\r青菜\pb11.bmp\r，一名苦菜。味苦，性大寒。解五经之邪热。凉血热、寒脾胃，发
肚腹中诸积，利小便，不可多用。
紫苦菜捣汁，水煎，点水酒服。
──务本卷三
\r芥菜\pb12.bmp\r，味辛，性温。利九窍而开胃化痰。
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\r黄芽白菜\pb13.bmp\r，味甘、微酸，性微寒。走经络，动痰火，利小便。
──务本卷三
\r荠菜\pb14.bmp\r，味微辛、苦，性平。清肺热，消痰，止咳嗽，除小肠经邪热，利
小便。
（单方） 治肺热咳嗽，用鸡蛋煮吃。
──丛本卷下
\r萝卜\pb15.bmp\r，即莱菔，生味辛，熟味甘，性温。入脾肺二经。宽中下气，消宿
食。解香油毒，治麦面积。熟吃之，醒脾气，化痰涎，解酒消食，利五脏而补中。生吃破血、
宽肠、动痰、逆气上升、咳嗽忌用。
莱菔子，即萝卜子，味辛，性温。入脾肺二经，下气宽中，消膨胀，消痰涎，消宿食，
消面
（附莱菔丹） 专治男妇单腹胀，形如锣锅，肿硬胀满，小儿肚大筋青，神效。
莱菔子（五钱） 白豆蔻仁（去壳五钱） 牙皂（二钱五分） 吴神曲（五钱） 巴豆
壳（五钱） 过山龙（五钱酒炒） 草血竭（一两五钱） 川郁金（五钱） 槟榔（五钱） 木
香（二钱） 沉香（三钱） 面目浮肿，足肿加土狗（一两去足翅） 共为细末，水叠为
丸或为末亦可，滚水服（二钱）服至二十一日后痊愈。此丹专治诸气不调，郁结不升，上焦
闭塞，脾胃不和，饮食停滞不化，气逆不舒，胸膈胀满，呕吐恶心，心腹膨胀，吞酸吐酸，
饱闷打呃，心脾气疼，酒积食积，每服（二钱） 滚水送下。
此方又治九种胃气疼痛，此病因内伤七情，外感六郁，客寒犯胃，内外相博，气道闭塞，
郁于中焦，遂成胃气疼痛之症。每服（二钱）荔枝核（三个火上烧为末） 同茴香子（一钱）
煨汤送下，奶母、孕妇勿服。忌鱼、牛、羊、蛋、蒜、生冷、面食。
白萝卜秆叶，（红白二种，经霜阴干）。味甘，性温。入脾胃二经。治脾胃不和，宿食不
消，胸膈膨胀，醒脾气，开胃宽中，噎膈打呃，硬食膨胀，呕吐酸水，赤白痢疾，妇人乳结，
乳肿，经闭。
昔一刘姓老人，年六十余岁，因吃饭着气，得噎食病，胸膈膨胀，肚腹嘈饿，吃饭胀疼，
呕
白萝卜秆（五钱锅内微炒） 吴神曲（三钱） 白蔻仁（三钱去净壳） 共为细末，每
服（三钱） 淡姜汤送下。此方并治红白痢疾，加枳壳炒山楂 各等份煎服。
──务本卷三
红萝卜秆叶，味甘平，性温。入阳明胃经。行血破血。乳汁不通，奶硬红肿疼痛，妇人
经闭，血痢，里急后重。
红萝卜秆（三钱） 神曲（二钱） 山楂（三钱） 沙糖（二钱）水煎服。
（又单方） 治妇人奶结，红肿疼痛，乳汁不通，或被压着，或小儿咬着吹着。
红萝卜秆叶不拘多少，捣汁一杯，新鲜更好，煨热点水酒，或烧酒服亦可。
──务本卷三
[Qingcai (Green Vegetable)], also known as Kucai (Bitter Vegetable). Bitter in taste, extremely cold in nature. Resolves pathogenic heat from the five meridians. Cools blood heat and chills the spleen and stomach; eliminates various accumulations in the abdomen and belly; promotes urination; should not be used in large doses.
Juice extracted from Zikucai (Purple Bitter Vegetable), decocted with water, taken with a small amount of Shuijiu (water wine).
──Wuben Juan San (Volume 3 of Wuben)
[Jiecai (Mustard Green)]. Pungent in taste, warm in nature. Opens the nine orifices, stimulates appetite, and resolves phlegm.
──Moban Juan Ba (Volume 8 of Moban)
[Huangya Baicai (Yellow-Heart Chinese Cabbage)]. Sweet and slightly sour in taste, slightly cold in nature. Moves through the meridians, stirs up phlegm-fire, and promotes urination.
──Wuben Juan San (Volume 3 of Wuben)
[Jicai (Shepherd's Purse)]. Slightly pungent and bitter in taste, neutral in nature. Clears lung heat, resolves phlegm, stops cough, removes pathogenic heat from the Small Intestine meridian, and promotes urination.
(Single prescription) For treating Lung heat cough, boil eggs and eat them.
