（《本经》中品）
【释名】胡 （《本经》）、常思（弘景）、苍耳（《尔雅》）、卷耳（《诗经》）、爵耳（《诗
疏》）、猪耳（《纲目》）、耳 （《诗疏》）、地葵（《本经》）、 （音施）、羊负来（弘
景）、道人头（《图经》）、进贤菜（《记事珠》）、喝起草（《纲目》）、野茄（《纲目》）、缣
丝草。
颂曰∶诗人谓之卷耳，《尔雅》谓之苍耳，《广雅》谓之 耳，皆以实得名也。陆玑《诗
疏》云∶其实正如妇人耳 ，今或谓之耳 草。郑康成谓是白胡荽，幽州人呼为爵耳。《博
物志》云∶洛中有人驱羊入蜀，胡 子多刺，粘缀羊毛，遂至中土，故名羊负来。俗呼
人头。
弘景曰∶伧人皆食之，谓之常思菜。以叶覆麦作黄衣者，方用甚稀。
时珍曰∶其叶形如 麻，又如茄，故有 耳及野茄诸名。其味滑如葵，故名地葵，与地
肤同名。诗人思夫赋卷耳之章，故名常思菜。张揖《广
【集解】《别录》曰∶ 耳生安陆川谷及六安田野，实熟时采。
氏《诗疏》云∶其叶青白似胡荽，白华细茎，蔓生，可煮为茹，滑而少味。四月中生
子，正如妇人耳 。郭璞云∶形如鼠耳，丛生如盘。今之所有皆类此，但不作蔓生。
时珍曰∶按∶周定王《救荒本草》云∶苍耳叶青白，类粘糊菜叶。秋间结实，比桑椹短
小而多刺。嫩苗炸熟，水浸淘拌食，可救饥。其子炒去皮，研为面，可作烧饼食，亦可熬油
点灯。
实
【修治】大明曰∶入药炒熟，捣去刺用，或酒拌蒸过用。
【气味】甘，温，有小毒。《别录》曰∶苦。权曰∶甘，无毒。
米泔，害人。
【主治】风头寒痛，风湿周痹，四肢拘挛痛，恶肉死肌，膝痛。久服益气，耳目聪明，
强志轻身（《本经》）。治肝热，明目（甄权）。治一切风气，
（大明）。炒香浸酒服，去风补
【附方】旧三，新四。
酒服三十丸，日二服。生者捣汁服亦可。（《朱氏集验方》）
葶苈（末）等分。每服二钱，水下，日二服。（《千金方》）
两
（炒）。为末，以水一升半，煎取七合，去滓呷之。（《食医心镜》）
水一斗，煮取五升，热含之。冷即吐去，吐后
（孙真人《千金翼》）
钱。（《证治要诀》）
嗜酒不已∶毡中苍耳子七枚，烧灰投酒中饮之，即不嗜。（陈藏器《
【修治】 曰∶凡采得去心，取黄精，以竹刀细切拌之，
干用。
【气味】苦、辛，微寒，有小毒。
【主治】溪毒（《别录》）。中风伤寒头痛（孟
膝风毒。夏月采曝为末，水服一、二匕，冬月酒服。或为丸，每服二、三十丸，日三服。满
百日，病出如 疥，或痒，汁出，或斑驳甲错皮起，皮落则肌如凝脂。令人省睡
，除诸
出涎，去目黄好睡。烧灰和腊猪脂，封疔肿出根；煮酒服，主狂犬咬毒（藏器）。
【发明】时珍曰∶苍耳叶久服去风热有效，最忌猪肉及风邪，犯之则遍身发出赤丹也。
按《苏沈良方》云∶ 耳根、苗、叶、实，皆洗濯阴干
二灶炼之。灰汁耗，即旋取傍釜中热灰汤益之。一日夜不绝火，乃旋得霜，干瓷瓶收之。每
日早晚酒服二钱，补暖去风驻颜，尤治皮肤风，令人肤革清净。每澡沐入少许尤佳。宜州
文学昌从KT ，服此十余年，至七、八十，红润轻健，皆此药力
也。《斗门方》云∶妇人血风攻脑，头旋闷绝，忽死倒地，不知人事者。用喝起草嫩心阴
干为末，以酒服一大钱，其功甚效。此物善通顶门连脑，盖即苍耳也。
【附方】旧十二，新十七。
疮杖疮，牙疼喉痹∶五月五日采苍耳根叶数担，洗净晒萎细锉，以大锅五口，入水煮烂，
以筛滤去粗滓，布绢再滤。复入净锅，武火煎滚，文火煎稠，搅成膏，以新罐贮封。每以敷
贴，即愈。牙疼即敷牙上，喉痹敷舌上或噙化，二、三次即效。每日用酒服一匙，极有效。
（《集简方》）
五日午时附地刈取 耳叶，洗暴燥，捣下筛，每服方寸匕，酒或浆水下，日二、夜三。若觉
