（《本经》中品）
【校正】并入《开宝》葛粉。
【释名】鸡齐（《本经》）、鹿藿（《别录》）、黄斤（《别录》）。时珍曰∶葛从曷，谐声
也。鹿食九草，此其一种，故曰鹿藿。黄斤未详。
【集解】《别录》曰∶葛根生汶山川谷，五月采根，曝干。
弘景曰∶即今之葛根，人皆蒸食之。当取入土深大者，破而日干之。南康、庐陵间最胜，
多
恭曰∶葛虽除毒，其根入土五六寸以上者，名葛 。 者颈也。服之令人吐，以有微毒
也。《本经》葛谷，即是其实也。
颂曰∶今处处有之，江浙尤多。春生苗，引藤蔓，长一、二丈，紫色。叶颇似楸叶而小，
色青。七月着花，粉紫色，似豌豆花，不结实。根形大如手臂，紫黑色，五月五日午时采根，
曝干，以入土深者为佳，今人多作粉食。
宗 曰∶澧、鼎之间，冬月取生葛，捣烂入水中，揉出粉，澄成垛，入沸汤中良久，色
如胶，其体甚韧，以蜜拌食，擦入生姜少许尤妙。又切入茶中待宾，虽甘而无益。又将生葛
根煮熟，作果实卖，虔、吉州、南安军亦然。
时珍曰∶葛有野生，有家种。其蔓延长。取治可作 。其根外紫内白，长者七、八尺。
其叶有三尖，如枫叶而长，面青背淡。其花成穗，累累相缀，红紫色。其荚如小黄豆荚，亦
有毛。其子绿色，扁扁如盐梅子核，生嚼腥气，八、九月采之，《本经》所谓葛谷是也。唐
苏恭亦言葛谷是实，而宋苏颂谓葛花不结实，误矣。其花晒干亦可炸食。
葛根
【气味】甘、辛，平，无毒。《别录》曰∶生根汁，大寒。
好古曰∶气平味甘，升也，阳也。阳明经行经的药也。
【主治】消渴，身大热，呕吐，诸痹，起阴气，解诸毒。（《本经》）。疗伤寒中风头痛，
解肌发表出汗，开腠理，疗金疮，止胁风痛（《别录》）。治天行上气呕逆，开胃下食，解酒
毒（甄权）。治胸膈烦热发狂，止血痢，通小肠，排脓破血。敷蛇虫啮， 毒箭伤（大明）。
杀野葛、巴豆、百药毒（之才）。
生者∶堕胎。蒸食∶消酒毒，可断谷不饥。作粉尤妙（藏器）。作粉∶止渴，利大小便，
解酒，去烦热，压丹石，敷小儿热疮。捣汁饮∶治小儿热痞（《开宝》）。
饮，并末敷之（苏恭）。
【发明】弘景曰∶生葛捣汁饮，解温病发热。五月五日日中时，取根为
为要药，亦疗疟及疮，至良。
颂曰∶张仲景治伤寒有葛根汤，以其主大热、解肌、发腠理故也。
元素曰∶升阳生津。脾虚作渴者，非此不除。勿多用，恐伤胃气。张仲景治太阳阳明合
病，桂枝汤内加麻黄、葛根，又有葛根黄芩黄连解肌汤，是用此以断太阳入阳明之路，非即
太阳药也。头颅痛如破，乃阳明中风，可用葛根葱白汤，为阳明仙药。若太阳初病，未入阳
明而头痛者，不可便服升麻、葛根发之，是反引邪气入阳明，为引贼破家也。
震亨曰∶凡 痘已见红点，不可用葛根升麻汤，恐表虚反增斑烂也。
杲曰∶干葛其气轻浮，鼓舞胃气上行，生津液，又解肌热，治脾胃虚弱泄泻圣药也。
徐用诚曰∶葛根气味俱薄，轻而上行，浮而微降，阳中阴也。其用有四∶止渴，一也；
解酒，二也；发散表邪，三也；发疮疹难出，四也。
时珍曰∶本草十剂云∶轻可去实，麻黄、葛根之属。盖麻黄乃太阳经药，兼入肺经，肺
主皮毛；葛根乃阳明经药，兼入脾经，脾主肌肉。所以二味药皆轻扬发散，而所入迥然不同
也。
【附方】旧十七，新四。
