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Da Bu Si Cao (Plantain Lily), grows in mountain streams. It has fine leaves and soft branches, with a thick and white root bearing fibrils. Its taste is sweet, and its nature is slightly cold. It is non-toxic. It mainly treats broken bones and severed tendons, stagnant blood that does not dissipate, and traumatic injuries; wine is used as a vehicle (Yin Jing Yao).
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Di Zhu (Bamboo Grass), also known as Tu Yu Zhu or Di Yu Zhu. It grows in the suburbs. It produces no flowers but generates small, soft branches close to the ground, about one or two cun high. The leaves resemble those of cultivated bamboo, yet are neither Dan Zhu nor Di Zhu. Its taste is bitter. It is non-toxic. When harvested and powdered, it treats blurred vision in men, women, the elderly, and children; or nebulae obscuring the pupils; or eye damage caused by gan disease. Ingestion yields miraculous effects. Combined with the tips of Ku Hao (Artemisia annua), Ma Bian Shao (Verbena officinalis), and Gou Qi (Lycium barbarum), pounded into a paste, when applied to sudden acute red eyes (Bao Chi Huo Yan), stuffing the left nostril for the left eye, or the right nostril for the right eye, proves effective.
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Di Zhu, has a bitter taste. It is non-toxic. It mainly treats bone-steaming consumption fever and deficiency heat. Ingestion can clear heat from the five meridians and promote urination.
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Di Ying Zi, this herb resembles a tassel cluster, growing flat against the ground, divided into red and green varieties. Its taste is bitter, and its nature is cold. The red fibers treat Yang collapse, with effects like magic. The green fibers treat Yin collapse, with effects like magic.
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Di Ying Zi, also named Tu Xi Xin. It resembles Taraxacum mongolicum, with roots thin as silk, appearing moon-white and bluish-green. Its taste is pungent, and its nature is warm. It is non-toxic. It mainly treats coughing with rebellious qi, headache, various spasms and contractures, and wind-damp bi pain. Long-term ingestion brightens the eyes, lightens the body, prolongs life, and unblocks the nine orifices. It specifically treats eye diseases, whether internal or external obstructions, white nebulae obscuring the pupils; combined with Qing Yang Gan (Blue Sheep Liver) powdered and ingested, it leads to recovery.
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Xue Shen (Blood Ginseng), this ginseng grows seventy-two leaves according to the seventy-two pentads, with each leaf opening a small yellow flower beneath it. After ten years, the root becomes thick and human-shaped. Xue Shen produced in Dian (Yunnan) has a drying nature, while that produced in Liaodong has a cold nature. The roots are harvested and steamed thoroughly with glutinous rice until they turn reddish-brown. It mainly treats alternating cold and heat in the bones, fright-epilepsy and pathogenic qi, reconnects yang qi, stabilizes the five zang organs, and rescues from gu poison; clears latent heat and seasonal epidemic qi from the stomach, warm-heat dysentery, removes intestinal parasites, benefits liver and gallbladder qi, and stops fright and tremors. Long-term ingestion enhances memory, lightens the body, and delays aging. It treats ke wu (alien invasion) and gan qi causing heat mania, brightens the eyes, stops dryness and irritability; treats sores and scabies, removes yellow discharge and red swollen eyeballs, eliminates raised fleshy growths, and relieves unbearable pain. It clears pathogenic heat from the liver meridian, resolves swelling from damp-heat in the lower jiao, and drains bladder fire. It treats sore throat and wind-heat night sweats.
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