吐逆，则以蜜丸服，准计方寸匕数也。风轻者，日二服。若身体作粟或麻豆出，此为风毒出
也。可以针刺溃去黄汁，乃止。七月七、九月九，亦可采用。（《千金方》）
一切风气∶苍耳嫩叶一石（切），和麦 五升作块，于蒿艾中 二十日成曲。取米一斗，
炊作饭，看冷暖，入曲三升酿之，封二七日
得令密，密则溢出。忌马肉、猪肉。（孟诜《食疗本草》）
每服一钱，酒调下，日三服。若吐，则以蜜丸梧子大，每服二十丸。十日全好矣。（《杨氏
经验方》）
血风脑晕∶方见发明下。
毒攻手足，肿痛欲断∶苍耳捣汁渍之，并以滓敷之，立效。春，用心；冬，用子。（《千
金翼》）卒中水毒，初觉头目微痛，恶寒，骨节强急，日醒暮剧，手足逆冷，三日则虫蚀下
部；六、七日脓溃，食至五脏，杀人也。捣常思草，绞汁服一、二升，并以绵染，导其下部。
（《肘后方》）毒蛇溪毒，沙虱、射工等所伤，口噤眼黑，手足强直，毒攻腹内成块，逡巡不
救∶苍耳嫩苗一握。取汁，和酒温灌之，以滓浓敷伤处。（《胜金方》）
疫病不染∶五月五日午时多采苍耳嫩叶，阴干收之。临时为末，冷水服二钱，或水煎举
家皆服，能辟邪恶。（《千金方》）
风瘙瘾疹，身痒不止∶用苍耳茎、叶、子等分，为末。每服二钱，豆淋酒调下。（《圣
惠方》）
面上黑斑∶苍耳叶焙为末，食后米饮调服一钱，一月愈。（《摘玄方》）
赤白汗斑∶苍耳嫩叶尖，和青盐擂烂，五、六月间擦之，五、七次效。（《摘玄方》）
大风疠疾∶《袖珍方》∶用嫩苍耳、荷叶等分，为末。每服二钱，温酒下，日二服。《干
坤生意》∶用苍耳叶为末，以大枫子油和丸梧子大。每服三、四十丸，以茶汤下，日二服。
又方∶五月五日或六月六日，五更带露采苍耳草，捣取汁，熬作锭子。取半斤鳢鱼一尾，剖
开不去肚肠，入药一锭，线缝，以酒二碗，慢火煮熟令吃，不过三五个鱼即愈也。忌盐一百
日。
卒得恶疮∶苍耳、桃皮作屑，纳疮中。（《百一方》）
反花恶疮，有肉如饭粒，破之血出，随生反出∶用苍耳叶捣汁，服三合，并涂之，日二
上。（《圣济总录》）
日三服，拔根甚验。《养生方》∶用苍耳根、苗烧灰，和醋淀涂之，干再上。不十次，即拔根
出。
齿风动痛∶苍耳一握，以浆水煮，入盐含漱。（《外台秘要》）
缠喉风病∶苍耳根一把，老姜一块。研汁，入酒服。（《圣济总录》）
赤目生疮作痛∶道人头末二两，乳香一钱，每用一钱，烧烟搐鼻。（《圣济总录》）
鼻衄不止∶苍耳茎叶捣汁一小盏服。（《圣惠方》）
五痔下血∶五月五日采苍耳茎、叶为末。水服方寸匕，甚效。（《千金翼》）
赤白下痢∶苍耳草（不拘多少）洗净，用水煮烂去滓，入蜜用武火熬成膏。每服一、二
匙，
产后诸痢∶苍耳叶捣绞汁，温服半中盏，日三、四服。（《圣惠方》）
误吞铜钱∶苍耳头一把，以水一升，浸水中十余度，饮水愈。（《肘后方》）
花蜘蛛毒咬人，与毒蛇无异∶用野缣丝（即道人头）。捣汁一盏服，仍以渣敷之。（《摘
玄方
花
【主治】白癞顽痒（时珍）。
（收录于《神农本草经》中品）
【释名】胡葈（出自《神农本草经》）、常思（陶弘景命名）、苍耳（出自《尔雅》）、卷耳（出自《诗经》）、爵耳（出自《诗疏》）、猪耳（李时珍命名）、耳 （出自《诗疏》）、地葵（出自《神农本草经》）、 （音施）、羊负来（陶弘景命名）、道人头（出自《图经》）、进贤菜（出自《记事珠》）、喝起草（李时珍命名）、野茄（李时珍命名）、缣丝草。