痛，内热脉洪者∶葛根四两。水二升，入豉一升，煮取半升服。捣生根汁尤佳。（《伤
寒类要》）
时气头痛壮热∶生葛根洗净，捣汁一大盏，豉一合，煎六分，去滓分服，汗出即瘥。未
汗再服。若心热，加栀子仁十枚。（《圣惠方》）
伤寒头痛二、三日发热者∶葛根五两，香豉一升，以童子小便八升，煎取二升，分三服。
食葱豉粥取汗。（《梅师方》）
妊娠热病∶葛根汁二升，分三服。（《伤寒类要》）
预防热病，急黄贼风∶葛粉二升，生地黄一升，香豉半升。为散。每食后米饮服方寸匕，
日三服。有病五服。（庞安常《伤寒论》）
辟瘴不染∶生葛捣汁一小盏服，去热毒瓦斯也。（《圣惠方》）
烦躁热渴∶葛粉四两，先以水浸粟米半升，一夜漉出，拌匀，煮粥食之。（《圣惠方》）
小儿热渴久不止∶葛根半两，水煎服。（《圣惠方》）
干呕不息∶葛根捣汁，服一升，瘥。（《肘后方》）
小儿呕吐，壮热食痫∶葛粉二钱。水二合，调匀，倾入锡锣中，重汤烫熟，以糜饮和食
。（昝殷《食医心镜》）
心热吐血不止∶生葛捣汁半升，顿服，立瘥。（《广利方》）
衄血不止∶生葛根捣汁，服一小盏。三服即止。（《圣惠方》）
热毒下血，因食热物发者∶生葛根二斤，捣汁一升，入藕汁一升，和服。（《梅师方》）
伤筋出血∶葛根，捣汁饮。干者，煎服。仍熬屑敷之。（《外台秘要》）
腰疼痛∶生葛根嚼之咽汁，取效乃止。（《肘后方》）
金创中风，痉强欲死∶生葛根四大两，以水三升，煮取一升，去滓，分温四服。口噤者
灌之。若干者，捣末调三指撮。仍以此及竹沥多服，取效。（《贞元广
服药过剂苦烦∶生葛汁饮之。干者煎汁服。（《肘后方》）
酒醉不醒∶生葛根汁，饮二升，便愈。（《千金方》）
诸菜中毒，发狂烦闷，吐下欲死∶葛根，煮汁服。（《肘后方》）
解中鸩毒，气欲绝者∶葛粉三合，水三盏，调服。口噤者灌之。（《圣惠方》）
虎伤人疮∶生葛根，煮浓汁洗之。仍捣末，水服方寸匕，日夜五、六服。（《梅师方》）
葛谷
【气味】甘，平，无毒。
【主治】下痢十岁以上（《本经》）。解酒毒（时珍）。
葛花
【气味】同谷。
【主治】消酒（《别录》。
弘景曰∶同小豆花，干末，酒服，饮酒不醉也）。肠风下血（时珍）。
叶
【主治】金疮止血， 敷之
蔓
【主治】卒喉痹。烧研，水服方寸匕（苏恭）。消痈
【附方】新三。
妇人吹乳∶葛蔓烧灰。酒服二钱。三服效。（《卫生易简方》）
疖子初起∶葛蔓烧灰。水调敷之，即消。（《千金方》）
小儿口噤，病在咽中，如麻豆许，令儿吐沫，不能乳食∶葛蔓（烧灰）一字，和乳汁点
之，即瘥。（《圣惠方》）
【附录】铁葛（《拾遗》）
藏器曰∶根∶味甘，温，无毒。主一切风，血气羸弱，令人壮健。久服，治风缓偏风。
生山南峡中。叶似枸杞，根如葛，黑色。
【校正】并入《开宝本草》中的葛粉。
【释名】鸡齐（出自《神农本草经》）、鹿藿（出自《名医别录》）、黄斤（出自《名医别录》）。李时珍说：葛字从“曷”得声，是谐声字。鹿吃九种草，葛是其中一种，所以叫鹿藿。黄斤的含义不详。
【集解】《名医别录》说：葛根生长在汶水流域的山谷中，五月采集根部，晒干。
陶弘景说：就是现在的葛根，人们都蒸着吃。应当选取入土深且粗大的，破开后在阳光下晒干。南康、庐陵一带出产的最为优良。
