经，治子死腹中，滑胎方多用之。兼治暴患赤肿，妇人妒乳。小儿白秃，和醋渣封之。五丹火疮，鸡清调涂。
实，味微辛。能助肺气，杀诸虫下气，令人能食，消心腹间恶气，卒冷心痛，疗小儿头痂 及诸疮癣。花，主
小儿痫，伤热，小便不利。荚，和牛肉作羹食，治妇人带下。嫩叶作羹食，消水肿，压丹石，利关节。二月采
树皮去赤皮焙干，八月采实，并勿令中湿，湿即伤人。
琥珀
琥珀甘平脂化成，利水通淋破坚 ，安心清肺燥脾土，明目治癫逐瘀凝。
琥，瑞玉也；珀，白也。有安魂定魄之功。乃松脂入地千年化成。无毒。利小水，通五淋，破结 ，安
心神，止心痛，定魂魄，清肺气．运化下降，燥脾土，明目磨翳，治癫邪、杀鬼魅百邪。本草云∶主安五脏者
是也。逐瘀血，产后血晕闷绝，儿枕痛者最妙。兼解蛊毒，金疮止血生肌。但血少而小便不利者，服之反致燥
急之苦。《别说》云∶茯苓、琥珀皆自松出，然茯苓生成于阴，琥珀生于阳而成于阴，故皆治荣而安心利水也。
如血色，以布摩热拾得芥者真。凡用，先以水调柏子仁末安瓷罐内，次入琥珀于末中，煮半日久，别有异光，
另捣如粉，重筛用。单琥珀散∶为末，灯芯、薄荷煎汤调服二钱，治小便尿血，神效。
灯心草
灯心草甘寒无毒，清心利水通淋缩，烧吹喉痹止儿啼，破伤嚼涎敷一掬。
丛生江南泽地，茎圆细长直，瓤可燃灯，根苗生煮清心退热，利水道，通五淋。丹溪云∶灯心属土。火
烧灰存性，取少许吹喉痹甚捷。涂母乳上与儿吃，治夜啼。和唾嚼烂敷破伤。
绿矾
绿矾酸寒消肿疸，疳积肠风亦可散，喉痹蛀牙疮癣虫，甲疽伤肿火上 。
又名青矾。无毒。消水肿、黄胆、小儿疳积，乃抑肝助脾之剂也。肠风下血，酿鲫鱼烧灰为丸服之。治喉
痹蛀牙口疮及恶疮疥癣有虫，甲疽肿痛出水，火 醋淬三过。《局方》多用米炒，恐胜矾力也。又一制法，见
五卷。
以上治湿通用。
石龙刍 生水石处，俗名龙须草，可作席，所在有之。味苦，寒，无毒。利小便，通淋闭，除心腹邪热，
风湿，鬼疰恶毒，痞满，饮食不消，出汗，止茎中痛，杀蛔虫。久服补虚羸，明耳目，轻身延年。凡败破席受
人气多者，皆消瘀血，通淋，利小便。煮服良。蒲席、灯心席俱好。九节多味者良。七月采茎，曝干。
荛花 荛，饶也。言其花开多也。味辛、苦，气寒，有毒。主伤寒，温疟，十二水肿，利水道，破积聚大
坚瘕，荡涤肠胃中留癖、饮食寒热邪气，疗痰饮咳嗽。仲景用治利者，以其行水也，水去则利止，量病斟酌
用之。六月采花，阴干。
野狼毒 味辛，平，有大毒。能杀飞禽走兽，野狼鼠中之即死。消水气，止咳逆上气，破痰饮积聚 瘕，饮食
寒热，胁下积癖，心腹胀痛，脏腑内一切虫病。兼治恶疮鼠 ，干癣，疸蚀，鬼精蛊毒。川产陈而沉水者良。
海带 生东海。比海藻更粗长，如带，作下水药速于海藻、昆布。主催生，治妇人及疗风。凡海中菜，
皆治瘿瘤结气。青苔、紫菜皆然。水洗用。
实 麻之子，即白麻也。叶似苎而薄，花黄，十月结实，如葵子黑色，其皮可织布及作绳索。处处有
之。味苦，平，无毒。主赤白冷热痢疾，取子炒香为末，蜜汤下一钱。若热结痈肿无头，吞之则头破，根亦可
用。
乌臼木 根皮，味苦，微温，有毒。主下水气，通大小便，治头风 结积聚，炙黄用。子油解蛇毒。去阴
下水，染发。
杉材节 须油杉及臭者良。味辛、微温，无毒。煎汤洗香港脚肿满及漆疮，煎汤服之治心腹胀痛，去恶气及
风毒，奔豚，霍乱上气，坚筋骨。入药炒用。杉木上菌，主心脾气疼，暴心痛。
南烛枝 叶禀南方火气而生，叶似茗而圆浓，冬夏常青，枝茎微紫，九月结子如茱萸，紫色，可食。味辛，
