\r牛膝\pb27.bmp\r，一名铁牛膝，绿片有白丝者是。味酸、微辛，性微温。入肝经，
走经络，止筋骨疼痛，强筋舒筋，止腰膝酸麻，破瘀，坠胎，散结核，攻瘰 ，散痈疽、疥
癞、血风疮、牛皮癣、脓窠疮、鼻渊、脑漏等症。
牛膝（二钱） 杜仲（二钱盐水炒） 夏枯草（一钱） 香附（一钱童便炙） 固脂（一
钱盐水炒） 核桃（二个用肉捣烂）水煎，点黄酒服。
牛膝 当归 川芎 白芷 五味子 生地 皂角刺 以上每味（一钱五分），用土茯苓
（二两） 煎汤二碗，入药煎服，数服而愈。
\r苋菜\pb28.bmp\r，家园种，有赤、白二种。味咸，性微温。白者入气，赤者入血。
白动痰，赤破血。治大、小便不通，化虫，去寒热，能通血脉，逐瘀血，但不可多食，恐耗
散胃气，忌鳖同食。
苋菜，味甘，性冷。无毒。青色，分气，除热利窍。赤者治痢，产妇食之易产。紫苋解
毒。诸苋利大、小肠之热结。凡脾胃虚弱者忌食。
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\r野苋菜\pb30.bmp\r，味咸，性微温。白者祛肺中痰积，赤者破肠胃中血积，赤白同
用，打肚腹中毛发之积，消虫积，杀寸白虫，下气消胀。洗皮肤瘙痒、皮肤游走之风。
Achyranthes root (Niuxi), also known as Iron Achyranthes, is identified by its green leaves with white fibrous veins. It tastes sour and slightly pungent, and its nature is slightly warm. It enters the Liver Meridian, circulates through the meridians, stops pain in the sinews and bones, strengthens and relaxes the sinews, relieves soreness and numbness of the waist and knees, breaks up blood stasis, induces abortion, dissipates tubercles, and treats scrofula (Luo Li), carbuncles and sores (Yong Ju), scabies and leprosy-like skin diseases, blood wind sores, psoriasis, pustular eczema, sinusitis (Bi Yuan), chronic rhinitis with purulent discharge (Nao Lou), and other conditions.
Formula 1: Achyranthes root (2 qian), Eucommia bark (2 qian, stir-fried with salt water), Prunella spike (1 qian), Cyperi Rhizoma (1 qian, processed with child's urine), Psoralea fruit (Guzhi, 1 qian, stir-fried with salt water), Walnut kernel (2 pieces, pounded into a paste). Decoct in water, take with a splash of yellow wine.
Formula 2: Achyranthes root, Angelica sinensis, Ligusticum chuanxiong, Angelica dahurica, Schisandra chinensis, Rehmannia glutinosa (raw), Gleditsia sinensis thorn. Each of the above herbs is used at 1.5 qian. Combine with Smilax glabra rhizome (Tu Fuling, 2 liang), decoct to yield two bowls of liquid, add the aforementioned herbs, decoct again, and take orally. Recovery occurs after several doses.
Amaranth vegetable (Xiancai), cultivated in home gardens, comes in red and white varieties. It tastes salty and its nature is slightly warm. The white variety enters the Qi level, while the red variety enters the Blood level. White amaranth promotes the movement of phlegm, and red amaranth breaks up blood stasis. It treats constipation and urinary retention, eliminates parasites, resolves alternating chills and fever, unifies the blood vessels, and drives out blood stasis. However, it should not be consumed in excess, as it may deplete Stomach Qi. It is contraindicated to consume it together with turtle meat.
Amaranth vegetable, tastes sweet, nature is cold. Non-toxic. Green amaranth disperses Qi stagnation, clears heat, and opens orifices. Red amaranth treats dysentery; consumption by pregnant women facilitates childbirth. Purple amaranth detoxifies. All types of amaranth clear heat accumulation in the Large Intestine and Small Intestine. Those with weak Spleen and Stomach are advised to avoid eating it.
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Amaranth vegetable (referring to the previously mentioned cultivated amaranth), efficacy is the same as white amaranth.
Wild amaranth, tastes salty, nature is slightly warm. White wild amaranth dispels phlegm accumulation in the Lungs; red wild amaranth breaks up blood accumulation in the intestines and stomach. Used together, they eliminate hair accumulations in the abdomen, dissipate parasitic accumulation, kill tapeworms (Cun Bai Chong), direct Qi downward, and reduce distension. Washing with it treats pruritus and migratory wind rashes on the skin.