畏鼠姑。制雄黄。
苦，凉。入足厥阴经血分。行血通经。除霉毒，疗乳痈。配黑豆、炙甘草，煮，治血渴。
配
石榴皮，治脱肛。佐乌梅、生地，治鼻衄不止。佐阿胶、侧柏，疗妇人败血。勿犯铅、铁器。
酒炒，行血。童便炒，止
血。血虚吐衄，泄泻不食，二者禁用。
殷孽为之使。畏萆 、女菀、卤咸。恶细辛。杀雄黄、消石毒。
苦、辛、寒。足太阳本药。行十二经络，泻下焦血分湿热。祛风水，除温疟，退痈肿，
疗虫
疮。得葵子，通小便淋涩。配知、柏，去下焦湿肿。配桃仁，治大便秘。佐胆草，治胁痛。
使胆星，治热痰。合威灵，治肩臂痛。心与花大黄色者真。去风，用木防己。治水，用汉防
己。酒洗，同车前根蒸熟用。
热在上焦勿用。（防己下焦药。）气分风热，小便不通，元气虚弱，阴虚内热，病后虚渴，皆
禁用。
古名通脱木
甘、淡、微寒。入手太阴、足阳明经气分。泻肺气，利阴窍，下五淋，通乳汁。能使经
络流
行，营卫通畅。（以能开厥阴之关也。）佐琥珀、茯苓，泻火利水。
中寒者勿用。
古名通草
苦、淡、平。入手厥阴、手足太阳经气分。泄三焦之邪热，而归小肠。通九窍之血脉，
而利
关节。治水肿浮大，疗君火上炎，催生下乳，退喉痹，去脾疸，理鼻 ，开耳聋，散痈肿。
配生地黄、炙甘草、竹叶，治心热尿赤。
肾气虚，心气弱，汗不彻，口舌燥，孕妇，皆禁用。此药昔所不用，以其大泄心肾之气。
素
染虚症，或病久气血两亏者，用之元气衰脱，多无救药。
【茜草】
畏鼠姑。制雄黄。
苦，凉。入足厥阴经血分。行血通经。除霉毒，疗乳痈。配黑豆、炙甘草，煮，治血渴。
配石榴皮，治脱肛。佐乌梅、生地，治鼻衄不止。佐阿胶、侧柏，疗妇人败血。勿犯铅、铁器。
酒炒，行血。童便炒，止血。血虚吐衄，泄泻不食，二者禁用。
【木通】
殷孽为之使。畏萆 、女菀、卤咸。恶细辛。杀雄黄、消石毒。
苦、辛、寒。足太阳本药。行十二经络，泻下焦血分湿热。祛风水，除温疟，退痈肿，疗虫疮。得葵子，通小便淋涩。配知、柏，去下焦湿肿。配桃仁，治大便秘。佐胆草，治胁痛。使胆星，治热痰。合威灵，治肩臂痛。心与花大黄色者真。去风，用木防己。治水，用汉防己。酒洗，同车前根蒸熟用。
热在上焦勿用。（防己下焦药。）气分风热，小便不通，元气虚弱，阴虚内热，病后虚渴，皆禁用。
【通脱木】
古名通脱木
甘、淡、微寒。入手太阴、足阳明经气分。泻肺气，利阴窍，下五淋，通乳汁。能使经络流行，营卫通畅。（以能开厥阴之关也。）佐琥珀、茯苓，泻火利水。
中寒者勿用。
【通草】
古名通草
苦、淡、平。入手厥阴、手足太阳经气分。泄三焦之邪热，而归小肠。通九窍之血脉，而利关节。治水肿浮大，疗君火上炎，催生下乳，退喉痹，去脾疸，理鼻 ，开耳聋，散痈肿。
配生地黄、炙甘草、竹叶，治心热尿赤。
肾气虚，心气弱，汗不彻，口舌燥，孕妇，皆禁用。此药昔所不用，以其大泄心肾之气。素染虚症，或病久气血两亏者，用之元气衰脱，多无救药。
[Qiancao]
Averse to Paeonia suffruticosa (Mudanpi). Controlled against Realgar.
Bitter, cool. Enters the blood level of the Foot-Jueyin Meridian. Promotes blood circulation and unblocks menstruation. Eliminates miasma toxins, treats breast abscess. Paired with black soybean and roasted licorice root, boiled, treats blood thirst.
Paired with pomegranate peel, treats rectal prolapse. Assisted by mume fruit and rehmannia root, treats persistent epistaxis. Assisted by donkey-hide gelatin and biota tops, treats retained blood in women. Avoid lead and iron vessels.
Stir-fried with wine, promotes blood circulation. Stir-fried with child's urine, stops bleeding. Contraindicated for hematemesis and epistaxis due to blood deficiency, and for diarrhea with anorexia.
[Mutong]
Akebia caulis is its guide drug. Averse to Dioscorea hypoglauca (Bixie), Polygala tenuifolia (Nüwan), and halite (Luxian). Dislikes Asarum (Xixin). Neutralizes realgar and niter toxicity.
Bitter, pungent, cold. The primary herb for the Foot-Taiyang Meridian. Circulates through the twelve meridians, drains damp-heat from the blood level of the lower jiao. Dispels wind-water, eliminates warm malaria, reduces carbuncles and swellings, treats insect sores. With sesame leaves, unblocks painful urinary dribbling. Paired with anemarrhena and phellodendron, removes damp swelling in the lower jiao. Paired with peach kernel, treats severe constipation. Assisted by bupleurum root, treats hypochondriac pain. Combined with aconite processed with arisaema, treats hot phlegm. Combined with saussurea, treats shoulder and arm pain. Those with yellow heart and flowers are authentic. For dispelling wind, use Stephania tetrandra (Mufangji); for treating water retention, use Stephania hernandifolia (Hanfangji). Washed with wine, steamed together with plantago root for use.
Do not use if heat is in the upper jiao. (Fangji is a lower jiao herb.) Contraindicated for wind-heat in the qi level, inability to urinate, weak primordial qi, yin deficiency with internal heat, and post-illness deficiency thirst.
[Tongduomu]
Ancient name: Tongduomu
Sweet, bland, slightly cold. Enters the qi level of the Hand-Taiyin and Foot-Yangming Meridians. Drains lung qi, benefits the yin orifices, descends five types of strangury, promotes lactation. Can make the meridians circulate freely and ensure smooth flow of nutritive and defensive qi. (Because it can open the gate of Jueyin.) Assisted by amber and poria, drains fire and promotes urination.
Do not use for those with middle jiao cold.
[Tongcao]
Ancient name: Tongcao
Bitter, bland, neutral. Enters the qi level of the Hand-Jueyin and Hand-Foot-Taiyang Meridians. Drains pathogenic heat from the three jiao and directs it to the small intestine. Unblocks the blood vessels of the nine orifices and benefits the joints. Treats edema with floating and large appearance, treats flaming up of ministerial fire, induces labor and promotes lactation, relieves throat obstruction, removes spleen jaundice, treats nasal congestion, opens deafness, disperses carbuncles and swellings.
Paired with raw rehmannia root, roasted licorice root, and bamboo leaf, treats heart heat with red urine.
Contraindicated for kidney qi deficiency, weak heart qi, incomplete sweating, dry mouth and tongue, and pregnant women. This herb was previously unused because it greatly drains the qi of the heart and kidneys. For those constitutionally prone to deficiency syndromes, or who have suffered from long illness resulting in dual deficiency of qi and blood, using it may cause collapse of primordial qi, often without hope of rescue.