平，无毒。益肠胃，止泄除睡。强筋益气，久服轻身长年，变白去老。四月采叶，捣汁浸粳米，九蒸九暴名乌
饭，以袋盛之可适远方。日进一合不饥，益颜色，坚筋骨能行。又春夏取枝叶，秋冬取根皮，细锉，水煎浓汁、
去渣熬成膏，入童便少许，每服一匙温酒下，日三次，明目乌须，驻颜轻身，兼治一切风疾，根烧灰熟水下，
治小儿误吞铜铁物。
蔓椒 俗呼为 。山野处处有之。味苦，温，无毒。主风寒马痹历节疼，除四肢厥气膝痛及游蛊飞尸。
可蒸病出汗。
云实 俗呼马豆。川谷处处有之。丛生，叶如细槐，枝间微刺，花黄白，荚中子大如麻子，黄黑色。味辛、
苦，温，无毒。主泄痢肠 ，杀蛊毒，去邪恶结气，止痛，除寒热消渴，治疟药中多用之。五月采，和豫实蒸
一日，晒干用。
白蒿 生川泽。所在有之。春初最先诸草而生，似青蒿而叶粗，上有白毛。及秋香美可生食，俗名蓬蒿也。
味甘，平，无毒。主五脏邪气，风寒湿痹，补中益气，长毛发令黑，疗心悬，少食常饥。久服耳目聪明，轻身
不老。
虎掌 山谷近道有之。其苗一茎，茎头一叶，五六出如爪，根似大半夏，四周生芽如虎掌。味苦，微寒，
有大毒。主利水道，除阴下湿，风眩目转，心腹寒热结气，疝瘕肠痛，积聚伏梁，筋痿拘缓。汤泡七次，火煨。
蜀漆为使。畏莽草。
姑活 生河东。味甘，温。无毒。主大风邪
气，湿痹寒痛，久服轻身耐老。
别HT 生蓝田川谷。味苦，温。无毒。主风寒湿痹身重，四肢疼酸寒，历节痛。
石龙子 生石涧中，形似龙而小。《衍义》云∶能至风雨，故利水道，通五癃邪结气，破石淋下血。有四
种∶在草泽者，名蝾螈、蜥蜴；在壁者，名 蜒、守宫。以五色具者为雄而良，色不具者为雌乃劣耳。入药
当用草泽中者。五月采，去腹中物，火干用之。恶硫黄、斑蝥、芜荑。
蝼蛄 即月令蝼蝈鸣，俗呼土狗。味咸，寒，无毒。主十种水病，肿满，喘促不得卧，通石淋，主难产，
溃痈肿，除恶疮，下哽咽，解毒。其腰以前，主涩大小便；腰以后，主利大小便。若箭镞在咽喉胸膈及针刺在
肉不得出者，用土狗脑捣汁滴上三五度，箭刺自出。夏至采夜行者，日干，入药炒用。
鼠妇 即地鸡。多足，色如蚓，背有横纹蹙起。生瓮底下湿处及土坎中，常负鼠背上故名。味酸，微寒，
无毒。主利水道，气癃不得小便，妇人月闭血 ，痫 寒热，堕胎。仲景用治久疟者，以其主寒热也。端午采，
日干，微炒。
笔头灰 是年久使乏兔毫笔头。微寒。主小便不通，小便数难，阴肿中恶，脱肛淋沥，烧灰水调服之。
治难产用生藕汁下，若产母虚弱，素有冷疾，暖过服之，效。
天浆子 即粪虫。六月取入布袋，置长流水中三日夜，晒干为末，专化谷食、肉食，故小儿疳积用之。
蛇含石 蛇冬蛰时含土，至春发蛰吐之而去。一名蛇黄。味甘，性冷，无毒。主心痛，疰忤，石淋，产
难，小儿惊痫。火 醋淬三四次，水飞研细用之。
以上治湿杂用。
经络（此处指前文所述药物或治法，结合语境实为承接上文“经”字，但原文此处语意未完，通常指某药入经或前文提及之法，鉴于原文仅一字且无主语，暂译为：此法/药入经），用于治疗胎死腹中，滑胎方（用于习惯性流产的方剂）中多使用。兼治突然发生的红肿，妇人妒乳（乳汁淤积引起的乳房红肿疼痛）。小儿白秃（头部生癣导致毛发脱落、头皮发白），用醋渣外敷。五丹火疮（各种烧伤烫伤），用蛋清调匀涂抹。
