此草好生道边。故名。五月子已老。宜端午日采。阴干。
味微咸有甘。气寒。肝肾膀胱三经要药。 主治气癃止痛。（通尿管淋沥涩痛）利水道。
除
出。止暑湿暴泻。（利水道。厘清浊。）利小便而不走精气。与茯苓同功。（好古） 车前行
肝
壮阳
以生。
水窍
而精
茯苓五加皮。治湿痹。 君白
同生地牛膝天冬麦冬黄柏五味
萸没食子沙苑人参麦冬牛膝白
翘黄连柴胡生甘草。治暴赤
日二服。 血淋作痛。车前
车前子五合。绵裹煮汁。入
〔论〕 车前味始微咸。而后有甘。与泽泻同。其甘较逊于泽泻。乃谓其利水而不走真
气。
车
而
是所
阳一
故又
不舒
阴。
无变
阴益
火用
风热。
属火。而
主小便
虽本
阳不
而阳
车前性走下窍。凡内伤劳倦。阳气下陷之病。不当用。肾气虚脱者。忌与淡渗药同用。
（仲淳）
〔修治〕 以水淘去泥沙。晒干。入汤液。炒过用。入丸散。酒浸一宿。蒸捣作饼。
晒干
车前叶
甘滑。最利小水。且泄精气。非子类也。其疗衄血下血。当是以行为止之剂。
秋时结实。内作房瓣。八月采房。 有两种。一似椿实之未开者。壳小坚而外完。无
跗萼。剖之则中解。气甚芳馥。其实才干。振之皆落。不着茎也。一种如菡萏。壳柔。外有
跗萼抱之。而无解脉。亦无香气。干之虽久。着茎不脱。此种江南下泽间极多。如椿实者乃
自
味苦。气平。性凉。气味俱薄。轻清而浮。升也。阳也。又为阴中微阳。入手足少阳。
及
蛊毒
利五
十二经
神。与柴
血分用柴胡。气分用连翘。 独茎赤色。
乃少阴心厥阴包络气分主药。兼治手足少
咸从结气所生。连翘象形易落而能自散。不
功力与夏枯草相等。但夏枯偏于从本。秉寒
秉容平气味。故外弥肤腠。内偏五中。至于解结从心。理则一矣
金水之性。其味苦平。平应作辛。所主鼠 瘰 瘿瘤结热。皆少阳
平凉。正清胆热。芬芳又解郁气。故用靡不瘳。（仲淳） 胆经郁热口苦。同柴胡用。殊效。
痔疮肿痛。连翘煎汤。熏洗后。以刀上飞过绿矾入麝香贴之。
〔论〕 连翘味微苦而气凉。得秋收之气以告成。故其实能散血结气聚。即其房剖之则
中解
金为
阳之
者。
惟足
妄。然
也。然则
心胃并
气血开阖
轻清上浮
本于金水
思通月水
直以收气为散气。（其气为升为阳）
彼保和丸中。欲散结聚耶。抑更用
治血证。连翘为中使。第其为物苦燥。虚者多致危困。惟实者宜之。（丹溪） 痈疽已
溃勿服
〔修治〕 黑而闭口者良。去蒂根。研。
根（即连轺） 味甘平。气寒。有小毒。下热气。益阴精。治伤寒瘀热在里欲发黄。
【车前子】
这种草喜欢生长在道路旁边，因此得名。五月时植株已经老化，适宜在端午节当天采集，阴干后使用。
味道微咸带甘，气性寒。是肝、肾、膀胱三经的重要药物。主治气癃（排尿困难）引起的疼痛。（即通利尿道，缓解淋沥涩痛）。能通利水道。
排出湿热。止住暑湿引起的急性腹泻。（通过通利水道，分清别浊）。利小便但不耗散精气，功效与茯苓相同。（李杲/好古语）。
车前子能引导肝气生长，壮阳以生发，开启水窍而固精。
配伍茯苓、五加皮，治疗湿痹。
配伍白术为君药，同生地、牛膝、天冬、麦冬、黄柏、五味子、山茱萸、没食子、沙苑子、人参、麦冬、牛膝、白芍、连翘、黄连、柴胡、生甘草，治疗暴发性赤眼。
每日服用两次。血淋作痛时，用车前子五合，用棉布包裹煮汁服用。
【论】
车前子的味道起初微咸，随后有甘味，这与泽泻相同，但其甘味较泽泻稍逊。有人说它利水而不耗散真气。
车前子性善走下窍。凡是内伤劳倦、阳气下陷的病证，不应当使用。肾气虚脱者，忌讳与淡渗利湿药同用。（陈实功/仲淳语）
【修治】
用水淘洗去泥沙，晒干。入汤剂煎服；炒过后使用；入丸散剂时，酒浸一夜，蒸熟捣烂做成饼状，再晒干。
车前叶味甘滑，最利于小便，但会泄耗精气，不属于种子类药材。它治疗衄血、下血，是以通利为收敛的药剂。
秋季结实，内部形成房瓣结构。八月采集果荚。有两种：一种像未开的椿树果实，壳小且坚硬，外部完整，没有花萼，剖开后中间裂开，气味非常芳香馥郁。其果实干燥后，摇动就会脱落，不附着在茎上。另一种像荷花苞，壳柔软，外部有花萼包裹，但没有裂脉，也没有香气。干燥很久也不从茎上脱落。这种在江南低洼湿地极多。像椿树果实的那种……
（注：此处原文似乎夹杂了其他内容或排版错乱，按字面翻译）
【连翘】
味道苦，气平，性凉，气味都很淡薄，轻清而上浮，属升、属阳。又是阴中的微阳，归入手足少阳经。
治疗蛊毒，利十二经神志。在血分用药时配伍柴胡，在气分用药时单用连翘。
连翘独茎呈赤色，是少阴心包络气分的主药，兼治手足少阳经病。
瘰疬等结气由咸味所致，连翘象形易落而能自行消散，不散结气。
其功力与夏枯草相等，但夏枯草偏于从本（寒性），连翘秉受平和的气味，所以外能弥散肌肤腠理，内偏治五脏之热。至于解结顺从于心，道理是一样的。
金水之性，其味苦平，平应作辛。所主治的鼠瘰、瘿瘤结热，都属于少阳经病。
连翘味平凉，正可清胆热，芬芳又能解郁气，所以使用无不痊愈。（陈实功/仲淳语）
胆经郁热导致的口苦，同柴胡一起使用，效果显著。
