即酸浆草
制砂汞、 矾、砒石。
酸，寒。入手阳明，兼太阳经。治淋带，解热毒，洗痔痛脱肛，涂汤火蛇蝎伤。配车前
草汁
、沙糖，通二便。
（苔草类八种）
即陟厘，一名水苔。
辛，平。消谷止泻。（利水故也。）得黄 ，治脏毒。捣汁，治天行时病。
怪症∶身上及头面肌肉浮肿，状如蛇者，用雨滴阶前砖上苔痕一钱，水化，涂蛇头上即
消。
即海苔，俗呼苔菜。
咸，寒。治瘿瘤结气，止呕吐心烦，消茶积，贴疮毒。
烧末吹鼻，止衄血。
甘，冷。去邪热，调五脏。解天行热毒，止五淋吐衄。手背肿，汤浸捣敷。
酸，冷。入手少阴经。主暴热暴风口噤，金疮，黄胆，心烦。
苔生墙垣者，止衄，捣汁用。敷汤火伤，烧研油调用。
甘，寒。入手足太阳经。理水气，止消渴，治皮热，寒热往来。配盐汤漱口，治热毒牙
龈宣露。
苔生瓦上者。治衄，新汲水送下。
辛，平。除五脏邪气，治阴中作痛。收脱肛，暖水脏，疗风眩，消症瘕。配地榆，治下
血。
配侧柏，治肠红。生在山上者。盐水煮，晒干用。
即桑树上白藓
苦，平。入足太阴、手阳明经。健脾涩肠。止衄吐血，肠风崩带热咳，并宜用之。
辛，平。入手太阴经。清肺金，散血热，解头毒，治咽喉。佐鼠粘、元参，治温毒发颐。
拌沙糖、井水，治积热吐
血。生朽木上，状如肺肝，色紫，弹之粉出。
即酸浆草。
能制约砂汞、矾石、砒石。
味酸，性寒。归入手阳明经，兼入太阳经。治疗淋证带下，解除热毒，洗涤痔疮疼痛及脱肛，涂抹于汤火烫伤及蛇蝎咬伤处。配伍车前草汁、砂糖，通利大小便。
（苔草类八种）
即陟厘，又名水苔。
味辛，性平。消食止泻。（因为有利水的作用。）配伍黄芩，治疗脏毒。捣取汁液，治疗时行疫病。
怪症：身体及头面部肌肉浮肿，形状像蛇一样，用雨滴落在台阶前砖上的苔痕一钱，用水化开，涂抹在“蛇”头上即刻消退。
即海苔，俗称苔菜。
味咸，性寒。治疗瘿瘤结气，停止呕吐心烦，消除茶积，贴敷疮毒。
烧成末吹入鼻腔，止住鼻出血。
味甘，性冷。去除邪热，调和五脏。解除时行热毒，止住五淋、吐血、衄血。手背肿胀，用汤浸后捣烂外敷。
味酸，性冷。归入手少阴经。主治突发高热、口噤不开，金创，黄疸，心烦。
生长在墙垣上的苔，止鼻衄，捣汁使用。敷治汤火伤，烧成研末后用油调敷。
味甘，性寒。归入手足太阳经。调理水气，止消渴，治疗皮肤发热，寒热往来。配伍盐汤漱口，治疗热毒导致的牙龈红肿暴露。
生长在瓦片上的苔。治疗鼻衄，用新汲水送服。
味辛，性平。清除五脏邪气，治疗阴中疼痛。收敛脱肛，温暖水脏，治疗风眩，消除症瘕。配伍地榆，治疗便血。
配伍侧柏，治疗肠红。生长在山上的，用盐水煮，晒干后使用。
即桑树上的白藓。
味苦，性平。归入足太阴经、手阳明经。健脾涩肠。止鼻衄、吐血，肠风、崩漏带下、热咳，都适宜使用。
味辛，性平。归入手太阴经。清肺金，散血热，解头部毒邪，治疗咽喉疾病。佐以鼠粘子、玄参，治疗温毒发颐。
拌和砂糖、井水，治疗积热吐血。生长在朽木上，形状像肺肝，颜色紫黑，弹击时有粉末飞出。
Is *Oxalis corniculata* (Sour Grass).
