\r马槟榔\pc26.bmp\r，即马金囊、水槟榔。其仁有纹，盘旋似太极图，又名太极子。
味微苦涩、回甜，性凉。入肺、脾二经。清热解烦渴。子，入药，嚼之，饮水愈甜。治咽喉
炎。
（附方）孕妇难产，气滞血瘀难下，用∶
马槟榔（二钱） 当归（五钱） 川芎（三钱） 车前子（一钱） 煎水服，有催生之
效。体虚弱禁
──琴本
\r甜葶苈子\pc27.bmp\r，又名麦蓝菜。味苦、辛，性寒。主治下气、定喘消痰、利小
便、消水肿，疗面皮浮肿。
（附方） 治面皮浮肿或咳嗽喘吼。
大腹皮 生桑皮 葶苈子 引用通草煎服。气喘加苏子。小便涩加木通 车前子。
──务本卷三
\r白花地丁\pc28.bmp\r，气味苦、甘，性平。清热解毒，散瘀消肿。主治酒痔、血痔、
牝痔、牡痔，痔疮生管。单剂煎点水酒服。医家诸药不效，服此神效。
──务本卷二
\r细辛\pc29.bmp\r，白花者可用，紫花者不入药。味苦、辛，性温。阴中之阳也。祛
风明目，止头风疼，疗牙齿疼，攻痈疽毒疮。
（附方） 治痈疽红肿咬痛。
细辛，不拘等分，煎汤，点水酒服。有脓者溃，无脓者散。
──务本卷二
\r苦远志\pc30.bmp\r，味甘、微苦，性微寒。入心、肝、脾三经，养心血，镇惊宁心，
定惊悸，散痰涎，疗五痫，角弓反张，惊搐，口吐痰涎，手足战摇，不省人事。缩小便，治
赤、白便浊，膏淋，滑精不禁，点滴不收，良效。
（附方）治滑精不禁，点滴不收，头晕耳鸣，腰痛，小腹胀痛。
苦远志（三钱） 水煎，点水酒服。滑精加金樱子（一钱）， 白浊加臭椿皮（一钱），
赤浊加土茯苓（二钱）。
（又方）治痫症惊搐，手足战摇，角弓反张，不省人事，口吐痰涎。
苦远志（五钱） 胆南星（一钱） 皂角子（十五粒） 引用沙糖，水煎服。
（又方）治同前。
苦远志（三钱） 猪牙皂（一钱） 石菖蒲（一钱） 胆南星（一钱） 辰砂（三分）
（另末） 琥珀（五分） （另为末） 引用灯芯煎药，调二味服。
──务本卷三
Ma Binglang (Areca nut of horse, also known as Ma Jin Nang or Shui Binglang), specifically referring to the seed which has patterns and spirals resembling the Taiji diagram, hence also called Taiji Zi.
It tastes slightly bitter and astringent with a sweet aftertaste, and its nature is cool. It enters the Lung Meridian and Spleen Meridian. It clears heat and relieves thirst and irritability. The seeds are used for medicinal purposes; chewing them makes drinking water taste sweeter. It treats Pharyngitis (inflammation of the pharynx).
(Attached Prescription) For difficult labor in pregnant women due to Qi stagnation and Blood stasis preventing delivery:
Ma Binglang (2 qian) Dang Gui (Angelica Sinensis Root, 5 qian) Chuan Xiong (Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome, 3 qian) Che Qian Zi (Plantago Seed, 1 qian) Decoct in water and take orally. It has the effect of inducing labor. Contraindicated for those with weak constitution.
── Qin Ben
Tian Ting Li Zi (Sweet Lepidium Seed), also known as Mai Lan Cai. It tastes bitter and pungent, and its nature is cold. It mainly treats descending Qi, calming asthma, eliminating phlegm, promoting urination, reducing edema, and treating facial skin edema.
(Attached Prescription) Treating facial skin edema or coughing and wheezing.
