治喉痹，敷金疮。小儿邪热在心，夜啼不止，以二三颗，灯心汤调，抹乳吮之。
（九种）
甘，平。治泄痢冷热赤白，腹内热毒绞结痛，下血。又解诸药毒、肉毒、合口椒毒、野
菌毒。得黄连，治小儿吃土。
甘，温。治脾胃湿多，吐泻霍乱。（得太阳频照之功，引真火生发之气，补土胜湿，则
吐泻自止。）
一名六一泥
甘、酸、寒。治赤白久热痢，烧烟尽沃汁滤净饮之。得生甘草汁、轻粉末，调涂小儿阴
囊忽热肿痛。得米醋，调敷
吹乳。得绿豆粉，敷外肾生疮。
一名孩儿茶
苦、涩、平。清上膈热，化痰生津。涂一切疮，生肌定痛，止血收湿。得轻粉、冰片，
搽下疳阴疮。配雄黄、贝母，
搽牙疳口疮。
一名灶心土
苦、辛、温。调中燥湿，消肿止血。疗赤白带下，止尿血遗精。得黄芩、阿胶，治大便
后血。得阿胶、蚕沙，治妇
人血漏。得醋调，敷阴肿。得鸡子清调，涂丹毒。研水飞。
辛，温。止血生肌。得酒磨服，治胞衣不下。得醋磨服，治血崩。得井水磨服，治鼻衄
不已。得地浆送下，治客忤。
入地黄汁下，治吐血不止。
火 研用，或磨用。
艾灸可治疗各种疾病。如果艾灸治疗各类风寒湿邪引起的疾病，加入少许硫黄粉末效果更佳。
治疗喉痹（咽喉肿痛闭塞），外敷用于金疮（金属利器造成的创伤）。小儿心经有邪热，夜间啼哭不止，取二三颗，用灯心草汤调匀，涂抹在乳房上让婴儿吮吸。
（九种）
味甘，性平。治疗泄泻痢疾中的冷热赤白痢，腹内热毒绞结疼痛，便血。又能解除各种药物中毒、肉类腐败中毒、合口椒毒、野生菌类毒素。与黄连配伍，可治疗小儿异食癖（吃土）。
味甘，性温。治疗脾胃湿气过重，呕吐腹泻霍乱。（借助太阳频繁照射的功效，引导真火生发之气，补益脾土以胜湿，则吐泻自然停止。）
又名六一泥。
味甘、酸，性寒。治疗赤白久热痢，烧尽后用水冲洗药渣，滤净汁液饮用。与生甘草汁、轻粉粉末混合，调匀涂抹于小儿阴囊突然红肿热痛处。与米醋调和，外敷治疗乳痈（乳汁淤积引起的乳房肿痛）。与绿豆粉混合，外敷治疗外生殖器生疮。
又名孩儿茶。
味苦、涩，性平。清泄上焦膈膜之热，化痰生津。涂抹于各种疮疡，促进肌肉生长，定痛止血，收敛湿气。与轻粉、冰片配伍，搽涂治疗下疳阴疮。与雄黄、贝母配伍，搽涂治疗牙疳口疮。
又名灶心土。
味苦、辛，性温。调理中焦，燥湿消肿，止血。治疗赤白带下，止尿血遗精。与黄芩、阿胶配伍，治疗大便后出血。与阿胶、蚕沙配伍，治疗妇人血漏。与醋调和，外敷治疗阴部肿胀。与鸡蛋清调和，涂抹治疗丹毒。研细后水飞使用。
味甘，性寒。理治损伤接续断骨，解除心中大热。
用醋炒五次，研末使用。
味辛，性温。止血生肌。与酒磨服，治疗胞衣不下。与醋磨服，治疗血崩。与井水磨服，治疗鼻衄不止。用地浆送服，治疗客忤（外邪侵袭所致的小儿急症）。入地黄汁中送服，治疗吐血不止。
用火煅烧研用，或磨碎使用。
Moxibustion treats various diseases. If moxibustion is used to treat various wind-cold-dampness disorders, adding a small amount of Sulfur powder (Liu Huang) is particularly effective.
Treats throat obstruction (Hou Bi, characterized by sore throat and difficulty swallowing), applied externally for metal weapon injuries. For infants with pathogenic heat in the Heart causing incessant night crying, take two or three pills, mix with Jiaxin Decoction (Decocted Scirpi Fluviatilis Caulis), apply to the breast for the infant to suckle.
(Nine Varieties)
Sweet, neutral. Treats dysentery of cold-heat, red-white types, abdominal pain due to heat-toxin knotting, and hematochezia. Also resolves various drug poisonings, meat poisoning, He Kou Pepper poisoning, and wild mushroom poisoning. Combined with Coptidis Rhizoma (Huang Lian), it treats pica (eating soil) in children.
Sweet, warm. Treats excessive dampness in the Spleen and Stomach, vomiting, diarrhea, and cholera. (Benefiting from the effect of frequent sun exposure, it guides the Qi of true fire to generate, tonifies Earth to overcome dampness, thereby stopping vomiting and diarrhea.)
Decocted as a bath for infants to expel fright and epilepsy, and to remove sores and scabies.
Also known as Liu Yi Ni.
Sweet, sour, cold. Treats chronic red-white hot dysentery; burn until ash, wash with water, filter the liquid, and drink. Combined with Raw Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma juice and Calomelas powder, mix and apply to sudden red, swollen, hot, and painful scrotum in infants. Mixed with rice vinegar, apply externally for mastitis (breast abscess). Mixed with Mung Bean Powder, apply externally for sores on the external genitalia.
Also known as Hai Er Cha.
Bitter, astringent, neutral. Clears heat from the upper diaphragm, transforms phlegm, and generates fluids. Applied to all sores to promote tissue regeneration, relieve pain, stop bleeding, and absorb dampness. Combined with Calomelas and Borneol, apply to chancre sores on the genitals. Paired with Realgar and Fritillariae Bulbus, apply to canker sores and gum infections.
Also known as Zao Xin Tu.
Bitter, pungent, warm. Regulates the middle jiao, dries dampness, reduces swelling, and stops bleeding. Treats leukorrhea (red and white discharge), stops hematuria and spermatorrhea. Combined with Scutellariae Radix (Huang Qin) and Asini Corii Colla (E Jiao), treats post-defecation bleeding. Combined with Asini Corii Colla and Bombyx Batryticatus (Can Sha), treats uterine bleeding in women. Mixed with vinegar, apply externally for genital swelling. Mixed with egg white, apply for erysipelas. Grind fine and use wet-milling method (water flying).
Sweet, cold. Treats trauma and fractures, resolves severe heat in the heart.
Stir-fried five times with vinegar, grind into powder for use.
Pungent, warm. Stops bleeding and promotes tissue regeneration. Ground with wine and taken orally to treat retained placenta. Ground with vinegar and taken orally to treat metrorrhagia. Ground with well water and taken orally to treat persistent epistaxis. Taken with earth slurry to treat Ke Wu (sudden illness caused by external evil qi). Taken with Rehmanniae Radix juice to treat incessant hematemesis.
Calcined and ground for use, or ground directly.