又名禁宫花。翦金花。金盏银台。所在麦地中有之。茎叶俱青。苗高一二尺。三
红白小花。如铎铃状。结实如灯笼草。壳有五棱。内包一实如豆大。实内细子如菘。
黑。正圆如细珠。
苗子
气味苦甘平。阳中之阴。入足厥阴经。 治风毒。通血脉。除风痹内塞。止心烦鼻
利小便。下乳汁。女子血经不匀及难产。疗痈疽恶疮。并金疮止血逐痛。 能走血分。
明冲任之药。俗有穿山甲。王不留。妇人服了乳长流之语。可以见其性矣。昔一妇患淋
诸药不效。用翦金花十余叶。煎汤服之。病减八分。再服而愈。（濒湖） 仲景治金疮
王不留行散。贞元广利方。治诸风痉。有王不留行汤。皆最效。 同漏芦贝母鲮鲤甲青
药山慈菇山豆根栝蒌根。治乳岩乳痈。 同穿山甲白芷通草猪蹄汁煮服。下乳。 涌泉
治乳少因气郁者。王不留行穿山甲炮龙骨瞿麦麦冬。等分为末。每服一钱。热酒调下后
猪蹄羹。仍以木梳梳乳。日三次。 疔肿初起。王不留行子为末。蟾酥丸黍米大。每
酒下。汗出即愈。
〔论〕 王不留行禀土金火之气。故味苦甘平。平者辛也。其气应温。苦能泄。辛能散。
甘
殊
更司小水故也。
杖言其茎。虎言其斑也。一名苦杖。又名杜牛膝。茎似荭蓼。叶圆似杏。枝黄似
似菊。色似桃。所在有之。三月生苗。七月开花。至九月方已。乃结实。
根
味甘微苦。气微温。 主血瘀症结。破风毒结气。并风在骨节间。 煮酒服之。治大热
烦躁。利小便。压一切热毒。焙研。炼蜜为丸。陈米饮服。治肠痔下血。研末酒服。治产后
瘀血痛。及坠扑昏闷有效。
同煎为饮。色如琥珀。甚甘美。
虚胀雷鸣。四肢沉重。亦治丈夫积
渣。入醇酒五升。煎如饧。每服一
一合。以水五合。煎一盏。去渣。入
可忍。溺器中下沙石。剥剥有声。百
〔论〕 虎杖行血。似与天名精类。疗风似与王不留行类。观其最解暑毒。是从血所生
化之原以除结热。故手厥阴之血脏。与足厥阴之风脏。其治如鼓应桴也。 又按虎杖。一名
苦杖。方书用治诸淋。又名杜牛膝。丹溪疗老人气血受伤之淋。亦以为要药。于补剂中用之
。然则谓虚人服之有损者。与补剂并行。其庶几乎。
又名禁宫花、翦金花、金盏银台。在麦田中多有生长。茎和叶都是青色的，苗高一二尺。开红白小花，形状像铎铃。结的果实像灯笼草，壳有五个棱，里面包着一个像豆子大小的果实，果实里面的细子像菘菜籽一样黑，正圆如细小的珠子。
【苗和种子】
气味苦、甘，平性，属于阳中之阴。入足厥阴肝经。治疗风毒，通血脉，消除风痹引起的内部阻塞，止心烦，通利小便，下乳汁。治疗女子月经不调及难产，疗治痈疽恶疮，以及金创出血止痛。能走血分，是明达冲任二脉的药物。俗语说：“穿山甲，王不留，妇人服了乳长流”，可以看出它的药性了。过去有一位妇女患淋证（以小便频数短涩、滴沥刺痛、欲出未尽、小腹拘急或痛引腰腹为特征的病证），用各种药都不见效，用翦金花十余片，煎汤服用，病减八分，再服而痊愈。（李时珍《本草纲目》）张仲景治疗金创用的王不留行散，《贞元广利方》治疗各种风痉（以项背强直、口噤不开，甚至角弓反张为主要表现的病证）用的王不留行汤，都最为有效。与漏芦、贝母、鲮鲤甲、青药、山慈菇、山豆根、栝蒌根同用，治疗乳岩（乳房部结核或恶性肿瘤）、乳痈（急性乳腺炎）。与穿山甲、白芷、通草、猪蹄汁一起煮服，用于下乳。涌泉穴（足少阴肾经穴位，位于足底前部凹陷处）治疗因气郁导致的乳少，用王不留行、穿山甲（炮制）、龙骨、瞿麦、麦冬，等分为末，每次服一钱，热酒调下，随后喝猪蹄羹，并用木梳梳理乳房，每日三次。疔肿初起，用王不留行子研末，配蟾酥制成黍米大小的丸剂，每服，酒送下，汗出即愈。
