HERBS

NamingZe Xie (Rhizoma Alismatis) ——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Ze XieOriginThe stem tuber of Alisma orientalis (Sam.) Juzep. of family Alismataceae.LocationFujian, Sichuan, and Jiangxi provinces, etc.HarvestDug and collected in winter when the tuber and leaves become

NameQing Ye Dan (Herba Swertiae Mileensis)The Effect of Herba Swertiae MileensisPropertyBitter, sweet, cold; liver, gallbladder and bladder meridians entered.ActionsClear away liver-fire and promote the secretion of bile, clear heat and promote diuresis.IndicationsJaundice with dark urine, hypochond

NameTu Niu Xi (Achyranthes Aspera)The Effect of 土牛膝PropertyBitter, sour, neutral; liver and kidney meridians entered.ActionsActivate blood and dissipate blood stasis, dispel dampness and promote diuresis, clear heat and remove toxicity.IndicationsStranguria, abdominal mass, urine with blood, malaria

NameTian Zhu Zi (Fructus Nandinae)The Effect of 天竺子 PropertySour, sweet, neutral, slightly toxic; lung meridian entered.ActionsRelieve cough and resolve phlegm.IndicationsWhooping cough, asthma, cough with excessive phlegm.Dosage and AdministrationsDecoct 6~15 g. Proper dosage is for external applic

NamingShi Wei (Folium Pyrrosiae)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of 石韦OriginThe leaf of the perennial evergreen plant Pyrrosia sheareri (Bak.) Ching and P. Lingua (Thunb.) Farwell, or the leaf of P. petiolosa (Christ) Ching. The first two are called Da Ye Shi Wei, the late

NamingZe Xie (Rhizoma Alismatis) ——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of 泽泻OriginThe stem tuber of Alisma orientalis (Sam.) Juzep. of family Alismataceae.LocationFujian, Sichuan, and Jiangxi provinces, etc.HarvestDug and collected in winter when the tuber and leaves become yel

NamingShi Wei (Folium Pyrrosiae)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Folium PyrrosiaeOriginThe leaf of the perennial evergreen plant Pyrrosia sheareri (Bak.) Ching and P. Lingua (Thunb.) Farwell, or the leaf of P. petiolosa (Christ) Ching. The first two are called Da Ye Shi

NameTian Zhu Zi (Fructus Nandinae)The Effect of Fructus NandinaePropertySour, sweet, neutral, slightly toxic; lung meridian entered.ActionsRelieve cough and resolve phlegm.IndicationsWhooping cough, asthma, cough with excessive phlegm.Dosage and AdministrationsDecoct 6~15 g. Proper dosage is for ext

NamingZe Xie (Rhizoma Alismatis) ——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Rhizoma AlismatisOriginThe stem tuber of Alisma orientalis (Sam.) Juzep. of family Alismataceae.LocationFujian, Sichuan, and Jiangxi provinces, etc.HarvestDug and collected in winter when the tuber and le

NamingBi Xie (Rhizoma Dioscoreae Hypoglaucae)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Bi XieOriginThe rhizome of perennial herbaceous plant Dioscorea septemloba Thunb., D. futschauensis Uline ex R. Kunth or D. hypoglauca Palibin. of family Dioscoreaceae.LocationThe first two ar