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HERBS
Chinese herbal medicine reference: what each herb is used for in TCM, how it is prepared and dosed, and its safety cautions and contraindications.
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Qi She (Long-nosed Pit Viper)
Long-nosed Pit Viper, Agkistrodon Snake
Qi She (Long-nosed Pit Viper): dispel wind-damp, sooth tendons and activate collaterals, dispel wind to relieve itching.
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Pa Shan Hu: Chinese Herb Guide
Japanese Creeper Stem, 爬山虎
Pa Shan Hu (Japanese Creeper Stem) Sources The drug is the dried root or stem of Parthenocissus tricuspidata (Sieb. et Eucc.) Planch
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Niu Xi (Twotooth Achyranthes Root)
Twotooth Achyranthes Root
Niu Xi (Twotooth Achyranthes Root): activate blood and dredge meridians, tonify liver and kidney, strengthen tendon and bone, promote diuresis and relieve.
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Ji Xue Teng: Chinese Herb Guide
Caulis Spatholobi,鸡血藤,雞血藤,Suberect Spatholobus Stem
Ji Xue Teng: move blood and nourish blood, relax tendon and activate collateral.
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Ji Xue (鸡血): Chinese Herb Guide
Ji Xie,Chicken Blood,雞血
Proper dosage is for external application, applying on the affected area or ear drops and eye drops.
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Chicken Blood: Chinese Herb Guide
Ji Xue, 鸡血
Proper dosage is for external application, applying on the affected area or ear drops and eye drops.
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Ji Xue Teng (Suberect Spatholobus Stem)
Suberect Spatholobus Stem
Ji Xue Teng (Suberect Spatholobus Stem): move blood and nourish blood, relax tendon and activate collateral.
- Shan Yu Xue: Chinese Herb Guide 鳝鱼血,Finless eel blood,鱔魚血 Shan Yu Xue: dispel wind, dredge meridians, activate blood, strengthen yang, remove toxicity and improve eyesight.
- Finless eel blood: Chinese Herb Guide Shan Yu Xue Finless eel blood: dispel wind, dredge meridians, activate blood, strengthen yang, remove toxicity and improve eyesight.
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Xiao Ye Lian: Chinese Herb Guide
Fructus Podophylli
Xiao Ye Lian (Fructus Podophylli) Sweet, neutral, toxic; liver, kidney, spleen and stomach channels
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Ji Xing Zi (Garden balsam seed)
Ji Xing Zi,急性子,Semen Impatientis,Garden balsam seed
Seed of Garden Balsam: break blood and soften hardness, dissipate blood stasis and resolve swelling.
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Niu Gu (Water Buffalo bone)
Water Buffalo bone, 牛骨, Ox bone
Niu Gu (Ox bone or Water Buffalo bone) Sweet, warm; heart, kidney and large intestine channels