【论述】
王不留行禀受土、金、火三气，所以味道苦、甘，性平。平性即具有辛的特性。其气应温，苦能泄降，辛能发散，更兼通利小便的作用。
虎杖：言其茎如杖，虎言其斑纹也。一名苦杖，又名杜牛膝。茎像荭蓼，叶圆像杏叶，枝黄像菊花，色像桃花。各地都有生长。三月生苗，七月开花，到九月才结束，然后结实。
【根】
味甘微苦，气微温。主治血瘀症结，破除风毒结气，以及风邪在骨节间。煮酒服用，治疗大热烦躁，利小便，压制一切热毒。焙干研末，炼蜜为丸，陈米饮送服，治疗肠痔下血。研末酒服，治疗产后瘀血痛，以及跌打损伤昏闷有效。
同水煎成饮品，颜色如琥珀，非常甘甜美味。治疗虚胀雷鸣（肠鸣音亢进）、四肢沉重，也治疗男子积块（腹部肿块）。取渣滓，加入醇酒五升，煎至如饴糖状，每次服一合，用水五合，煎一盏，去渣，入……（原文此处似有脱漏或排版错误，结合上下文推测为服用方法或后续疗效描述，但根据“可忍。溺器中下沙石。剥剥有声。百”等字，可能指治疗石淋，排尿时有沙石排出，声音剥剥作响，百病可除之意，但因原文断裂，仅翻译可见部分逻辑）……可忍受，溺器中有沙石排出，剥剥有声，百……
【论述】
虎杖行血，似乎与天名精类似；疗风，似乎与王不留行类似。看它最能解暑毒，是从血所生化之源来清除结热，所以对于手厥阴心包的血脏，与足厥阴肝的风脏，其治疗效果如击鼓应槌般迅速。又按：虎杖，一名苦杖，方书中用它治疗各种淋证。又名杜牛膝，朱丹溪治疗老人气血受伤之淋，也把它作为要药，用在补剂中。那么，如果说虚人服用会有损害，若与补剂并行使用，大概就可以了。
Also known as Jin Gong Hua (Forbidden Palace Flower), Jian Jin Hua (Sheared Gold Flower), and Jin Zhen Yin Tai (Golden Chalice Silver Pedestal). It is commonly found in wheat fields. The stems and leaves are all green, with seedlings growing one to two chi high. It bears small red and white flowers shaped like bells. The fruit resembles that of Physalis alkekengi (Chinese lantern plant), with a shell having five ridges, enclosing a single seed about the size of a bean. Inside the seed are fine particles black like radish seeds, perfectly round like tiny beads.
