汪氏草药方∶猫舌仙桥叶面生刺，草本塌地，生花青紫，多产水泽旁。
治疔疮∶理黄胆一切湿火（汪氏）。
一名肉馄饨草，一名金锁匙。生古寺园砌石间，似地连钱而叶有皱纹，形如腰包，青翠
可爱
。百草镜云∶二月、十月发苗，生乱石缝中，茎细，叶如芡实大，中缺，形似挂包馄饨，
故名。蔓延贴地，逐节生根，极易繁衍，山家阶砌乱石间多有之，四月、十月采，过时无。
性微寒，治黄白火丹，去湿火，兼神仙对坐草用。 清五脏，点热眼，止吐血，洗痔疮，
调
水肿初起。百草镜云∶活鲫鱼大者一尾，用瓷片割开，去鳞及肠血，以纸拭净，勿见水，
以
荷包草填腹令满，甜白酒蒸熟，去草食鱼。
利湿热，治黄白胆臌胀，白浊经闭，捣汁点热眼，煎汤洗痔疮肿痛（百草镜）。
疝气∶周氏家宝用荷包草研烂汁，酒送服。此草形似荷包，上面有二子，初生时有叶无
子，
须至六七月方生。
黄胆∶家宝方∶荷包草螺蛳三合，同捣汁，澄清，煨热服。
眼中生疔∶眼科要览∶用肉馄饨草连根叶，和酒浆板捣汁，饮二、三次，即愈。（酒浆
板，即酒酿糟也。）
蛇咬∶家宝方∶鹤顶红即灰 ，肉馄饨，野红菜头，三味共捣敷之。
生高山石壁上，立夏后发苗，叶细如米粒，蔓延络石，其根嵌石罅内，白如鼠牙。百草
镜载
各种半支，有七十二种，此为第一。 百草镜∶鼠牙半支二月发苗，茎白，其叶三瓣一聚，
层积蔓生，花后即枯，四月开花黄色，如瓦松。
性寒，消痈肿，治湿郁水肿。
治诸毒及汤烙伤疔痈等症，虫蛇螫咬。蒋仪药镜拾遗赋∶半枝莲解蛇伤之仙草。
半枝莲饮∶百草镜云∶治一切大毒，如发背对口冬瓜骑马等痈，初起者消，已成者溃，
出脓
亦少，鼠牙半支一两，捣汁，陈酒和服，渣敷苗头，取汗而愈。章南闻试效。
汪氏草药方：猫舌仙桥的叶面生有刺，草本植物贴地生长，开青紫色的花，多产于水泽旁边。
治疗疔疮、黄疸及一切湿火证（汪氏）。
又名肉馄饨草，又名金锁匙。生长在古寺园林台阶的石缝间，外形像地连钱但叶片有皱纹，形状像腰包，青翠可爱。
《百草镜》记载：二月和十月发苗，生长在乱石缝隙中，茎细长，叶如芡实大小，中间缺失，形状像挂着的包子和馄饨，因此得名。蔓延贴地生长，每节生根，极易繁衍，山间人家的台阶和乱石间多有生长，四月和十月采收，过了时节就没有了。
药性微寒，治疗黄白火丹，去除湿火，兼用神仙对坐草。能清五脏，点治热眼，止吐血，洗痔疮，调理初起的水肿。
《百草镜》记载：取活鲫鱼一条大的，用瓷片割开，去鳞及肠血，用纸擦净，不要见水，用荷包草填满鱼腹使其饱满，加甜白酒蒸熟，去掉草吃鱼。
利湿热，治疗黄白胆臌胀、白浊、经闭，捣汁点治热眼，煎汤洗痔疮肿痛（《百草镜》）。
疝气：周氏家宝方用荷包草研烂取汁，用酒送服。这种草形状像荷包，上面有两个子房，刚长出来时有叶无子，必须到六七月才生子房。
黄疸：家宝方：荷包草与螺蛳三合，一起捣汁，澄清后，煨热服用。
眼中生疔：《眼科要览》：用肉馄饨草连同根叶，和酒酿糟一起捣汁，饮用两三次，即可痊愈。（酒酿糟，就是酒酿的渣滓。）
蛇咬伤：家宝方：鹤顶红即灰，肉馄饨草，野红菜头，三味药一起捣碎敷在患处。
生长在高山石壁上，立夏后发苗，叶细如米粒，蔓延缠绕石头，其根嵌入石缝内，白色像老鼠牙齿。《百草镜》记载各种半支莲有七十二种，此为第一种。
《百草镜》：鼠牙半支二月发苗，茎白色，其叶三瓣聚生，层层积累蔓生，开花后即枯萎，四月开黄花，像瓦松。
药性寒，消痈肿，治疗湿郁水肿。
治疗诸毒及汤火烙伤、疔痈等症，虫蛇螫咬。蒋仪《药镜拾遗赋》说：半枝莲是解蛇伤的仙草。
半枝莲饮：《百草镜》记载：治疗一切大毒，如发背、对口、冬瓜、骑马等痈疽，初起的能消散，已成形的能溃破，出脓也少，用鼠牙半支一两，捣汁，陈酒调和服用，药渣敷在患处顶部，出汗而愈。章南闻试验有效。
Wang's Herbal Prescription: The leaves of Maoshe Xianqiao (Cat-tongue Fairy Bridge) have thorns on their surface; the herbaceous plant grows flat against the ground, bears blue-purple flowers, and is mostly produced beside water marshes.