Can neutralize Cinnabaris (Mercury Sulfide), Alum, and Realgar.
Acidic in flavor, cold in nature. Enters the Hand-Yangming Large Intestine Meridian, and also the Taiyang Meridian. Treats stranguria and leukorrhea; resolves heat-toxicity; washes hemorrhoidal pain and rectal prolapse; applies to burns/scalds and snake or scorpion bites. Combined with juice of *Plantago asiatica* (Cheqiancao) and rock sugar, promotes urination and defecation.
(Eight species of Moss/Tai)
Is *Zhilí*, also known as Water Moss.
Pungent in flavor, neutral in nature. Promotes digestion and stops diarrhea. (Due to its diuretic effect.) Combined with *Scutellaria baicalensis* (Huangqin), treats visceral toxicity. Juice applied internally treats epidemic febrile diseases.
Strange symptom: Edema of muscles on the body, head, and face, resembling a snake shape. Use one qian of moss traces from bricks on steps where raindrops have fallen, dissolve in water, and apply to the "snake's" head for immediate resolution.
Is *Nori* (Sea Moss), commonly called Taicai.
Salty in flavor, cold in nature. Treats goiter and qi stagnation; stops vomiting and restlessness; resolves tea accumulation; applies to carbuncles/toxins.
Burned to ash and insufflated into the nose, stops epistaxis.
Sweet in flavor, cold in nature. Expels pathogenic heat, harmonizes the five zang organs. Resolves epidemic heat-toxicity, stops the five strangurias, hematemesis, and epistaxis. For swelling of the back of the hand, soak in hot water, crush, and apply externally.
Acidic in flavor, cold in nature. Enters the Hand-Shaoyin Heart Meridian. Mainly treats sudden high fever, lockjaw, traumatic injuries, jaundice, and restlessness.
Moss growing on walls stops epistaxis; use crushed juice. For burns/scalds, burn to powder and mix with oil for application.
Sweet in flavor, cold in nature. Enters the Hand-Taiyang Small Intestine Meridian and Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian. Regulates water metabolism, stops thirst, treats skin heat, and alternating chills and fever. Rinsing mouth with salt water treats gum swelling and exposure due to heat-toxicity.
Moss growing on roof tiles treats epistaxis; swallow with fresh well water.
Pungent in flavor, neutral in nature. Eliminates pathogenic qi in the five zang organs, treats pain in the yin region. Astringes rectal prolapse, warms the "water organ" (Kidney/Bladder), treats wind-induced vertigo, and resolves masses. Combined with *Sanguisorba officinalis* (Diyu), treats lower gastrointestinal bleeding.
Combined with *Platycladus orientalis* (Cebaiye), treats intestinal redness (hematochezia). Those growing on mountains are boiled in salt water, dried, and used.
Is white lichen on mulberry trees (*Bai Xian*).
Bitter in flavor, neutral in nature. Enters the Foot-Taiyin Spleen Meridian and Hand-Yangming Large Intestine Meridian. Strengthens the spleen and astringes the intestines. Stops epistaxis and hematemesis; suitable for wind-heat in the intestines, metrorrhagia/metrostaxis, leukorrhea, and heat cough.
Pungent in flavor, neutral in nature. Enters the Hand-Taiyin Lung Meridian. Clears lung metal, disperses blood heat, resolves head toxins, and treats throat conditions. Assisted by *Arctium lappa* (Niubangzi) and *Scrophularia ningpoensis* (Yuanshen), treats warm-toxicity causing parotitis.
Mixed with rock sugar and well water, treats hematemesis due to accumulated heat. Grows on rotting wood, resembles lungs/liver in shape, is purple-black in color, and releases powder when tapped.