\r九里光\pa112.bmp\r,味苦,性寒。洗疥癞癣疮,祛皮肤风热。
──丛本卷下
\r蛤蚂草\pa113.bmp\r,子名车前子。味苦、咸,性微寒。清胃热、利小便、消水肿、
通利五淋赤白便浊,退眼赤。
车前子,味咸,性寒。消上焦火热,胃热、明目、利小便、分利五淋,止水泻。
附(奇方)治小儿因伤食吐泻,不急调治,日久脾虚作胀,肚大筋青、肚腹臌胀、或
泻或发热,服此方效。
车前子(五钱) 淮山药(一两五钱饭上蒸用一两,生用五钱) 发热加银柴胡(三钱)
有虫加芜荑(三钱)无虫不加。共为末,每服二钱,空心滚水下。
──务本卷三
大枫草,一名虾蟆叶,俗呼为大蛤蟆叶。味甘、苦,无毒。此草生川野间,遍地皆生
。形似车前草,大叶细子,高尺余。主治一切虚烧发热,通淋利水。治赤眼如神。又治金疮
脓血,妇人难产。久服轻身延年。
治眼目云遮即退,又治女子白带。
又采子一、二升敷脐,可暖精生子。又治痢疾。根治大疮。叶治肺痨。汁治喉风、疟疾。
──务本卷一上
连枝大枫草,生滇中。形似车前草,俗呼大蛤蟆叶。主治癃止痛,利水道,快小便,除
湿痹,久服轻身耐老。男子伤中,女子淋沥,不饮食。养肺强阴,益精,令人有子。明目,
疮赤痛。
根、叶,气味甘,寒。治金疮止血、鼻血、血瘕、下血、止烦下气。除小虫阴 。叶,
治泄精病及尿血。补五脏、明目、利便、通五淋。
──模板卷四
Jiuli Guang (Murraya paniculata), bitter in taste, cold in nature. Used for washing sores caused by scabies, leprosy, and tinea, dispelling wind-heat from the skin.
──Cong Ben, Volume Lower
Hamaca Cao (Plantago asiatica), its seed is named Cheqianzi (Plantago Seed). Bitter and salty in taste, slightly cold in nature. Clears stomach heat, promotes urination, reduces edema, unblocks the five types of strangury (Shi, Qi, Xue, Gao, Lao Strangury) with red or white turbid urine, and subsides eye redness.
Cheqianzi (Plantago Seed), salty in taste, cold in nature. Clears heat-fire in the upper jiao and stomach, brightens the eyes, promotes urination, differentiates and unblocks the five types of strangury, and stops watery diarrhea.
Appendix (Rare Prescription): Treats vomiting and diarrhea in children due to food stagnation. If not treated promptly, it leads to spleen deficiency and abdominal distension over time, characterized by a large abdomen, visible blue veins, abdominal swelling, alternating diarrhea or fever. This prescription is effective.
Cheqianzi (5 qian), Huai Shanyao (Chinese Yam, 1.5 liang; use 1 liang steamed on rice, 5 qian raw). Add Yinchaihu (Sterculia lychnophora Root, 3 qian) if there is fever; add Wuyi (Terminalia chebula Fruit, 3 qian) if there are parasites; do not add if no parasites. Grind into powder. Take 2 qian per dose, with boiling water on an empty stomach.
──Wu Ben, Volume Three
Da Feng Cao (Aleurites fordii), also known as Xia Ma Ye, commonly called Da Hamama Ye. Sweet and bitter in taste, non-toxic. This herb grows in fields and wild areas, found everywhere. It resembles Plantago grass, with large leaves and small seeds, growing over one chi tall. It mainly treats all kinds of deficiency-fire fever, unblocks strangury, and promotes diuresis. It is miraculous in treating red eyes. It also treats traumatic wounds with pus and blood, and difficult labor in women. Long-term consumption lightens the body and prolongs life.
It clears visual obscurity like clouds, and also treats leukorrhea in women.
One can also collect one or two sheng of seeds, apply them to the navel, to warm the essence and aid conception. It also treats dysentery. The root treats severe sores. The leaves treat pulmonary tuberculosis (Fei Lao). The juice treats throat wind (Hou Feng, severe sore throat/swelling) and malaria.
──Wu Ben, Volume One Upper
Lianzhi Da Feng Cao grows in central Yunnan. It resembles Plantago grass, commonly called Da Hamama Ye. It treats urinary retention with pain, unblocks water passages, facilitates urination, removes damp-bi syndrome, and long-term consumption lightens the body and delays aging. It treats internal injury in men, dribbling urination in women, and loss of appetite. It nourishes the lungs, strengthens yin, benefits the essence, aids fertility, brightens the eyes, and treats sores with redness and pain.
The roots and leaves are sweet in taste and cold in nature. They stop bleeding from traumatic wounds, epistaxis, blood masses (Xue Jia), and hematochezia; they relieve irritability, direct rebellious qi downward, and eliminate intestinal parasites. The leaves treat spermatorrhea and hematuria. They tonify the five zang organs, brighten the eyes, facilitate bowel movements, and unblock the five types of strangury.
──Template, Volume Four