spreading mugwort rolls into tubes, using smoke fumigation for chronic cough is especially wonderful.