苏恭说：葛虽然能解毒，但其根入土五六寸以上的，名叫葛 。 指的是它的颈部。服用会让人呕吐，因为它有微毒。《神农本草经》所说的葛谷，就是它的果实。
苏颂说：现在到处都有，江浙地区尤其多。春天生苗，牵引藤蔓，长一、二丈，紫色。叶子很像楸树叶但较小，颜色青绿。七月开花，粉紫色，像豌豆花，不结果实。根部形状大如手臂，紫黑色，五月五日午时采根，晒干，以入土深的为佳，现在的人多把它做成粉食用。
寇宗奭说：澧州、鼎州之间，冬天取鲜葛，捣烂放入水中，揉搓出淀粉，沉淀成块，放入沸汤中煮很久，颜色像胶一样，质地很有韧性，用蜂蜜拌食，再擦入少许生姜尤其妙。又切成片放入茶中招待客人，虽然甘甜但没有益处。又将鲜葛根煮熟，作为果品售卖，虔州、吉州、南安军也是这样做。
李时珍说：葛有野生的，也有家种的。其藤蔓细长。提取加工后可制成粉。其根外部紫色内部白色，长的七、八尺。叶子有三个尖角，像枫叶但更长，正面青色背面淡色。花成穗状，累累相连，红紫色。荚果像小黄豆荚，也有毛。种子绿色，扁平像盐梅核，生嚼有腥味，八月九月采集，就是《神农本草经》所说的葛谷。唐代苏恭也说葛谷是果实，而宋代苏颂说葛花不结果，这是错误的。它的花晒干后也可以油炸食用。
葛根
【气味】甘、辛，平，无毒。《名医别录》说：生葛根的汁液，大寒。
李好古说：气平味甘，主升，属阳。是行于阳明经的药物。
【主治】消渴症，身体大热，呕吐，各种痹证，起阴气，解各种毒。（《神农本草经》）。治疗伤寒中风引起的头痛，解肌发表出汗，开泄腠理，治疗金疮，止胁风痛（《名医别录》）。治疗天行病上气呕逆，开胃下食，解酒毒（甄权）。治疗胸膈烦热发狂，止血痢，通利小肠，排脓破血。敷治蛇虫咬伤，毒箭伤（孟洗）。杀野葛、巴豆、百药之毒（徐之才）。
生者：堕胎。蒸食：消酒毒，可断绝五谷而不饥饿。做成粉尤其好（陈藏器）。做成粉：止渴，利大小便，解酒，去烦热，压制丹石药性，敷治小儿热疮。捣汁饮用：治疗小儿热痞（《开宝本草》）。
煎服，并研末外敷（苏恭）。
【发明】陶弘景说：生葛捣汁饮用，解温病发热。五月五日正午时，取根做粉，是治疗疟疾和疮疡的要药，效果很好。
苏颂说：张仲景治疗伤寒有葛根汤，因为它主治大热、解肌、开发腠理的缘故。
张元素说：升阳生津。脾虚引起口渴的，不用此药不能消除。不要多用，恐怕损伤胃气。张仲景治疗太阳阳明合病，在桂枝汤中加入麻黄、葛根，又有葛根黄芩黄连汤解肌，是用此药来阻断太阳经邪气传入阳明经的路径，它不是单纯的太阳经药。头颅痛如破裂，是阳明中风，可用葛根葱白汤，是治疗阳明病的仙药。如果太阳初病，未传入阳明而有头痛的，不可立即服用升麻、葛根发散，这是反而引邪气进入阳明，如同引贼破家。
朱震亨说：凡是痘疹已经出现红点，不可用葛根升麻汤，恐怕表虚反而增加斑烂。
李杲说：干葛其气轻浮，鼓舞胃气上行，生津液，又解肌热，是治疗脾胃虚弱泄泻的圣药。
徐用诚说：葛根气味俱薄，轻而上行，浮而微降，属于阳中之阴。它的作用有四：止渴，第一；解酒，第二；发散表邪，第三；促使疮疹难出者透发，第四。
李时珍说：本草十剂中说：轻可去实，麻黄、葛根这类药。大概麻黄是太阳经药，兼入肺经，肺主皮毛；葛根是阳明经药，兼入脾经，脾主肌肉。所以这两味药都轻扬发散，但所入的经络截然不同。
