俗名鬼馒头
实甘平涩，叶酸平，无毒。
发明 木莲，薜荔实也。性耐风霜，严冬不凋，故能治一切风癣恶疮，为利水、治血、
通乳要药。古方以木莲二枚用猪前蹄煎汤，饮汁尽，一日乳汁即通。无子妇人食之，亦能有
乳。其叶主背疮，取叶捣绞汁，和蜜饮数升，以渣敷之，后利即愈。煎汤主贼风疼痛，乘热
熏洗，日三次，痛止为度。取藤捣绞汁治白癜风。瘰 、恶疮、疥癣，消肿散毒。疗肠痔、
心痛阴 。但南方有瘴气人，不可用。
甘寒苦，无毒。生山谷中，苗似葡萄长丈许，根紫色。今所在皆有之。
发明 紫葛和血解毒，治痈肿恶疮。取根皮捣为末，醋和封之。《千金》紫葛丸用之为
君，以其能散寒热结气也。
一名勒草，一名葛勒蔓，俗名割人藤
甘苦寒，无毒。
发明 草蔓生道旁，多刺勒人，故又名葛勒蔓。专主五淋利小便，散瘀血。并捣汁
服。《千金》专主膏淋，以醋和服之。
即金银花
甘温，无毒。
发明 金银花芳香而甘，入脾通肺，主下痢脓血，为内处痈肿之要药。解毒祛脓，泻中
有补，痈疽溃后之圣药。今世但知其消肿之功，昧其能利风虚也，但气虚脓清、食少便泻者
勿用。痘疮倒陷不起，用此根长流水煎浴，以痘光壮为效，此即水杨汤变法。
俗名鬼馒头。
果实味甘、性平、味涩，叶味酸、性平，无毒。
发明：木莲，即薜荔的果实。其性质耐寒霜，严冬不凋谢，因此能治疗各种风癣和恶疮，是利水、治血、通乳的重要药物。古方中用两枚木莲配合猪前蹄煎汤，喝尽汁液，一天后乳汁即可通畅。没有孩子的妇女食用它，也能产生乳汁。它的叶子主治背部疮疡，取叶子捣碎绞取汁液，与蜂蜜混合饮用数升，并将药渣敷在患处，随后通过排便即可痊愈。煎汤主治贼风引起的疼痛，趁热熏洗，每天三次，以疼痛停止为限度。取藤本植物捣碎绞汁可治疗白癜风。对于瘰疬、恶疮、疥癣，具有消肿散毒的功效。治疗肠痔、心痛及阴部肿痛。但南方有瘴气地区的人不可使用。
紫葛味甘、性寒、味苦，无毒。生长在山谷中，苗蔓像葡萄一样长达一丈多，根部呈紫色。现在各地都有生长。
发明：紫葛能调和血液、解除毒素，治疗痈肿恶疮。取根皮捣成粉末，用醋调和后封贴患处。《千金方》中的紫葛丸将其作为主药，因为它能消散寒热结聚之气。
又名勒草，又名葛勒蔓，俗名割人藤。
味甘、苦，性寒，无毒。
发明：这种草蔓生道路旁，多刺且勒伤人，所以又名葛勒蔓。专门主治五淋，通利小便，消散瘀血。并捣汁服用。《千金方》专门用它治疗膏淋，用醋调和后服用。
即金银花。
味甘，性温，无毒。
发明：金银花芳香而甘，入脾经和肺经，主治痢疾脓血，是内治痈肿的重要药物。解毒排脓，泻中有补，是痈疽溃烂后的圣药。当今世人只知道它消肿的功效，忽略了它能疏利风虚的作用，但对于气虚脓液清稀、食欲不振、大便泄泻者不要使用。痘疮倒陷不起，用此根加长流水煎煮洗浴，以痘疮光亮壮实为见效，这就是水杨汤的变法。
Commonly known as "Ghost Mantou".
The fruit is sweet, neutral, and astringent; the leaf is sour and neutral; non-toxic.
Invention: Mulián (Wood Lotus) is the fruit of *Ficus pumila* (Creeping Fig). Its nature withstands wind and frost, remaining evergreen in severe winter; thus, it can treat all types of wind-related tinea and malignant sores. It is an essential herb for promoting diuresis, treating blood disorders, and facilitating lactation. Ancient prescriptions use two pieces of Mulián decocted with the front trotters of a pig to make a soup. Drinking the juice thoroughly allows milk flow to commence within one day. Childless women who consume it can also produce milk. Its leaves primarily treat back sores; take the leaves, crush and squeeze out the juice, mix with honey, and drink several liters. Apply the residue topically; recovery follows after bowel movements. Decocted in water, it treats pain caused by "thief-wind" (wind-stroke or rheumatic pain); fumigate and wash while hot, three times daily, until pain ceases. Crush and squeeze the juice of the vine to treat vitiligo. For scrofula, malignant sores, and tinea, it reduces swelling and dissipates toxicity. It treats intestinal hemorrhoids, heart pain, and genital swelling/pain. However, it should not be used by people in southern regions prone to miasma.
Zige (Purple Kudzu) is sweet, cold, and bitter; non-toxic. It grows in mountain valleys; the vine resembles grapevine, growing over ten feet long, with purple roots. It is now found everywhere.
Invention: Zige harmonizes blood and detoxifies, treating carbuncles and malignant sores. Take the root bark, crush into powder, mix with vinegar, and apply externally. In the *Qianjin Fang* (Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold), Zige is used as the chief ingredient because it can dissipate stagnant qi caused by cold and heat.
Also named Le Cao (Strangling Grass), also named Gele Man (Kudzu Vine), commonly known as Ge Ren Teng (Cutting Person Vine).
Sweet and bitter, cold; non-toxic.
Invention: This vine grows along roadsides, possessing many thorns that cut and strangle people, hence the name Gele Man. It specifically treats the five types of strangury (dysuria), promotes urination, and dissipates blood stasis. It is taken as crushed juice. The *Qianjin Fang* uses it specifically for gao lin (fatty strangury), administered mixed with vinegar.
This is Jinyinhua (Honeysuckle).
Sweet, warm; non-toxic.
Invention: Jinyinhua is aromatic and sweet, entering the Spleen and Lung meridians. It primarily treats dysentery with pus and blood, serving as an essential internal medicine for carbuncles and swellings. It detoxifies and expels pus, containing tonifying properties within its draining action, making it a sacred remedy for post-ulceration of carbuncles and gangrene. Modern practitioners only know its ability to reduce swelling, neglecting its capacity to benefit wind-deficiency conditions. It should not be used in cases of qi deficiency with thin pus, poor appetite, or loose stools. For inverted or depressed smallpox lesions that fail to rise, decoct the root in flowing water for bathing; efficacy is indicated when the lesions become bright and robust. This is a variation of the Shuiyang Tang (Water Poplar Decoction).