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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.

Nux Prinsepiae: Chinese Herb Guide Rui Ren Rui Ren (Nux Prinsepiae) Sweet, slightly cold; liver channel. Actions Dispel wind and heat, tonify the liver and improve eyesight
Shi Gao: Chinese Herb Guide Shi Gao ,石膏,生石膏,Sheng Shi Gao,Gypsum Shi Gao: clear heat and purge fire (clear the qi-level excess heat and clear the excess heat of lung and stomach). The calcined one is externally used for.
Gong Lao Mu (Leatherleaf Mahonia Stem) Leatherleaf Mahonia Stem, 功劳木 Gong Lao Mu (Leatherleaf Mahonia Stem): clear heat and eliminate dampness, purge fire and remove toxicity.
Han Shui Shi (Mirabilite crystal) Han Shui Shi,寒水石,Mirabilite crystal Han Shui Shi (Mirabilite crystal): clear heat and reduce pathogenic fire, resolve swelling.
Ya Zhi Cao (Herba Commelinae) Herba Commelinae Common Dayflower Herb: clear heat and promote diuresis, cool blood and remove toxicity.
Mi Meng Hua (Pale Butterflybush Flower) Mi Meng Hua,密蒙花,Pale Butterflybush Flower Mi Meng Hua (Pale Butterflybush Flower): clear heat and nourish liver, improve vision and remove nebula.
Dan Zhu Ye (Lophatherum): Irritability, Thirst and Heat Strangury Dan Zhu Ye, Lophatherum, Herba Lophatheri, heart fire, strangury, irritability Dan Zhu Ye (lophatherum, Herba Lophatheri ; also Zhu Ye in some lists), recorded in the Bencao Gangmu
Zhi Zi (Cape Jasmine Fruit) Cape Jasmine Fruit, 焦栀子, Shan Zhi Purge fire and eliminate irritability, cool blood and stop bleeding, clear heat and relieve toxicity, clear an.
Xia Ku Cao (Common Selfheal Fruit-Spike) Xia Ku Cao,夏枯草,Common Selfheal Fruit-Spike,Common selfheal spike Xia Ku Cao (Common Selfheal Fruit-Spike): clear and purge liver fire, relieve toxicity and dissipate nodulation.
Jue Ming Zi (Sickle senna seed) Sickle senna seed, 决明子, Cao Jue Ming Jue Ming Zi (Sickle senna seed): clear liver, improve vision and slightly relax the bowels.
Gu Jing Cao (Buerger Pipewort Flower) Buerger Pipewort Flower Gu Jing Cao: clear liver heat, disperse wind-heat, improve vision and remove nebula.
Depositum Urinae Hominis Ren Zhong Bai,人中白,Sediment of Human urine,Human urine sediment Depositum Urinae Hominis: clear heat, reduce pathogenic fire and resolve stagnation.