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凉，无毒。治沙淋，下水气，主酒疸，黄色通身者。取根捣绞汁服，亦取嫩苗煮食
之。又主小便赤涩，身体烦热。一名鹿葱。花名宜男。《风土记》云∶怀妊妇人佩其花，生
男也。（新补 见陈藏器、日华子。）
图经曰∶萱草，俗谓之鹿葱，处处田野有之。味甘而无毒。主安五脏，利心志，令人好
欢乐，无忧，轻身明目。五月采花，八月采根用。今人多采其嫩苗及花跗作菹。云∶利胸膈
甚佳。
嵇康养生论云合欢蠲忿，萱草忘忧。
衍义曰∶萱草根，洗净研汁一大盏，生姜汁半盏相和，时时细呷，治大热衄血。
味辛、苦，温，有大毒。主蛊疰诸毒疼痛等。生齐、鲁山泽。
唐本注云∶叶似蕨，根紫色若紫草根。一株有二寸许，二月、八月采根，五月、六月采
苗，晒干。（唐本先附）
唐本余注云∶《图经》出齐州、兖州山谷间。
主小儿白秃疮。和白头翁花烧灰，腊月猪脂敷之。疮先以酸泔洗，然后涂之。又
主小儿夜啼，安席下，勿令母知。（新补 见陈藏器、日华子。）
千金方治产后遗尿。故鸡窠中草烧作末，酒下二钱匕瘥。
凉，无毒。止肠风泻血，赤白痢，妇人崩中带下，入药炒用。（新补 见陈藏器
、日华子。）
味辛，温，有小毒。主淋。炸肿痛，可作杀蛀蛊药。出上党郡。其苗覆地蔓生，茎叶
甚细，花作小朵，色紫白，因旧茎而生。（新定）
Rhizoma Hemerocallis: Cold in nature, non-toxic. Treats *shalin* (sand strangury, a type of strangury characterized by the passage of sand-like stones), descends water qi, and is indicated for wine jaundice (*jiudan*) presenting with yellowing of the entire body. Take the rhizome, crush it, extract the juice, and ingest it; alternatively, tender shoots may be boiled and eaten. It also treats red and difficult urination and bodily irritability with heat. Also known as Luchong (Deer Onion). The flower is named Yinnan (Promising Male Offspring). *Fengtu Ji* states: "Pregnant women who wear its flowers will give birth to boys." (Newly supplemented content found in the works of Chen Cangqi and Ri Huazi.)
*Tujing* records: Hemerocallis, commonly called Luchong, grows in fields everywhere. Its taste is sweet and neutral, non-toxic. It soothes the five zang organs, benefits the heart and mind, makes one joyful and happy, free from worry, lightens the body, and improves vision. Flowers are harvested in May, and roots in August. Nowadays, people often harvest its tender shoots and flower buds to make pickles. It is said to be very beneficial for the chest and diaphragm.
Ji Kang stated in his *Yangsheng Lun*: "Hehuan (Albizia julibrissin) dispels anger, while Xuancao (Hemerocallis) forgets sorrow."
*Yanyi* records: Rhizoma Hemerocallis, washed clean and ground to extract juice (one large cup), mixed with half a cup of fresh ginger juice, sipped slowly from time to time, treats severe heat-induced epistaxis.
Acrid and bitter in taste, warm in nature, highly toxic. Mainly treats pain caused by various toxins such as guzhu (a contagious or parasitic disease). Grows in the mountains and marshes of Qi and Lu regions.
*Tangben Zhu* notes: Leaves resemble ferns; the root is purple, similar to Radix Arnebiae (*Zicao*). A single plant is about two cun tall. Roots are harvested in February and August; tender shoots in May and June, then dried sunned. (Originally appended in *Tangben*).
*Tangben Yuzhu* notes: *Tujing* mentions it originates from the valleys of Qizhou and Yanzhou.
It treats pediatric white tetter (*baitu chuang*, a scaly skin disease of the scalp). Mix with flowers of Radix Pulsatillae (*Baitouweng*), burn to ash, and apply with lard rendered in the twelfth lunar month. Wash the lesion first with sour rice-washing water, then apply. It also treats infantile nocturnal crying; place the herb under the mat without letting the mother know. (Newly supplemented content found in the works of Chen Cangqi and Ri Huazi.)
*Qianjin Fang* treats postpartum urinary incontinence. Burn the grass found in old chicken nests to powder, administer with wine, two qianbi per dose, until cured.
Cold in nature, non-toxic. Stops intestinal wind bleeding, dysentery with red and white discharge, and uterine flooding and leukorrhea in women. For medicinal use, stir-fry before incorporation. (Newly supplemented content found in the works of Chen Cangqi and Ri Huazi.)
Acrid in taste, warm in nature, slightly toxic. Mainly treats strangury. [Note: Text likely contains a typo or specific context regarding swelling/pain], can be used as an antiparasitic agent against gu worms. Originates from Shangdang Commandery. Its seedlings creep over the ground; stems and leaves are very fine; flowers are small clusters, purple-white in color, growing from old stems. (Newly determined content)