味辛平。泻热解毒。入手太阴足厥阴经。功专利水明目。捣服治黄胆腹胀。和蜜
服治症瘕积。小儿血痢。醋调末敷秃疮。盐调末敷乳痈蜘蛛咬毒。根解酒毒。并敷阴囊肿大
如斗神效。叶利五脏。消食下气治嗽。若飞丝入眼。用叶揉烂滴汁三两点自出。一名诸葛菜
。
味苦冷微毒。入手少阴经。功专通乳汁。杀虫蛇毒。小便不通。捣叶敷脐上良。
味辛平。入手足太阴阳明经。功专利五脏。明耳目。去风热。止热疟。即巢菜。俗
名花草。其子活血明目。药店以此子伪充沙苑疾藜性殊。
味苦寒。入手少阴经。功专治产后风秘捣汁入水半盏煎之。空心温服。头风白屑
。以根杵同羊胆汁涂之永除。即秃菜。
味甘苦凉滑微毒。入手足太阴经。功专疗时行壮热。捣汁服并敷禽兽伤。食之动气
。冷气人食之必泻子醋浸揩面。去粉刺。润泽有光。一名善逵菜。又名 菜。
味辛微寒有小毒。入手太阴经。功专散热毒痈肿疮痔脱肛。断 疾。解砒毒。敷
恶疮白秃。捣汁入陈久芥菜卤饮之。治肺痈神效。多食令人气喘。
蔓荆子:味辛,性平。能泻热解毒。归入手太阴肺经和足厥阴肝经。功效主要在于利水明目。捣碎后服用可治疗黄疸、腹胀。与蜂蜜调和服用可治疗症瘕积聚。小儿血痢。用醋调药末外敷可治秃疮。用盐调药末外敷可治乳痈及蜘蛛咬伤中毒。根部可解酒毒,并外敷治疗阴囊肿大如斗者,神效。叶子能利五脏,消食下气,治疗咳嗽。若有飞丝入眼,用叶子揉烂滴汁两三滴,飞丝自出。又名诸葛菜。
芋:味苦,性冷,微有毒。归入手少阴心经。功效专于通乳汁,杀虫蛇毒。治疗小便不通,捣叶敷于脐上良效。
巢菜(花草):味辛,性平。归入手足太阴脾经和手足阳明胃经。功效专于利五脏,明耳目,去风热,止热疟。即巢菜,俗名花草。其子能活血明目。药店常以此子伪充沙苑蒺藜,性质殊异。
冬瓜(注:根据“味甘寒滑...逐水解百毒”推断为冬瓜或类似瓜类,此处依原文直译):味甘,性寒,质滑。归入足太阴脾经和足阳明胃经。功效专于治疗消渴、热痹、热疽。逐水,解百毒。
秃菜:味苦,性寒。归入手少阴心经。功效专于治疗产后风秘,捣汁加入半盏水煎服,空腹温服。治疗头风白屑,以根杵碎同羊胆汁涂之,可永除。即秃菜。
善逵菜:味甘苦,性凉,质滑,微有毒。归入手足太阴经。功效专于疗时行壮热,捣汁服用并外敷禽兽伤。食用会动气,冷气人食之必腹泻。子醋浸揩面,去粉刺,润泽有光。一名善逵菜,又名某菜(原文缺字)。
黄花菜:味甘,微苦,性寒。归入手阳明大肠经。功效专于通结利肠。一名黄花菜。
某菜(注:根据“散热毒痈肿...治肺痈”推测可能为某种清热解毒草药,依原文直译):味辛,微寒,有小毒。归入手太阴肺经。功效专于散热毒痈肿疮痔脱肛,断痢疾,解砒毒,敷恶疮白秃。捣汁加入陈久芥菜卤饮之,治肺痈神效。多食令人气喘。
**Man Jing Zi (Vitex Fruit):** Pungent, neutral. Drains heat and resolves toxicity. Enters the Hand-Taiyin Lung Meridian and Foot-Jueyin Liver Meridian. Its efficacy is primarily to promote urination and brighten the eyes. Crushed and taken orally, it treats jaundice and abdominal distension. Taken with honey, it treats *zheng jia* accumulations (masses). For pediatric bloody dysentery. Applied externally with vinegar as a powder for tinea capitis (bald sores). Applied externally with salt as a powder for mastitis and spider bites/poisoning. The root detoxifies alcohol and is applied externally for massive scrotal edema ("like a bucket"), which is miraculous. The leaves benefit the five Zang organs, promote digestion, direct Qi downward, and treat coughs. If flying filaments enter the eye, crush the leaves, drip two or three drops of juice, and the filaments will exit naturally. Also known as Zhuge Cai.
