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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.

She Mei (Herba Duchesneae Indicae) She Mei ,蛇莓,Indian Strawberry,Herba Duchesneae Indicae Indian Mockstrawberry Herb: clear heat and cool blood, resolve swelling and remove toxicity.
Bai Mao Xia Ku Cao: Chinese Herb Guide 白毛夏枯草, Jin Gu Cao, Herba Ajugae, Decumbent Bugle Herb Bai Mao Xia Ku Cao: relieve cough and resolve phlegm, clear heat and cool blood, resolve swelling and remove toxicity.
Diao Zhu Mei (Wanderingjew zebrina herb) Wanderingjew zebrina herb, 吊竹梅 Diao Zhu Mei (Wanderingjew zebrina herb): it is used to remove toxic heat, reduce heat from blood, promote urination; for the treatment of hemoptysis, sore.
Xing An Bai Tou (Radix Pulsatillae Dahuricae) 兴安白头翁,Radix Pulsatillae Dahuricae Name Xing An Bai Tou Weng (Radix Pulsatillae Dahuricae) Sources The drug is the dried rhizome of Pulsatilla dahurica (Fisch.) Spreng (family Ranunculaceae), growing in hillside gra.
Xing An Bai Tou Weng (Dahurian Pulsatilla) Dahurian Pulsatilla, 兴安白头翁, Xing An Bai Tou, Radix Pulsatillae Dahuricae Xing An Bai Tou Weng (Pulsatilla dahurica rhizome): bitter and cool; used to clear heat in the blood and toxicity, especially dysentery-type bleeding.
Bo Ye Da Huang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei Undulati) Radix et Rhizoma Rhei Undulati, 波叶大黄 Bo Ye Da Huang: it is used as purgative for the treatment of constipation of heat type, jaundice due to heat and dampness, sores, abscesss, burns and scalds.
Jian Lan Ye: Chinese Herb Guide Swordleaf Cymbidium Leaf, 建兰叶 Jian Lan Ye: regulate the flow of qi, relieve depression, clear damp-heat and cool blood.
Dan Pi (Tree Peony Bark) in TCM Tree Peony Bark, 牡丹皮, Mu Dan Pi, Cortex Moutan Mu Dan Pi: clear heat and cool blood, activate blood and resolve stasis, reduce deficiency heat.
Lotus root: Chinese Herb Guide Ou Ou (Lotus root) Sweet, cold; heart, spleen and stomach channels. Actions The raw: Clearing heat and cooling blood, dissipating blood stasis
Chi Shao: Chinese Herb Guide Red Paeony Root, 赤芍, Radix Paeoniae Rubra Chi Shao: clear heat and cool blood, activate blood and resolve stasis, clear liver fire.
Shui Niu Jiao (Buffalo Horn) Buffalo Horn, Cornu Bubali Shui Niu Jiao: clear heat and cool blood, purge fire and remove toxicity, extinguish wind and stop convulsions.
Zi Cao: Chinese Herb Guide Sinkiang Arnebia Root, 紫草, Radix Lithospermi Zi Cao: clear heat and cool blood, purge fire, activate blood and resolve stasis, remove toxicity and help a rash surface.