味苦，微寒。主妇人乳 痛，七伤、带下病，止痛，除恶肉，止汗，疗金创（《御览》
上云∶主消酒。又云∶明目。《大观本草》消酒作黑字，而无明目）。生山谷。
《名医》曰∶生桐柏及冤句。二月、八月采根，曝干。
案∶《广雅》云∶ ，地榆也。陶弘景云∶叶似榆而长，初生布地，而花、子紫黑色，
如豉，故名玉豉。
味苦，寒。主瘿瘤气，颈下核，破散结气、痈肿、症瘕、坚气，腹中上下鸣，下十二水
肿，一名落首。生池泽。
《名医》曰∶一名 。生东海。七月七日采，曝干。
案∶《说文》云∶ ，水草也，或作藻。《广雅》云∶海萝，海藻也。《尔雅》云∶薅
，海藻也。郭璞云∶药草也。一名海萝，如乱发，生海中。《本草》云∶又 ，石衣。郭璞
云∶水苔也，一名石发，江东食之，或曰 。叶似KT 而大，生水底也，亦可食。
味苦，微温。主乳妇内衄（《御览》作衄血），中风余疾，大腹水肿，身面四肢浮肿，骨
节中水，金创、痈肿、创脓。一名虎兰，一名龙枣。生大泽傍。
《吴普》曰∶泽兰，一名水香，神农、黄帝、岐伯、桐君∶酸，无毒；李氏∶温。生下
地水傍。叶如兰，二月生，香，赤节，四叶相值枝节间。
《名医》曰∶一名虎蒲。生汝南。三月三日采，阴干。
案∶《广雅》云∶虎兰，泽兰也。
Di Yu (Sanguisorbae Radix): The taste is bitter, and the nature is slightly cold. It primarily treats breast pain in women, Seven Injuries (various internal injuries), and Leukorrhea Disease (abnormal vaginal discharge in women). It alleviates pain, removes necrotic tissue (evil flesh), stops sweating, and treats metal-inflicted wounds. (The Imperial Reader records: It primarily eliminates alcohol toxicity. It also states: It brightens the eyes. The Daguan Bencao writes "eliminate alcohol" as "black character," but does not include "brightens the eyes.") It grows in mountain valleys.
The Mingyi Bielu (Records of Famous Physicians) states: It grows in Tongbai Mountain and Yuanju County. The roots are collected in the second and eighth lunar months and dried in the sun.
Commentary: The Guangya states: is Di Yu. Tao Hongjing states: The leaves resemble elm leaves but are longer; when first growing, they spread on the ground. The flowers and seeds are purple-black, resembling fermented soybeans (Chi), hence it is also named Yu Chi (Jade Chi).
Hai Zao (Sargassum): The taste is bitter, and the nature is cold. It primarily treats Goiter and Tumor Qi (thyroid enlargement and similar conditions), nodules under the neck, breaks up and disperses constrained Qi, abscesses and swelling, Zheng Jia (abdominal masses), and hard Qi stagnation. It treats borborygmus (rumbling) in the abdomen and reduces twelve types of Edema. Another name is Luo Shou. It grows in ponds and marshes.
The Mingyi Bielu states: Another name is . It grows in the East Sea. It is collected on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month and dried in the sun.
Commentary: The Shuowen Jiezi states: is an aquatic herb, sometimes written as Zao. The Guangya states: Hai Luo is Hai Zao. The Erya states: Hao is Hai Zao. Guo Pu states: It is a medicinal herb. Another name is Hai Luo; it resembles tangled hair and grows in the sea. The Bencao further states: is Shi Yi (Stone Clothing). Guo Pu states: It is water moss, another name is Shi Fa (Stone Hair); people in Jiangdong consume it, some say it is . The leaves resemble KT (likely a textual variant or missing character referring to a plant) but are larger; it grows at the bottom of water and is also edible.
Ze Lan (Lycopi Herba): The taste is bitter, and the nature is slightly warm. It primarily treats internal bleeding in nursing women (The Imperial Reader records it as epistaxis/hemorrhage), sequelae of Wind Stroke, massive abdominal edema, edema of the body, face, and four limbs, water retention in the bones and joints, metal-inflicted wounds, abscesses and swelling, and suppurating sores. Another name is Hu Lan, and another name is Long Zao. It grows beside large marshes.
The Wu Pu Bencao states: Ze Lan, another name is Shui Xiang. Shen Nong, Huang Di, Qi Bo, and Tong Jun consider it: sour in taste and non-toxic; Li Shi considers it: warm in nature. It grows in low-lying areas near water. The leaves resemble orchid leaves; it grows in the second lunar month, is fragrant, has red nodes, and four leaves grow opposite each other at the branch nodes.
The Mingyi Bielu states: Another name is Hu Pu. It grows in Runan. It is collected on the third day of the third lunar month and dried in the shade.
Commentary: The Guangya states: Hu Lan is Ze Lan.