苏颂说：诗人称它为卷耳，《尔雅》称它为苍耳，《广雅》称它为 耳，都是根据果实形状命名的。陆玑在《诗疏》中说：它的果实就像妇女的耳 ，现在有人称之为耳 草。郑康成认为它是白胡荽，幽州人叫它爵耳。《博物志》记载：洛阳有人赶着羊进入蜀地，胡葈子多刺，粘在羊毛上，于是传到中原，所以名叫羊负来。俗称为人头。
陶弘景说：北方人都吃它，称为常思菜。用叶子覆盖麦子制作黄衣的方法，现在很少用了。
李时珍说：它的叶子形状像 麻，又像茄子，所以有 耳及野茄等名称。它的味道滑润如同葵菜，所以名叫地葵，与地肤同名。诗人思念丈夫作赋吟咏卷耳篇章，所以名叫常思菜。张揖《广
【集解】《名医别录》说： 耳生长在安陆的川谷以及六安的田野，果实成熟时采收。
张揖《诗疏》说：它的叶子青白色像胡荽，开白花细茎，蔓生，可以煮着吃，滑润而味道淡。四月生子，正如妇女的耳 。郭璞说：形状像鼠耳，丛生如盘。现在所有的都类似这样，只是不蔓生。
李时珍说：按周定王《救荒本草》记载：苍耳叶青白，像粘糊菜叶。秋天结实，比桑椹短小且多刺。嫩苗炸熟，用水浸泡淘洗拌食，可以救饥。其子炒后去皮，研为面，可以做烧饼吃，也可以熬油点灯。
【修治】马志说：入药炒熟，捣去刺使用，或用酒拌蒸过使用。
【气味】甘，温，有小毒。《名医别录》说：苦。甄权说：甘，无毒。
米泔水，害人。
【主治】风头寒痛，风湿周身痹痛，四肢拘挛疼痛，恶肉死肌，膝痛。久服益气，耳目聪明，强志轻身（《神农本草经》）。治肝热，明目（甄权）。治一切风气，（马志）。炒香浸酒服，去风补
【附方】旧方三首，新方四首。
酒服三十丸，每日两次服用。生者捣汁服用也可以。（《朱氏集验方》）
葶苈（末）等分。每次服用二钱，水送下，每日两次服用。（《千金方》）
两（炒）。为末，用水一升半，煎取七合，去渣慢慢饮服。（《食医心镜》）
水一斗，煮取五升，热含之。冷即吐去，吐后
（孙真人《千金翼》）
钱。（《证治要诀》）
嗜酒不已∶毡中苍耳子七枚，烧灰投入酒中饮之，即不嗜。（陈藏器《
膝风毒。夏月采曝为末，水服一、二匕，冬月酒服。或为丸，每服二、三十丸，日三服。满百日，病出如 疥，或痒，汁出，或斑驳甲错皮起，皮落则肌如凝脂。令人省睡，除诸
出涎，去目黄好睡。烧灰和腊猪脂，封疔肿出根；煮酒服，主狂犬咬毒（藏器）。
【发明】李时珍说：苍耳叶久服去风热有效，最忌猪肉及风邪，犯之则遍身发出赤丹也。
按《苏沈良方》云： 耳根、苗、叶、实，皆洗濯阴干
二灶炼之。灰汁耗，即旋取傍釜中热灰汤益之。一日夜不绝火，乃旋得霜，干瓷瓶收之。每日早晚酒服二钱，补暖去风驻颜，尤治皮肤风，令人肤革清净。每澡沐入少许尤佳。宜州文学昌从KT ，服此十余年，至七、八十，红润轻健，皆此药力也。《斗门方》云：妇人血风攻脑，头旋闷绝，忽死倒地，不知人事者。用喝起草嫩心阴干为末，以酒服一大钱，其功甚效。此物善通顶门连脑，盖即苍耳也。
【附方】旧方十二首，新方十七首。
疮杖疮，牙疼喉痹∶五月五日采苍耳根叶数担，洗净晒萎细锉，以大锅五口，入水煮烂，以筛滤去粗滓，布绢再滤。复入净锅，武火煎滚，文火煎稠，搅成膏，以新罐贮封。每以敷贴，即愈。牙疼即敷牙上，喉痹敷舌上或噙化，二、三次即效。每日用酒服一匙，极有效。（《集简方》）
五日午时附地刈取 耳叶，洗暴燥，捣下筛，每服方寸匕，酒或浆水下，日二、夜三。若觉吐逆，则以蜜丸服，准计方寸匕数也。风轻者，日二服。若身体作粟或麻豆出，此为风毒出也。可以针刺溃去黄汁，乃止。七月七、九月九，亦可采用。（《千金方》）
一切风气∶苍耳嫩叶一石（切），和麦 五升作块，于蒿艾中 二十日成曲。取米一斗，炊作饭，看冷暖，入曲三升酿之，封二七日得令密，密则溢出。忌马肉、猪肉。（孟诜《食疗本草》）
