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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.

Jin Gu Cao (Herba Ajugae) Bai Mao Xia Ku Cao,白毛夏枯草,筋骨草,Jin Gu Cao,Herba Ajugae Decumbent Bugle Herb: relieve cough and resolve phlegm, clear heat and cool blood, resolve swelling and remove toxicity.
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.
Yu Gan Zi: Chinese Herb Guide Emblic Leafflower Fruit, 余甘子, Fructus Phyllanthi Yu Gan Zi: clear heat and cool blood, promote digestion and strengthen the stomach, promote the secretion of saliva and relieve cough.
Yu Gan Zi (Emblic Leafflower Fruit) Yu Gan Zi,余甘子,Emblic Leafflower Fruit,庵摩勒 Yu Gan Zi (Emblic Leafflower Fruit): clear heat and cool blood, promote digestion and strengthen the stomach, promote the secretion of saliva and relieve cough.
Qing Hao: Chinese Herb Guide Sweet Wormwood Herb, 青蒿 Qing Hao: clear deficiency heat, clear summer-heat, clear damp-heat, check malaria.
Gong Lao Zi: Chinese Herb Guide 功劳子 Gong Lao Zi (Mahonia Bealei Carr) Bitter, astringent, slightly warm; liver and kidney channels. Actions Clear heat, tonify the kidney, dry dampness
Bai Wei (Blackend Swallowwort Root) Blackend Swallowwort Root Bai Wei (Blackend Swallowwort Root): clear deficiency heat, clear lung heat, cool blood, remove toxicity, promote urination, alleviate strangury.
Mu Hao (Japanese Wormwood Herb) Japanese Wormwood Herb, 牡蒿 Mu Hao (Herba Artemisiae Japonicae) Bitter, cold; liver and gallbladder channels
Di Gu Pi: Chinese Herb Guide Cortex Lycii,地骨皮,Chinese Wolfberry Root-bark Name Di Gu Pi (Cortex Lycii) — Shennong Bencao Jing Source and quality Plant The root bark of Lycium chinense Mill or Ningxia L. barbarum L. of family Arbustum.
Di Gu Pi (Chinese Wolfberry Root-bark) Chinese Wolfberry Root-bark Di Gu Pi (Chinese Wolfberry Root-bark): clear deficiency heat, clear lung fire, cool blood.
Hu Huang Lian: Chinese Herb Guide Figwortflower Picrorhiza Rhizome, 胡黄连 Hu Huang Lian: clear deficiency heat, relieve malnutrition fever, clear heat and resolve dampness.
Yin Chai Hu: Chinese Herb Guide Starwort Root, 银柴胡, Radix Stellariae Yin Chai Hu (Radix Stellariae). (Supplement to Compendium of Materia Medica) The root of Stellaria dichotoma L. var