有小毒。根微寒。治蛔虫,利大肠。生荆山。
《本经》原文∶楝实,味苦,寒。主温疾伤寒,大热烦狂,杀三虫,疥疡,利小便水道。
生山谷。
无毒。主治痂疥,恶疮,金创。叶取煎煮,以洗马疥,立愈。又治心腹内血,止痛
琅。
《本经》原文∶柳华,味苦,寒。主风水黄胆,面热黑。一名柳絮。叶,主马疥痂疮;
实,主溃痈,逐脓血,子汁,疗渴。生川泽。
无毒。皮,主治贲 气病。生桐柏。
《本经》原文∶桐叶,味苦,寒。主恶蚀疮着阴。皮,主五痔,杀三虫。华,主敷猪疮,
饲猪肥大三倍。生
无毒。主治目中患。生河内。
又,皮,主吐逆胃反,去三虫,小儿热疮,身头热烦,蚀疮。汤浴之,并封薄散敷。嫩
叶,
《本经》原文∶梓白皮,味苦,寒。主热,去三虫。叶,捣敷猪疮,饲猪肥大三倍。生
山谷。
微温,有毒。主治胸中邪结气吐出之。生江林山及蜀汉中,恒山苗也。五月采叶,阴
(栝蒌为之使,恶贯众。)
《本经》原文∶蜀漆,味辛,平。主疟及咳逆寒热,腹中症坚痞结,积聚邪气,蛊毒鬼
注。生川谷。
生微寒、熟温,有毒。主消心腹胸中膈痰热满结,咳嗽上气,心下急痛坚痞,时气呕
消痈肿,胎堕,治痿黄, 泽面目。生令人吐,熟令人下。用之汤洗,令滑尽。一名守
一名示姑。生槐里。五月、八月采根,曝干。(射干为之使,恶皂荚,畏雄黄、生姜、
秦皮、龟甲,反乌头。)
《本经》原文∶半夏,味辛,平。主伤寒寒热,心下坚,下气,喉咽肿痛,头眩,胸胀
咳逆,肠鸣,止汗。
楝实:有小毒。其根性微寒。能治疗蛔虫病,通利大肠。产于荆山。
《神农本草经》原文记载:楝实,味苦,性寒。主治温病和伤寒引起的高热、烦躁狂乱,杀灭三虫(寄生虫),治疗疥疮和皮肤溃疡,通利小便水道。生长于山谷中。
柳华(柳絮):无毒。主要治疗结痂的疥疮、恶疮和金创(金属利器造成的创伤)。取柳叶煎煮后,用来清洗马匹的疥疮,立即痊愈。又能治疗心腹内的瘀血,止痛。
《神农本草经》原文记载:柳华,味苦,性寒。主治风水引起的黄疸,面部发热发黑。又名柳絮。柳叶,主治马匹的疥疮和结痂疮;柳实,主治溃烂的痈肿,排出脓血;柳子汁,治疗口渴。生长于川泽之中。
桐皮:无毒。主要治疗贲气病(气逆上冲之病)。产于桐柏山。
《神农本草经》原文记载:桐叶,味苦,性寒。主治恶蚀疮(一种腐蚀性疮疡)附着于阴部。桐皮,主治五种痔疮,杀灭三虫。桐花,主治涂抹治疗猪的疮疡,喂养猪可使猪肥大三倍。生长于……
梓白皮:无毒。主要治疗眼部疾患。产于河内。
另外,梓皮,主治呕吐反胃,去除三虫,治疗小儿热疮,身体头部发热烦闷,以及腐蚀性疮疡。用汤药洗浴,并制成薄散敷贴。嫩叶,
《神农本草经》原文记载:梓白皮,味苦,性寒。主治热症,去除三虫。梓叶,捣碎后敷治猪的疮疡,喂养猪可使猪肥大三倍。生长于山谷中。
蜀漆:微温,有毒。主要治疗胸中邪气结聚,导致呕吐而出。产于江林山及蜀地汉中地区,是常山的苗。五月采集叶片,阴干。(栝蒌为其辅佐药,畏贯众。)
《神农本草经》原文记载:蜀漆,味辛,性平。主治疟疾及咳嗽引起的寒热往来,腹中症坚痞结(腹部肿块硬结),积聚邪气,蛊毒鬼注(指某些突发性、传染性或精神异常疾病)。生长于川谷之中。
半夏:生者性微寒,熟者性温,有毒。主要消除心腹胸膈间的痰热满结,治疗咳嗽气逆,心下急痛及坚硬痞块,时行疫病引起的呕吐,消散痈肿,治疗胎堕(流产),治愈萎黄病,润泽面目。生半夏令人呕吐,熟半夏令人通便。使用时需用汤水洗涤,直到滑腻感完全去除。又名守田,又名示姑。产于槐里。五月、八月采集根部,晒干。(射干为其辅佐药,畏皂荚,忌惮雄黄、生姜、秦皮、龟甲,反乌头。)
《神农本草经》原文记载:半夏,味辛,性平。主治伤寒引起的寒热往来,心下坚硬,降气,治疗喉咽肿痛,头晕目眩,胸胀,咳嗽气逆,肠鸣,止汗。
**Cedrela Fruit (Lian Shi)**: Slightly toxic. The root is slightly cold in nature. It treats ascariasis and promotes the free flow of the large intestine. Grows in Jingshan.