Treats ding sores (carbuncles), jaundice, and all damp-heat fire syndromes (Wang).
Also known as Rouhundun Cao (Meat Wonton Grass) and Jin Suoshi (Golden Lock Key). It grows in the stone crevices of ancient temple garden steps, resembling Dilianqian (Ground Covering Coin) but with wrinkled leaves; its shape is like a waist bag, green and lovely.
*Baicaojing* (Mirror of Hundred Herbs) records: Sprouts emerge in February and October, growing in cracks of scattered stones; the stem is slender, leaves are as large as Euryale Seed (Qianshi), missing in the middle, shaped like hanging bags and wontons, hence the name. It spreads along the ground, rooting at each node, propagating easily; it is abundant in the steps and scattered stones of mountain dwellings, harvested in April and October, unavailable after the season.
The nature is slightly cold; treats Huangbai Huodan (Yellow and White Fire Dan), removes damp-heat fire, used together with Shenxian Duizuo Cao (Immortal Sitting Opposite Grass). Clears the five zang organs, drops for hot eyes, stops hematemesis, washes hemorrhoids, regulates early-stage edema.
*Baicaojing* records: Take one large live crucian carp, cut open with a porcelain shard, remove scales and intestines/blood, wipe dry with paper without letting it touch water, fill the belly completely with Hebao Cao (Pouch Grass), steam until cooked with sweet rice wine, remove the grass and eat the fish.
Promotes urination to clear damp-heat, treats Huangbai Dangu Zhang (Yellow/White Gall Bladder Distension), leukorrhea, and amenorrhea; crush for juice to drop for hot eyes, decoct for soup to wash painful and swollen hemorrhoids (*Baicaojing*).
Hernia: Zhou Family Treasure Recipe uses Hebao Cao crushed into juice, taken with wine. This grass resembles a pouch, with two seed pods on top; initially it has leaves but no pods, requiring June or July to develop pods.
Jaundice: Family Treasure Recipe: Hebao Cao and Snails (three he), crushed together for juice, clarified, heated gently before drinking.
Ding forming in the eye: *Yanke Yaolan* (Essential View of Ophthalmology): Use Rouhundun Cao including roots and leaves, mix with Jiuniangzao (fermented rice lees), crush for juice, drink two or three times, then cured. (Jiuniangzao refers to the dregs of fermented rice wine.)
Snake bite: Family Treasure Recipe: Heddinghong (Red Crown Top, i.e., ash), Rouhundun Cao, Yehongcaitou (Wild Red Vegetable Root), these three ingredients crushed together and applied externally.
Grows on high mountain rock walls, sprouting after Lixia (Start of Summer); leaves are fine as rice grains, spreading over rocks; its roots embed in stone fissures, white like rat teeth. *Baicaojing* records seventy-two types of Banzhilian (Half-bracelet Lotus), this being the first.
*Baicaojing*: Shuyabanzhi (Rat-tooth Half-bracelet) sprouts in February, stems are white, leaves cluster in threes, accumulating layers and spreading; withers after flowering, blooms yellow in April, resembling Sempervivum tectorum (Tile Moss).
Nature is cold; reduces carbuncles and swelling, treats edema due to dampness stagnation.
Treats various toxins, scalds, burns, ding carbuncles, etc., insect and snake bites. Jiang Yi's *Yaosheng Shi Yi Fu* states: Banzhilian is the immortal herb for resolving snake injuries.
Banzhilian Drink: *Baicaojing* records: Treats all major toxins, such as back carbuncles, neck carbuncles, winter melon carbuncles, horse-riding carbuncles, etc.; early stages dissipate, formed ones suppurate, pus discharge is minimal. Use Shuyabanzhi (one liang), crush for juice, mix with aged wine for oral administration, apply dregs to the head of the lesion, induce sweating for cure. Tested effective by Zhang Nanwen.