治疗水肿,通利小便,治疗口眼歪斜,(但续随子)并非上品药材,不要多吃。
味甘、性平、微毒,能诱发疮疥、消除水肿、通利小便,与荆芥相反,服用后对人有害。
味甘、性温、有大毒,味道虽然鲜美,但如果炮制方法不当,常常导致人死亡。
味甘、性平、无毒,能补益虚损、增强气力,多吃会扰动气机。
味甘、咸、性平,治疗久痢。
味甘、咸、性平,能消痰、破除血癖。
治疗骨病和恶疮,能够接骨,应取焚烧后的叶子使用,因为种子(胎骨)有毒,服用会损伤生命。
药性平,治疗难产,去除眼中翳障,应取孕妇手指上的部位(指头血/指甲)使用。
味咸、性热且有剧毒,能解毒箭,治疗女劳复。用月经衣熨烫金疮出血不止,烧灰服用可治疗虎、野狼咬伤及箭头射入腹中。
煎汁外洗治疗女劳复,烧成灰治疗阴阳易,男病用女的,女病用男的,应取靠近阴处的部位(经血/衣物)使用。
味苦、辛、微寒,能行水、破除积聚症瘕,荡涤肠胃中的饮食停滞、痰饮,治疗伤寒和温疟。
味辛、寒至极至苦,治疗蛊毒、喉痹,杀虫,入口即引起呕吐,风痫症使用它,如果服药后呕吐不止,喝葱汤即可停止,与酒同用会致人死亡。
味辛苦、性寒且药性猛烈,能引吐、行水、祛痰饮、截疟,与甘草同用或生用时,多用则引起呕吐,如果用酒浸透并炒熟,仅用一钱左右,未见其完全吐出。
味甘、性温,能杀虫、治疗小儿疳积,多吃伤脾食,之后喝热茶会导致腹泻。
味辛、甘、寒,能破血、吐痰、泻热、解毒。根部名为杜牛膝,功效相同,清洗痔疮效果良好。
Treats edema and promotes urination; treats deviation of the mouth and eye. (However, Suisui Zi) is not a superior drug; do not consume it in large quantities.
Sweet, neutral, slightly toxic. It induces sores and scabies, reduces edema, and promotes urination. It is incompatible with Jingjie (Schizonepetae Herba), and its consumption is harmful to humans.
Sweet, warm, highly toxic. Although the taste is pleasant, improper processing often leads to death.
Sweet, neutral, non-toxic. It tonifies deficiency and boosts qi and strength. Excessive consumption disturbs qi movement.
Sweet, salty, neutral. Treats chronic dysentery.
Salty, neutral. Treats blood stasis accumulation in women and wind disorders in children.
Sweet, salty, neutral. Resolves phlegm and breaks up blood stasis癖 (masses).
Treats bone diseases and malignant sores; capable of setting bones. Use the burned leaves; the seeds (fetal bones) are toxic, and ingestion damages life.
Stops malaria, resolves fetal toxins, and is applied externally to umbilical sores.
Nature is neutral. Treats difficult labor and removes cataracts from the eyes. Use the material from the pregnant woman's fingernails/fingers.
Sweet, salty, neutral. Expels evil influences, brightens the eyes, and reduces swelling and toxicity.
Salty, hot, and toxic. Resolves arrow poison and treats female exhaustion relapse (Nü Lao Fu). Ironing golden wounds with bleeding using menstrual cloth stops hemorrhage; ingesting the ash treats tiger, wild wolf bites, and arrowheads embedded in the abdomen.
Wash with decoction to treat female exhaustion relapse; burn to ash to treat Yin-Yang exchange (Yin Yang Yi). For male illness, use female material; for female illness, use male material. Obtain from areas near the genitals.
Bitter, pungent, slightly cold. Moves water, breaks up accumulations and masses (Zheng Jia), cleanses the stomach and intestines of food retention, phlegm-fluids, and treats Cold Damage (Shang Han) and warm malaria.
A grass name. Breaks blood, treats cholera, malignant sores, and traumatic blood stasis.
Pungent, extremely cold to bitter. Treats gu poison and throat obstruction (Hou Bi), kills parasites. Causes immediate vomiting upon entry. Used for wind epilepsy; if vomiting persists after administration, drinking green onion soup stops it. Combined with wine, it causes death.
Pungent, cold. Breaks blood, discharges pus, erodes foul flesh, and kills scabies mites.
Bitter, pungent, cold, and fierce in nature. Induces vomiting, moves water, expels phlegm-fluids, and arrests malaria. When used with Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix) or raw, excessive doses cause vomiting. If soaked in wine and thoroughly stir-fried, using only about one qian (approx. 3-5g) does not induce complete vomiting.
Bitter, slightly cold. Breaks blood, reduces distension, kills parasites, and treats masses and carbuncle toxins.
Sweet, warm. Kills parasites, treats pediatric malnutrition (Gan Ji). Excessive consumption injures spleen digestion; drinking hot tea afterward causes diarrhea.
Pungent, sweet, cold. Breaks blood, induces vomiting of phlegm, drains heat, and resolves toxins. The root is named Du Niuxi (Achyranthes Bidentatae Radix), with identical functions; effective for washing hemorrhoids.
Bitter, warm. Breaks blood, directs qi downward to relieve distension, eliminates masses, and stops bleeding from metallic wounds. Overconsumption causes vomiting and diarrhea.
Pungent, warm. Moves water, breaks blood, resolves toxins, and benefits the intestines. It excels at promoting diuresis but has a fierce and aggressive action; those with deficiency should not take it. Grind and remove the oil before use.