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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.

Han Shui Shi: Chinese Herb Guide Mirabilite crystal, Gypsum Rubrum, 寒水石 Han Shui Shi (Gypsum Rubrum) Pungent, salty, cold; heart, stomach and kidney channels
Ku Ding Cha: Chinese Herb Guide 苦丁茶,Broadleaf Holly Leaf,Folium Ilicis Latifoliae Ku Ding Cha: dispel wind-heat, refresh oneself, promote digestion, resolve phlegm, stop dysentery and remove polydipsia.
Ya Zhi Cao: Chinese Herb Guide 鴨跖草,Common Dayflower Herb,鸭跖草,Herba Commelinae Name Ya Zhi Cao (Common Dayflower Herb) Nature and action Nature Sweet, cold, bland; lung, stomach and bladder channels.
Bang Fen: Chinese Herb Guide 蚌壳粉,蚌蛤灰,蚌粉,Anodonta clam shell-powder,Pulvis Conchae Anodontae,蜃灰,蚌殼粉,蚌殼灰,蚌壳灰 Name Bang Fen (Powdered Shell of Freshwater Mussel) Nature and action Nature Salty, cold; lung, liver and stomach channels.
Mu Zei: Chinese Herb Guide Common Scouring Rush Herb, 木贼, Herba Equiseti Hiemalis Mu Zei: clear and purge liver heat; disperse wind-heat, improve vision and remove nebula.
Mi Meng Hua: Chinese Herb Guide Pale Butterflybush Flower, 密蒙花, Flos Buddlejae Mi Meng Hua (Flos Buddlejae) Bitter, sweet, slightly cold, liver channel. Actions Clear heat and nourish liver, improve vision and remove nebula
Huang Bai (Amur Corktree Bark) Cortex Phellodendri,黄柏,Huang Bai,黃柏,Amur Corktree Bark Huang Bo: clear heat and dry dampness, purge fire and remove toxicity, subdue deficiency heat.
Huang Bai (Amur Corktree Bark): Traditional Uses and Safety Amur Corktree Bark, 黄柏, Huang Bai 黄柏: clear heat and dry dampness, purge fire and remove toxicity, subdue deficiency heat.
Shui Bie: Chinese Herb Guide 马尿花 ,水鳖,Frogbit herb,Ma Niao Hua,Herba Hydrocharitis Dubiae Shui Bie: whole herb is used as emmenagogue, for the treatment of leukorrhea with reddish discharge.
Zhi Mu: Chinese Herb Guide Common Anemarrhena Rhizome, 知母 Zhi Mu: clear heat and purge fire (clear the qi-level excess heat and clear the excess heat of lung and stomach), nourish yin and moisten dryness.
Ku Shen: Chinese Herb Guide Radix Sophorae Flavescentis,苦参,苦參,Lightyellow Sophora Root Ku Shen: clear heat and dry dampness, purge fire and remove toxicity, kill parasites and promote urination.
Reed Rhizome (Common reed rhizome) Common reed rhizome, 芦根, Lu Gen Lu Gen: clear heat and generate fluids, clear stomach heat and stop vomiting, clear lung heat and expel phlegm, discharge pus, promote urination.