\r天天茄\pa120.bmp\r,味甘、苦,性大寒。治小儿风热,攻疮毒,洗疥癞痒痛,祛
皮肤风热,用枝叶。
──丛本卷下
天天茄,一名救儿草,一名后红子,味苦,性大寒。今滇中多有。
主治小儿风邪,热症惊风,化痰解疾,亦治痘风疮、遍身风痒。疔可攻能散。
采叶洗疮,其效如神。
──模板卷四
\r土瓜\pa121.bmp\r,味甜,性平,无毒。一苗便叶,似何首乌,根下结瓜。主
治补脾,解胃热,而宽中。利小便,止大肠下血。
(单方) 土瓜皮点水酒煎汤服,治膀胱偏坠气痛,或一子大硬。
补注 红土瓜入脾、胃二经,得土之气,故有补脾之说。血入胃脘,大肠下血治效。
──丛本卷中
\r白云瓜\pa122.bmp\r,味甘甜,无毒。生金沙江边有水处。梗甚硬。绿青淡黑叶。
开紫花。根下结瓜,生食令人不饥。
叶,治伤寒头疼,不问阴阳两感,或阴毒、或阳毒。或有汗、或无汗,或乱语失汗、肺
津火盛、鼻血不止,或产后伤寒,服之神效。
梗,烧灰治走马牙疳。
瓜,熬膏,治中风不语,或痰涌气结,左瘫右痪,半身不遂,酒毒流于四肢,不能行动。
每服一钱,开水下,神效。
花为末,治脑漏。
皮为末,调蜜搽鼻糟。
──务本卷一上
[Tiantian Qie]
Taste: sweet, bitter; Nature: extremely cold. Indicated for pediatric wind-heat syndrome, attacking carbuncle toxins, washing sores and scabies causing itching and pain, dispelling wind-heat from the skin. Use the branches and leaves.
── Congben, Volume Lower
Tiantian Qie, also known as Jiu'er Cao (Child-Saving Herb), also known as Houhongzi, taste: bitter; nature: extremely cold. It is commonly found in Yunnan today.
Main indications: pediatric wind-pathogen, heat-induced convulsions (Jingfeng), resolving phlegm and relieving spasms, also treating varicella wind-sores and generalized pruritus. Carbuncles can be attacked and dispersed.
Collecting leaves to wash sores yields miraculous effects.
── Moban, Volume Four
[Tugua]
Taste: sweet; nature: neutral; non-toxic. One vine produces leaves, resembling Polygonum multiflorum (Heshouwu), with a tuberous root forming a melon-like structure. Main indications: tonifying the Spleen, clearing Stomach heat, and relaxing the Middle Jiao. Promotes urination, stops lower intestinal bleeding.
(Single herb prescription) Decoct Tugua peel with water and rice wine for oral administration to treat bladder hernia with Qi pain, or unilateral testicular swelling and hardness.
Supplementary note: Hongtugua enters the Spleen and Stomach meridians. Receiving the Qi of Earth, it has the effect of tonifying the Spleen. It is effective for blood entering the stomach cavity and lower intestinal bleeding.
── Congben, Volume Middle
[Baiyun Gua]
Taste: sweet; non-toxic. Grows near water sources along the Jinsha River. The stem is very hard. Leaves are greenish-blue with pale black hues. Produces purple flowers. A melon forms under the root; raw consumption suppresses hunger.
Leaves: Treats headache due to Cold Damage (Shanghan), regardless of Yin-Yang dual infection, Yin toxicity, or Yang toxicity. Whether there is sweating or no sweating, delirium, fluid exhaustion, excessive Lung fire, or persistent epistaxis, or postpartum Cold Damage, administration yields miraculous results.
Stems: Burned to ash to treat Zouma Yagan (rapidly progressing necrotizing gingivostomatitis).
Melon: Boiled into an ointment/paste to treat aphasia due to Wind Stroke, or phlegm surging with Qi stagnation, left hemiplegia and right paralysis, hemiplegia, alcohol toxin flowing into the four limbs causing immobility. Dosage: one qian per serving, taken with boiled water, yielding miraculous results.
Flowers: Ground into powder to treat Naolou (chronic sinusitis with purulent discharge).
Peel: Ground into powder, mixed with honey, and applied topically to treat nasal erosion (Bicao).
── Wuben, Volume Upper One