【附方】旧方十七首，新方四首。
头痛，内热脉洪大者：葛根四两。水二升，加入豉一升，煮取半升服用。捣生葛根汁尤佳。（《伤寒类要》）
时气头痛壮热：生葛根洗净，捣汁一大盏，豉一合，煎至六分，去渣分次服用，汗出即愈。若未出汗再服。若心热，加栀子仁十枚。（《太平圣惠方》）
伤寒头痛二、三日发热者：葛根五两，香豉一升，用童子小便八升，煎取二升，分三次服。饭后吃葱豉粥取汗。（《梅师方》）
妊娠热病：葛根汁二升，分三次服。（《伤寒类要》）
预防热病，急黄贼风：葛粉二升，生地黄一升，香豉半升。研为散。每餐后米饮送服方寸匕，每日三次服药。有病者服五剂。（庞安常《伤寒论》）
辟瘴气不染：生葛捣汁一小盏服用，去除热毒瓦斯。（《太平圣惠方》）
烦躁热渴：葛粉四两，先用水浸泡粟米半升，一夜后滤出，拌匀，煮粥食用。（《太平圣惠方》）
小儿热渴久不止：葛根半两，水煎服。（《太平圣惠方》）
干呕不息：葛根捣汁，服一升，痊愈。（《肘后备急方》）
小儿呕吐，壮热食痫：葛粉二钱。水二合，调匀，倾入锡锣中，隔水烫熟，用糜饮调和食用。（昝殷《食医心镜》）
心热吐血不止：生葛捣汁半升，顿服，立即痊愈。（《广利方》）
衄血不止：生葛根捣汁，服一小盏。服三次即止。（《太平圣惠方》）
热毒下血，因食热物引发者：生葛根二斤，捣汁一升，加入藕汁一升，混合服用。（《梅师方》）
伤筋出血：葛根，捣汁饮用。干的，煎服。仍熬成屑外敷。（《外台秘要》）
腰疼痛：生葛根嚼之咽汁，见效为止。（《肘后备急方》）
金创中风，痉强欲死：生葛根四大两，用水三升，煮取一升，去渣，分四次温服。口噤不开者灌服。如果是干的，研末调三指撮。仍以此及竹沥多服，见效。（《贞元广济方》）
服药过剂苦烦：生葛汁饮用。干的煎汁服。（《肘后备急方》）
酒醉不醒：生葛根汁，饮二升，便愈。（《千金方》）
诸菜中毒，发狂烦闷，吐下欲死：葛根，煮汁服。（《肘后备急方》）
解中鸩毒，气欲绝者：葛粉三合，水三盏，调服。口噤不开者灌服。（《太平圣惠方》）
虎伤人疮：生葛根，煮浓汁洗之。仍研末，水服方寸匕，日夜五、六服。（《梅师方》）
葛谷
【气味】甘，平，无毒。
【主治】下痢十岁以上（《神农本草经》）。解酒毒（李时珍）。
葛花
【气味】同葛谷。
【主治】消酒（《名医别录》。陶弘景说：同小豆花，干末，酒服，饮酒不醉也）。肠风下血（李时珍）。
叶
【主治】金疮止血，外敷之。
蔓
【主治】卒喉痹。烧研，水服方寸匕（苏恭）。消痈肿。
【附方】新方三首。
妇人吹乳：葛蔓烧灰。酒服二钱。三服效。（《卫生易简方》）
疖子初起：葛蔓烧灰。水调敷之，即消。（《千金方》）
小儿口噤，病在咽中，如麻豆许，令儿吐沫，不能乳食：葛蔓（烧灰）一字，和乳汁点之，即瘥。（《太平圣惠方》）
【附录】铁葛（《本草拾遗》）
陈藏器说：根：味甘，温，无毒。主一切风，血气羸弱，令人壮健。久服，治风缓偏风。生于山南峡中。叶似枸杞，根如葛，黑色。
[Correction] Merged with Kudzu Root Powder from *Kaibao Bencao*.
