\r狮子草\pc79.bmp\r,其根有九头,故名九头狮子草。味苦、辛,性温,有毒,阴中
之阳药也。主治风热积毒,脏腑不和。通十二经络,散疮痈,退黄胆。积热注于血分,肌肉
成疥癞疮疾,或多食牛马,积热成疮,或杨梅结毒,一切风热等症,服之神效。
──模板卷九
\r丹参\pc80.bmp\r,味微苦,性微寒。色赤象火。入心经。补心,生血,养心,定志,
安神宁心,健忘怔忡,惊悸不寐,生新血,去瘀血,安生胎,落死胎。一味可抵四物汤补血
之功。
──丛本卷上
\r谷精草\pc81.bmp\r,味微苦、甜,性温,无毒。入肝脾二经,为清热明目之品。治
喉痹、牙痛、退翳膜、散火热,疗疮疡。
──于本卷下
\r芭蕉花\pc82.bmp\r,味酸、咸,性温。主治寒痰停胃,呕吐恶心,吞酸吐酸,反胃
吐呃,饮食饱胀,呕吐酸痰,胸膈胀满饱闷,胃口肚腹疼痛,暖胃散痰。咸能软坚。
(附方)治反胃,吐呃饮食酸痰,胃口肚腹疼痛,胸膈饱胀。
芭蕉花(二钱) 水煎,点水酒服,忌鱼、羊、生、冷、蛋、蒜。
──务本卷三
\r虎须草\pc83.bmp\r,味辛、微苦,性温。入肺脾二经。主治虚劳发热。服之,悦人
颜色,身体健胖。服用羊蹄筋,同煨食,但肺有痰火者食之,令人作喘,肺虚寒者良,肺热
者忌。
──务本卷三
虎须草,形似剑尖,绿叶。气味辛、苦,入手太阴、足阳明。主治诸虚百损,妇人劳。
久服延年,五经虚热最良。
──模板卷三
Lion Grass, its root has nine heads, hence the name Nine-Head Lion Grass. It tastes bitter and pungent, is warm in nature, and is toxic. It is a Yang medicine within Yin. It mainly treats accumulated toxins of wind-heat and disharmony of the Zang-Fu organs. It unblocks the twelve meridians, dissipates sores and carbuncles, and resolves jaundice. When accumulated heat enters the blood level, causing skin diseases like scabies and leprosy on the muscles, or when excessive consumption of beef or horse meat leads to heat accumulation and sores, or for syphilitic chancres (Yangmei Jiedu) and all other wind-heat syndromes, it produces miraculous effects.
──Template Volume 9
Salvia Miltiorrhiza (Danshen), it tastes slightly bitter and is slightly cold in nature. Its red color corresponds to Fire. It enters the Heart Meridian. It tonifies the Heart, generates blood, nourishes the Heart, stabilizes the Shen (Spirit), calms the mind, treats forgetfulness and palpitations (Zhengchong), frightful palpitations and insomnia, generates fresh blood, removes blood stasis, secures a living fetus, and expels a dead fetus. A single herb of Danshen can equal the blood-nourishing efficacy of Siwu Tang (Four Substance Decoction).
──Congben Volume Upper
Valerian Flower (Gujingcao), it tastes slightly bitter and sweet, is warm in nature, and is non-toxic. It enters the Liver and Spleen meridians. It is an agent for clearing heat and improving vision. It treats throat obstruction (Houbi) and toothache, removes corneal opacity (Yi Mo), dissipates fire-heat, and treats sores and ulcers.
──Yuben Volume Lower
Banana Flower (Bajiaohua), it tastes sour and salty, and is warm in nature. It mainly treats cold-phlegm stagnation in the Stomach, vomiting and nausea, acid regurgitation, reverse flow with belching/vomiting, abdominal fullness after eating, vomiting of acidic phlegm, chest and diaphragmatic distension and stuffiness, pain in the epigastrium and abdomen, warms the Stomach and dissipates phlegm. Saltiness can soften hardness.
(Attached Formula) For treating reverse flow, vomiting of food and acidic phlegm, pain in the epigastrium and abdomen, and chest/diaphragmatic fullness.
Banana Flower (2 qian) Decoct in water, take with rice wine mixed with water. Avoid fish, mutton, raw foods, cold foods, eggs, and garlic.
──Wuben Volume 3
Tiger Whisker Grass (Huxucao), it tastes pungent and slightly bitter, and is warm in nature. It enters the Lung and Spleen meridians. It mainly treats deficiency-type fever. After taking it, one's complexion becomes radiant, and the body becomes robust and plump. When taken, it should be simmered and eaten together with sheep tendon. However, those with phlegm-fire in the lungs should avoid it as it causes wheezing; it is beneficial for those with Lung deficiency-cold, but contraindicated for those with Lung heat.
──Wuben Volume 3
Tiger Whisker Grass resembles the tip of a sword, with green leaves. Its aroma and taste are pungent and bitter. It enters the Hand-Taiyin Lung Meridian and Foot-Yangming Stomach Meridian. It mainly treats various deficiencies and hundred damages, and women's consumptive diseases. Long-term use prolongs life and is most effective for deficiency-heat in the five meridians.
──Template Volume 3