\r小九牯牛\pb17.bmp\r，味辛、苦，性寒。走肝经，筋骨疼，通经络，破血，散瘰
结核，攻痈疽红肿。痈疽生于二肩，或在脊骨第七、八、九节上，或 在肩井穴上，加苦连
翘服之，有脓者出头，无脓者消散。
──丛本卷下
\r鹅肠菜\pb18.bmp\r，味甘、淡，性平。补中益气，消痰，止头疼，头目眩晕，利小
便，治肝积肥气，止玉茎疼痛，治劳淋，赤白便浊，妇人赤白带下。
鹅肠菜（不拘多少），猪肚（一个），煎食二次痊愈。
（又方） 鹅肠菜（不拘多少）煮鸡蛋食亦效。
──务本卷三
\r马齿苋\pb19.bmp\r，味酸、咸，性微温。入胃益气，清暑热，宽中下气，润肠，消
积滞，杀虫。疗痔疮红肿疼痛。能催生下胎。叶捣汁服，能解铅毒。
一治赤、白痢，用马齿苋捣汁和鸡白服。
一治多年恶疮，用马齿苋捣烂，敷两三遍即瘥。
一治秃疮湿癣，用马齿苋烧灰，煎膏涂之。
一治小儿丹毒，用马齿苋捣汁饮，渣涂之。
──务本卷三
\r斑庄根\pb20.bmp\r，味苦、微涩，性微寒。攻诸肿毒，止咽喉疼痛，利小便，走经
络。治筋骨疼，痰火痿软，手足麻木战摇，五淋白浊，痔漏疮痈，妇人赤白带下。
斑庄根（一两） 川牛膝（五钱） 川加皮（五钱） 防风（五钱） 桂枝（五钱） 木
瓜（三钱） 秦归（五钱） 川芎（三钱） 烧酒三斤 泡服。
Xiaojiuguniu (Lysimachia clethroides), acrid and bitter in flavor, cold in nature. It enters the Liver meridian, treats pain in the sinews and bones, unblocks the collaterals, breaks blood stasis, dissipates scrofula (tuberculous lymphadenitis of the neck), and attacks carbuncles and sores with redness and swelling. If a carbuncle or sore occurs on either shoulder, or on the seventh, eighth, or ninth vertebrae of the spine, or at the Jianjing (GB21) acupoint, it should be taken with Ku Lianqiao (Forsythiae Fructus). If pus is present, it promotes discharge; if no pus is present, it resolves the swelling.
── Congben, Volume Lower
Echangcai (Portulaca oleracea), sweet and bland in flavor, neutral in nature. It tonifies the Middle Jiao and boosts Qi, eliminates phlegm, stops headache, relieves dizziness of the head and eyes, promotes urination, treats Hepatic accumulation Feiqi (hepatomegaly), stops pain of the Yujing (penis), treats Lao Lin (chronic urinary tract infection), turbid urine with blood or white sediment, and leukorrhea with red and white discharge in women.
Take Echangcai (any amount) and one pig stomach, decoct and eat; two doses result in recovery.
(Another prescription) Boil Echangcai (any amount) with eggs and eat; this is also effective.
── Wuben, Volume Three
Machixian (Portulaca oleracea), sour and salty in flavor, slightly warm in nature. It enters the Stomach meridian to boost Qi, clears summer-heat, regulates the Middle Jiao and directs Qi downward, moistens the intestines, eliminates food stagnation, and kills parasites. It treats hemorrhoids with redness, swelling, and pain. It can induce labor and expel a dead fetus. Juice extracted from the leaves, taken orally, can detoxify lead poisoning.
One prescription for treating dysentery (red and white types): Mash Machixian, extract the juice, and mix it with egg white for oral administration.
One prescription for treating chronic malignant ulcers: Mash Machixian, apply topically for two or three applications until healed.
One prescription for treating alopecia areata and wet tinea: Burn Machixian to ash, prepare an ointment, and apply topically.
One prescription for treating erysipelas in children: Extract juice from Machixian for oral consumption, and apply the residue topically.
── Wuben, Volume Three
Banzhuanggen (Radix Akebiae or similar root, specific botanical identity varies by region), bitter and slightly astringent in flavor, slightly cold in nature. It attacks various swellings and toxins, stops throat pain, promotes urination, and circulates through the meridians. It treats pain in the sinews and bones, flaccidity and weakness caused by phlegm-fire, numbness and tremors of the hands and feet, Wu Lin (five types of strangury) and white turbidity, fistulas, hemorrhoids, carbuncles, and leukorrhea with red and white discharge in women.
Prescription: Banzhuanggen (1 liang), Chuan Niuxi (Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix, 5 qian), Chuan Jiapi (Cortex Acanthopanacis Senticosi, 5 qian), Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix, 5 qian), Guizhi (Cinnamomi Ramulus, 5 qian), Mugua (Chaenomelis Fructus, 3 qian), Qin Gui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix, 5 qian), Chuanxiong (Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizoma, 3 qian). Soak these herbs in 3 jin of distilled liquor and take the infusion.