痔疮肿痛，用连翘煎汤熏洗，然后用刀刮过的绿矾加入麝香贴敷。
【论】
连翘味微苦而气凉，得秋季收敛之气以完成成熟，所以它的果实能消散血结和气聚。就是因为它剖开后中间裂开……
（注：此处原文逻辑跳跃较大，依文意翻译）
连翘轻清上浮，本于金水之性。
有人妄图以收气为散气（认为其气为升为阳）。
在保和丸中，是想消散结聚呢？还是另有他用？
治疗血证，连翘作为中介使者。只是此物苦燥，虚证患者多用会导致危困，只有实证才适宜使用。（朱震亨/丹溪语）
痈疽已经溃破后不要服用。
【修治】
颜色黑且闭合口部的品质优良。去掉蒂根，研碎。
连翘根（即连轺）味甘平，气寒，有小毒。能降热气，益阴精，治疗伤寒瘀热在体内欲发黄的症状。
[Plantago Seed / Cheqianzi]
This herb prefers to grow by the roadside, hence its name. By the fifth lunar month, the plant has aged; it is suitable to harvest on the Dragon Boat Festival (Duanwu), and dried in the shade.
The taste is slightly salty with a sweet aftertaste, and the nature is cold. It is an essential medicine for the Liver, Kidney, and Bladder meridians. It mainly treats Qi stagnation causing urinary difficulty and pain. (i.e., promoting urination to relieve dribbling and painful dysuria). It promotes the flow of water passages.
Expels damp-heat. Stops acute diarrhea caused by summerheat-dampness. (By promoting urination to separate the clear from the turbid). It benefits urination without depleting essence and qi, having the same efficacy as Poria (Fuling). (Quote from Li Gao/Haoguo).
Cheqianzi guides the growth of Liver qi, strengthens yang to generate life, opens the water orifices while consolidating essence.
Combined with Poria (Fuling) and Acanthopanacis Senticosi Cortex (Wujiapi), it treats Bi syndrome due to dampness.
With Atractylodis Rhizoma (Baizhu) as the sovereign drug, combined with Rehmanniae Radix (Shengdi), Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix (Niuxi), Asparagi Radix (Tiantong), Ophiopogonis Radix (Maidong), Phellodendri Cortex (Huangbai), Schisandrae Fructus (Wuweizi), Corni Fructus (Shanzhuyu), Myrobalan (Meishizi), Astragali Radix (Renshen), Ophiopogonis Radix (Maidong), Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix (Niuxi), Paeoniae Radix Alba (Baishao), Forsythiae Fructum (Lianqiao), Coptidis Rhizoma (Huanglian), Bupleuri Radix (Chaihu), and Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Sheng Gancao), it treats sudden onset red eyes.
