\r龙胆草\pb98.bmp\r,味苦,性寒。泻肝经实火,止喉痛。煎点水酒服。
──丛本卷下
\r珠子参\pb99.bmp\r,味甘、微苦,性温、平。止血生肌,服之无甚功效。今人假充
鸡肾参,误矣。古土方∶用珠子参为末,捻刀伤疮,收口甚速。
肾参,叶如蛤蟆叶,绿色,初生无梗,叶铺地生,中发一秆,开白花,根下生果一对,一雌
一雄,果皮薄。
──务本卷二
\r野烟\pb100.bmp\r,一名烟草、小烟草。味辛、麻,性温。有大毒。治热毒疔疮,
痈疽搭背,无名肿毒,一切热毒恶疮;或吃牛、马、驴、骡死肉中此恶毒,惟用此药可救。
盖此药性之恶烈也,虚弱之人忌服。
授以此草,煎服,疮溃,调治痊愈。后人起名气死名医草。以单剂为末,酒和为丸,又名青
龙丸。
──务本卷二
\r黑阳参\pb101.bmp\r,又名黑元参。味苦、微甘,性微寒。滋养真阴、调血、除热。
退诸虚劳热、利小便、治血淋、膏淋。
\r紫草\pb102.bmp\r,气味甘、咸,大寒。主治凉血、活血、利九窍、通二便。治心
腹邪痛,消水肿,退黄胆及诸疮毒,服之可解。
\r曼陀罗\pb103.bmp\r,形绿茎碧叶,高三尺,开白花六瓣,状如牵牛花而朝开夜合,
结实圆而有丁拐,中有小子。花、子,气味辛,温。有毒。主治诸风寒湿、香港脚,煎汤洗之。
又治惊痫及脱肛,并入麻黄叶。
龙蛋草,俗名鬼核桃,入口伤人。生山中有水处。尖叶,叶上有刺,一本数枝,子黑色。
味苦。有毒。此草只可熬膏贴痈疽发背,其效如神。
龙胆草,味苦,性寒。能泻除肝经的实火,缓解喉痛。煎煮后兑入水酒服用。
──丛本卷下
珠子参,味甘、微苦,性温、平。具有止血生肌的功效,但单独服用效果并不显著。如今有人将其假冒为鸡肾参,这是错误的。古代土方记载:将珠子参研成粉末,涂抹于刀伤疮口,收口速度极快。
肾参,叶子像蛤蟆叶,呈绿色,初生时无叶柄,叶片贴地生长,中间长出一根茎秆,开白花,根部结出一对果实,一雌一雄,果皮薄。
──务本卷二
野烟,又名烟草、小烟草。味辛、麻,性温。有大毒。治疗热毒引起的疔疮、痈疽搭背、无名肿毒以及一切热毒恶疮;或者因食用牛、马、驴、骡等死肉中沾染的这种恶毒,只有使用此药才能解救。大概是因为此药性质恶劣猛烈,所以体虚之人忌服。
用此草煎煮服用,可使疮疡溃破,随后调理即可痊愈。后人给它起名叫“气死名医草”。将其单味药研成粉末,用酒调和制成丸剂,又名为“青龙丸”。
──务本卷二
黑阳参,又名黑元参。味苦、微甘,性微寒。滋养真阴,调理血液,清除内热。退除各种虚劳发热,通利小便,治疗血淋、膏淋。
紫草,气味甘、咸,大寒。主要功效是凉血、活血,通利九窍,通畅大小便。治疗心腹部的邪气疼痛,消除水肿,退除黄疸以及各种疮毒,服用后可以解毒。
曼陀罗,形状为绿色的茎、碧绿的叶,高三尺,开六瓣白花,形状像牵牛花而早晨开放晚上闭合,结出的果实圆且有丁拐状突起,里面有细小的种子。花和种子的气味辛,性温。有毒。主治各种风寒湿邪、脚气(香港脚),煎汤外洗。另外治疗惊痫及脱肛,需加入麻黄叶一同使用。
龙蛋草,俗名鬼核桃,入口会伤人。生长在山区有水的地方。尖叶,叶上有刺,一株多枝,果实黑色。味苦。有毒。此草只能熬成膏药贴敷于痈疽发背处,其疗效如神。
Longdancao (Gentianae Radix), bitter in taste, cold in nature. It drains excess fire from the Liver channel and relieves sore throat. Decoct and take with water and wine.
── Congben, Volume Lower
Zhuzishen (Polystachyae Rhizoma), sweet and slightly bitter in taste, warm and neutral in nature. It stops bleeding and generates flesh, but its efficacy when taken alone is not significant. Nowadays, people falsely pass it off as Jishenshen, which is a mistake. Ancient folk prescriptions: Use Zhuzishen ground into powder, applied to knife wounds and sores, resulting in very rapid wound closure.
Jishenshen, leaves resemble those of a frog, green in color, initially growing without petioles, leaves spreading on the ground, with a single stalk emerging from the center, bearing white flowers, producing a pair of fruits at the root, one female and one male, with thin fruit skin.
── Wuben, Volume 2
Yeyan (Nicotiana Tabacum), also known as Yancao or Xiao Yancao. Pungent and numbing in taste, warm in nature. Highly toxic. Treats heat-toxin carbuncles, back abscesses, nameless swellings and toxins, and all kinds of heat-toxin malignant sores; or if poisoned by eating dead meat of cattle, horses, donkeys, or mules contaminated with this evil toxin, only this herb can save the patient. This is because the nature of this herb is extremely harsh and fierce, so it is contraindicated for people with deficiency weakness.
Decoct and take this herb, causing the sore to suppurate, then regulate and treat until recovery. Later generations named it "Qisimingyi Cao" (Herb that Astounds Famous Doctors). Used as a single ingredient ground into powder, mixed with wine to form pills, also named Qinglong Wan (Green Dragon Pill).
── Wuben, Volume 2
Heiyangshen, also known as Heiyuan Shen. Bitter and slightly sweet in taste, slightly cold in nature. Nourishes true Yin, regulates blood, and clears heat. Relieves various types of deficiency-heat from consumptive diseases, promotes urination, treats hematuria (blood strangury) and chyluria (milky strangury).
Zicao (Arnebiae Radix et Rhizoma / Lithospermi Radix), sweet and salty in taste, greatly cold. Mainly treats cooling blood, invigorating blood, unblocking the nine orifices, and promoting bowel movements. Treats evil pain in the heart and abdomen, reduces edema, resolves jaundice, and clears various sore toxins; taking it can resolve toxicity.
Mantuoluo (Datura Metel), has green stems and jade-green leaves, three chi tall, blooming with six-petaled white flowers, resembling Convolvulus flowers but opening in the morning and closing at night, bearing round fruits with nipple-like projections containing small seeds. The flowers and seeds are pungent in taste and warm in nature. Toxic. Mainly treats wind-cold-dampness and podagra (Hong Kong foot), decocted for washing. Also treats epilepsy and rectal prolapse, combined with Mahuang Ye (Ephedrae Herba Leaf).
Longdanc grass, commonly known as Gui Hetao (Ghost Walnut), injures upon entry into the mouth. Grows in mountainous areas near water. Pointed leaves, thorns on leaves, multiple branches per plant, black fruits. Bitter in taste. Toxic. This herb can only be boiled into an ointment and applied to back carbuncles and furuncles, with miraculous efficacy.