每服一钱，酒调下，日三服。若吐，则以蜜丸梧子大，每服二十丸。十日全好矣。（《杨氏经验方》）
毒攻手足，肿痛欲断∶苍耳捣汁渍之，并以滓敷之，立效。春，用心；冬，用子。（《千金翼》）卒中水毒，初觉头目微痛，恶寒，骨节强急，日醒暮剧，手足逆冷，三日则虫蚀下部；六、七日脓溃，食至五脏，杀人也。捣常思草，绞汁服一、二升，并以绵染，导其下部。（《肘后方》）毒蛇溪毒，沙虱、射工等所伤，口噤眼黑，手足强直，毒攻腹内成块，逡巡不救∶苍耳嫩苗一握。取汁，和酒温灌之，以滓浓敷伤处。（《胜金方》）
疫病不染∶五月五日午时多采苍耳嫩叶，阴干收之。临时为末，冷水服二钱，或水煎举家皆服，能辟邪恶。（《千金方》）
风瘙瘾疹，身痒不止∶用苍耳茎、叶、子等分，为末。每服二钱，豆淋酒调下。（《圣惠方》）
面上黑斑∶苍耳叶焙为末，食后米饮调服一钱，一月愈。（《摘玄方》）
赤白汗斑∶苍耳嫩叶尖，和青盐擂烂，五、六月间擦之，五、七次效。（《摘玄方》）
大风疠疾∶《袖珍方》∶用嫩苍耳、荷叶等分，为末。每服二钱，温酒下，日二服。《乾坤生意》∶用苍耳叶为末，以大枫子油和丸梧子大。每服三、四十丸，以茶汤下，日二服。又方∶五月五日或六月六日，五更带露采苍耳草，捣取汁，熬作锭子。取半斤鳢鱼一尾，剖开不去肚肠，入药一锭，线缝，以酒二碗，慢火煮熟令吃，不过三五个鱼即愈也。忌盐一百日。
反花恶疮，有肉如饭粒，破之血出，随生反出∶用苍耳叶捣汁，服三合，并涂之，日二上。（《圣济总录》）
日三服，拔根甚验。《养生方》∶用苍耳根、苗烧灰，和醋淀涂之，干再上。不十次，即拔根出。
缠喉风病∶苍耳根一把，老姜一块。研汁，入酒服。（《圣济总录》）
赤目生疮作痛∶道人头末二两，乳香一钱，每用一钱，烧烟搐鼻。（《圣济总录》）
五痔下血∶五月五日采苍耳茎、叶为末。水服方寸匕，甚效。（《千金翼》）
赤白下痢∶苍耳草（不拘多少）洗净，用水煮烂去滓，入蜜用武火熬成膏。每服一、二匙，
产后诸痢∶苍耳叶捣绞汁，温服半中盏，日三、四服。（《圣惠方》）
误吞铜钱∶苍耳头一把，以水一升，浸水中十余度，饮水愈。（《肘后方》）
花蜘蛛毒咬人，与毒蛇无异∶用野缣丝（即道人头）。捣汁一盏服，仍以渣敷之。（《摘玄方
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(Recorded in the Middle Category of *Shennong Bencao Jing*)
**[Names]** Hu Xi (from *Shennong Bencao Jing*), Chang Si (named by Tao Hongjing), Cang Er (from *Erya*), Juan Er (from *Shijing*), Jue Er (from *Shi Shu*), Zhu Er (named by Li Shizhen), Er (from *Shi Shu*), Di Kui (from *Shennong Bencao Jing*), (pronounced Shi), Yang Fu Lai (named by Tao Hongjing), Dao Ren Tou (from *Tujing*), Jin Xian Cai (from *Jishi Zhu*), He Qi Cao (named by Li Shizhen), Ye Qie (named by Li Shizhen), Jian Si Cao.
