味平。主寒热鬼注，中风湿痹，女子带下病，无子。一名马尿蒿。生川泽。
《名医》曰∶生南阳。
案∶《说文》云∶蔚，牡蒿也。《广雅》云∶因尘，马先也。《尔雅》云∶蔚，牡 。
郭璞云∶无子者。《毛诗》云∶匪莪伊芳蔚。《传》云∶ ，牡 也。陆玑云∶三月始生；七
月花，花似胡麻花而紫赤；八月为角，角似小豆，角锐而长。一名马新蒿。案∶新、先，声
相近。
味苦，寒。主大热，恶创，痈疽，浸淫赤 ，皮肤赤，身热。生川谷。
《名医》曰∶生荆州。
案∶陶弘景云∶荆楚人以叶如钱，谓为地钱草。徐仪《药图》名连钱草。《本草图经》
云∶咸、洛二京亦有，或名胡薄荷。
（《御览》作苑）
味辛，温。主风洗洗，霍乱泄利，肠鸣，上下无常处，惊痫，寒
《吴普》曰∶女菀，一名白菀，一名识女苑（《御览》）。
《名医》曰∶一名白菀，一名织女菀，一名茆。生汉中。正月、二月采，阴干。
案∶《广雅》云∶女肠，女菀也。
味苦，平。主五脏邪气，寒湿痹，四肢疼酸，膝冷痛。生川谷。
《吴普》曰∶黄孙，一名王孙，一名蔓延，一名公草，一名海孙。神农、雷公∶苦，无
毒；黄帝∶甘，无毒。生西海山谷及汝南城郭垣下。蔓延，赤文，茎叶相当（《御览》）。
《名医》曰∶吴，名白功草，楚，名王孙；齐，名长孙。一名黄孙，一名黄昏，
一名海孙，一名蔓延，生海西及汝南城郭下。
案∶陶弘景云∶今方家皆呼王昏，又云壮蒙。
[Mixia Hao]
Taste is neutral. It primarily treats alternating chills and fever, Guizhu (a disease characterized by mental confusion and emaciation), wind-dampness Bi syndrome (painful obstruction), leukorrhea in women, and infertility. Also known as Ma Niao Hao. Grows in river marshes.
*Famous Physicians' Records* states: Grows in the Nanyang region.
Research: *Shuowen Jiezi* states: Wei is Mu Hao (male mugwort). *Guaya* states: Yin Chen is Ma Xian Hao. *Erya* states: Wei is Mu Hao. Guo Pu comments: "Wu Zi" refers to this. *Mao Shi* states: "Fei E Yi Fang Wei." The Commentary states: Wei is Mu Hao. Lu Ji states: It begins to grow in March; flowers in July, resembling hemp flowers but purple-red; forms pods in August, resembling small beans, sharp and long. Also known as Ma Xin Hao. Research: Xin and Xian have similar pronunciations.
[Wang Sun]
Taste is bitter, nature is cold. It primarily treats severe heat, malignant sores, carbuncles and ulcers, impetigo (a skin condition with ulceration and pus discharge), red skin, and body heat. Grows in river valleys.
*Famous Physicians' Records* states: Grows in the Jingzhou region.
Research: Tao Hongjing states: People in Jingchu call it Di Qian Cao (Ground Money Grass) because its leaves resemble coins. Xu Yi's *Yao Tu* calls it Lian Qian Cao. *Bencao Tujing* states: It is also found in the capitals of Xian and Luo, sometimes called Hu Bo He.
[Nv Wan]
Taste is acrid, nature is warm. It primarily treats wind causing shivering, cholera-like diarrhea, intestinal borborygmus, pain moving unpredictably, fright epilepsy, and cold hernia (*Wu Pu's Materia Medica*).
*Wu Pu's Materia Medica* states: Nv Wan, also known as Bai Wan, also known as Shi Nv Yuan (*Taiping Yulan*).
*Famous Physicians' Records* states: Also known as Bai Wan, also known as Zhi Nv Wan, also known as Mao. Grows in Hanzhong. Harvested in January and February, dried in the shade.
Research: *Guaya* states: Nv Chang is Nv Wan.
[Huang Sun / Wang Sun]
Taste is bitter, nature is neutral. It primarily treats pathogenic factors in the five zang organs, cold-dampness Bi syndrome, soreness and pain in the four limbs, and cold pain in the knees. Grows in river valleys.
*Wu Pu's Materia Medica* states: Huang Sun, also known as Wang Sun, also known as Man Yan, also known as Gong Cao, also known as Hai Sun. Shennong and Leigong consider it: Bitter, non-toxic; the Yellow Emperor considers it: Sweet, non-toxic. Grows in the West Sea valleys and beneath the city walls of Rucheng. It spreads, has red patterns, and stems and leaves are proportional (*Taiping Yulan*).
*Famous Physicians' Records* states: In Wu, it is named Bai Gong Cao; in Chu, it is named Wang Sun; in Qi, it is named Chang Sun. Also known as Huang Sun, also known as Huang Hun, also known as Hai Sun, also known as Man Yan, growing in Haixi and beneath the city walls of Rucheng.
Research: Tao Hongjing states: Currently, practitioners all call it Wang Hun, and also say Zhuang Meng.