\r车前子\pq20a.bmp\r
清邪火以下行。直达州都祛湿热。味甘寒而降利。专清水道愈癃淋。治肝家有梦之
遗精。精因火扰。导肾部诸般之留垢。垢尽虚回。滑可催生。黑能走血。（车前子甘寒滑利
。性专降泄。故有去湿热利小便之功。且色黑能走血分。治一切血淋胎产等证。皆取其滑利
之功。诗云。采采 。 即车前也。言妇人乐有子而取其易产之意。此物味甘。略兼
咸味。与苦劣之味不同。且性又粘滑。故古人有降而不泄。行而有补之说。然亦须肾虚有邪
热者为宜。若阳虚有寒。元气下陷之人。还当禁服。）
\r 蓄\pq20.bmp\r
入膀胱专主分消。降利功偏化湿浊。行脾肺并疗疥疾。苦平性燥杀虫疮。（ 蓄多生
道旁。一名扁竹。如竹形布地。节间有粉。如花。苦平之性。善祛湿热。杀诸虫。观本经主
治浸淫疥瘙疽痔杀三虫等语。即可想矣。）
\r灯心\pq21a1.bmp\r
清心肺烦蒸。味淡性寒轻且白。导小肠湿热。通淋利水降而行。（灯心色白体轻。功
专入肺。以其寒能清热。淡可分消。故能祛除湿热。通利水道。以其为心也。又能入心。凡
属上焦湿热。致成癃淋等证。皆可用之。制轻元法。用灯心坚塞竹管内。烧红透闷。隐即成
黑灰。欲研粉须用米粉浆晒研末。入水取浮起者。）
车前子
能够清除邪火并引导其下行。直达下焦（州都，指膀胱）以祛除湿热。其味甘、性寒，具有降泄和通利的功效，专门清利水道，治愈小便不通及淋证。治疗肝家因火热扰动导致的梦遗精滑；引导肾部各种积留的污垢排出，污垢排尽则正气恢复。其滑利之性可助产催生，其黑色能入血分活血。（车前子味甘寒且滑利，药性专于降泄，因此有去除湿热、通利小便的功效。而且其色黑能入血分，治疗各种血淋、胎产等病症，都是取其滑利之功。古诗云：“采采芣苢”，指的便是车前草，意思是妇人乐于生子而取其易于生产之意。此物味甘，略带咸味，与苦劣之味不同，且药性粘滑，所以古人有“降而不泄，行而有补”的说法。然而也仅适用于肾虚伴有邪热的情况，若是阳虚有寒、元气下陷之人，还应当禁服。）
蓄
进入膀胱，专门主管分消湿浊，降利之功偏向于化除湿浊。同时作用于脾肺，治疗疥疮疾病。其味苦、性平，性质燥烈，能杀虫治疮。（蓄多生长在道路两旁，又名扁竹，形状像竹子一样贴地生长，节间有粉，开花如穗。其味苦、性平的药性，善于祛除湿热，杀灭各种寄生虫。观察《神农本草经》中主治浸淫疥瘙疽痔、杀灭三虫等记载，就可以想象其功效了。）
灯心
清除心肺的烦热蒸腾，味道淡、性质寒凉，质地轻且色白。引导小肠的湿热下行，通淋利水，降泄而行。（灯心草色白体轻，功效专入肺经，因其寒性能清热，淡味可分消湿浊，所以能祛除湿热，通利水道。又因其名为“灯心”对应心脏，又能入心经。凡是上焦湿热导致的小便不通等病症，都可以使用它。制作灯心炭的方法：用坚硬的灯心草塞满竹管，烧红后闷烧，隐现即成黑灰。若要研磨成粉，需用米粉浆浸泡后晒干再研末，入水取浮起者。）
Semen Plantaginis (Cheqianzi)
Clears pathogenic fire and guides it downward. Reaches the lower jiao (Zhou Du, referring to the Bladder) to expel damp-heat. Its flavor is sweet and nature is cold, possessing descending and purgative properties; it specializes in clearing the water passages and curing strangury (Ling Lin). It treats seminal emission during dreams caused by liver heat disturbing the essence; it guides out various retained turbidities from the kidney region, and once the turbidities are cleared, deficiency returns. Its slippery nature can facilitate childbirth, and its black color can enter the blood level to invigorate blood. (Semen Plantaginis is sweet, cold, and slippery; its nature specializes in descending and draining, thus having the efficacy of removing damp-heat and promoting urination. Moreover, its black color allows it to enter the blood level, treating conditions such as bloody strangury and obstetric disorders, utilizing its slippery and lubricating properties. The ancient poem says, "Gathering plantains," referring to Plantago asiatica, implying that women rejoice at bearing children due to its ease of delivery. This herb has a sweet taste with a slight salty note, differing from bitter and acrid flavors, and possesses a sticky and slippery nature. Hence, ancients described it as "descending without exhausting, moving without depleting." However, it is suitable only for cases of kidney deficiency with exogenous heat. For individuals with yang deficiency and cold, or sinking of primordial qi, it should be contraindicated.)
Herba Siegesbeckiae (Xuzhong)
Enters the Bladder channel, specializing in separating and eliminating turbidity. Its descending and purgative efficacy leans towards transforming damp-turbidity. It acts on the Spleen and Lung channels to treat scabies and sores. Its flavor is bitter and nature is neutral, with a drying property that kills parasites and treats sores. (Herba Siegesbeckiae often grows by roadsides, also known as Bianzhu. It resembles bamboo in shape, spreading on the ground, with powder between the nodes and flowers like spikes. Its bitter and neutral nature is good at dispelling damp-heat and killing various parasites. Observing the indications in the *Shennong Bencao Jing* regarding the treatment of oozing sores, scabies, carbuncles, hemorrhoids, and killing three types of parasites, one can infer its efficacy.)
Caulis Junci (Dengxin)
Clears vexation and steaming heat from the Heart and Lungs. Its flavor is bland, nature is cold, texture is light, and color is white. It guides damp-heat from the Small Intestine downward, unblocking strangury and promoting diuresis through descending action. (Caulis Junci is white in color and light in weight, with efficacy specializing in entering the Lung channel. Because its cold nature clears heat and its bland flavor separates and eliminates, it can remove damp-heat and unblock the water passages. Also, corresponding to the Heart, it can enter the Heart channel. It can be used for any condition where upper jiao damp-heat causes strangury and similar disorders. To prepare Dengxin Tan (Charred Caulis Junci): pack firm Caulis Junci into a bamboo tube, burn until red hot, and smolder until it turns into black ash. To grind into powder, soak in rice flour paste, sun-dry, then grind; take the floating particles when mixed with water.)