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凉，无毒。治恶疮，疥癣，风瘙。根名白药。（新分条 见日华子）
图经曰∶翦草，生润州。味苦、平，有毒。主诸疮疥痂 蚀，及牛马诸疮。二月、三月
采
，曝干用。
陈藏器∶翦草，味甚苦，平，无毒。主虫疮疥癣。浸酒服之。生山泽间，叶如茗而细，
江东
用
之。治劳瘵方云∶婺、台州皆有，唯婺州者可用。状如茜草，又如细辛。每用一斤，净洗为
末，入生蜜二斤，和为膏，以器皿盛之。不得犯铁器，九蒸九曝，日一蒸曝。病患五更起，
面东坐，不得语，令匙抄药，如粥服之，每服四两，服已，良久用稀粟米饮压之。药冷服，
粥饮亦不可太热，或吐或下皆不妨，如久病肺损咯血，只一服愈。寻常咳嗽，血妄行，每服
一匙可也。有一贵人，其国封病瘵，其尊人尝以此方畀之，九日而药成。前一夕，病者梦人
戒
令翌日勿乱服药。次日将服之，为屋上土坠器中，不可服。再合即成，又将服之，为籍覆器
，又不得食。又再合未就，而夫人卒矣。此药之异如此。若小小血妄行，一啜而愈矣。
一十种陈藏器余
味辛，温，无毒。主恶气，令人衣香，烧之去鬼。《魏略》云∶出大秦国。《广志
》云∶出西海。
海药云∶味平，不治疾，烧之祛鬼气。合羌活为丸散，夜烧之，辟蚊蚋。此外别无用矣。
[Cutting Grass (Jiancao)]
Nature: Cool. Non-toxic. Treats malignant sores, scabies, tinea, and wind-induced pruritus (skin itching caused by wind pathogen). The root is called Baiyao. (Newly classified item, cited from *Ri Hua Zi Ben Cao*)
*Tu Jing* records: Cutting grass grows in Runzhou. Taste: Bitter, neutral. Toxic. Mainly treats various sores, scabies, crusts, and erosions, as well as various sores on cattle and horses. Harvested in February and March, dried in the sun for use.
Chen Cangqi states: Cutting grass has a very bitter taste, is neutral in nature, and non-toxic. It treats insect-bitten sores, scabies, and tinea. It can be taken after soaking in wine. It grows between mountains and marshes; its leaves are like tea leaves but finer. It is used in the Jiangdong region. A prescription for treating Laozai (consumption with coughing of blood) states: It is found in Wuzhou and Taizhou, but only that from Wuzhou is usable. Its appearance resembles Qiancao (Rubia cordifolia) or Xixin (Asarum). For each use, take one jin (approx. 500g), wash it thoroughly, grind it into powder, add two jin of raw honey, and mix into a paste. Store in a vessel. Do not let it touch iron vessels. Process through nine cycles of steaming and sun-drying, performing one cycle per day. The patient should rise at wu geng (early morning, approx. 1-3 AM), sit facing east, remain silent, and have someone spoon-feed the medicine. Take it like porridge, four liang (approx. 200g) per dose. After taking it, wait a while before drinking thin millet soup to settle the medicine. The medicine should be taken cold; the millet soup should not be too hot. Vomiting or diarrhea does not matter. If suffering from long-term lung damage causing hemoptysis, one dose is sufficient for cure. For ordinary coughing or spontaneous bleeding (e.g., epistaxis), one spoonful per dose is adequate. A noble person whose fiefdom suffered from consumption was given this prescription by his elder. The medicine was ready in nine days. The night before, the patient dreamed of being warned not to take the medicine rashlessly the next day. On the second day, just as he was about to take it, dirt from the roof fell into the vessel, making it unusable. He re-prepared it, but when he was about to take it again, a mat covered the vessel, preventing consumption. Before the third preparation was complete, his wife passed away. Such is the peculiarity of this medicine. For minor cases of spontaneous bleeding, a single sip suffices for recovery. This is one of the ten additional items recorded by Chen Cangqi.
[Rosmarinus / Rosemary]
Taste: Pungent. Nature: Warm. Non-toxic. Mainly treats foul qi, makes clothes fragrant, and burning it expels evil spirits. *Wei Lue* states: It originates from Daqin (the Roman Empire). *Guang Zhi* states: It originates from the Western Sea.
*Hai Yao Ben Cao* states: Taste is neutral. It does not treat diseases directly; burning it dispels evil qi. When combined with Qianghuo (Notopterygium root) to make pills or powders and burned at night, it repels mosquitoes and gnats. There are no other uses for it.