实（果实），味道微辛。能辅助肺气，杀灭各种寄生虫并降气，使人食欲增加，消除心腹间的恶气，治疗突发的冷痛心痛，治愈小儿头痂及各类疮癣。花，主治小儿癫痫、热邪损伤及小便不利。荚（豆荚），与牛肉一起煮羹食用，治疗妇人带下病。嫩叶煮羹食用，可消除水肿，压制丹石药（矿物药）的热性，通利关节。二月采集树皮，去掉红色外皮后焙干；八月采集果实，并注意不要让它们受潮，受潮则伤害人体。
琥珀
琥珀味甘性平，由脂膏千年化生而成，能利水通淋、破除坚结，安心神、清肺燥、健脾土，明目、治疗癫狂、驱逐瘀血凝滞。
琥，是瑞玉；珀，是白色。有安定魂魄的功效。乃是松脂落入地下千年化成。无毒。利小便，通五种淋证，破除结块，安心神，止心痛，定魂魄，清肺气，运化下降，燥脾土，明目去翳，治疗癫邪、驱除鬼魅百邪。本草说：主要作用是安五脏。驱逐瘀血，对于产后血晕闷绝、儿枕痛（产后子宫收缩痛）最为有效。兼解蛊毒，金创止血生肌。但是血少而小便不利的人，服用反而会导致干燥急迫的痛苦。《别说》说：茯苓、琥珀都出自松树，然而茯苓生成于阴，琥珀生于阳而成于阴，所以都能调理营血、安心利水。像血色一样，用布摩擦加热后拾取芥子大小的才为真品。凡是用时，先用水调柏子仁末放入瓷罐内，然后放入琥珀在粉末中，煮半天左右，会有异光出现，再单独捣成粉，过筛使用。单琥珀散：研为细末，用灯芯草、薄荷煎汤调服二钱，治疗小便尿血，效果神奇。
灯心草
灯心草味甘性寒，无毒，能清心利水、通淋缩尿，烧成灰吹入喉部可止喉痹、停止小儿啼哭，破伤风嚼烂敷患处一掬量。
丛生江南沼泽地，茎圆细长直，瓤可燃灯，根苗生煮可清心退热，利水道，通五种淋证。丹溪说：灯心属土。火烧灰存性，取少许吹入喉痹处非常快捷。涂在母乳上给婴儿吃，治疗夜啼。和唾液嚼烂敷在破伤处。
绿矾
绿矾味酸性寒，消肿疸，疳积肠风也可消散，喉痹蛀牙疮癣虫，甲疽伤肿火上淬。
又名青矾。无毒。消除水肿、黄疸、小儿疳积，是抑制肝气、辅助脾胃的药剂。肠风下血，酿鲫鱼烧灰做成丸药服用。治疗喉痹、蛀牙、口疮及恶疮疥癣有虫，甲疽肿痛出水，用火淬醋三次。《局方》多用米炒，恐怕是为了胜过矾的力量吧。另一种制法，见第五卷。
以上为治疗湿证的通用药物。
石龙刍 生长在水边岩石处，俗名龙须草，可作席子，各地都有。味苦，寒，无毒。利小便，通淋闭，清除心腹邪热，风湿，鬼疰恶毒，痞满，饮食不消，出汗，止尿道疼痛，杀蛔虫。久服补虚羸，明耳目，轻身延年。凡是败破席子受人气多的，都能消瘀血，通淋，利小便。煮服效果好。蒲席、灯心席都好。九节多味的为好。七月采茎，晒干。
荛花 荛，饶也。言其花开多也。味辛、苦，气寒，有毒。主伤寒，温疟，十二水肿，利水道，破积聚大坚瘕，荡涤肠胃中留癖、饮食寒热邪气，疗痰饮咳嗽。仲景用治利者，以其行水也，水去则利止，量病斟酌用之。六月采花，阴干。
野狼毒 味辛，平，有大毒。能杀飞禽走兽，野狼鼠中之即死。消水气，止咳逆上气，破痰饮积聚 瘕，饮食寒热，胁下积癖，心腹胀痛，脏腑内一切虫病。兼治恶疮鼠 ，干癣，疸蚀，鬼精蛊毒。川产陈而沉水者良。
海带 生东海。比海藻更粗长，如带，作下水药速于海藻、昆布。主催生，治妇人及疗风。凡海中菜，皆治瘿瘤结气。青苔、紫菜皆然。水洗用。
实 麻之子，即白麻也。叶似苎而薄，花黄，十月结实，如葵子黑色，其皮可织布及作绳索。处处有之。味苦，平，无毒。主赤白冷热痢疾，取子炒香为末，蜜汤下一钱。若热结痈肿无头，吞之则头破，根亦可用。
乌臼木 根皮，味苦，微温，有毒。主下水气，通大小便，治头风 结积聚，炙黄用。子油解蛇毒。去阴下水，染发。
杉材节 须油杉及臭者良。味辛、微温，无毒。煎汤洗香港脚肿满及漆疮，煎汤服之治心腹胀痛，去恶气及风毒，奔豚，霍乱上气，坚筋骨。入药炒用。杉木上菌，主心脾气疼，暴心痛。