Su Song said: Poets call it Juan Er, *Erya* calls it Cang Er, and *Guangya* calls it Er; all are named after their fruit shape. Lu Ji in *Shi Shu* said: Its fruit is exactly like a woman's ear ; some now call it Er grass. Zheng Kangcheng believed it was white Huisui, and people in Youzhou called it Jue Er. *Bowuzhi* records: Someone from Luoyang drove sheep into Shu; the Hu Xi seeds were thorny and stuck to the wool, thus spreading to the Central Plains, hence the name Yang Fu Lai (Sheep Carries It). Commonly called Ren Tou.
Tao Hongjing said: Northerners all eat it, calling it Chang Si Cai. The method of using its leaves to cover wheat for making yellow clothing is rarely used nowadays.
Li Shizhen said: Its leaf shape resembles Ma or eggplant, hence names like Er and Ye Qie. Its taste is slippery like Kui vegetable, hence named Di Kui, sharing the name with Difeng. Poets composed verses on Juan Er expressing longing for their husbands, hence the name Chang Si Cai. Zhang Yi's *Guang
**[Collection and Explanation]** *Bielu* says: Er grows in the streams and valleys of Anlu and the fields of Lu'an; harvest when the fruits are ripe.
Zhang Yi's *Shi Shu* says: Its leaves are greenish-white resembling Huisui, with white flowers and thin stems, growing as vines. It can be boiled as a vegetable, slippery and mild in flavor. Seeds form in April, exactly like a woman's ear . Guo Pu said: Shape like mouse ears, clustered like a plate. All existing ones are similar, but do not grow as vines.
Li Shizhen said: According to King Ding of Zhou's *Jiu Huang Bencao*: Cang Er leaves are greenish-white, resembling Nianhu Cai leaves. Fruits form in autumn, shorter and smaller than mulberry berries and very thorny. Young shoots fried until cooked, soaked in water, rinsed, and mixed for food can relieve hunger. Seeds roasted, peeled, and ground into flour can make baked cakes or be rendered into oil for lamps.
**[Processing]** Ma Zhi said: For medicinal use, roast until cooked, pound to remove thorns, or steam with wine before use.
**[Flavor and Toxicity]** Sweet, warm, slightly toxic. *Bielu* says: Bitter. Quan said: Sweet, non-toxic.
Rice washing water is harmful.
**[Indications]** Head wind-cold pain, wind-damp bi obstruction throughout the body, spasms and pain in the four limbs, necrotic flesh and dead muscle, knee pain. Long-term use benefits qi, clarifies ears and eyes, strengthens will, and lightens the body (*Shennong Bencao Jing*). Treats liver heat, brightens eyes (Quan). Treats all wind conditions, (Ma Zhi). Roasted fragrant and steeped in wine taken orally expels wind and tonifies
**[Attached Formulas]** Three old formulas, four new formulas.
Take thirty pills with wine, twice daily. Fresh plant pounded for juice is also acceptable. (*Zhu Shi Ji Yan Fang*)
Tingli (powder) in equal parts. Take two qian each time, washed down with water, twice daily. (*Qianjin Fang*)
Liang (roasted). Grind into powder, decoct with one sheng half of water to obtain seven ge, remove dregs and sip slowly. (*Shiyi Xinjing*)
One dou of water, decoct to obtain five sheng, hold hot in mouth. Spit out when cold. After spitting...