[Names] Ji Qi (from *Shennong Bencao Jing*), Lu Huo (from *Mingyi Bielu*), Huang Jin (from *Mingyi Bielu*). Li Shizhen said: The character 'Ge' derives its sound from 'He', forming a phonetic compound. Deer eat nine types of grass, and this is one of them, hence called Lu Huo. The meaning of Huang Jin is unknown.
[Collection and Explanation] *Mingyi Bielu* states: Kudzu root grows in the valleys of the Wen River region; the roots are harvested in May and dried in the sun.
Tao Hongjing stated: This is the kudzu root of today, which people steam and eat. One should select those that penetrate deep into the soil and are large, break them apart, and dry them in the sun. Those from Nankang and Luling are the finest.
Su Gong stated: Although kudzu can detoxify, those roots penetrating more than five or six inches into the soil are named Ge . refers to its neck. Ingestion causes vomiting due to its slight toxicity. What *Shennong Bencao Jing* calls "Ge Gu" is its fruit.
Su Song stated: It is found everywhere now, especially abundant in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Sprouts emerge in spring, climbing vines grow one to two zhang long, purple in color. Leaves resemble catalpa leaves but are smaller, green in hue. Flowers appear in July, pinkish-purple, resembling pea flowers, but it does not bear fruit. Roots are as thick as an arm, dark purple-black; harvested at noon on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, dried in the sun, with deeper-penetrating roots being superior. Nowadays, people often process it into powder for consumption.
Kou Zongshi stated: Between Li Prefecture and Ding Prefecture, fresh kudzu is taken in winter, pounded into a paste, soaked in water, kneaded to extract starch, settled into blocks, boiled in boiling water for a long time until gelatinous and tough. Mixed with honey and eaten, adding a little ginger rubbed on top is excellent. Sliced and added to tea for guests, though sweet, offers no benefit. Fresh kudzu roots are also boiled and sold as confectionery; this is also done in Qian Prefecture, Ji Prefecture, and Nan'an Commandery.
Li Shizhen stated: Kudzu exists in wild and cultivated varieties. Its vines are long and slender. Processed, it can be made into powder. The root exterior is purple and interior white, reaching seven or eight chi in length. Leaves have three points, longer than maple leaves, green on the upper surface and pale on the lower. Flowers form spikes, clustered together, red-purple. Pods resemble small soybean pods, also hairy. Seeds are green, flat like salt plum pits, tasting fishy when chewed raw; harvested in August and September, this is what *Shennong Bencao Jing* refers to as Ge Gu. Tang dynasty Su Gong also stated Ge Gu is the fruit, whereas Song dynasty Su Song claimed kudzu flowers do not bear fruit, which is incorrect. Dried flowers can also be fried and eaten.
Kudzu Root (Gegen)
[Aroma and Flavor] Sweet, pungent, neutral, non-toxic. *Mingyi Bielu* states: Juice of fresh root is very cold.
Li Haogu stated: Aroma is neutral, flavor is sweet, ascending, yang. It is a herb that travels through the Yangming Meridian.
[Indications] Treats Xiao Ke (wasting-thirst syndrome), high fever, vomiting, various Bi syndromes (obstruction/pain), raises Yin Qi, resolves various toxins (*Shennong Bencao Jing*). Treats headache from Shang Han (cold damage) and Zhong Feng (wind stroke), releases the muscle layer, induces sweating, opens Cou Li (pores), treats metal wounds, stops wind pain in the hypochondrium (*Mingyi Bielu*). Treats epidemic disease with upward rebellious Qi and vomiting, stimulates appetite, resolves alcohol toxicity (Zhen Quan). Treats irritability, heat in chest/diaphragm, mania, stops bloody dysentery, unblocks Small Intestine, expels pus, breaks blood stasis. Applied externally for snake/insect bites, poisoned arrow wounds (Meng Xi). Neutralizes toxins of wild kudzu, croton seeds, and hundred medicines (Xu Zhicai).
