味辛，平，无毒。主破宿血，养新血，合金疮，断血痢，蛊毒，解酒疸，止鼻衄，吐
血及诸菌毒。生捣敷蛇咬。生泽旁，如泽兰气臭，楚词以恶草喻恶人。北人见其花呼为紫菊
，以其花似菊而紫也。又山兰，生山侧，似刘寄奴，叶无桠，不对生，花心微黄赤，亦大破
血，下俚人多用之。（新补 见陈藏器及日华子。）
图经文具泽兰条下。
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味甘，温，无毒。主小儿五疳，小便白浊，杀虫，疗泻痢。生交、广等州。形如栀
子，棱瓣深而两头尖，亦似诃梨勒而轻。俗传始因潘州郭使君，疗小儿多是独用此物，后来
医家因号为使君子也。（今附）
图经曰∶使君子，生交、广等州，今岭南州郡皆有之，生山野中及水岸。其叶青，如两
指头
，
长二寸。春茎作藤，如手指，三月生花，淡红色，久乃深红，有五瓣。七、八月结子如拇指
，长一寸许，大类栀子而有五棱，其壳青黑色，内有仁，白色，七月采实。
衍义曰∶使君子，紫黑色，四棱高，瓣深。今《经》中谓之棱瓣深。似令人难解。秋末
冬初
，
人将入鼎、澧。其味如椰子肉。《经》不言用仁，为复用皮。今按文味甘即是用肉，然难得
仁，盖绝小。今医家或兼用壳。
味咸，寒。一云温。主痔，杀虫及霍乱呕吐不止，煮汁服之。又心腹烦闷者，冷水研
如泥，饮之即止。又发诸疮疥，下一切丹石，杀诸药毒。不可多食，令人痿黄少血色，杀木
蠹虫，纳木孔中，但是海族之流，皆下丹石。（新补 见孟诜、陈藏器、日华子。）
[Malan]
Taste: Acrid (Xin). Nature: Neutral (Ping). Toxicity: Non-toxic (Wu Du). Indications: Mainly treats breaking up old blood stasis, nourishing new blood, promoting healing of metal wounds, stopping bloody dysentery, neutralizing gu poison, resolving wine jaundice, stopping epistaxis, hematemesis, and various mushroom poisons. Freshly crushed and applied externally for snake bites. Grows by the marshes, with an odor similar to Eupatorium fortunei (Zelan); in the Chu Ci, it is used as a metaphor for evil people using noxious weeds. In the north, its flowers are called Purple Chrysanthemum because the flowers resemble chrysanthemums and are purple. There is also Shanlan, growing on mountain sides, resembling Polygonum aviculare (Liujinu), leaves without branches, not opposite, flower center slightly yellow-red, also having strong blood-breaking effects, widely used by commoners. (New supplement: See Chen Cangqi and Ri Huazi.)
The text from Tu Jing is under the entry for Eupatorium fortunei (Zelan).
[Shijunzi]
Taste: Sweet (Gan). Nature: Warm (Wen). Toxicity: Non-toxic (Wu Du). Indications: Mainly treats five types of childhood malnutrition (Wugan), turbid white urine, expels parasites, and treats diarrhea and dysentery. Grows in Jiaozhou, Guangzhou, and other prefectures. Shape resembles Gardenia jasminoides fruits (Zhizi), with deep lobes and pointed ends, also resembling Terminalia chebula (Helile) but lighter. Folklore states that initially, Guo Shijun from Panzhou treated children mostly by using this herb alone, and later physicians named it Shijunzi. (Currently attached.)
Tu Jing states: Shijunzi grows in Jiaozhou, Guangzhou, and other prefectures; now it is found in all prefectures of Lingnan, growing in mountains, wilds, and water banks. Its leaves are green, the size of two fingers side-by-side, two cun long. In spring, stems become vines, finger-thick, flowering in March, pale red, turning deep red over time, with five petals. Fruits form in July-August, thumb-sized, about one cun long, largely like Zhizi but with five ridges; shell is blue-black, containing white kernels, harvested in July.
Yanyi states: Shijunzi is purple-black, with high four ridges and deep lobes. The current "Jing" refers to "deep lobes," which is hard to understand. At the end of autumn and beginning of winter, when people enter Dingzhou and Lizhou, its taste resembles coconut meat. The "Jing" does not specify using the kernel, implying the use of the peel. However, based on the text "taste sweet," it implies using the flesh/meat. Kernels are rare and very small. Current physicians sometimes use the shell as well.
[Gantai]
Taste: Salty (Xian). Nature: Cold (Han). One source says: Warm (Wen). Indications: Mainly treats hemorrhoids, expels parasites, stops persistent vomiting due to cholera-like disease, taken as decoction. For those with heart and abdominal irritability, ground into mud with cold water and drunk to stop symptoms. Also treats various sores and scabies, expels Dan Shi toxins, and kills various drug poisons. Do not eat too much, as it causes sallow complexion and lack of blood color. Kills wood-boring insects; placed in wood holes, it expels Dan Shi from marine creatures. (New supplement: See Meng Shen, Chen Cangqi, Ri Huazi.)