南烛枝 叶禀南方火气而生，叶似茗而圆浓，冬夏常青，枝茎微紫，九月结子如茱萸，紫色，可食。味辛，平，无毒。益肠胃，止泄除睡。强筋益气，久服轻身长年，变白去老。四月采叶，捣汁浸粳米，九蒸九暴名乌饭，以袋盛之可适远方。日进一合不饥，益颜色，坚筋骨能行。又春夏取枝叶，秋冬取根皮，细锉，水煎浓汁、去渣熬成膏，入童便少许，每服一匙温酒下，日三次，明目乌须，驻颜轻身，兼治一切风疾，根烧灰熟水下，治小儿误吞铜铁物。
蔓椒 俗呼为 。山野处处有之。味苦，温，无毒。主风寒马痹历节疼，除四肢厥气膝痛及游蛊飞尸。可蒸病出汗。
云实 俗呼马豆。川谷处处有之。丛生，叶如细槐，枝间微刺，花黄白，荚中子大如麻子，黄黑色。味辛、苦，温，无毒。主泄痢肠 ，杀蛊毒，去邪恶结气，止痛，除寒热消渴，治疟药中多用之。五月采，和豫实蒸一日，晒干用。
白蒿 生川泽。所在有之。春初最先诸草而生，似青蒿而叶粗，上有白毛。及秋香美可生食，俗名蓬蒿也。味甘，平，无毒。主五脏邪气，风寒湿痹，补中益气，长毛发令黑，疗心悬，少食常饥。久服耳目聪明，轻身不老。
虎掌 山谷近道有之。其苗一茎，茎头一叶，五六出如爪，根似大半夏，四周生芽如虎掌。味苦，微寒，有大毒。主利水道，除阴下湿，风眩目转，心腹寒热结气，疝瘕肠痛，积聚伏梁，筋痿拘缓。汤泡七次，火煨。蜀漆为使。畏莽草。
姑活 生河东。味甘，温。无毒。主大风邪气，湿痹寒痛，久服轻身耐老。
别HT 生蓝田川谷。味苦，温。无毒。主风寒湿痹身重，四肢疼酸寒，历节痛。
石龙子 生石涧中，形似龙而小。《衍义》云∶能至风雨，故利水道，通五癃邪结气，破石淋下血。有四种∶在草泽者，名蝾螈、蜥蜴；在壁者，名 蜒、守宫。以五色具者为雄而良，色不具者为雌乃劣耳。入药当用草泽中者。五月采，去腹中物，火干用之。恶硫黄、斑蝥、芜荑。
蝼蛄 即月令蝼蝈鸣，俗呼土狗。味咸，寒，无毒。主十种水病，肿满，喘促不得卧，通石淋，主难产，溃痈肿，除恶疮，下哽咽，解毒。其腰以前，主涩大小便；腰以后，主利大小便。若箭镞在咽喉胸膈及针刺在肉不得出者，用土狗脑捣汁滴上三五度，箭刺自出。夏至采夜行者，日干，入药炒用。
鼠妇 即地鸡。多足，色如蚓，背有横纹蹙起。生瓮底下湿处及土坎中，常负鼠背上故名。味酸，微寒，无毒。主利水道，气癃不得小便，妇人月闭血 ，痫 寒热，堕胎。仲景用治久疟者，以其主寒热也。端午采，日干，微炒。
笔头灰 是年久使乏兔毫笔头。微寒。主小便不通，小便数难，阴肿中恶，脱肛淋沥，烧灰水调服之。治难产用生藕汁下，若产母虚弱，素有冷疾，暖过服之，效。
天浆子 即粪虫。六月取入布袋，置长流水中三日夜，晒干为末，专化谷食、肉食，故小儿疳积用之。
蛇含石 蛇冬蛰时含土，至春发蛰吐之而去。一名蛇黄。味甘，性冷，无毒。主心痛，疰忤，石淋，产难，小儿惊痫。火 醋淬三四次，水飞研细用之。
以上为治疗湿证的杂用药物。