*Original text from Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing*: Cedrela fruit, bitter in taste, cold in nature. Primarily treats warm diseases and typhoid fever with high fever, restlessness, and mania; kills three types of parasites; treats scabies and skin ulcers; promotes urination through the urinary pathways. Grows in mountain valleys.
**Willow Catkins (Liu Hua)**: Non-toxic. Primarily treats crusted scabies, foul sores, and metal weapon injuries. Decoction of willow leaves used to wash horses with scabies results in immediate cure. Also treats blood stasis in the heart and abdomen, and relieves pain.
*Original text from Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing*: Willow catkins, bitter in taste, cold in nature. Primarily treats wind-water jaundice and facial heat with darkening complexion. Also known as willow catkins. Leaves treat equine scabies and crusted sores; fruits treat suppurating carbuncles, expelling pus and blood; juice of seeds treats thirst. Grows in river plains and marshes.
**Toona Bark (Tong Pi)**: Non-toxic. Primarily treats Ben Qi disease (disease of rebellious Qi rising). Grows in Tongbai Mountain.
*Original text from Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing*: Toona leaves, bitter in taste, cold in nature. Primarily treats corrosive sores affecting the genitalia. Bark treats five types of hemorrhoids and kills three types of parasites. Flowers are used to apply to pig sores; feeding pigs with them makes them three times fatter. Grows...
**Ailanthus White Bark (Zi Bai Pi)**: Non-toxic. Primarily treats ocular disorders. Grows in Henei.
Additionally, Ailanthus bark treats vomiting and gastric reflux, removes three types of parasites, treats pediatric heat sores, fever and irritability of the body and head, and corrosive sores. Bathing with decoction and applying thin powder compresses. Tender leaves,
*Original text from Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing*: Ailanthus white bark, bitter in taste, cold in nature. Primarily treats heat conditions and removes three types of parasites. Leaves, when crushed and applied, treat pig sores; feeding pigs with them makes them three times fatter. Grows in mountain valleys.
**Shu Qi (Shu Qi)**: Slightly warm, toxic. Primarily treats evil Qi stagnation in the chest that causes vomiting. Grows in Jianglin Mountain and Shu/Hanzhong regions; it is the sprout of Changshan (Polygala tenuifolia). Leaves are harvested in May and dried in shade. (Gua Lou is its assistant herb; incompatible with Guan Zhong.)
*Original text from Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing*: Shu Qi, pungent in taste, neutral in nature. Primarily treats malaria and coughing with alternating chills and fever, abdominal hardness and masses, accumulation of evil Qi, Gu poison, and Gui Zhu (ghostly afflictions). Grows in river plains and valleys.
**Pinellia Rhizome (Ban Xia)**: Raw material is slightly cold; processed material is warm; toxic. Primarily resolves phlegm-heat fullness and stagnation in the heart, abdomen, and chest diaphragm; treats cough with rebellious Qi, acute pain and hardness below the heart, seasonal epidemics with vomiting, dissipates carbuncle swelling, treats miscarriage, cures sallow complexion, and moistens the face and eyes. Raw Pinellia induces vomiting; processed Pinellia induces purgation. When used, wash with hot water until the slippery sensation is completely removed. Also known as Shou Tian or Shi Gu. Grows in Huaili. Roots are harvested in May and August and sun-dried. (She Gan is its assistant herb; incompatible with Zao Jiao; fears Xiong Huang, Sheng Jiang, Qin Pi, Gui Jia; antagonistic to Wu Tou.)
*Original text from Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing*: Pinellia rhizome, pungent in taste, neutral in nature. Primarily treats chills and fever from Shang Han (Cold Damage), hardness below the heart, directs Qi downward, treats sore throat and tonsillar swelling, dizziness, chest distension, cough with rebellious Qi, borborygmus, and stops sweating.