田野间多有之。其根丛生。一干数十枝。攒簇直上。七月开小黄花。其子繁细
老。多取为扫帚。
气味苦甘寒。入足太阳经。 治膀胱热。利小便。补中益精气。强阴疗阴卵 疾。散疝
瘕。去热风头目。风热皮肤中热气。（作汤浴之） 与阳起石同服。主丈夫阴痿不起。（权）
诸病
阳之
气。
必
太
〔论〕 本经于地肤。首治膀胱热利小便。即继以补中益精气。其功用便可参。盖膀胱
为足
肾为
热而
而在
脏阴清
甄权故
浓以为
应得如是
于虚热
清而阳
地肤苗叶
味微甘而苦。气寒。 主利诸淋。煎水洗目。去热暗雀盲涩痛。 小便不通。用
一大把。水煎服。盖无阴则阳无以化。是物益阴气。通小肠。亦东垣用知柏滋肾之意
人秋间患淋二十余日。百方不效。后取地肤草捣自然汁服之。遂通。贱物回生。功
〔修治〕 清热生用。如欲其起阴达阳。宜以火酒浸一日夜。饭上蒸透。晒干。以去寒
性。
即蠡草花。其子即蠡实。本草蠡实根叶皆用。而方书证治。惟及于花。故独悉之。
河东川谷。今陕西诸郡。及鼎澧州亦有之。近汴尤多。就地丛生。一本二三十茎。高三
叶似薤而长浓。叶中抽茎。三月开紫碧花。五月结实作角子如麻。而赤色有棱。根细
色。
花
味甘辛。气平温。 治皮肤寒热。胃中热。疗偏坠疝气。喉痹。杀虫。 方书治沙
疝。及小肠气。
附方 偏坠疝气不愈。马蔺花用萝白子同炒二两。川楝净肉用橘核同炒一两五钱。吴茱
萸酒
浸炒一两。木香二钱。不见火为末。每服一二钱。好酒调。空心服。 喉痹肿痛。取荔花皮
根合二分。及水一升。煮取六合。去渣。含之。细细咽汁瘥。沙石热淋。通神散。马蔺花七
枚烧。故笔头二七枚烧。粟米一合炒。为末。每服二钱。酒下。日二服。
〔论〕蠡草花实。其功专主于下焦之阴。即花色紫碧。可以揣其所入。有合于阴中之
阳也
和于
蠡实服
下焦之
田野间多有之。其根丛生。一干数十枝。攒簇直上。七月开小黄花。其子繁细老。多取为扫帚。
在田野间有很多生长。它的根丛聚在一起生长，一根茎上有几十枝，聚集着笔直向上生长。七月开出小黄花。它的种子繁多、细小且老化后变硬，人们大多采集它来制作扫帚。
气味苦甘寒。入足太阳经。治膀胱热。利小便。补中益精气。强阴疗阴卵疾。散疝瘕。去热风头目。风热皮肤中热气。（作汤浴之）与阳起石同服。主丈夫阴痿不起。（权）
（地肤子的）气味是苦、甘，性寒。归入足太阳膀胱经。治疗膀胱有热证，通利小便。补益中气，增益精气和元气。强壮阴分，治疗阴囊疾病。消散疝气和腹内结块。去除头目中的风热邪气，以及皮肤中的风热邪气。（可以煎汤洗浴）与阳起石一起服用。主治男子阳痿不举。（出自甄权《药性论》）
诸病阳气。必太〔论〕本经于地肤。首治膀胱热利小便。即继以补中益精气。其功用便可参。盖膀胱为足脏阴清浓以为应得如是于虚热清而阳地肤苗叶味微甘而苦。气寒。主利诸淋。煎水洗目。去热暗雀盲涩痛。小便不通。用一大把。水煎服。盖无阴则阳无以化。是物益阴气。通小肠。亦东垣用知柏滋肾之意人秋间患淋二十余日。百方不效。后取地肤草捣自然汁服之。遂通。贱物回生。功
各种疾病中的阳气问题，必须深入探讨。[论述] 《神农本草经》对于地肤子，首先提到治疗膀胱热证并通利小便，紧接着又提到补益中气、增益精气。由此可以推知其功效。因为膀胱属于足少阴肾之腑，其阴液清纯浓厚，所以应当得到这样的效果，以清除虚热，使阳气得以正常运作。地肤子的苗和叶，味道微甘而苦，气性寒。主要功效是通利各种淋证（排尿困难或疼痛的病证）。煎汤洗眼，可以去除眼部的热症、视物昏暗、雀盲（夜盲症）及涩痛。小便不通时，使用一大把地肤草，加水煎煮服用。这是因为没有阴液，阳气就无法气化。这种植物能补充阴气，通利小肠。这也符合李东垣使用知母、黄柏滋补肾阴的意旨。有人在秋季患上淋证二十多天，各种方法都不见效，后来取地肤草捣取自然汁服用，随即通畅。这低廉之物竟有起死回生之功。