Meridian (referring to the preceding text's method or herb entering the meridian, though the original text is incomplete here, it generally implies a connection to the previous context), used for treating fetal death in the uterus; Slippery Fetus Formula (a formula for habitual abortion) often uses it. Also treats sudden redness and swelling, and "Du Ru" (breast engorgement with pain and redness due to milk stasis) in women. For pediatric white alopecia areata (tinea capitis causing hair loss and white scalp), apply vinegar residue externally. For various burns and scalds ("Wu Dan Huo Chuang"), mix with egg white and apply.
Fruit, slightly pungent in taste. It can assist Lung Qi, kill various parasites and direct Qi downward, increase appetite, eliminate malignant Qi in the heart and abdomen, treat sudden cold pain in the heart, and cure pediatric cradle cap and various sores and tinea. The flower treats pediatric epilepsy, heat injury, and difficult urination. The pod, cooked in soup with beef, treats leukorrhea in women. Young leaves, cooked in soup, reduce edema, counteract the heat of mineral drugs (Dan Shi), and promote joint mobility. In the second lunar month, harvest the bark, remove the red outer layer, and roast dry. In the eighth lunar month, harvest the fruit, ensuring they do not get damp, as dampness harms the body.
Amber
Amber is sweet and neutral in nature, formed from resin over a thousand years. It promotes urination and relieves strangury, breaks up hard accumulations, calms the mind, clears lung dryness, dries Spleen Earth, brightens the eyes, treats mania, and expels blood stasis and coagulation.