Fresh: Abortifacient. Steamed: Resolves alcohol toxicity, allows fasting without hunger. Made into powder is best (Chen Cangqi). Made into powder: Stops thirst, promotes urination and defecation, resolves alcohol, removes irritability/heat, counteracts mineral drug toxicity, applies to infant heat sores. Juice drunk: Treats infant heat pi (fullness/syndromes) (*Kaibao Bencao*).
Decocted or powdered applied externally (Su Gong).
[Elucidation] Tao Hongjing stated: Fresh kudzu juice drunk resolves fever from Wen Bing (warm diseases). Harvested at noon on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, processed into powder, it is a key herb for treating malaria and sores, highly effective.
Su Song stated: Zhang Zhongjing used Gegen Tang for Shang Han because it governs high fever, releases the muscle layer, and opens Cou Li.
Zhang Yuansu stated: Raises Yang, generates fluids. For thirst caused by Spleen deficiency, this herb is essential. Do not use excessively, lest it damage Stomach Qi. Zhang Zhongjing treated Taiyang-Yangming He Bing (combined disease) by adding Mahuang and Gegen to Guizhi Tang, and also used Gegen Huangqin Huanglian Tang to release the muscle layer; this uses the herb to block the path of Taiyang pathogens entering Yangming, so it is not purely a Taiyang herb. Severe head pain like bursting indicates Yangming Zhong Feng, where Gegen Congbai Tang can be used, a miraculous herb for Yangming. If Taiyang disease is initial, with headache but not yet entered Yangming, one must not immediately use Shengma or Gegen to disperse, as this draws pathogens into Yangming, akin to inviting thieves to destroy the home.
Zhu Zhenheng stated: When痘疹 (smallpox/chickenpox) rash has appeared as red spots, Gegen Shengma Tang must not be used, lest deficiency of the exterior worsen the eruption.
Li Gao stated: Dried Gegen has a light floating qi, stimulates Stomach Qi to ascend, generates fluids, and releases muscle heat; it is a supreme herb for diarrhea due to Spleen/Stomach weakness.
Xu Yongcheng stated: Gegen's aroma and flavor are thin, light and ascending, floating and slightly descending, belonging to Yang within Yin. Its uses are four: stopping thirst (1); resolving alcohol (2); dispersing exterior pathogens (3); promoting eruption of difficult-to-emerge rashes (4).
Li Shizhen stated: The *Bencao Ten Formulas* says: "Light substances can remove excess," such as Mahuang and Gegen. Mahuang is a Taiyang meridian herb, also entering the Lung meridian, which governs skin and hair; Gegen is a Yangming meridian herb, also entering the Spleen meridian, which governs muscles. Thus, both herbs are light and dispersing, but their meridians entered are completely different.
[Attached Prescriptions] Seventeen old prescriptions, four new ones.
Headache with internal heat and surging pulse: Gegen 4 liang. Water 2 sheng, add Shi Dou 1 sheng, decoct to obtain 0.5 sheng and take. Fresh juice is better (*Shanghan Leyao*).
Seasonal illness headache with severe fever: Wash fresh Gegen, pound to obtain one large cup of juice, add Shi Dou 1 he, decoct to 0.6 portion, strain and take in divided doses. Sweating indicates cure. If no sweat, take again. If heart heat, add Gardenia seeds 10 (*Taiping Shenghui Fang*).
Shang Han headache after 2-3 days with fever: Gegen 5 liang, Xiang Chi 1 sheng, decoct in 8 sheng of child's urine to obtain 2 sheng, take in three doses. Eat scallion and bean porridge afterwards to induce sweat (*Meishi Fang*).
Pregnancy febrile disease: Gegen juice 2 sheng, take in three doses (*Shanghan Leyao*).
Prevent febrile disease, acute jaundice, sudden wind: Gegen powder 2 sheng, Sheng Dihuang 1 sheng, Xiang Chi 0.5 sheng. Grind into powder. After meals, take one fang cun bi with rice drink, three times daily. If ill, take five doses (Pang Anchang *Shanghan Lun*).
Repel miasma and avoid infection: Drink one small cup of fresh kudzu juice to remove heat and toxic vapors (*Taiping Shenghui Fang*).
