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*Yifang Jiting* records: This is a sacred medicine for treating blood disorders, also known as Niunici (Ox Mud Thorn), Sanzhucao (Three-Berry Grass), and Tianzisu (Heavenly Perilla). In the third lunar month, seedlings emerge resembling hemp; the leaves have fine hairs. Chewing the leaves yields a taste similar to *Kuoluo* (a bitter vegetable), becoming slightly pungent after prolonged chewing. The large leaf has two smaller lateral leaves resembling apricot leaves. By the eighth and ninth lunar months, each leaf bears three seeds, resembling millet grains, with one seed resembling a mustard seed. When tender, they are green; when mature, black. The seeds are used medicinally to treat coughs damaging the lungs. It produces small purple-red flowers from the fifth to the tenth lunar months and is found everywhere.

For blood disorders: *Jiyan Fang* (Collected Effective Prescriptions) prescribes using the leaves together with *Huzhang* (Polygonum cuspidatum Rhizome et Radix) and *Longyacao* (Agrimonia pilosa Herb). For metrorrhagia (uterine bleeding): *Jiyan Fang* prescribes crushing the Huangma Ye (Hemp Leaf) with roots, decocting in wine, exposing it overnight, and taking it early the next morning.

It treats qi disorders causing heart pain and abdominal pain, as well as dysentery and pi-jie (abdominal masses/obstruction).

Seeds: Treat coughs damaging the lungs.

Wang Lianshi states: Dama Zi (Cannabis Seed) is the same as Huangma Zi. It is hot in nature and promotes blood circulation; physicians combine it with Fengqie (Datura Metel Flower) to create anesthetic agents.

In the Dingwei year, I served as a tutor in Fenghua. Locals drank this plant as tea during the summer months, claiming it aids digestion and strengthens the spleen. Its nature is cold, and its heat-clearing effect is miraculous. In May, villagers typically cut, dry, and bundle it, carrying it to cities for sale. I purchased a bundle for 100 cash. It resembled dried mint but was twice as large, with white beads forming spikes on the stems. Locals stated that the seeds descend qi and aid digestion more effectively than the leaves/stems. Upon experiencing occasional chest fullness and discomfort, I took one branch, brewed it as tea, and by the next day, my appetite was exceptionally strong. Thus, their claims are not false. *Sancai Zao Yi* records: Also known as Liuyueleng (June Cold), which is Qujie Cao (Polygonum aviculare Herb). Its nature is cold, hence the name. The flowers resemble mint, and the leaves resemble Liu Jinu (Artemisia anomala Sledge), so it is named She Lan (Snake Blue).

For clearing summer-heat: It eliminates stagnation; it is excellent for children to drink as tea during summer.

Its flavor is bitter and cold; it also thickens the stomach and intestines, stops dysentery, opens the diaphragm, and improves appetite. For any case of Shanghan (Cold Damage) or Shi Yi (epidemic febrile diseases), decocting and ingesting one stem with seeds can revive the dying.

Note: In *Bencao Gangmu*, Qujie Cao is also known as Liuyueshuang (June Frost). Benhu (Li Shizhen) cited *Tujing Bencao*: Sweet, neutral, non-toxic; treats Fabei (back carbuncle), dissipates abscesses, extracts toxins. Mixed with Gancao (Licorice Root) into powder and taken with rice juice. However, other special efficacies were not mentioned; these are now supplemented.