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味甘、苦，平，无毒。主痔，止血，疗血痢，止渴。取脉炙用之。
皮 味苦。水煎浓汁，除蛊及 ，俗用甚效。（唐本先附）
臣禹锡等谨按药性论云∶槲皮亦可单用。主治恶疮，煎汤洗之良。日华子云∶槲皮，味
涩
图经曰∶槲若，《本经》不载所出州土，今处处山林多有之。木高丈余，若即叶也，与
栎相类，亦有斗，但小不中用
耳。不拘时采。其叶并皮用。葛洪洗诸败烂疮、乳疮，并用此皮切三升，水一斗，煮五升，
春夏冷用，秋冬温用，洗疮，
洗毕乃敷诸膏，谓之赤龙皮汤。又治毒攻下部生疮者，槲皮合榉，煮汁如饴糖，以导之。《千
金翼方》疗蛊毒，以槲木北
阴白皮一
圣惠方∶治冷淋，小肠不利，茎中急痛。用槲叶捣末，每服三钱，水一盏，葱白七寸，
煎六分，去滓，食前温服。
又方∶治蝼蛄 。用槲叶烧灰细研，以泔别浸槲叶，取洗疮拭之，纳少
备急方∶孩子淋疾。槲叶三
片，煎汤服一鸡子，小盒饭时下。简要济众治吐血。槲叶不拘多少捣末，每服二钱，水一盏，
煎取五、七分，和滓服。
又方∶若鼻中外查瘤脓血。槲叶灰，先以泔清煮榆叶取汁洗，拭干，纳灰疮中，良。子母秘
录∶治小儿及大人赤白痢。
新槲皮一斤，去黑皮，细切，以水一斗，煎取五升，去滓，更煎如膏，和酒服，立愈。
衍义曰∶槲若，亦有斗，但不及栎木，虽坚而不堪充材。叶微炙，炒槐花减槲叶之半，
同为末，米饮调服，治初得
肠风及血痔，热多者尤佳。亦堪为炭，但不及栎木。
Qu (pronounced "hu")
Sweet and bitter in taste, neutral in nature, non-toxic. Primarily treats hemorrhoids, stops bleeding, heals bloody dysentery, and relieves thirst. The pulse (likely a textual error for bark or specific part) is used after roasting.
Bark: Bitter in taste. Decocted in water to make a concentrated solution, it removes gu poison (parasitic disease/toxin) and [text missing, contextually skin sores], widely used with great efficacy in folk practice. (Attached to the *Tang Bencao* commentary).
Minister Yuxi et al. respectfully cite from *Yaoxing Lun*: Qu bark can also be used alone. It primarily treats malignant ulcers; washing with decoction yields good results. Rihua Zi states: Qu bark, astringent in taste.
*Tujing* records: Qu Ruo, not recorded in the *Shennong Benjing* regarding its origin province, but now abundant in mountain forests everywhere. The tree grows over one zhang high; "Ruo" refers to the leaves, similar to those of the oak (Li), and it produces acorns (Dou), though smaller and less useful. Harvest at any time. Both leaves and bark are used. Ge Hong uses this bark to wash various rotting sores and breast sores: cut three sheng of bark, add one dou of water, boil down to five sheng. Use cold in spring and summer, warm in autumn and winter to wash the sores. After washing, apply various ointments. This is called Chilongpi Tang (Red Dragon Skin Decoction). It also treats toxins attacking the lower body causing sores: combine Qu bark with Zhe wood, boil until thick like maltose syrup, and use for enema/local application. *Qianjin Yifang* treats gu poison using one [text missing] of the white inner bark from the north-facing shady side of Qu wood.
*Shenghui Fang*: Treats cold lin syndrome (dysuria), small intestine dysfunction, and urgent pain in the urethra. Use Qu leaves pounded into powder, take 3 qian per dose, with one cup of water and seven cun of green onion white, decoct to six parts, remove dregs, and take warm before meals.
Another prescription: Treats mole cricket [condition/sores]. Burn Qu leaves to ash, grind finely. Soak Qu leaves separately in rice washing water, take the liquid to wash and wipe the sores, then insert a small amount of ash into the lesion.
*Beiji Fang*: Treats pediatric lin syndrome. Three pieces of Qu leaves, decoct in water and take a volume equivalent to one chicken egg, taken after meals. *Jianyao Jizhong Fang* treats hematemesis. Take an unspecified amount of Qu leaves, pound into powder, take 2 qian per dose, with one cup of water, decoct to five or seven parts, and take with the dregs.
Another prescription: For nasal polyps with pus and blood. Use Qu leaf ash. First, boil elm leaves in clear rice water to extract juice, wash the area, dry it, and insert the ash into the sore. Good effect. *Zimu Milu*: Treats red and white dysentery in children and adults. Take one jin of fresh Qu bark, remove black outer skin, cut finely, add one dou of water, decoct to five sheng, remove dregs, further decoct into a paste, mix with wine, and take for immediate cure.
*Yanyi* states: Qu Ruo has acorns, but inferior to Li wood; although hard, it is unsuitable for timber. Leaves slightly roasted, mixed with half the amount of fried Sophora flower, both ground into powder, taken with rice water to treat early-stage intestinal wind and bloody hemorrhoids, especially effective for heat-dominant cases. Can also be made into charcoal, but inferior to Li charcoal.