"Hu" refers to auspicious jade; "Po" means white. It has the function of stabilizing the soul and spirit. It is formed when pine resin enters the ground and transforms over a millennium. It is non-toxic. It promotes urination, unblocks the five types of strangury, breaks up nodules, calms the mind, stops heart pain, stabilizes the soul, clears Lung Qi, facilitates descending transformation, dries Spleen Earth, brightens the eyes and removes nebulae, treats maniacal disorders, and expels evil spirits and myriad pathogenic factors. Materia Medica states: its main function is to calm the Five Zang organs. It is excellent for expelling blood stasis, postpartum syncope due to blood loss, and uterine lochia pain ("Er Zhen Tong"). It also resolves gu poison, stops bleeding from metal wounds, and generates flesh. However, for those with deficient blood and difficult urination, taking it may cause discomfort from dryness and urgency. *Bie Shuo* says: Poria and Amber both originate from pine trees, but Poria forms in Yin, while Amber forms in Yang and completes in Yin; thus, both regulate Ying (Nutritive) Qi, calm the mind, and promote urination. Genuine amber resembles blood color; rub it with cloth, heat it, and if it picks up mustard seeds, it is genuine. When using it, first mix powdered Bai Zi Ren (Biota Seed) with water in a porcelain jar, add the amber into the powder, boil for half a day until a strange light appears, then grind separately into powder and sieve. Single Amber Powder: grind into fine powder, take 2 qian mixed with decoction of Juncus effusus (Deng Xin Cao) and Mint, to treat hematuria with miraculous effect.
Juncus Effusus (Rush Pith)
Juncus effusus is sweet and cold, non-toxic. It clears the Heart, promotes urination, relieves strangury, and reduces urine frequency. Burned to ash and blown into the throat, it stops laryngospasm and pediatric crying. Chewed and applied to traumatic injuries, a handful is sufficient.
It grows in clusters in marshes in Jiangnan. The stem is round, thin, long, and straight; the pith can be used for lamp wicks. Decocted raw, the roots and shoots clear the Heart and reduce fever, benefit the urinary pathway, and unblock the five types of strangury. Danxi said: Juncus belongs to Earth. Burned to ash while retaining its nature, a small amount blown into the throat acts very quickly for laryngospasm. Applied to breast milk for the infant to suck, it treats night crying. Mixed with saliva and chewed, it applies to traumatic injuries.
Green Vitriol (Ferrous Sulfate)
Green vitriol is sour and cold. It reduces swelling and jaundice, dissipates childhood malnutrition and intestinal wind bleeding, treats laryngospasm, dental caries, sores, tinea, and worms, and quenches in vinegar for onychia and traumatic swelling.
Also known as Qing Fan. Non-toxic. It eliminates edema, jaundice, and childhood malnutrition; it is an agent that suppresses Liver and assists Spleen. For intestinal wind bleeding, ferment crucian carp, burn to ash, and make into pills. Treats laryngospasm, dental caries, mouth ulcers, and malignant sores/tinea with worms. For onychia with swelling, pain, and oozing, quench in vinegar three times over fire. *Ju Fang* often uses rice-frying, perhaps to enhance the power of the alum. Another preparation method is seen in Volume 5.
The above are general herbs for treating Dampness.
Shi Long Chu (Dragon Whisker Grass)
Grows near water and rocks, commonly known as Dragon Whisker Grass, can be made into mats, found everywhere. Bitter, cold, non-toxic. Promotes urination, unblocks strangury, clears pathogenic heat from heart and abdomen, treats wind-dampness, ghostly infections and toxic pathogens, fullness, indigestion, sweating, stops penile pain, kills roundworms. Long-term use tonifies deficiency and emaciation, brightens ears and eyes, lightens the body, and prolongs life. Any broken mat exposed to much human breath can resolve blood stasis, unblock strangury, and promote urination. Boiling and drinking is effective. Rush mats and Juncus mats are also good. Those with nine nodes and multiple flavors are superior. Harvest stems in the seventh lunar month, sun-dry.
Yao Hua (Euphorbia lathyris)
"Yao" means abundant, indicating its flowers bloom profusely. Pungent and bitter, cold in qi, toxic. Treats Cold Damage, warm malaria, twelve types of edema, benefits the urinary pathway, breaks up large hard accumulations and masses, sweeps away retained habits in the intestines and stomach, dietary cold-heat pathogenic factors, and treats phlegm-fluid retention cough. Zhang Zhongjing used it to treat diarrhea because it moves water; once water is removed, diarrhea stops. Use cautiously according to the disease. Harvest flowers in the sixth lunar month, dry in shade.
Ye Lang Du (Stellera chamaejasme)
Pungent, neutral, highly toxic. Can kill birds and beasts; wild wolves and rats die upon ingesting it. Eliminates water qi, stops reverse flowing Qi, breaks up phlegm-fluid retention and accumulations/masses, dietary cold-heat, hypochondriacal accumulation, abdominal distension and pain, and all internal parasitic diseases of the Zang-Fu. Also treats malignant sores, rat bites, dry tinea, ulcerative jaundice, ghostly essence, and gu poison. Those produced in Sichuan, aged, and sinking in water are superior.
