HERBS

NameXi Shuai (Chinese Cricket)The Effect of 蟋蟀PropertyPungent, salty, warm, toxic; kidney and bladder meridians entered.ActionsPromote diuresis and break blood.IndicationsEdema, difficult urination, lithangiuria, ascites due to cirrhosis.Dosage and AdministrationsDecoct 2~6 ones or stir-bake it to m

NameMao Mu Tong (Caulis et Folium Clematidis Argentilucidae)SourcesThe drug is the dried or fresh root, stern or leaf of Clematis argentilucida (Lévl. et Vant. ) W. T. Wang (Family Ranunculaceae), growing on mountain slopes or in scrubs in ravines, and distributed in Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, H

NameXi Shuai (Chinese Cricket)The Effect of Gryllus ChinensisPropertyPungent, salty, warm, toxic; kidney and bladder meridians entered.ActionsPromote diuresis and break blood.IndicationsEdema, difficult urination, lithangiuria, ascites due to cirrhosis.Dosage and AdministrationsDecoct 2~6 ones or st

NameYi Xing Suo Cao (Difformed galingale herb)SourcesThe drug is the dricd or fresh entire herb of Cyperus difformis L. (family Cyperaceae), growing along paddy fields or swamps, and distributed in Northeast China and Shanxi, Hebei, Shaanxi, Gansu, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hubei, Guangdong,

NameDa Huo Cao (Anomones Tomentosea Radix)SourcesThe drug is the dried or fresh root of Anemone tomentosa (Maxim.)Pei (Family Ranunculaceae), growing in sunny slope, distributed in Hebei, Shaoxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Henan, Hubei, Hunan and Sichuan of China.ConstituentsThe root contains anemonin

NameJiu Zi Lian (Radix seu Herba Calanthes Puberulae)SourcesThe drug is the dried root or whole herb of Calanthe puberula Wall. ex Lindl. (Family Orchidaceae), growing under woods or on grassy slopes, and distributed in Anhui, Hunan, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan and Tibet of China.The Effect of 九子莲Prope

NameDi Ku Lou (Raphanus sativus)The Effect of Di Ku LouPropertyPungent, neutral, sweet; spleen, stomach and lung meridians entered.ActionsHelp digestion, promote diuresis, open the inhibited lung-energy and resolve phlegm.IndicationsEdema, food-denying dysentery, cough with excessive phlegm, qi stag

NameYi Xing Suo Cao (Difformed galingale herb)SourcesThe drug is the dricd or fresh entire herb of Cyperus difformis L. (family Cyperaceae), growing along paddy fields or swamps, and distributed in Northeast China and Shanxi, Hebei, Shaanxi, Gansu, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hubei, Guangdong,

NameDi Ku Lou (Raphanus sativus)The Effect of 地骷髅PropertyPungent, neutral, sweet; spleen, stomach and lung meridians entered.ActionsHelp digestion, promote diuresis, open the inhibited lung-energy and resolve phlegm.IndicationsEdema, food-denying dysentery, cough with excessive phlegm, qi stagnation

NameDa Huo Cao (Anomones Tomentosea Radix)SourcesThe drug is the dried or fresh root of Anemone tomentosa (Maxim.)Pei (Family Ranunculaceae), growing in sunny slope, distributed in Hebei, Shaoxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Henan, Hubei, Hunan and Sichuan of China.ConstituentsThe root contains anemonin