气味涩平无毒。
【主治】
捣汁饮。主吐血不止。及口鼻出血。消瘀血。解热毒。产后血闷。和地黄研汁入热
酒小便饮。能止咳血唾血血淋溺血下血血痢血崩。
(一名野天门冬。其根多者百十连属如部伍然。故以名之。)
【气味】
甘微温无毒。
【主治】
传尸骨蒸劳。治疳。杀蛔虫寸白蛲虫及一切树木蛀虫。烬之即死。杀虱及蝇蠓。作
汤洗牛犬去虱。火炙酒浸。空腹饮之。治疥癣去虫蚕咬毒。百部亦天门冬之类。故皆治肺病
杀虫。但百部气温而不寒。寒嗽宜之。天门冬性寒而不热。热嗽宜之。此为异耳。
【气味】
苦平微寒无毒。阴中微阳。入足太阳经又入足阳明经。
【主治】
风湿结热。通关节。去伏瘕。通身发黄成疸。小便不利。故茵陈栀子大黄汤治湿黄
。栀子柏皮汤治燥黄。为阳黄之要药。茵陈附子汤治阴黄。为阴分之通剂。各随寒热而君主
之也。
【气味】
苦寒无毒。阳中之阴也。
【主治】
关格诸癃结。小便不通。逐膀胱邪逆。主五淋月经不通。
【气味】
辛寒无毒。(以夹刀夹去叶之四畔花枝。每一斤用羊脂四两拌炒。脂尽为度。)
【主治】
益精气。补筋骨。疗四肢不仁。驱一切冷风。乃手足阳明三焦命门之药也。真阳不
足者宜之。
【气味】味涩,性平,无毒。
【主治】捣烂取汁饮用。主治吐血不止,以及口鼻出血,消除瘀血,解除热毒。治疗产后血气郁闷,将地黄研汁与热酒混合,小便时饮用。能够治疗咳血、唾血、血淋、尿血、便血、血痢、血崩。
(又名野天门冬。其根多的有上百十株相连属,如同军队编制一样,因此以此命名。)
【气味】味甘,微温,无毒。
【主治】治疗传尸骨蒸劳(肺结核等消耗性疾病),治疗疳积,杀灭蛔虫、寸白虫(绦虫)、蛲虫以及一切树木蛀虫,烧成灰即死。杀灭虱子及蝇蚊。煮汤洗牛犬可去除虱子。用火烤后浸酒,空腹饮用。治疗疥癣,去除虫咬蚕咬的毒素。百部也是天门冬一类,所以都能治疗肺病、杀虫。但百部气温而不寒,适合寒嗽;天门冬性寒而不热,适合热嗽。这是它们的区别所在。
【气味】味苦,性平,微寒,无毒。阴中略带阳。入足太阳经,又入足阳明经。
【主治】风湿结聚之热,疏通关节,去除体内潜伏的癥瘕积聚。治疗全身发黄成为黄疸,小便不利。所以茵陈栀子大黄汤治疗湿黄,栀子柏皮汤治疗燥黄,是治疗阳黄的要药。茵陈附子汤治疗阴黄,是治疗阴分的通剂。各随寒热而分别作为君药使用。
【气味】味苦,性寒,无毒。属于阳中之阴。
【主治】关格诸种癃闭结滞,小便不通。驱逐膀胱邪气逆乱,主治五淋、月经不通。
【气味】味辛,性寒,无毒。(以夹刀夹去叶的四周边缘花枝,每一斤用羊脂四两拌炒,直到羊脂用完为止。)
【主治】补益精气,强壮筋骨,治疗四肢麻木不仁,驱除一切冷风,是手足阳明经、三焦经、命门经的药物。真阳不足者适宜服用。
[Flavor and Nature] Astringent in flavor, neutral in nature, non-toxic.
[Indications] Crushed to extract juice for drinking. Mainly treats incessant hematemesis (vomiting blood), as well as epistaxis and oral bleeding; resolves blood stasis and clears heat toxins. Treats postpartum blood stagnation and oppression; when mixed with Rehmanniae Radix (Shengdi Huang) juice and hot wine, taken during urination, it can treat hemoptysis (coughing up blood), spitting blood, bloody strangury (hematuria with pain), hematuria, hematochezia (blood in stool), dysentery with blood, and metrorrhagia (uterine bleeding).
(Also known as Ye Tian Dong. Its roots often grow in clusters of hundreds or dozens, connected like military formations, hence the name.)
[Flavor and Nature] Sweet in flavor, slightly warm in nature, non-toxic.
[Indications] Treats tuberculosis-like consumption diseases with bone-steaming fever (Chuan Shi Gu Zheng Lao); treats infantile malnutrition (Gan syndrome); kills roundworms, tapeworms (Cun Bai Chong), pinworms, and all kinds of wood-boring insects, which die upon incineration. Kills lice, flies, and midges. Decoction used to wash cattle and dogs removes lice. Roasted over fire and soaked in wine, taken on an empty stomach, it treats tinea and prurigo, removing venom from insect or silkworm bites. Baibu is also a type of Tian Dong, thus both treat lung diseases and kill parasites. However, Baibu has a warm nature without coldness, making it suitable for cold coughs; Tian Dong has a cold nature without heat, making it suitable for hot coughs. This is their difference.
[Flavor and Nature] Bitter in flavor, neutral in nature, slightly cold, non-toxic. Slightly yang within yin. Enters the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian and the Foot-Yangming Stomach Meridian.
[Indications] Treats heat caused by wind-dampness accumulation, unblocks joints, removes latent masses and accumulations (Zhen Jia). Treats generalized jaundice becoming icterus, and difficult urination. Therefore, Yinchen Zhi Zi Da Huang Tang (Artemisiae Scopariae, Gardeniae, and Rheum Decoction) treats damp-heat jaundice; Zhizi Bo Pi Tang (Gardeniae and Phellodendri Bark Decoction) treats dry-heat jaundice; these are essential herbs for treating yang jaundice. Yinchen Fuzi Tang (Artemisiae Scopariae and Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata Decoction) treats yin jaundice, serving as a general agent for yin patterns. Each is used as the sovereign herb according to cold or heat patterns.
[Flavor and Nature] Bitter in flavor, cold in nature, non-toxic. It is yin within yang.
[Indications] Treats Guan Ge (obstruction and reversal) and various types of strangury with obstruction, where urination is blocked. Drives out pathogenic factors reversing in the bladder. Mainly treats five types of strangury and amenorrhea.
[Flavor and Nature] Pungent in flavor, cold in nature, non-toxic. (Use the flower branches with leaves removed from the four sides using a clip knife; for every jin [approx. 500g], stir-fry with 4 liang [approx. 125g] of sheep fat until the fat is fully absorbed.)
[Indications] Benefits essence and qi, strengthens sinews and bones, treats numbness and loss of sensation in the four limbs, drives out all kinds of cold wind. It is a herb for the Hand-Yangming Large Intestine Meridian, Foot-Yangming Stomach Meridian, Sanjiao (Triple Burner), and Mingmen (Gate of Life). It is suitable for those with deficiency of true yang.