Da Fu Pi (Areca Peel) Sheng Sang Bai Pi (Fresh Mulberry Root Bark) Ting Li Zi (Lepidium Seed) combined with Tong Cao (Tetrapanax Medulla) decocted and taken orally. Add Su Zi (Perilla Fruit) if asthma worsens. Add Mu Tong (Akebia Caulis) and Che Qian Zi (Plantago Seed) if urination is obstructed.
── Wu Ben Vol. 3
Bai Hua Di Ding (Hedyotis Diffusa, White-flowered variety), with a bitter and sweet taste, and a neutral nature. It clears heat and detoxifies, dissipates stasis and reduces swelling. It mainly treats Jiu Zhi (Alcohol Hemorrhoids), Xue Zhi (Blood Hemorrhoids), Pin Zhi (Female-type Hemorrhoids), Mu Zhi (Male-type Hemorrhoids), and hemorrhoids forming fistulas. Taken alone, decocted and mixed with water and wine. If other medicines prescribed by physicians are ineffective, taking this medicine yields miraculous results.
── Wu Ben Vol. 2
Xi Xin (Asarum), the white-flowered variety can be used, while the purple-flowered variety is not used for medicine. It tastes bitter and pungent, and its nature is warm. It belongs to Yang within Yin. It dispels wind and brightens the eyes, stops headaches caused by wind, treats toothache, and attacks carbuncles, ulcers, toxic sores, and boils.
(Attached Prescription) Treating redness, swelling, biting pain of carbuncles and ulcers.
Xi Xin (Asarum), regardless of proportion, decocted into soup, mixed with water and wine and taken orally. If there is pus, it promotes suppuration; if no pus, it dissipates the swelling.
── Wu Ben Vol. 2
Ku Yuan Zhi (Polygala Tenuifolia, Bitter variety), with a sweet and slightly bitter taste, and a slightly cold nature. It enters the Heart, Liver, and Spleen meridians. It nourishes Heart Blood, calms fright and soothes the mind, stabilizes palpitations and fright, dissipates phlegm saliva, treats the five types of Epilepsy (Wu Xian), opisthotonos (rigid arching of the back like a bow), convulsions, spitting of phlegm saliva, trembling and shaking of hands and feet, and loss of consciousness. It reduces urinary frequency, treats red turbidity, white turbidity, Gao Lin (Chyluria), spermatorrhea without retention, and inability to control urine drops, with good efficacy.
(Attached Prescription) Treating spermatorrhea without retention, inability to control urine drops, dizziness and tinnitus, lower back pain, and lower abdominal distending pain.
Ku Yuan Zhi (Polygala Tenuifolia, 3 qian) Decoct in water, mix with water and wine and take orally. For spermatorrhea add Jin Ying Zi (Cherokee Rose Hip, 1 qian); for white turbidity add Chou Chun Pi (Toona Leaf Bark, 1 qian); for red turbidity add Tu Fu Ling (Smilax Glabra Rhizome, 2 qian).
(Another Prescription) Treating epilepsy with convulsions, trembling and shaking of hands and feet, opisthotonos, loss of consciousness, and spitting of phlegm saliva.
Ku Yuan Zhi (Polygala Tenuifolia, 5 qian) Dan Nan Xing (Bile-treated Arisaema, 1 qian) Zao Jiao Zi (Gleditsia Sinensis Seed, 15 grains) Combined with Sha Tang (Brown Sugar), decocted in water and taken orally.
(Another Prescription) Treating the same conditions as above.
Ku Yuan Zhi (Polygala Tenuifolia, 3 qian) Zhu Ya Zao (Chinese Honeylocust Thorn, 1 qian) Shi Chang Pu (Acorus Tatarinowii Rhizome, 1 qian) Dan Nan Xing (Bile-treated Arisaema, 1 qian) Chen Sha (Cinnabar, 3 fen) (Pulverized separately) Hu Po (Amber, 5 fen) (Pulverized separately) Decoct with Deng Xin (Juncus Medulla), mix with the two pulverized medicines and take orally.
── Wu Ben Vol. 3