[Seedlings and Seeds]
The flavor is bitter and sweet, nature is neutral, belonging to Yin within Yang. It enters the Foot Jueyin Liver Meridian. It treats wind-toxicity, unblocks blood vessels, removes internal obstruction caused by wind-bi (wind-pain syndrome), relieves mental restlessness, promotes urination, and induces lactation. It treats irregular menstruation and difficult labor in women, and heals carbuncles, ulcers, and malignant sores. It also stops bleeding and relieves pain from metallic wounds. It can penetrate the blood level and is a herb that clarifies the Chong and Ren meridians. Folk saying goes: "Shan Jia (Pangolin scales) and Wang Bu Liu Xing (Vaccaria seeds), once taken by women, milk flows long." This reveals its nature. In the past, a woman suffered from Lin syndrome (a disease characterized by frequent, urgent, painful, and scanty urination), and various medicines were ineffective. She used more than ten leaves of Jian Jin Hua, decocted in water and taken orally; her condition improved by eight parts after the first dose, and was cured after the second dose. (Li Shizhen) Zhang Zhongjing used Wang Bu Liu Xing San (Vaccaria Powder) to treat metallic wounds. The Zhenyuan Guangli Fang used Wang Bu Liu Xing Tang (Vaccaria Decoction) to treat various wind-spasms (tetanus-like symptoms with neck stiffness, trismus, and opisthotonos), both being highly effective. Used together with Lu Lu (Euphorbia humifusa), Bei Mu (Fritillaria bulb), Ling Li Jia (Pangolin scales), Qing Yao, Shan Ci Gu (Fritillaria cirrhosa), Shan Dou Gen (Sophora tonkinensis), and Gua Lou Gen (Trichosanthes root), it treats Ru Yan (breast cancer/tuberculosis) and Ru Yong (acute mastitis). Used together with Shan Jia (Pangolin scales), Bai Zhi (Angelica dahurica), Tong Cao (Tetrapanax papyrifer stem), and pig's trotter juice, boiled and taken, it induces lactation. Yongquan (KI1, Kidney 1, located in the depression anterior to the heel pad) is treated for insufficient lactation due to Qi stagnation using Wang Bu Liu Xing (Vaccaria seeds), Shan Jia (Pangolin scales, processed), Long Gu (Fossilized bones), Qu Mai (Dianthus herb), and Mai Dong (Ophiopogon tuber), ground into powder in equal proportions. Take one qian per dose, mixed with hot wine, followed by pig's trotter soup, and comb the breasts with a wooden comb three times daily. For early-stage Ding zhong (furuncle/carbuncle), use Wang Bu Liu Xing Zi (Vaccaria seeds) ground into powder, combined with Chan Su (Toad venom) to make pills the size of millet grains. Take with wine; sweating indicates recovery.
[Discussion]
Wang Bu Liu Xing inherits the Qi of Earth, Metal, and Fire, hence its bitter and sweet flavor and neutral nature. Neutral implies a pungent characteristic. Its Qi should be warm; bitterness can drain/descend, pungency can disperse, and it further promotes urination.
Hu Zhang (Persicaria polymorpha): "Zhang" refers to its stick-like stem, "Hu" refers to its tiger-like spots. Also known as Ku Zhang (Bitter Stick) or Du Niu Xi (Du Cow's Knee). The stem resembles Polygonum orientale (Japanese knotweed), leaves are round like apricot leaves, branches are yellow like chrysanthemum, and color resembles peach blossoms. It grows everywhere. Seedlings emerge in March, flowers bloom in July, and fruiting continues until September.
[Root]
Flavor is sweet and slightly bitter, nature is slightly warm. It primarily treats blood stasis and mass formation, breaks up wind-toxicity and stagnant Qi, and addresses wind lodged between bone joints. Decocted in wine and taken, it treats severe heat and irritability, promotes urination, and suppresses all types of heat-toxicity. Roasted, ground into powder, and made into pills with refined honey, taken with aged rice wash, it treats intestinal hemorrhoids with bleeding. Ground into powder and taken with wine, it treats postpartum blood stasis pain and is effective for fainting due to falls/trauma.
Decocted with water, the liquid is amber-colored and very sweet. It treats abdominal distension with borborygmus (rumbling intestines), heavy limbs, and also male accumulations (abdominal masses). Taking the dregs, adding five sheng of strong wine, and boiling until thick like malt syrup, take one he per dose. Add five he of water, boil to one zhan, remove dregs... [Text fragmentary]. ...bearable, sand and stones pass into the urinal with a pebbling sound, curing hundred diseases.
[Discussion]
Hu Zhang moves blood, resembling Tian Ming Jing (Clerodendrum cyrtophyllum); treating wind, it resembles Wang Bu Liu Xing. Observing that it best resolves summer-heat toxicity, it clears clustered heat from the source of blood generation. Therefore, its treatment of the Hand Jueyin Pericardium (blood organ) and Foot Jueyin Liver (wind organ) is as immediate as striking a drum with a mallet. Additionally, Hu Zhang, also known as Ku Zhang, is used in formularies to treat various Lin syndromes. Also known as Du Niu Xi, Zhu Danxi used it as a key herb for Lin syndrome caused by Qi and Blood injury in the elderly, incorporating it into tonic formulas. Thus, while some claim it harms deficient persons, if used concurrently with tonics, it should be acceptable.