〔修治〕清热生用。如欲其起阴达阳。宜以火酒浸一日夜。饭上蒸透。晒干。以去寒性。
[炮制方法] 若要清热，可生用。如果想要起到振奋阴气、通达阳气的功效，适宜用火酒浸泡一天一夜，放在饭上蒸透，然后晒干，以去除其寒凉之性。
即蠡草花。其子即蠡实。本草蠡实根叶皆用。而方书证治。惟及于花。故独悉之。河东川谷。今陕西诸郡。及鼎澧州亦有之。近汴尤多。就地丛生。一本二三十茎。高三
这就是蠡草的花。它的种子就是蠡实。本草书中蠡实的根和叶都使用，但方书中的证治记载，只涉及到了花，所以单独详细阐述它。生长在河东的川谷地带，现在的陕西各郡，以及鼎州、澧州也有生长。靠近汴京的地方尤其多。就地丛生，一株植物有两三十个茎，高三尺左右。
叶似薤而长浓。叶中抽茎。三月开紫碧花。五月结实作角子如麻。而赤色有棱。根细色。花味甘辛。气平温。治皮肤寒热。胃中热。疗偏坠疝气。喉痹。杀虫。方书治沙疝。及小肠气。
叶子像藠头（薤白）一样细长浓密。从叶丛中抽出茎。三月开出紫色或青绿色的花。五月结果实，形状像豆荚，类似麻籽，呈红色且有棱角。根部细小。花的味道是甘、辛，气性平和温润。治疗皮肤的寒热症状，胃中有热。治疗偏坠疝气（一侧睾丸肿痛下垂）、喉痹（咽喉肿痛闭塞）。杀虫。方书中用于治疗沙石淋（沙疝），以及小肠气（疝气的一种）。
附方 偏坠疝气不愈。马蔺花用萝白子同炒二两。川楝净肉用橘核同炒一两五钱。吴茱萸酒浸炒一两。木香二钱。不见火为末。每服一二钱。好酒调。空心服。喉痹肿痛。取荔花皮根合二分。及水一升。煮取六合。去渣。含之。细细咽汁瘥。沙石热淋。通神散。马蔺花七枚烧。故笔头二七枚烧。粟米一合炒。为末。每服二钱。酒下。日二服。
[附方] 偏坠疝气久治不愈：取马蔺花二两，与萝卜子同炒；取川楝子净肉一两五钱，与橘核同炒；取吴茱萸一两，用酒浸泡后炒制；取木香二钱。以上药材不经过明火直接焙干，研成细末。每次服用一到二钱，用好酒调服，空腹服用。喉痹肿痛：取马蔺花、树皮、根部各二分，加水一升，煎煮至剩余六合药液，去掉药渣。含在口中，慢慢吞咽药汁，即可痊愈。沙石热淋：通神散。取马蔺花七朵烧存性，旧毛笔头十四枚烧存性，粟米一合炒焦，研成细末。每次服用二钱，用酒送服，每天服用两次。
〔论〕蠡草花实。其功专主于下焦之阴。即花色紫碧。可以揣其所入。有合于阴中之阳也蠡实服下焦之
[论述] 蠡草的花和果实，其功效专门作用于下焦的阴分。从其花朵呈现紫色或青绿色，可以推测它进入的部位，这符合“阴中之阳”的特性。蠡实服用后作用于下焦的……
There is much of it growing in the fields. Its roots grow in clusters. One stem bears dozens of branches, gathering and growing straight upwards. In the seventh month, it opens small yellow flowers. Its seeds are numerous, fine, and become hard when old. People often collect them to make brooms.