**Yu (Taro):** Bitter, cold, slightly toxic. Enters the Hand-Shaoyin Heart Meridian. Its efficacy is specifically to unblock lactation, kill parasites, and counteract snake venom. For urinary retention, crushing the leaves and applying them to the umbilicus is effective.
**Chao Cai (Vetch/Grass Flower):** Pungent, neutral. Enters the Hand-Foot-Taiyin Spleen Meridian and Hand-Foot-Yangming Stomach Meridian. Its efficacy is specifically to benefit the five Zang organs, brighten the eyes and ears, dispel wind-heat, and stop hot malaria. It is Chao Cai, commonly known as Hua Cao. Its seeds invigorate blood and brighten the eyes. Pharmacies often pass off these seeds as false Shanyuan Jili (Astragali Complanati Semen), but their nature is significantly different.
**Dong Gua (Winter Melon - inferred from context):** Sweet, cold, slippery. Enters the Foot-Taiyin Spleen Meridian and Foot-Yangming Stomach Meridian. Its efficacy is specifically to treat polydipsia (*xiao ke*), hot bi syndrome, and hot carbuncles. It promotes water metabolism and resolves hundred toxins.
**Tu Cai (Bald Vegetable):** Bitter, cold. Enters the Hand-Shaoyin Heart Meridian. Its efficacy is specifically to treat postpartum wind constipation; crush the juice, mix with half a cup of water, decoct, and take warm on an empty stomach. For head wind with white dandruff/scales, pound the root and apply mixed with sheep bile to permanently remove it. It is Tu Cai.
**Shan Kui Cai:** Sweet and bitter, cool, slippery, slightly toxic. Enters the Hand-Foot-Taiyin Meridians. Its efficacy is specifically to treat epidemic high fever; crush and take juice, and apply externally for beast bites/wounds. Eating it moves Qi; those with cold constitution who eat it will definitely suffer diarrhea. Seeds soaked in vinegar and rubbed on the face remove acne comedones, making skin moist and lustrous. Also known as Shan Kui Cai, also known as [Missing Character] Cai.
**Huang Hua Cai (Daylily):** Sweet, slightly bitter, cold. Enters the Hand-Yangming Large Intestine Meridian. Its efficacy is specifically to unblock stagnation and promote intestinal lubrication. Also known as Huang Hua Cai.
[Unnamed Herb]: Pungent, slightly cold, slightly toxic. Enters the Hand-Taiyin Lung Meridian. Its efficacy is specifically to dissipate heat-toxicity, treat carbuncles, sores, hemorrhoids, and rectal prolapse, stop dysentery, resolve arsenic poisoning, and apply to malignant sores and tinea capitis. Crush and take juice, drink mixed with aged mustard brine; this is miraculous for lung abscess (*fei yong*). Overconsumption causes asthma.
[Unnamed Herb]: Sweet, cold, slippery. Enters the Hand-Shaoyin Heart Meridian and Hand-Taiyang Small Intestine Meridian. Its efficacy is specifically to remove sudden heat and promote water pathways.
[Unnamed Herb]: Pungent, smooth, slightly toxic. Enters the Hand-Foot-Yangming Meridians. Its efficacy is specifically to broaden the stomach and unblock the intestines. Boiled with fish, it directs Qi downward and harmonizes the middle Jiao.