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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.

Ya Dan Zi (Java Brucea Fruit) Java Brucea Fruit Ya Dan Zi: clear heat and remove toxicity; check malaria; erode excrescence in topical administration.
Hu Zhang Cao: Chinese Herb Guide Brooklet Anemone Root, 虎掌草 Hu Zhang Cao: clear heat and remove toxicity, activate blood and relax the tendons.
Mu Shu: Chinese Herb Guide 木薯 Mu Shu: the starch is used as anti-inflammatory antitoxic and antipyretic, to expel heat from blood, for the treatment of hydrops. Leaf is used as.
Gou Gan Cai: Chinese Herb Guide Chinese Dicliptera Herb, 狗肝菜, Herba Diclipterae Chinensis Gou Gan Cai (Chinese Dicliptera Herb) Sweet, slightly bitter, cold; liver, lung and heart channels
Ma Yin Hua: Chinese Herb Guide 马银花 Ma Yin Hua: root is used to clear away heat and remove dampness, for the treatment of leukorrhea due to damp-heat pathogen externally for abscesss.
Shan Yao Teng: Chinese Herb Guide Common Yam Stem, 山药藤 Shan Yao Teng (Common Yam Stem) Sweet, neutral. Actions Clear damp-heat, cool blood and remove toxicity. When it is used Eczema, erysipelas
Shui Yang Mei Gen: Chinese Herb Guide Japanese Avens Root, 水杨梅根 Shui Yang Mei Gen: clear heat and remove toxicity, dissipate stasis and activate blood.
Liang Fen Cao: Chinese Herb Guide Chinese Mesona Herb, 凉粉草 Liang Fen Cao (Chinese Mesona Herb) Astringent, sweet, cold. Actions Clear summer-heat, relieve thrist and eliminate heat-toxin
Hai Mu: Chinese Herb Guide Tripair-leaved heynea root, 海木 Hai Mu (Tripair-leaved heynea root) Bitter, cool, slightly toxic. Actions Clear heat and remove toxicity, relieve sore throat, dispel wind-damp
Qing Ma: Chinese Herb Guide Piemarker Herb, 苘麻 Qing Ma: clear heat and promote diuresis, remove toxicity and induce resuscitation.
Cao Shi Can: Chinese Herb Guide 草石蚕 Cao Shi Can: dispel wind and eliminate dampness, clear heat and remove toxicity.
Ba Jiao Lian: Chinese Herb Guide Sixangular Dysosma Rhizome, 八角莲 Ba Jiao Lian: resolve phlegm and dissipate nodulation, expel stasis and alleviate pain, clear heat and remove toxicity.