味苦，温。主恶血，破症结积聚，喉痹，乳难。久服，长肌肉，明目、轻身。一名旁通，
一名屈人，一名止行，一名豺羽，一名升推（《御览》引云∶一名君水香，《大观本》无文）。
生平泽，或道旁。
《名医》曰∶一名即藜，一名茨，生冯翊。七月、八月采实，曝干。
案∶《说文》云∶荠，蒺黎也。《诗》曰∶墙上有荠，以茨为茅苇，开屋字。《尔雅》
云∶墙上有茨。《传》云
∶茨，蒺藜也，旧本作蒺藜，非。
味甘，微温。主痈疽久败创，排脓止痛，大风痢疾，五痔鼠 ，补虚，小儿百病。一名
戴糁。生山谷。
《名医》曰∶一名戴椹，一名独椹，一名芰草，一名蜀脂，一名百本，生蜀郡白水汉中
，二月、十月采，阴干。
味甘，微温。主五劳七伤，补中，除茎中寒热痛，养五脏，强阴，益精气，多子，妇人
症瘕。久服，轻身。生山谷。
《吴普》曰∶肉苁蓉，一名肉松蓉，神农、黄帝∶咸；雷公∶酸，小温（《御览》作李
氏∶小温），生河西（《御览》作东）山阴地，长三、四寸，丛生，或代郡（《御览》下有雁
门
二字）。二月到八月采（《御览》引云∶阴干用之）。
《名医》曰∶生河西及代郡雁门，五月五日采，阴干。
案∶《吴普》云∶一名肉松蓉，当是古本，蓉，即是容字，俗写苁蓉，非正字也。陶弘
景云∶是野马精落地所生，生时似肉，旧作肉苁蓉，非。
Bitter, warm. It governs evil blood (stasis), breaks up mass formations and accumulations (abdominal masses), throat bi (swelling and obstruction of the throat), and difficulty in lactation. Long-term use promotes muscle growth, brightens the eyes, and lightens the body. Another name is Pangtong, another name is Quren, another name is Zhixing, another name is Chaiyu, another name is Shengtui (cited from *Taiping Yulan*: another name is Junshuixiang; absent in *Daguan Bencao*). Grows in marshes or by the roadside.
*Famous Physicians' Records* states: Another name is Jili, another name is Ci, produced in Fengyi. Collect the fruits in July and August, and sun-dry them.
Note: *Shuowen Jiezi* states: Ji is Jili. The *Classic of Poetry* states: There is Ji on the wall, using Ci as thatch for roofing. *Erya* states: There is Ci on the wall. The *Zuo Zhuan* states: Ci is Jili. The old text version "Jili" is incorrect.
Sweet, slightly warm. It governs chronic ulcers and sores that fail to heal, expels pus and relieves pain, treats severe wind leprosy and dysentery, five types of hemorrhoids and scrofula, tonifies deficiency, and treats various ailments in children. Another name is Daishen. Grows in mountain valleys.
*Famous Physicians' Records* states: Another name is Daishen, another name is Dushen, another name is Jicao, another name is Shuzhi, another name is Baiben, produced in Baishu of Shujun and Hanzhong. Collect in February and October, and dry in the shade.
Sweet, slightly warm. It governs five labors and seven injuries (various chronic deficiency syndromes), tonifies the middle jiao, eliminates cold-heat pain in the urethra, nourishes the five zang organs, strengthens yin, benefits essence and qi, promotes fertility, and treats abdominal masses in women. Long-term use lightens the body. Grows in mountain valleys.
*Wu Pu's Materia Medica* states: Rousongrong, another name is Rousongrong. Shennong and Huangdi consider it salty; Leigong considers it sour and slightly warm (*Taiping Yulan* cites Li Shi: slightly warm). It grows in the shaded areas of mountains in Hexi (*Taiping Yulan* says Dong), three to four cun long, growing in clumps, or in Daijun (*Taiping Yulan* adds Yanmen below). Collect from February to August (*Taiping Yulan* cites: use after drying in the shade).
*Famous Physicians' Records* states: Produced in Hexi and Daijun Yanmen. Collect on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, and dry in the shade.
Note: *Wu Pu's Materia Medica* states: Another name is Rousongrong. This must be from an ancient text; "Rong" is the character "Rong," while the common writing "Congrong" is not the correct character. Tao Hongjing states: This is generated where the essence of a wild horse falls to the ground. When growing, it resembles flesh. The old text "Rou Congrong" is incorrect.