Take twice daily. For bloody strangury (Xuelin) with pain, take five he of Cheqianzi, wrapped in cotton cloth, boiled to extract juice, and consumed.
[Discussion]
The taste of Cheqianzi begins slightly salty and becomes sweet, similar to Alismatis Rhizoma (Zexie), but its sweetness is inferior to that of Zexie. Some say it promotes water metabolism without depleting true qi.
Cheqianxi moves towards the lower orifices. For diseases caused by internal injury and fatigue, where yang qi sinks downward, it should not be used. Those with Kidney qi deficiency and collapse should avoid using it together with diuretic and leaching herbs. (Quote from Chen Shigong/Zhongchun).
[Preparation]
Wash with water to remove sand and dirt, then sun-dry. Decoct for liquid preparations; use after stir-frying. For pills and powders, soak in wine overnight, steam, pound into cakes, and sun-dry.
The leaves of Plantago are sweet and slippery, most beneficial for urination, but they drain essence and qi; they do not belong to the seed category. They treat epistaxis and lower bleeding, acting as an astringent through purgation.
It bears fruit in autumn, forming internal chambers. Harvest the pods in August. There are two types: one resembles unopened seeds of Toona sinensis, with small, hard, intact shells, no calyx, splitting open when cut, with a very fragrant aroma. The dried fruits fall off when shaken and do not adhere to the stem. The other type resembles a lotus bud, with soft shells held by an external calyx, no splitting veins, and no fragrance. Even when dried for a long time, they remain attached to the stem. This type is extremely common in low-lying damp areas of Jiangnan. The type resembling Toona sinensis...
[Forsythia Fruit / Lianqiao]
The taste is bitter, the nature is neutral, and the temperature is cool. The flavor and qi are both thin, light, clear, and floating, ascending and yang. It is also slight yang within yin, entering the Hand-Shaoyang and Foot-Shaoyang meridians.
It treats gu poison, benefiting the spirit of the twelve meridians. When treating blood-level disorders, combine with Bupleuri Radix (Chaihu); when treating qi-level disorders, use Forsythiae Fructum (Lianqiao) alone.
The solitary stem is reddish. It is the principal medicine for the qi level of the Shaoyin Heart and Jueyin Pericardium, and also treats Hand-Foot Shaoyang disorders.
Scrofula and other nodular formations arise from salty flavors. Lianqiao resembles the shape of falling easily yet dispersing itself, not scattering the qi of accumulation.
Its efficacy is equal to that of Prunellae Spica (Xiakucao), but Xiakucao tends to address the root (cold nature), whereas Lianqiao possesses a balanced flavor and qi. Thus, externally it dissipates skin and interstices, and internally it focuses on clearing heat in the five zang organs. Regarding resolving knots and following the heart, the principle is the same.
Possessing the nature of Metal and Water, its taste is bitter and neutral; neutral should be interpreted as pungent. It mainly treats scrofula, goiter, nodules, and heat, all belonging to the Shaoyang meridian.
Lianqiao is flat and cool, effectively clearing Gallbladder heat; its fragrance resolves stagnant qi, so its use is invariably curative. (Quote from Chen Shigong/Zhongchun).
For bitter taste in the mouth due to stagnant heat in the Gallbladder meridian, it is highly effective when used with Bupleuri Radix (Chaihu).
For swollen and painful hemorrhoids, decoct Lianqiao in water for fumigation and washing, then apply green alum (Lvfan) scraped from a knife mixed with Moschus (Shexiang) as a patch.
[Discussion]
Lianqiao tastes slightly bitter and has a cool qi. It obtains the qi of autumnal harvesting to complete its maturation; thus, its fruit can disperse blood clots and qi accumulations. This is because when its pod is split, it separates in the middle...
(Note: The original text logic is fragmented here, translated according to literal meaning)
Lianqiao is light, clear, and floats upward, originating from the nature of Metal and Water.
Some erroneously attempt to use collecting qi as dispersing qi (considering its qi as ascending and yang).
In Baohe Wan, is it intended to disperse accumulations? Or is there another use?
In treating blood disorders, Lianqiao acts as an intermediary messenger. However, this substance is bitter and drying; excessive use in deficiency patterns often leads to critical distress. It is suitable only for excess patterns. (Quote from Zhu Zhenheng/Danxi).
Do not take after abscesses have ulcerated.
[Preparation]
Those that are black and closed-mouthed are of good quality. Remove the pedicel and roots, then grind.
The root of Forsythia (i.e., Lianyao) tastes sweet and neutral, has a cold nature, and is slightly toxic. It descends heat qi, nourishes yin essence, and treats yellowing syndrome caused by stagnant heat in the interior from Cold Damage (Shanghan).