──Congben Juan Xia (Lower Volume of Congben)
[Luobo (Radish)], also known as Lafu. Raw: pungent in taste; Cooked: sweet in taste; Warm in nature. Enters the Spleen and Lung meridians. Widens the middle jiao and directs qi downward, digests retained food. Resolves toxicity of sesame oil, treats wheat flour accumulation. When cooked, it awakens the Spleen qi, resolves phlegm-saliva, resolves alcohol intoxication, aids digestion, benefits the five zang organs, and tonifies the middle jiao. When raw, it breaks blood, widens the intestines, stirs up phlegm; contraindicated if it causes rising rebellious qi or cough.
Laifuzi (Radish Seed), i.e., Radish seed, pungent in taste, warm in nature. Enters the Spleen and Lung meridians; directs qi downward, widens the middle jiao, reduces distension, resolves phlegm-saliva, digests retained food, and digests wheat flour accumulation.
(Attached Laifu Dan) Specifically treats unilateral abdominal distension in men and women, where the shape resembles a gong pot, swollen, hard, and full. Also effective for children with large bellies and visible blue veins.
Laifuzi (5 qian), Baudoukou Ren (Cardamom Seed, peeled, 5 qian), Yazao (Galla Chinensis, 2.5 qian), Wushenqu (Medicated Leaven, 5 qian), Badou Ke (Castor Bean Husk, 5 qian), Guoshanlong (Euphorbia humifusa, 5 qian, stir-fried with wine), Caoxuejie (Dichroa Root, 1.5 liang), Chuanyujin (Curcuma Aromatica Rhizome, 5 qian), Binglang (Areca Seed, 5 qian), Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix, 2 qian), Chenxiang (Aquilaria Lignum, 3 qian). For facial and eye edema, add Tougou (Gecko, 1 liang, remove feet and wings). Grind all into fine powder. Form pills with water or use as powder. Take 2 qian with boiling water. Recovery after 21 days of administration. This pill specifically treats dysfunction of various qi types, stagnation and failure to ascend, upper jiao blockage, disharmony of spleen and stomach, retention of food without digestion, rebellious qi causing discomfort, chest and diaphragm distension, vomiting and nausea, heart and abdominal swelling, acid regurgitation, postprandial fullness and belching, heart and spleen qi pain, alcohol accumulation, and food accumulation. Take 2 qian each time, washed down with boiling water.
This formula also treats nine types of Stomach qi pain. The etiology involves internal injury from seven emotions, external contraction of six depressions, invading cold affecting the stomach, internal and external conflict, blockage of the qi pathway, stagnation in the middle jiao, resulting in Stomach qi pain syndrome. Take 2 qian each time, mixed with Lizhihe (Lychee Seed, 3 seeds, roasted over fire into powder) and Huixiangzi (Fennel Fruit, 1 qian), washed down with decoction prepared by simmering. Contraindicated for nursing mothers and pregnant women. Avoid fish, beef, mutton, eggs, garlic, raw/cold foods, and wheat products.
Baiboluo Gan Ye (White Radish Stem and Leaves), (both red and white varieties, dried in shade after frost). Sweet in taste, warm in nature. Enters the Spleen and Stomach meridians. Treats disharmony of spleen and stomach, indigestion of retained food, chest and diaphragm distension, awakens Spleen qi, opens the stomach and widens the middle jiao, treats dysphagia and belching, hardness and distension from solid food, vomiting of sour fluid, bloody and purulent dysentery, breast lumps in women, breast swelling, and amenorrhea.
In the past, an elderly surnamed Liu, over sixty years old, developed dysphagia due to anger while eating. Symptoms included chest and diaphragm distension, rumbling hunger in the abdomen, pain and distension upon eating, vomiting...
Baiboluo Gan (White Radish Stem, 5 qian, lightly stir-fried in a pan), Wushenqu (Medicated Leaven, 3 qian), Baikou Ren (White Cardamom Seed, peeled, 3 qian). Grind into fine powder. Take 3 qian each time, washed down with light ginger soup. This formula also treats bloody and purulent dysentery; add Zhike (Aurantii Fructus, stir-fried) and Shanzha (Crataegi Fructus, stir-fried) in equal parts, decoct and take.
──Wuben Juan San (Volume 3 of Wuben)
Hongluobo Gan Ye (Red Radish Stem and Leaves). Sweet and neutral in taste, warm in nature. Enters the Yangming Stomach meridian. Promotes blood circulation and breaks blood stasis. Treats galactorrhea obstruction, breast hardness with redness, swelling, and pain, female amenorrhea, bloody dysentery, and tenesmus.
Hongluobo Gan (Red Radish Stem, 3 qian), Shenqu (Medicated Leaven, 2 qian), Shanzha (Crataegi Fructus, 3 qian), Shatang (Rock Sugar, 2 qian). Decoct with water and take.
(Another single prescription) For treating female breast lumps, redness, swelling, pain, galactorrhea obstruction, caused by compression, or by a child biting/blowing on the breast.
Hongluobo Gan Ye (Red Radish Stem and Leaves), any quantity. Extract one cup of juice (fresh is better). Warm it with Shuijiu (water wine) or Baijiu (baijiu liquor) and take.
──Wuben Juan San (Volume 3 of Wuben)