\r 蓄\pa28.bmp\r,味苦,性寒。利小便,治五淋白浊,热淋瘀精,涩闭关窍,并治
妇人郁气,胃中湿热成白带之症。 蓄大蓟水煨,点水酒服。
(又方)治男、妇、童痨,虚热,子午发热,日久发热不退,或产后发热不退。
蓄(五钱)煎点水酒童便服。
──务本卷二
\r何首乌\pa29.bmp\r。味微甘,性微温。古本草注云∶久服延年耐寒,且味涩、苦。
入肾为君,涩精,坚肾气。止赤、白便浊,缩小便。入血分,消痰毒。治赤白癜风,疮疥顽
癣,皮肤瘙痒。截疟,治痰疟。
(附方)治赤白癜风。
何首乌 苦参等份,酒洗,共为细末。用皂角水泡,竹刀披开,取浓汁为丸。
(又方)治痰疟。
何首乌 黑豆 煎露一宿,次早煨热服效。
(又方)治寒热往来虚疟。
法半夏(一钱) 白茯苓(三钱) 何首乌(一钱炙)生姜(一片) 水煎露一宿,次
早煨热服。此方治疟,以七天后可用。中气虚者良效。若初病风邪未消,痰火不清,饮食不
消,忌用。
──务本卷三
\r草血竭\pa30.bmp\r,一名回头草。味苦、辛、微涩、性微温。主治宽中下气,消宿
食,消痞块,年久坚积板硬,胃气疼,面寒疼,妇人症瘕,消浮肿,破瘀血,止咳嗽。
(附方)治男女痞块疼痛、症瘕积聚。
草血竭焙为末,每服(一钱),沙糖热酒服。气盛者,加槟榔 台乌。
(又方)治寒湿气浮肿。
草血竭(三钱) 茴香根(三钱) 草果子(二钱) 共为末,同鳅鱼煮吃之,三、四
次效。
──务本卷三
土血竭 味辛。治一切瘀血作疼,跌打损伤,神效。
──务本卷一下
Polygonum aviculare (Bushi), bitter in taste, cold in nature. It promotes urination, treats the five types of strangury (five categories of painful urinary disorders) and leukorrhea, hot strangury with stagnant essence, and astringent closure of orifices. It also treats qi stagnation in women and leukorrhea caused by damp-heat in the stomach. Baked Polygonum capitatum (Daji) in water, taken with watered wine.
(Another prescription) Treats consumption in men, women, and children, deficiency heat, fever at Zi and Wu hours (11 PM–1 AM and 11 AM–1 PM), prolonged fever that does not subside, or postpartum fever that does not subside. Decoct Polygonum aviculare (5 qian), take with watered wine and child's urine.
──Wuben Volume 2
Polygonum multiflorum (Heshouwu), slightly sweet in taste, slightly warm in nature. Ancient materia medica notes state: Long-term use prolongs life and enhances cold resistance; its taste is astringent and bitter. Enters the Kidney meridian as the sovereign herb, astringes essence, and strengthens Kidney Qi. Stops red and white turbid discharge, reduces urination frequency. Enters the Blood level, resolves phlegm toxins. Treats vitiligo, sores, tinea, and pruritus. Halts malaria, treats phlegm-type malaria.
(Attached prescription) Treats vitiligo.
Polygonum multiflorum and Sophora flavescens (Kushen) in equal parts, washed in wine, ground into fine powder. Soak in soap pod water, slice with a bamboo knife, extract thick juice to form pills.
(Another prescription) Treats phlegm-type malaria.
Polygonum multiflorum and black soybeans, decocted and exposed overnight, taken warm the next morning for efficacy.
(Another prescription) Treats deficiency malaria with alternating chills and fever.
Pinellia ternata (Fabanxia, processed), Poria cocos (Baifuling, 3 qian), Polygonum multiflorum (1 qian, stir-baked), Zingiber officinale (Shengjiang, one slice). Decoct in water, expose overnight, take warm the next morning. This prescription for malaria can be used after seven days of onset. It is effective for those with deficient Middle Jiao Qi. Contraindicated if wind-pathogen has not dissipated, phlegm-fire is unclear, or food stagnation persists.
──Wuben Volume 3
Euphorbia fischeriana (Caoxuejie), also known as Huitucao. Bitter, pungent, slightly astringent in taste, slightly warm in nature. Mainly treats widening the middle and descending Qi, digesting retained food, resolving masses, long-standing hard accumulations, stomach Qi pain, facial cold pain, uterine masses in women, reducing edema, breaking blood stasis, and stopping cough.
(Attached prescription) Treats abdominal masses and pain, uterine masses and accumulations in men and women.
Dry and powder Euphorbia fischeriana, take 1 qian per dose, swallow with rock sugar and hot wine. For those with excess Qi, add Areca seed (Binglang) and Black Cardamom (Taiwu).
(Another prescription) Treats edema caused by cold-dampness.
Euphorbia fischeriana (3 qian), Fennel root (Sanqian), Tsaoko cardamom (Erqian), grind into powder, boil with loach and eat. Effective after three to four doses.
──Wuben Volume 3
Rhizoma Polygoni Multiflori Preparatum (Tuxuejie), pungent in taste. Treats all types of pain due to blood stasis and traumatic injuries, with miraculous efficacy.
──Wuben Volume 1