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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.

Mi Tong Hua (Hance Brandisia Herb) Hance Brandisia Herb, 蜜桶花 Mi Tong Hua (Hance Brandisia Herb): dispel wind, eliminate dampness, clear heat and remove toxicity.
Xian Ren Zhang (Prickly Pear) Prickly Pear, 仙人掌 Xian Ren Zhang (prickly-pear cactus stem and root): bitter and cold; used for heat-toxin sores, lung-heat cough and bleeding — not for deficiency-cold.
Jin Lian Hua (Trollflower) Trollflower, 金莲花, Chinese Globeflower Flower Jin Lian Hua (Trollflower) Bitter, slightly cold; lung and stomach channels. Actions Clear heat and remove toxicity
Yan Jing Cao: Chinese Herb Guide Herba Procridis Laevigatae, 眼睛草 Yan Jing Cao: it is used to clear heat and remove toxicity, resolve blood stasis and subdue swelling, remove nebula and improve eyesight; for the treatment.
Fei Yang Cao (Garden Euphorbia Herb) Garden Euphorbia Herb Fei Yang Cao (Garden Euphorbia Herb): clear heat and remove toxicity, promote diuresis and relieve itching, promote milk secretion.
Labiatae Pogostemon auricularius 水珍珠菜,水毛射,Shui Zhen Zhu Cai Labiatae Pogostemon auricularius: expel wind and clear heat, eliminate dampness and remove toxicity, resolve swelling and alleviate pain.
Si Mao Mao Zhan Cao (丝毛毛毡草) Si Ma Mao Zhan Cao,Herba Blumeae Sericantis Name Si Ma Mao Zhan Cao (Herba Blumeae Sericantis) Sources The drug is the dried or fresh entire herb of Blumea sericans(Kurz)Hook,f.
Si Mao Mao Zhan Cao (Silky Blumea) Silky Blumea, Si Ma Mao Zhan, Herba Blumeae Sericantis, Si Ma Mao Zhan Cao, 丝毛毛毡草 Si Mao Mao Zhan Cao (Blumea sericans): used to clear toxic heat and promote urination in diarrhea, edema and sores.
Bai Jie Gu (Chinese asystasiella herb) Chinese asystasiella herb, 白接骨 Bai Jie Gu (Chinese asystasiella herb): it is used to remove toxic heat, remove blood stasis and stop bleeding; for the treatment of vomiting blood, bloody.
Yan Jie Lian (Root of fernleaf dichocarpum) Root of fernleaf dichocarpum, 岩节连 Yan Jie Lian (Root of fernleaf dichocarpum): it is used to clear heat and remove toxicity, resolve swelling and relieve pain; for the treatment of lumbago.
Rebouliae Hemisphaericae Thallus 石地钱,Shi Di Qian Rebouliae Hemisphaericae Thallus: it is used to clear heat and remove toxicity, stop bleeding and resolve swelling, for the treatment of traumatic bleeding.
Hui Ye (Purple tephrosia herb) Purple tephrosia herb, 灰叶 Hui Ye (Purple tephrosia herb): it is used to relieve exterior pattern and clear heat, invigorate the spleen and eliminate dampness, and to promote the flow.