味甘温。主益气。去面 黑色。媚好。其根味辛。主腹中寒热邪气。利小便。久服不
饥轻身。一名筋根华。一名金沸。生平泽。
截寸苗生。浃旬可数。疏细缠枝。虚圆旋鼓。筋力刚坚。容颜媚妩。被陇交塍。 锄刈
取。
寇宗 曰。其根寸截置土。灌溉涉旬。苗生田野间甚多。最难锄刈。治之又生。李时珍
曰。
千叶者色粉红。俗呼缠枝牡丹。其花不作瓣状。如军中所吹鼓子。故有旋华鼓子之名。名医
曰。根主续筋。南人呼为续筋根。管子。强力刚坚。元好问诗。意态工媚妩。庾信诗。被陇
文瓜熟。交塍香穗低。苏轼说。 锄 艾。相寻于上。诗笺。错薪我欲刈取之。
味辛平。主利水道。杀蛊毒。辟不祥。久服益气轻身。不老通神明。一名水香。生池
泽。
沅湘纫 。溱洧湔裾。斜抛燕剪。初浴鸡苏。福祥云集。毒蛊风除。千金良是。九畹息
诬。
九歌。浩浩沅湘。离骚。纫秋兰以为 。诗疏。秉 即兰香草。梁简文帝诗。湔裾出乐
游。
马志曰。其叶有歧。俗呼燕尾香。李时珍曰。开花成穗。如鸡苏。花红白色。梁简文帝序。
云集雾会。唐书传赞。霆扫风除。方回说。古之兰草。即今之千金草。陆游诗。洛阳二顷言
良是。杨慎曰。世以如萱蒲者为兰。九畹之受诬久矣。
[Lan Cao]
The flavor is sweet, and the nature is warm. It primarily tonifies Qi (vital energy). It removes black spots and dullness from the face, making the complexion beautiful and charming. The root has a pungent flavor and primarily treats cold and heat pathogenic factors in the abdomen, promoting urination. Long-term consumption prevents hunger and lightens the body. It is also known as Jin Gen Hua (Tendon Root Flower) or Jin Fei (Golden Boiling). It grows in plains and marshes.
Cutting one-cun segments of the seedling for planting, roots can sprout within ten days. The branches are sparse and fine, winding around; the stems are hollow and round like a spinning drum. The tendons and muscles are strong and firm, and the appearance is enchanting. It covers the field ridges and intersects the irrigation channels, ready to be harvested with a hoe.
Kou Zongshi stated: Placing the cut one-cun roots into the soil and irrigating them for ten days results in many seedlings growing in the fields, which are difficult to weed out, as they regenerate after being treated. Li Shizhen stated:
The variety with thousand leaves has pink flowers, commonly called Chuan Zhi Mu Dan (Winding Branch Peony). Its flowers do not have petal shapes but resemble the trumpet vine flowers blown in military bands, hence the names Xuan Hua (Spinning Flower) and Gu Zi (Drum Seed). Famous physicians recorded that the root primarily aids in knitting bones and tendons, and people in the south call it Xu Jin Gen (Continuing Tendon Root). *Guanzi* records: "Strong and firm." Yuan Haowen's poem states: "Its demeanor is skillfully charming." Yu Xin's poem states: "Melons ripen on the ridges, fragrant ears droop at the field intersections." Su Shi explained: "Weeding mugwort, following each other above." The *Shi Jian* (Commentary on Poetry) states: "I wish to harvest the mixed firewood."
[Lan Cao - Second Entry]
The flavor is pungent, and the nature is neutral. It primarily promotes the flow of water passages, kills gu poison (parasitic disease), and wards off inauspiciousness. Long-term consumption tonifies Qi, lightens the body, delays aging, and enhances spiritual clarity. It is also known as Shui Xiang (Water Fragrance). It grows in ponds and marshes.
Gathering Lan Cao by the Yuan and Xiang rivers, washing skirts by the Qin and Wei streams. Thrown obliquely like swallow-tail scissors, initially bathing like Ji Su (Mosla chinensis). Auspicious clouds gather, toxins and wind pathogens are removed. The Thousand Gold formula is indeed effective, and the nine wan acres of Lan Cao dispel slander.
*Jiu Ge* (Nine Songs): "Vast and mighty are the Yuan and Xiang waters." *Li Sao* (Encountering Sorrow): "Braid autumn orchids to make a pendant." *Shi Shu* (Commentary on Poetry): "Bing Lan refers to the fragrant orchid grass." Emperor Jianwen of Liang's poem states: "Washing skirts, emerging from Leyou Park."
Ma Zhi stated: Its leaves are bifurcated, commonly called Yan Wei Xiang (Swallow Tail Fragrance). Li Shizhen stated: Flowers bloom in spikes, resembling Ji Su. The flowers are red and white. Emperor Jianwen of Liang's preface states: "Gathering like clouds, meeting like fog." *Book of Tang Biography Praise* states: "Sweeping like thunder, removing like wind." Fang Hui explained: "Ancient Lan Cao is exactly today's Qian Jin Cao (Thousand Gold Grass)." Lu You's poem states: "Two qing of land in Luoyang is indeed correct." Yang Shen stated: "The world takes plants resembling Xuan Pu as Lan Cao; the slander against the nine wan acres has lasted long."