味苦，微寒。主妇人乳 痛，七伤、带下病，止痛，除恶肉，止汗，疗金创（《御览》
上云∶主消酒。又云∶明目。《大观本草》消酒作黑字，而无明目）。生山谷。
《名医》曰∶生桐柏及冤句。二月、八月采根，曝干。
案∶《广雅》云∶ ，地榆也。陶弘景云∶叶似榆而长，初生布地，而花、子紫黑色，
如豉，故名玉豉。
味苦，寒。主瘿瘤气，颈下核，破散结气、痈肿、症瘕、坚气，腹中上下鸣，下十二水
肿，一名落首。生池泽。
《名医》曰∶一名 。生东海。七月七日采，曝干。
案∶《说文》云∶ ，水草也，或作藻。《广雅》云∶海萝，海藻也。《尔雅》云∶薅
，海藻也。郭璞云∶药草也。一名海萝，如乱发，生海中。《本草》云∶又 ，石衣。郭璞
云∶水苔也，一名石发，江东食之，或曰 。叶似KT 而大，生水底也，亦可食。
味苦，微温。主乳妇内衄（《御览》作衄血），中风余疾，大腹水肿，身面四肢浮肿，骨
节中水，金创、痈肿、创脓。一名虎兰，一名龙枣。生大泽傍。
《吴普》曰∶泽兰，一名水香，神农、黄帝、岐伯、桐君∶酸，无毒；李氏∶温。生下
地水傍。叶如兰，二月生，香，赤节，四叶相值枝节间。
《名医》曰∶一名虎蒲。生汝南。三月三日采，阴干。
案∶《广雅》云∶虎兰，泽兰也。
地榆：味苦，性微寒。主治妇女乳房疼痛，七伤（指多种内伤）、带下病（妇女阴道分泌物异常），能止痛，去除坏死的肌肉组织（恶肉），止汗，治疗金属利器造成的创伤（《太平御览》上记载：主治消除酒毒。又说：明目。《大观本草》中“消酒”写作“黑字”，但没有“明目”这一功效）。生长在山谷中。
《名医别录》说：生长在桐柏山及冤句县。二月、八月采集根部，晒干。
按语：《广雅》说： ，就是地榆。陶弘景说：叶子像榆树叶但更长，刚生长时铺在地上，花和果实是紫黑色的，像豆豉，所以名叫玉豉。
海藻：味苦，性寒。主治瘿瘤气（颈部甲状腺肿大类疾病），颈下的结核肿块，能破散结聚之气、痈肿、症瘕（腹内结块）、坚硬的气滞，腹中上下肠鸣，消退十二种水肿，另一个名字叫落首。生长在池塘沼泽中。
《名医别录》说：另一个名字叫 。生长在东海。七月七日采集，晒干。
按语：《说文解字》说： ，是水草，有的写法作“藻”。《广雅》说：海萝，就是海藻。《尔雅》说：薅 ，就是海藻。郭璞说：是药草。另一个名字叫海萝，形状像乱头发，生长在海中。《本草》又说： ，是石衣。郭璞说：是水苔，另一个名字叫石发，江东地区的人食用它，有人说是 。叶子像KT（此处原文可能有缺字或异体字，指某种植物）但更大，生长在水底，也可以食用。
泽兰：味苦，性微温。主治哺乳期内出血（《太平御览》作衄血），中风后的遗留病症，大腹水肿，身体、面部及四肢浮肿，骨节中的水湿，金属利器创伤、痈肿、疮口化脓。另一个名字叫虎兰，另一个名字叫龙枣。生长在大沼泽旁边。
《吴普本草》说：泽兰，另一个名字叫水香，神农、黄帝、岐伯、桐君认为：味酸，无毒；李氏认为：性温。生长在低洼潮湿的水边。叶子像兰草，二月生长，有香气，茎节呈红色，四个叶子在枝节间相对生长。
《名医别录》说：另一个名字叫虎蒲。生长在汝南。三月三日采集，阴干。
按语：《广雅》说：虎兰，就是泽兰。
Di Yu (Sanguisorbae Radix): The taste is bitter, and the nature is slightly cold. It primarily treats breast pain in women, Seven Injuries (various internal injuries), and Leukorrhea Disease (abnormal vaginal discharge in women). It alleviates pain, removes necrotic tissue (evil flesh), stops sweating, and treats metal-inflicted wounds. (The Imperial Reader records: It primarily eliminates alcohol toxicity. It also states: It brightens the eyes. The Daguan Bencao writes "eliminate alcohol" as "black character," but does not include "brightens the eyes.") It grows in mountain valleys.
The Mingyi Bielu (Records of Famous Physicians) states: It grows in Tongbai Mountain and Yuanju County. The roots are collected in the second and eighth lunar months and dried in the sun.
Commentary: The Guangya states: is Di Yu. Tao Hongjing states: The leaves resemble elm leaves but are longer; when first growing, they spread on the ground. The flowers and seeds are purple-black, resembling fermented soybeans (Chi), hence it is also named Yu Chi (Jade Chi).
Hai Zao (Sargassum): The taste is bitter, and the nature is cold. It primarily treats Goiter and Tumor Qi (thyroid enlargement and similar conditions), nodules under the neck, breaks up and disperses constrained Qi, abscesses and swelling, Zheng Jia (abdominal masses), and hard Qi stagnation. It treats borborygmus (rumbling) in the abdomen and reduces twelve types of Edema. Another name is Luo Shou. It grows in ponds and marshes.
The Mingyi Bielu states: Another name is . It grows in the East Sea. It is collected on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month and dried in the sun.
Commentary: The Shuowen Jiezi states: is an aquatic herb, sometimes written as Zao. The Guangya states: Hai Luo is Hai Zao. The Erya states: Hao is Hai Zao. Guo Pu states: It is a medicinal herb. Another name is Hai Luo; it resembles tangled hair and grows in the sea. The Bencao further states: is Shi Yi (Stone Clothing). Guo Pu states: It is water moss, another name is Shi Fa (Stone Hair); people in Jiangdong consume it, some say it is . The leaves resemble KT (likely a textual variant or missing character referring to a plant) but are larger; it grows at the bottom of water and is also edible.
Ze Lan (Lycopi Herba): The taste is bitter, and the nature is slightly warm. It primarily treats internal bleeding in nursing women (The Imperial Reader records it as epistaxis/hemorrhage), sequelae of Wind Stroke, massive abdominal edema, edema of the body, face, and four limbs, water retention in the bones and joints, metal-inflicted wounds, abscesses and swelling, and suppurating sores. Another name is Hu Lan, and another name is Long Zao. It grows beside large marshes.
The Wu Pu Bencao states: Ze Lan, another name is Shui Xiang. Shen Nong, Huang Di, Qi Bo, and Tong Jun consider it: sour in taste and non-toxic; Li Shi considers it: warm in nature. It grows in low-lying areas near water. The leaves resemble orchid leaves; it grows in the second lunar month, is fragrant, has red nodes, and four leaves grow opposite each other at the branch nodes.
The Mingyi Bielu states: Another name is Hu Pu. It grows in Runan. It is collected on the third day of the third lunar month and dried in the shade.
Commentary: The Guangya states: Hu Lan is Ze Lan.