HERBS

NameDiao Gan Ma (Root of Angled Bittersweet)SourcesThe drug is the dried root or bark of Celastrus anguslatus Maxim. (family Celastraceae), growing in waste hillsides or scrubs, and distributed in Southern China and Shaanxi, Gansu of China.The Effect of Diao Gan MaPropertyPungent, bitter, cool, slig

NamingWei Ling Xian (Radix Clematidis)——Xin Xiu Ben Cao (Newly Revised Materia Medica)The Processing of Wei Ling XianOriginThe roots and rhizomes of Clematis chinensis Osbeck, C. hexapetala Pall. or C. manshuricaRupr. of family Ranunculaceae.LocationThe first one is produced in the provinces of Jian

NamingYan Hu Suo (Rhizoma Corydalis)——Lei Gong Pao Zhi Lun (Lei’s Treaties on Preparation of Drugs)The Processing of Rhizoma CorydalisOriginThe dry tuber of perennial herbaceous plant Corydalis yanhusuo W. T. Wang of family Papaveraceae.LocationZhejiang, Jiangsu and Hubei provinces in China.HarvestC

NamingWei Ling Xian (Radix Clematidis)——Xin Xiu Ben Cao (Newly Revised Materia Medica)The Processing of 威灵仙OriginThe roots and rhizomes of Clematis chinensis Osbeck, C. hexapetala Pall. or C. manshuricaRupr. of family Ranunculaceae.LocationThe first one is produced in the provinces of Jiangsu, Anhui

NameDiao Gan Ma (Root of Angled Bittersweet)SourcesThe drug is the dried root or bark of Celastrus anguslatus Maxim. (family Celastraceae), growing in waste hillsides or scrubs, and distributed in Southern China and Shaanxi, Gansu of China.The Effect of 吊干麻PropertyPungent, bitter, cool, slightly tox

NamingWei Ling Xian (Radix Clematidis)——Xin Xiu Ben Cao (Newly Revised Materia Medica)The Processing of Radix ClematidisOriginThe roots and rhizomes of Clematis chinensis Osbeck, C. hexapetala Pall. or C. manshuricaRupr. of family Ranunculaceae.LocationThe first one is produced in the provinces of J

NameLi Zi （Chestnut）The Effect of Li ZiPropertySweet, warm; spleen, stomach and kidney meridians entered.ActionsNourish the stomach, strengthen the spleen, tonify the kidney and strengthen the tendons, activate blood and resolve swelling, stop bleeding.IndicationsNose bleeding, hematochezia, hematem

NamingChuan Wu (Radix Aconiti Preparata) ——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Chuan WuOriginThe tuberous root of Aconitum carmichaeli Debx. of family Ranunculaceae.LocationSichuan, Yunnan, Shaanxi and Hunan provinces, etc.HarvestDug out from the last ten days of June to the

NameHuang Hua Yuan Zhi (Polygala Arillata)The Effect of Huang Hua Yuan ZhiPropertySweet, pungent and neutral.ActionsDispel wind and eliminate dampness, tonify deficiency and resolve swelling, regulate menstruation, activate blood.IndicationsCold, edema, irregular menstruation, traumatic injury, rheu

NamingChuan Wu (Radix Aconiti Preparata) ——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of 川乌OriginThe tuberous root of Aconitum carmichaeli Debx. of family Ranunculaceae.LocationSichuan, Yunnan, Shaanxi and Hunan provinces, etc.HarvestDug out from the last ten days of June to the first