Kelp (Laminaria/Japanese Kelp)
Grows in the East Sea. Thicker and longer than seaweed, ribbon-like. As a drug to descend turbidity, it acts faster than Algae (Zao Hai) and Kelp (Kun Bu). Induces labor, treats women's diseases, and dispels wind. All sea vegetables treat goiter and stagnant Qi. Green algae and purple laver are similar. Wash before use.
Ma Shi (Hemp Seed)
Seed of hemp, i.e., white hemp. Leaves resemble ramie but are thinner, flowers yellow, fruits set in the tenth lunar month, black like sunflower seeds, skin can weave cloth and make ropes. Found everywhere. Bitter, neutral, non-toxic. Treats bloody, white, cold, and hot dysentery. Take seeds, stir-fry until fragrant, grind to powder, take 1 qian with honey water. If there is heat accumulation with headless carbuncles/swelling, swallowing it will cause the head to break/open. Roots can also be used.
Uvaria Root Bark (Wu Jiu Mu)
Root bark, bitter, slightly warm, toxic. Descends water qi, unblocks large and small bowels, treats head wind, nodules, and accumulations. Roast until yellow before use. Seed oil resolves snake venom. Removes yin water, dyes hair.
Cypress Knots (Shan Cai Jie)
Oily and smelly cypress is superior. Pungent, slightly warm, non-toxic. Decoct for washing to treat swollen feet (gouty arthritis) and lacquer dermatitis. Decoct and drink to treat abdominal distension and pain, eliminate malignant Qi and wind toxicity, running piglet syndrome, cholera with reverse Qi, and strengthen sinews and bones. Stir-fry before use. Fungi growing on cypress wood treats Heart-Spleen pain and sudden heart pain.
Nanzhu Branch (Vaccinium bracteatum)
Leaves inherit Southern Fire Qi, leaves resemble tea but are round and thick, evergreen in winter and summer, branches slightly purple, fruits set in ninth lunar month resembling dogwood, purple, edible. Pungent, neutral, non-toxic. Benefits stomach and intestines, stops diarrhea, eliminates sleepiness. Strengthens sinews and boosts Qi. Long-term use lightens the body, prolongs life, turns hair white, and reverses aging. Harvest leaves in fourth lunar month, crush juice, soak glutinous rice, steam nine times and dry nine times, named "Black Rice". Store in bags for travel. Eat one he per day to avoid hunger, improve complexion, strengthen sinews and bones for walking. Also, harvest branches and leaves in spring/summer, root bark in autumn/winter, finely chop, decoct strongly, remove dregs, boil into paste, add a little child's urine, take one spoon with warm wine, three times daily. Brightens eyes, blackens beard, preserves youth, lightens body, treats all wind diseases. Root burned to ash taken with warm water treats children who accidentally swallow copper or iron objects.
Man Jiao (Sichuan Pepper variety)
Commonly called [Name missing in source]. Found in mountains and fields everywhere. Bitter, warm, non-toxic. Treats wind-cold horse bi, joint pain, removes cold Qi in limbs, knee pain, and wandering gu/flying corpse. Can be steamed to induce sweating for illness.
Yun Shi (Caesalpinia decapetala)
Commonly called Horse Bean. Found in rivers and valleys everywhere. Grows in clusters, leaves like fine locust tree, slight thorns between branches, yellow-white flowers, pods contain seeds size of sesame, yellow-black. Pungent, bitter, warm, non-toxic. Treats dysentery and intestinal abscess, kills gu poison, removes evil stagnant Qi, stops pain, removes cold-heat and thirst. Often used in malaria formulas. Harvest in fifth lunar month, steam with Yu Shi for one day, sun-dry before use.