The flavor is bitter and sweet, and the nature is cold. It enters the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian (Zu Tai Yang Pang Guang Jing). It treats heat in the bladder, promotes urination, tonifies the middle jiao, benefits essence and qi, strengthens yin, and treats diseases of the scrotum and testicles. It dissipates hernia and abdominal masses, removes wind-heat from the head and eyes, and clears wind-heat from the skin. (It can be decocted for bathing.) Taken together with Yangqishi (Styritae Lapis), it primarily treats impotence in men. (Qu)
Various diseases involving yang qi must be thoroughly examined. [Discussion] The *Shennong Bencao Jing* first mentions treating heat in the bladder and promoting urination with Difuzi (Kochia Fruit), followed immediately by tonifying the middle and benefiting essence and qi. From this, its functions can be inferred. Since the bladder is the fu organ of the Foot-Shaoyin Kidney, its yin fluid is pure and concentrated, thus it should achieve such effects to clear deficiency heat and allow yang qi to function properly. The seedlings and leaves of Difuzi have a slightly sweet and bitter flavor, and a cold nature. They primarily promote urination in various types of Lin syndrome (dysuria). Decoction for washing the eyes removes heat, dim vision, night blindness, and astringent pain. For urinary obstruction, use a large handful of Difuzi grass, decoct in water, and drink. This is because without yin, yang cannot transform. This herb benefits yin qi and unblocks the Small Intestine, which also aligns with Li Dongyuan's intention of using Zhi Mu (Anemarrhenae Rhizoma) and Huang Bai (Phellodendri Cortex) to nourish kidney yin. A person suffered from Lin syndrome for over twenty days in autumn, and hundreds of prescriptions failed. Later, fresh juice extracted from Difuzi grass was taken orally, and urination immediately resumed. This humble herb has the power to revive life.
[Processing] To clear heat, use raw. If the goal is to raise yin and reach yang, it is suitable to soak it in fire wine (distilled liquor) for one day and night, steam it thoroughly over rice, dry it in the sun, to remove its cold nature.
This is the flower of Licao (Iris lactea var. chinensis). Its seed is Licishi (Iris Fructus). Materia medica texts use both the root and leaves of Licishi, but prescription books only discuss the flower in terms of indications and treatments, so it is detailed separately here. It grows in river valleys in Hedong, and is also found in modern Shaanxi provinces, as well as Dingzhou and Lizhou. It is particularly abundant near Bianjing. It grows in clusters on the ground. One plant has twenty to thirty stems, reaching three chi in height.
The leaves resemble Xiebai (Allii Macrostemonis Bulbus) but are longer and denser. Stems shoot up from among the leaves. In the third month, it opens purple or greenish-blue flowers. In the fifth month, it bears fruit in pods resembling hemp seeds, which are red and ridged. The roots are thin. The flower has a sweet and pungent flavor, and a neutral-warm nature. It treats chills and fever of the skin, heat in the stomach, treats hernia with testicular swelling (pian zhui), throat bi (obstruction), and kills parasites. Prescription books treat sand hernia (sand lin) and small intestine qi (hernia).
[Attached Formulas] For persistent hernia with testicular swelling: Stir-fry two liang of Malin Flower (Iris Flos) with Luobai Zi (Raphani Semen); stir-fry one qian five chen of Chuanlian Rou (Toosendan Fructus purified meat) with Juhe (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium); stir-fry one liang of Wuzhuyu (Evodiae Fructus) soaked in wine; take two qian of Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix). Do not expose to direct fire. Grind into powder. Take one to two qian each time, mixed with good wine, taken on an empty stomach. For throat bi with swelling and pain: Take two fen each of Malin Flower, bark, and roots. Add one sheng of water, boil down to six ge. Remove dregs. Hold in mouth and slowly swallow the juice until cured. For sand-stone hot lin: Tongshen San. Roast seven Malin Flowers (Iris Flos) and fourteen old brush heads (carbonized). Stir-fry one he of Susmi (Setaria Italica). Grind into powder. Take two qian each time, washed down with wine. Twice daily.
[Discussion] The flowers and fruits of Licao primarily act on the yin of the lower jiao. Judging by the purple and blue-green color of the flowers, we can infer its entry point, which corresponds to "yang within yin." Licishi, when taken, acts on the lower jiao...