(Sun Taoren *Qianjin Yi*)
Qian. (*Zhengzhi Yaojue*)
Chronic alcoholism: Seven Cang Erzi buried in felt, burned to ash, thrown into wine and drunk, craving ceases. (Chen Cangqi *
**[Processing]** Said: Upon harvesting, remove the heart, take Huangjing, finely slice with a bamboo knife, mix, and dry.
**[Flavor and Toxicity]** Bitter, acrid, slightly cold, slightly toxic.
**[Indications]** Stream poison (*Bielu*). Stroke and cold damage headache (Meng
Knee wind poison. Harvest in summer, dry, grind into powder, take one or two bi with water; in winter, take with wine. Or make pills, take twenty to thirty pills three times daily. After one hundred days, disease manifests like scabies, or itching, oozing fluid, or mottled rough skin peeling off, then skin becomes like congealed fat. Reduces sleepiness, removes various...
Saliva discharge, clears eye yellowing and promotes good sleep. Burned to ash mixed with cured pig lard applied to carbuncles draws out roots; decocted in wine taken orally treats rabies bites (Cangqi).
**[Innovation/Analysis]** Li Shizhen said: Long-term use of Cang Er leaves effectively expels wind-heat. Most taboo is pork and wind-pathogen; violating this causes red dan throughout the body.
According to *Su Shen Liangfang*: Er root, sprouts, leaves, and fruits are all washed and dried in shade.
Refine in two stoves. When ash liquid diminishes, replenish with hot ash water from beside the pot. Do not extinguish fire for a day and night, then collect the frost, store in dry porcelain bottles. Take two qian with wine morning and evening, warms and tonifies, expels wind, preserves youth, especially treats skin wind, making skin pure. Adding a little during bathing is excellent. Chang Cong, Literary Official of Yizhou, took this for over ten years, reaching seventy or eighty, ruddy and agile, all due to this medicine's power. *Doumen Fang* says: For women with blood-wind attacking the brain, causing dizziness, fainting, sudden collapse, and unconsciousness. Use young hearts of He Qi Cao, dried in shade, ground to powder, take one large qian with wine; effect is remarkable. This substance excellently connects the crown to the brain, which is indeed Cang Er.
**[Attached Formulas]** Twelve old formulas, seventeen new formulas.
Ulcers, whip marks, toothache, throat obstruction: Harvest several loads of Cang Er roots and leaves on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, wash, wilt, cut finely. Use five large pots, boil until soft, filter through sieve to remove coarse dregs, filter again through cloth/silk. Return to clean pot, boil vigorously then simmer thickly, stir into paste, store in new jar sealed. Apply externally for healing. For toothache apply on teeth; for throat obstruction apply on tongue or dissolve in mouth, effective in two or three applications. Take one spoonful with wine daily, extremely effective. (*Ji Jian Fang*)
On the fifth day at noon, cut Er leaves close to ground, wash, dry, pound and sift. Take one fang cun bi, washed down with wine or vinegar, twice daily day, thrice nightly. If nausea occurs, take honey pills instead, counting equivalent fang cun bi. For mild wind, twice daily. If millet-like or bean-like bumps appear on body, this is wind-toxin exiting. Can puncture with needle to drain yellow fluid, then stop. Seventh day of seventh month and ninth day of ninth month also suitable for collection. (*Qianjin Fang*)
All wind conditions: One shi of young Cang Er leaves (cut), mixed with five sheng of wheat to form blocks, ferment in mugwort and ai for twenty days to become qu. Take one dou of rice, cook into rice, check temperature, add three sheng of qu to brew, seal for twenty-seven days ensuring tightness, otherwise overflow. Taboo horse meat, pork. (Meng Shen *Shiliao Bencao*)
Take one qian, mixed with wine, three times daily. If vomiting occurs, make honey pills size of wutong seeds, take twenty pills each time. Fully recovered in ten days. (*Yang Shi Jingyan Fang*)
Blood-wind dizziness: See formula under Innovation.
