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Bodhisattva Grass (Pusa Cao)
Grows in various prefectures of Jiangzhe, and also near the capital. Taste is bitter, non-toxic. For poisoning by various medicines or foods, grind with wine and take orally. It also treats bites from various insects and snakes; drink its juice or apply the ground paste externally, which is effective. Also known as Chi'er (Ruler Two). Mainly treats cough during pregnancy in women; crush and sieve the herb, make into honey pills, and take orally for immediate effect. The root of this herb resembles an infant's head; harvest the roots in winter.

Cactus Grass (Zhangxiancao)
Grows in Taizhou and Yinzhou. Taste is slightly bitter and astringent, non-toxic. It mostly grows attached to rock walls, resembling a human palm, hence its name. Leaves are thin and long, sprout in spring, remain green until winter, and can be harvested at any time. Local people soak it with Licorice Root (Gancao) in wine and take it to treat intestinal hemorrhoids and bloody diarrhea. [Note: Text implies single use or exclusion from complex formulas].

Purple-Backed Golden Plate Grass (Zibeijinpancao)
Grows in Shizhou. The seedling is about one chi tall, leaves have purple backs, no flowers. Roots taste pungent and astringent, nature is hot, non-toxic. Can be harvested at any time. Locals use this herb alone: wash clean, remove coarse skin, bake dry, crush and sieve, mix with warm wine, and take half a qianbi dose. Treats blood and qi disorders in women. It can resolve toxicity from fetus retention, chicken, fish, wet dough, and sheep blood.

Stone Xiaoyao Grass (Shixiaoyao Cao)
Grows in Changzhou. Taste is bitter, slightly cold, non-toxic. Treats flaccidity and various wind syndromes, including inability to move hands and feet. The herb remains green in both winter and summer, without flowers or fruits. Growth is not abundant, and it can be harvested at any time. Folk usage involves crushing it into powder, refining honey to make pills the size of mulberry seeds, taking thirty pills with wine, three times a day, for recovery within one hundred days. If headache is present, it causes no harm.

Hu Jin Grass (Hujincao)
Grows in the fields of Dongwu Mountain, Mizhou. Taste is pungent and slippery, non-toxic. Regulates the Ying and Wei Qi of the five zang organs, and resolves blood stasis in muscles and skin, stops pain, and disperses blood. Apply the expressed juice to metal weapon wounds. Branches and leaves resemble small Viola plants. Flowers are purple, resembling those of Antirrhinum majus (Snapdragon). One stem has seven leaves; flowers emerge from two or three stems. Boil together Frankincense (Ruxiang), charcoal from flowering mulberry branches, and ash from tangled hair, forming pills the size of bullet shots. For injuries from falls or blows causing tendon damage and bone fractures, as well as malignant abscesses and boils that have ruptured, rub one pill-sized dose in hot wine and take orally; pain stops immediately.