即苍耳也。得土之冲气，兼禀天之春气，故味苦甘温无毒。叶味辛苦微寒，有小
毒。
耳实，散疮癣细疮，遍身搔痒者立效，驱风湿周痹，四肢挛急才殊功，止头
痛，善通顶门，追风毒，任在骨髓，杀疤虫湿 ，主恶肉死肌，捣汁饮，治疗肿如神，
煎汤薰，疗诸痔立效，益气开聪明，强志，暖腰膝，苦以燥湿，甘以和血，温以通行，
为驱风去湿之圣药。六神曲以之配苍龙，风本象也。
感秋金之气，故味苦、辛、平、微温，无毒。入手足阳明经。苦能泄，辛能散，微
温能通利，故主寒热邪气，寒温风痹肢节痛，下水利小便。性能祛风除湿，无问久新
及通身挛急，能燥湿，散热结肠风，泻血养血荣筋之要药。
秦艽，养血舒筋，除风痹，肢节俱通，通便利水，散黄胆遍体如金，除头风，解酒
毒，止肠风下血，去骨蒸传尸，其性养血祛风，入胃而除湿热，故挛急痹症者风也。黄
疸便涩者，湿热也。为风药之润剂，但下部虚寒人，小便不禁者勿服。
按∶秦艽，风药中之润剂，散药中之补剂，故养血有功，中风多用之者，取祛风活
络，养血舒筋，盖治风先治血，血行风自灭耳。
味苦寒，入肝经。
青葙子，多治眼科，去肝脏热毒上冲，青盲翳肿，除心经火邪暴发，赤障昏花。
色白形似白微，又似牛豚，但脆白易折，不若白微之可弯而不折也。感秋之气，
得土之冲味，味甘辛气微温，一云微寒无毒，阳中之阴，降也。入手太阴肺家之要
药。甘能缓，辛能散，温能下，故善能下气，治气逆咳嗽湿痰，停饮短气，水湿体重
胀满，昼夜倚壁不得卧，喉作水鸡声者神效。
白前，似牛膝，粗长坚脆易断，主咳嗽上气能降，胸胁逆气堪驱，气壅膈，倒睡不
得者殊功，气冲喉，呼吸欲纵者立效，并气寒咽嗌，时作水鸡声鸣者，服之即瘳。
这就是苍耳。它吸收了土地的中冲之气，又兼受了天时的春季生发之气，所以味道苦、甘，性温，无毒。苍耳叶的味道辛苦，性微寒，有小毒。
苍耳子（耳实），能消散疮癣及全身细小的疮疡，对于遍身瘙痒者有立竿见影的效果；它能驱除风湿引起的周身痹痛，对四肢拘挛急迫有特殊的功效；能止头痛，善于通达头顶百会穴，追拔深入骨髓的风毒，杀灭痂虫和湿毒，主治恶肉和死肌；捣汁饮用，治疗肿毒如神效；煎汤熏洗，治疗各种痔疮有立竿见影的效果；能益气开窍聪耳明目，增强意志，温暖腰膝。其味苦能燥湿，味甘能和血，性温能通行气血，是驱风去湿的圣药。将六神曲与苍耳配伍使用，因为风的本象即是如此。
白前感秋金之气，所以味道苦、辛，性平、微温，无毒。归入手经和足经的阳明经。苦味能泄降，辛味能发散，微温性能通利，所以主治寒热邪气，寒温交替引起的风痹肢体关节疼痛，以及腹泻和水液代谢障碍导致的小便不利。它的性能能够祛风除湿，无论是新病还是久病，以及全身性的拘挛急迫，都能燥湿，是散热、清除结肠风邪、泻血养血以濡养筋脉的重要药物。
秦艽，能养血舒筋，祛除风痹，使肢体关节通畅，通便利尿，散发黄疸导致的遍体色黄如金，祛除头风，解酒毒，止肠风下血，去除骨蒸劳热和传尸痨病。它的性质是养血祛风，入胃经而除湿热，所以拘挛急迫的痹症是因为风邪所致；黄疸且小便涩滞的是因为湿热所致。秦艽是风药中的润剂，但下部虚寒、小便不禁的人不要服用。
按语：秦艽是风药中的润剂，散邪药中的补益药，所以具有养血的功效，中风患者多用它，是取其祛风活络、养血舒筋的作用，大概是因为治疗风病要先治血，血行则风自灭的道理。
青葙子，多用于治疗眼科疾病，能去除肝脏热毒上冲导致的青盲（视力减退或失明）和翳肿，清除心经火邪暴发导致的赤障和视物昏花。
白前的颜色白，形状似白薇，又似牛膝，但质地脆白易折断，不像白薇那样可以弯曲而不折断。它感受秋季之气，得到土地的中冲之味，味道甘、辛，气微温，一说微寒，无毒，属于阳中之阴，主沉降。它是入手太阴肺经的要药。甘味能缓急，辛味能发散，温性能下行，所以善于降气，治疗气逆咳嗽、湿痰停滞、饮邪停留导致的短气，水湿内停导致的身体沉重胀满，昼夜倚靠墙壁无法躺卧，喉咙发出像水鸡叫声的症状，服用此药有神效。
白前，形状似牛膝，粗长、坚硬、脆易断，主要治疗咳嗽气逆，能降气，驱除胸胁部的逆气，对于气壅膈阻、倒卧不得安睡的情况有特殊功效；对于气冲咽喉、呼吸急促欲纵的情况有立竿见影的效果；并治疗因气寒导致的咽喉不适，时常发出水鸡鸣声的情况，服用后即刻痊愈。
This is Xanthium fruit (Cang'erzi, 苍耳). It absorbs the central and rushing Qi of the earth and simultaneously inherits the spring Qi of heaven; therefore, its taste is bitter and sweet, its nature is warm, and it is non-toxic. The leaves are bitter and pungent in taste, slightly cold in nature, and have slight toxicity.