Toxin attacking hands and feet, swelling and pain threatening amputation: Pound Cang Er for juice, soak affected area, and apply dregs externally, immediate effect. In spring, use heart; in winter, use seeds. (*Qianjin Yi*) Sudden water toxin poisoning, initially slight head/eye pain, aversion to cold, stiff joints, worse at dusk, cold extremities, after three days worms erode lower parts; after six/seven days pus ruptures, enters five zang organs, fatal. Pound Chang Si Cao, wring juice, drink one to two sheng, also soak cotton and guide into lower part. (*Zhouhou Fang*) Venomous snake/stream toxin, sand louse/she-gong injuries, locked jaw, blackened eyes, stiff limbs, toxin forming mass in abdomen, rapid death if untreated: One handful of young Cang Er shoots. Extract juice, mix with warm wine and灌, apply thick dregs to wound. (*Shengjin Fang*)
Epidemic immunity: Harvest much young Cang Er leaves at noon on fifth day of fifth month, dry in shade. Grind to powder when needed, take two qian with cold water, or decoct and administer to whole family, wards off evil. (*Qianjin Fang*)
Wind-induced urticaria, unceasing itching: Equal parts Cang Er stem, leaf, seed, grind to powder. Take two qian, mixed with bean-dripping wine. (*Shenghui Fang*)
Black spots on face: Roast Cang Er leaves to powder, take one qian mixed with rice water after meals, healed in one month. (*Zhai Xuan Fang*)
Red and white sweat patches: Young tips of Cang Er leaves, mashed with green salt, rub between May and June, effective in five to seven times. (*Zhai Xuan Fang*)
Great Wind Leprosy: *Xiuzhen Fang*: Equal parts tender Cang Er and lotus leaf, grind to powder. Take two qian with warm wine, twice daily. *Qiankun Shengyi*: Cang Er leaf powder, mixed with big maple seed oil into pills size of wutong seeds. Take thirty to forty pills with tea soup, twice daily. Another formula: On fifth day of fifth month or sixth day of sixth month, gather Cang Er grass at dawn with dew, pound for juice, boil into ingots. Take one half-ounce snakehead fish, slit open keeping guts, insert one pill ingot, sew with thread, cook slowly in two bowls of wine until done, eat fish. Not more than three to five fish for cure. Taboo salt for one hundred days.
Sudden malignant sores: Cang Er and peach bark shaved, inserted into sore. (*Baiyi Fang*)
Reverse-flow malignant sore, flesh like rice grains, bleeding upon rupture, regrowing outward: Pound Cang Er leaves for juice, drink three he, apply externally, twice daily. (*Shengji Zonglu*)
Three times daily, drawing out root is very effective. *Yangsheng Fang*: Burn Cang Er root and sprouts to ash, mix with vinegar and starch, apply, reapply when dry. Within ten applications, root extracted.
Tooth wind mobility pain: One handful of Cang Er, boiled in vinegar water, add salt for gargling. (*Waitai Miyao*)
Entangling throat wind disease: One handful Cang Er root, one piece old ginger. Grind for juice, mix with wine and drink. (*Shengji Zonglu*)
Red eyes with sores and pain: Two liang Dao Ren Tou powder, one qian frankincense, burn one qian mixture, inhale smoke. (*Shengji Zonglu*)
Unstopping epistaxis: Small cup of juice from pounded Cang Er stem and leaf. (*Shenghui Fang*)
Five hemorrhoids with bleeding: Harvest Cang Er stem and leaf on fifth day of fifth month, grind to powder. Take one fang cun bi with water, very effective. (*Qianjin Yi*)
Red and white dysentery: Cang Er grass (any amount), wash clean, boil soft in water, remove dregs, add honey, boil vigorously into paste. Take one or two spoons each time,
Postpartum various dysenteries: Pound and wring juice from Cang Er leaves, take half medium cup warm, three to four times daily. (*Shenghui Fang*)
Accidentally swallowing copper coin: One handful Cang Er head, soak in one sheng water ten-plus times, drink water to cure. (*Zhouhou Fang*)
Flower spider bite, indistinguishable from venomous snake: Use wild Jian Si (i.e., Dao Ren Tou). Pound for one cup juice, drink, apply dregs. (*Zhai Xuan Fang*)
Flower
**[Indications]** White leprosy stubborn itching (Li Shizhen).