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Chinese herbal medicine reference: what each herb is used for in TCM, how it is prepared and dosed, and its safety cautions and contraindications.

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
Di Huang (Rehmannia Root) Di Huang,生地黃,Sheng Di Huang,Sheng Di,Rehmannia Root,Gan Di Huang,地黃,生地,地黄,生地黄 Di Huang (Rehmannia Root): clear heat and cool blood, stop bleeding, nourish yin.
Radices Hemerocallis (Daylily Root) Daylily Root, 萱草根, Xuan Cao Gen Xuan Cao Gen (Radices Hemerocallis) Sweet, cool; spleen, lung and heart channels. Actions Promote diuresis and cool blood
Shui Tian Qi: Chinese Herb Guide 水田七,Rhizoma Schizocapsae Plantagineae,Lobedfruit Schizocapsa Rhizome Shui Tian Qi: rhizome is used as antipyetic, anti-inflammatary, antioncotic, analgesic and anti-malarial, for the treatment of gastroduodenal ulcer, chronic gastritis, pneumonitis, upper respiratory tract infection,.
Shui Tian Qi (Lobedfruit Schizocapsa Rhizome) Lobedfruit Schizocapsa Rhizome, 水田七 Shui Tian Qi (Lobedfruit Schizocapsa Rhizome): rhizome is used as antipyetic, anti-inflammatary, antioncotic, analgesic and anti-malarial, for the treatment.
Zhang Ye Bing Ye Shan Hua (长叶柄野扇花) Chang Ye Bing Shan Hua,Herba Sarcococcae Longipetiolatae Name Chang Ye Bing Shan Hua (Herba Sarcococcae Longipetiolatae) Sources The drug is the dried or fresh whole herb of Sarcococca longipetiolata M.
Chang Ye Bing Ye Shan Hua (Long-petiole Sarcococca) Long-petiole Sarcococca, Zhang Ye Bing Ye Shan Hua, 长叶柄野扇花 Chang Ye Bing Ye Shan Hua (Sarcococca longipetiolata): cools blood, dissipates lumps, and astringes wounds in folk trauma use.
Yuan Shen (Figwort Root) in TCM 元参,Yuan Shen,玄參,元參,Radix Scrophulariae,玄参,Figwort Root /p h3 Actions /h3 p Clear heat and cool blood, purge fire, remove toxicity, nourish yin for lowering fire.
Xuan Shen (Figwort Root) in TCM Figwort Root, 玄参, Yuan Shen, Xuan Can Clear heat and cool blood, purge fire, remove toxicity, nourish yin for lowering fire. Bitter, sweet, salty, light cold; heart, stomach, kidney, lung meridian
Diao Zhu Mei: Chinese Herb Guide 吊竹梅,Herba Zebrinae Pendulae,Wanderingjew zebrina herb Diao Zhu Mei: it is used to remove toxic heat, reduce heat from blood, promote urination; for the treatment of hemoptysis, sore throat, inflammation of the eyes, dysentery, edema, strangury, morbid leukorrhea,.
Sheng Di Huang (Rehmannia Root) Rehmannia Root, 地黄, Di Huang, Radix Rehmanniae Di Huang (Radix Rehmanniae). The root tuber of perennial Rehmannia glutinosa Libosch of family Scrophulariacea
Si Gua Pi (Bark of Luffa) Bark of Luffa, 丝瓜皮 Si Gua Pi (Bark of Luffa) is sweet and cool. It clears heat and removes toxicity, and is used for incised wounds, sores and boils.