Shennong Bencao Jing · The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica

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Songluo Bitter, neutral. Listed for anger and pathogenic qi, stopping deficiency sweating, wind headache, and women's genital cold, swelling and pain. Also Nüluo. Grows in mountain valleys. Wujia Pungent, warm. Listed for shan qi of heart and abdomen, abdominal pain, benefiting qi and treating disabling weakness. It is claimed to let children stand and walk, and is listed for deep sores and genital erosion. Also Chaiqi. Zhuling Sweet, neutral. Listed for jie-nue periodic fever, countering poisons, gu poison, gu infestation and ill omens, and opening the waterways. Prolonged use is claimed to lighten the body and resist aging. Also Jiazhu Shi. Grows in mountain valleys. Baiji Pungent, cold. Listed for heart and abdominal pain, abscess swellings, breaking open pus and stopping pain. Also Jizhen. Grows in river valleys. Weimao Bitter, cold; classified non-toxic. Listed for women's uterine flooding and downward blood discharge, abdominal fullness and sweating, removing pathogenic influences, and killing ghost poison and gu infestation. Also Guijian. Huanghuan Bitter; classified toxic. Listed for gu poison, ghost infestation and apparitions, pathogenic qi within the zang, and removing counterflow cough and cold and heat. Also Lingquan and Dajiu. Grows in mountain valleys. Shinancao Pungent, neutral. Listed for nourishing Kidney qi, internal injury with declining yin, and benefiting sinews, bones, skin and body hair. The fruit is listed for killing gu poison, breaking accumulations and expelling wind impediment. Also Guimu. Grows in mountain valleys. Badou Pungent, warm; classified toxic. Listed for cold damage and warm-nue fever with cold and heat, breaking zheng/jia masses, bound accumulations and hard deposits, retained fluids and phlegm-pi, and abdominal enlargement with water distention; clearing the five zang and six fu, opening blockages, freeing the passages of water and grain, removing harmful flesh, expelling ghost poison, gu infestation and malign beings, and killing worms and fish. Also Bajiao. Grows in river valleys. Shujiao · Shu Pepper Pungent, warm. Listed for pathogenic qi and counterflow cough, warming the center, expelling deadened flesh associated with bones, joints and skin, cold-damp impediment pain, and bringing qi downward. Prolonged use is claimed to prevent hair from whitening, lighten the body and add years. Grows in river valleys. Mangcao Pungent, warm. Listed for wind headache, abscess swellings and breast abscesses, shan/jia masses, removing bound qi, scabies and itching, and deep sores. It is said to kill worms and fish. Grows in mountain valleys. Yuhe Sour, neutral. Listed for abdominal enlargement with water swelling, puffiness of face, eyes and limbs, and promoting urine and the waterways. The root is listed for broken teeth and swelling, tooth decay and strengthening teeth. Shuli is listed for cold and heat with scrofulous sores. Also Jueli. Grows in river valleys. Luanhua Bitter, cold. Listed for eye pain, tearing and injured eye corners, and reducing eye swelling. Grows in river valleys. Manjiao Bitter, warm. Listed for wind-cold-damp impediment, pain passing through the joints, removing reversal qi in the four limbs, and knee pain. Also Shijiao. Grows in river valleys. Leiwan Bitter, cold. Listed for killing the Three Worms, expelling toxic qi and Stomach heat. It is said to benefit men but not women. Made into a rubbing ointment, it is claimed to remove children's hundred disorders. Grows in mountain valleys. Soushu Pungent, cold. Listed for heat within the skin of the body, removing pathogenic qi and stopping involuntary urination; described as suitable for a bathing decoction. Grows in river valleys. Yaoshigen Pungent, warm. Listed for pathogenic qi, aching pain of the various impediments, reconnecting severing injuries and supplementing bone marrow. Also Lianmu. The source adds the parenthesis “that is, the root of Beimu.” Grows in mountain valleys. Note: The parenthetical identification belongs to the supplied text; it is not independent confirmation of a modern botanical identity. Zaojia Pungent, salty, warm. Listed for wind impediment and deadened flesh, pathogenic qi, wind headache and tearing; freeing the nine openings and killing uncanny beings. Grows in river valleys. Lianshi Bitter, cold. Listed for warm disorders and cold damage with great heat, vexation and frenzy, killing the Three Worms, scabies ulcers, and promoting urine and the waterways. The source adds “that is, Lian fruit,” writing Lian with the tree radical. Grows in river valleys. Liuhua · Willow Flowers Bitter, cold. Listed for wind-water, jaundice, and a hot, darkened face. The leaves are listed for horses' scabies and scabbed sores. The fruit is listed for breaking open abscesses and expelling pus and blood. Also Liuxu. Grows by waterways and marshes of Langye. Tongye Bitter, cold. Listed for harmful eroding sores affecting the genitals. The bark is listed for the five hemorrhoidal disorders and killing the Three Worms. The flowers are described as an application for pig sores and, when fed to pigs, are claimed to make them three times as fat and large. Grows in mountain valleys. Zi Baipi · White Zi Bark Bitter, cold. Listed for heat and expelling the Three Worms. The flowers and leaves, pounded, are described as an application for pig sores and, when fed to pigs, are claimed to make them three times as fat and large. Grows in mountain valleys. Huaimu Bitter, neutral; classified non-toxic. Listed for persistent cough and upward qi, internal injury with deficiency and emaciation, women's genital erosion and red and white vaginal leakage. The entry ends this list with an isolated word meaning “lying down.” Also Baisui Chengzhong Mu. Grows in level marshland. Note: The last word has not been silently removed or turned into an additional definite indication.

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