Xanthium fruit (Ershi, 耳实) dissipates sores, tinea, and fine eruptions all over the body, producing immediate effects for generalized pruritus (soreness and itching); it expels wind-dampness causing general bi-syndrome (painful obstruction), demonstrating special merit in treating spasmodic stiffness of the four limbs; it stops headache, effectively unblocks the Baihui point (top of the head), pursues wind-toxin residing in the bone marrow, kills scabies mites and damp-toxins, and governs foul flesh and necrotic muscle; drinking the crushed juice treats swellings with miraculous efficacy; fumigating with decoction treats various hemorrhoids with immediate effect; it benefits Qi, opens orifices to improve hearing and vision, strengthens willpower, and warms the waist and knees. Its bitterness dries dampness, its sweetness harmonizes blood, and its warmth promotes circulation, making it a holy medicine for expelling wind and removing dampness. When paired with Liu Shen Qu (Six Divine Fermented Rice Pill), it addresses the fundamental image of wind.
Ba Qian (White Anterion Root) senses the Qi of Autumn Metal; thus, its taste is bitter and pungent, its nature is neutral and slightly warm, and it is non-toxic. It enters the Hand and Foot Yangming meridians. Bitterness can drain downward, pungency can disperse outward, and slight warmth can promote free flow; therefore, it governs cold-heat alternating pathogens, wind-bi syndrome with joint pain caused by alternating cold and warmth, diarrhea, and dysuria due to water metabolism disorders. Its properties can dispel wind and remove dampness; whether the condition is new or chronic, or involves generalized spasmodic stiffness, it can dry dampness. It is an essential herb for clearing heat, eliminating intestinal wind, draining blood, nourishing blood, and enriching tendons.
Qin Jiao (Gentiana Macrophylla Root) nourishes blood and relaxes tendons, removes wind-bi, and unifies limb joints; it promotes urination and bowel movements, disperses jaundice manifesting as whole-body yellowing like gold, removes head wind, resolves alcohol toxicity, stops intestinal wind bleeding, and eliminates bone-steaming consumption and infectious wasting diseases. Its nature nourishes blood and dispels wind, enters the Stomach meridian to remove damp-heat. Thus, spasmodic bi-syndromes are caused by wind; jaundice with urinary difficulty is caused by damp-heat. Qin Jiao is a moistening agent among wind-dispelling herbs; however, it should not be taken by those with lower jiao deficiency-cold and urinary incontinence.
Commentary: Qin Jiao is a moistening agent among wind-dispelling herbs and a tonifying agent among dispersing herbs; hence, it has merit in nourishing blood. It is frequently used in stroke treatment to exploit its ability to dispel wind, activate collaterals, nourish blood, and relax tendons. This is based on the principle that treating wind requires first treating blood; when blood flows, wind extinguishes itself.
Qing Xi Zi (Celosia Seed) tastes bitter and cold and enters the Liver meridian.
Qing Xi Zi is primarily used in ophthalmology to eliminate liver heat-toxin rushing upward, causing blindness (Qingmang, 青盲) and corneal opacity/swelling; it clears sudden outbreaks of heart fire pathogen, red barriers, and blurred vision.
Bai Qian (White Anterion Root) is white in color, shaped similarly to Bai Wei (Cynanchum Atratum Root) or Niu Xi (Achyranthes Root), but is brittle, white, and easily broken, unlike Bai Wei which can bend without breaking. It senses autumn Qi and receives the central-rushing flavor of the earth; its taste is sweet and pungent, its qi is slightly warm (some say slightly cold), non-toxic, belonging to yin within yang, and descending in action. It is an essential herb entering the Hand Taiyin Lung meridian. Sweetness can moderate tension, pungency can disperse, and warmth can direct downward; therefore, it excels at directing Qi downward, treating rebellious Qi cough, damp-phlegm retention, fluid retention causing shortness of breath, water-dampness retention causing heaviness and distension, inability to lie down day or night leaning against the wall, and throat sounds resembling a water chicken (rales/wheezing), showing divine efficacy.
Bai Qian resembles Niu Xi in shape, being thick, long, firm, brittle, and easily broken. It mainly treats cough and rebellious Qi, capable of descending Qi and driving away rebellious Qi in the chest and hypochondrium. It demonstrates special merit for Qi stagnation in the diaphragm causing inability to sleep supine; it produces immediate effects for Qi rushing to the throat causing labored breathing; and it treats throat discomfort due to cold-Qi with frequent "water chicken" sounds, leading to recovery upon administration.