Bai Hao (Artemisia argyi variant)
Grows in rivers and marshes. Found everywhere. Grows earliest among grasses in early spring, resembles Qing Hao but leaves are coarse with white hairs on top. Fragrant and beautiful in autumn, edible raw, commonly called Peng Hao. Sweet, neutral, non-toxic. Treats pathogenic Qi in Five Zang, wind-cold-damp bi, tonifies middle and boosts Qi, promotes hair growth making it black, treats hanging heart sensation, frequent hunger with low food intake. Long-term use brightens ears and eyes, lightens body, prevents aging.
Tiger Palm (Aconitum carmichaelii side root)
Found in valleys near roads. One stem per seedling, one leaf at stem tip, five or six lobes like claws, root resembles large Pinellia, buds grow around sides like tiger paw. Bitter, slightly cold, highly toxic. Promotes urinary pathway, eliminates dampness below yin, wind vertigo with spinning eyes, cold-heat and stagnant Qi in heart/abdomen, hernia, intestinal abscess, accumulation and Fu Liang, tendon flaccidity and spasms. Soak in water seven times, roast over fire. Use Shu Qi as guiding herb. Averse to Mang Cao.
Gu Huo (Angelica dahurica variant?)
Grows in Hedong. Sweet, warm. Non-toxic. Treats severe wind pathogenic Qi, wind-damp cold pain. Long-term use lightens body and resists aging.
Bie HT (Text error/missing name)
Grows in Lantian rivers and valleys. Bitter, warm. Non-toxic. Treats wind-cold-damp bi with heavy body, limb soreness/cold, joint pain.
Stone Dragon (Gecko)
Grows in rocky streams, dragon-like but small. *Yan Yi* says: it can summon wind and rain, thus benefits urinary pathway, unblocks five obstructions, pathogenic stagnant Qi, breaks stone strangury and passes blood. Four types: those in marshes are named Rong Yuan and Xi Yi; those on walls are named Yan and Shou Gong. Males with complete five colors are superior; females lacking colors are inferior. Use marsh geckos for medicine. Harvest in fifth lunar month, remove internal organs, dry over fire. Averse to Sulfur, Mustard Beetle, and Elaeagnus.
Mole Cricket (Lou Gu)
As mentioned in *Yue Ling*: "Lou Gu cries," commonly called Earth Dog. Salty, cold, non-toxic. Treats ten types of water diseases, swelling/fullness, panting unable to lie down, unblocks stone strangury, facilitates difficult labor, ruptures abscesses, eliminates malignant sores, resolves obstruction, detoxifies. The part before the waist astringes large and small bowel movements; the part after the waist promotes them. If arrowheads are in throat/chest or needles stuck in flesh cannot be removed, crush earth dog brain, drip juice 3-5 times, arrow/needle will exit naturally. Harvest nocturnal ones on Summer Solstice, sun-dry, stir-fry before use.
Woodlouse (Shu Fu)
Also called Di Ji. Many legs, worm-like color, transverse wrinkles on back. Lives under wet pots and soil banks, often carries mice on back, hence the name. Sour, slightly cold, non-toxic. Promotes urinary pathway, Qi obstruction with inability to urinate, female amenorrhea and blood stasis, epilepsy cold-heat, induces abortion. Zhang Zhongjing used it for chronic malaria because it treats cold-heat. Harvest on Dragon Boat Festival, sun-dry, lightly stir-fry.
Brush Head Ash
Ash from old rabbit-hair brushes. Slightly cold. Treats urinary retention, frequent/difficult urination, genital swelling from evil qi, rectal prolapse with dripping, burn to ash, mix with water and take. For difficult labor, take with fresh lotus root juice. If mother is weak with chronic cold disease, warm before taking, effective.
Heavenly Slurry Seed (Fly Larva)
Fly larvae. Harvest in June, put in cloth bag, place in flowing water for three days and nights, sun-dry, grind to powder. Specializes in digesting grain and meat, thus used for childhood malnutrition.
Snake Containing Stone
Snakes hold this soil during hibernation, spit it out in spring when emerging. Also called Snake Yellow. Sweet, cold nature, non-toxic. Treats heart pain, zombie possession, stone strangury, difficult labor, pediatric convulsive epilepsy. Quench in vinegar over fire 3-4 times, water-pulverize and grind fine before use.
The above are miscellaneous herbs for treating Dampness.