Irritability, heat, and thirst: Gegen powder 4 liang, soak half sheng of millet in water overnight, drain, mix well, cook into porridge and eat (*Taiping Shenghui Fang*).
Infant heat thirst persisting long: Gegen 0.5 liang, decoct in water and take (*Taiping Shenghui Fang*).
Unceasing dry retching: Drink one sheng of kudzu juice (*Zhouhou Beiji Fang*).
Infant vomiting, severe fever, food epilepsy: Gegen powder 2 qian. Mix with 2 ge of water, pour into a tin pan, cook over double boiler, mix with gruel and eat (Zan Yin *Shiyi Xinjing*).
Unceasing hematemesis from heart heat: Drink half sheng of fresh kudzu juice in one dose, immediate cure (*Guangli Fang*).
Unceasing epistaxis: Drink one small cup of fresh kudzu root juice. Three doses stop bleeding (*Taiping Shenghui Fang*).
Heat toxin lower bleeding triggered by hot food: Pound 2 jin of fresh kudzu root to get 1 sheng juice, mix with 1 sheng lotus root juice and take (*Meishi Fang*).
Tendon injury with bleeding: Drink kudzu juice. Dry root decocted and taken. Apply dried powder externally (*Waitai Miyao*).
Lower back pain: Chew fresh kudzu root and swallow juice until effective (*Zhouhou Beiji Fang*).
Metal wound struck by wind, spasms nearing death: Decoct 4 da liang of fresh kudzu root in 3 sheng water to obtain 1 sheng, strain, take warm in four doses. Force open mouth to administer if locked. If dry, grind to powder, mix with three finger-pinches. Also consume大量 bamboo sap for effect (*Zhengyuan Guangji Fang*).
Bitter distress from overdose of medicine: Drink fresh kudzu juice. Decoct dry root if necessary (*Zhouhou Beiji Fang*).
Alcohol intoxication unconscious: Drink 2 sheng of fresh kudzu root juice, then recover (*Qianjin Fang*).
Poisoning from various vegetables, mania, irritability, violent vomiting/diarrhea: Decoct kudzu root and take juice (*Zhouhou Beiji Fang*).
Resolve arsenic poisoning, near death: Mix 3 he of kudzu powder with 3 lamps of water, take. Force open mouth if locked (*Taiping Shenghui Fang*).
Tiger bite wound: Wash with concentrated decoction of fresh kudzu root. Also take powdered root mixed with water, one fang cun bi, 5-6 times day and night (*Meishi Fang*).
Kudzu Fruit (Ge Gu)
[Aroma and Flavor] Sweet, neutral, non-toxic.
[Indications] Dysentery in patients over ten years old (*Shennong Bencao Jing*). Resolve alcohol toxicity (Li Shizhen).
Kudzu Flower (Ge Hua)
[Aroma and Flavor] Same as Ge Gu.
[Indications] Reduce alcohol intake (*Mingyi Bielu*. Tao Hongjing: Same as adzuki bean flower, dry powder taken with wine prevents drunkenness). Hematochezia from intestinal wind (Li Shizhen).
Leaves
[Indications] Stop bleeding from metal wounds, apply externally.
Vines
[Indications] Sudden pharyngeal obstruction (Hou Bi). Burn, grind to powder, take with water, one fang cun bi (Su Gong). Resolve carbuncles.
[Attached Prescriptions] Three new ones.
Nursing mother mastitis: Burn kudzu vine to ash. Take 2 qian with wine. Effective after three doses (*Weisheng Yijian Fang*).
Early stage boil: Burn kudzu vine to ash. Mix with water and apply, disappears immediately (*Qianjin Fang*).
Infant trismus, lesion in throat size of hemp seed, foaming, unable to suckle: One zi of burned kudzu vine ash, mix with breast milk and apply, immediate cure (*Taiping Shenghui Fang*).
[Appendix] Tie Ge (Iron Kudzu) (*Bencao Shiyi*)
Chen Cangqi stated: Root: Sweet, warm, non-toxic. Governs all wind, weak Qi and Blood, strengthens body. Long-term use treats wind-induced flaccidity and hemiplegia. Grows in gorges of Southern Mountains. Leaves resemble goji berry, root resembles kudzu, black in color.