HERBS

NamingYu Jin (Radix Curcumae)——Yao Xing Lun (Treatise on Herb Property)The Processing of Yu JinOriginThe root tuber of perennial herbaceous plant Curcuma wenyujin Y. H. Chen et C. Ling, longa L. or C. kwangsiensis S. G. Lee et C. F. Liang, or C. phaeocaulis Val. of family Zingiberaceae. The former t

NameHong Ze Lan (Japanese conehead herb)The Effect of Hong Ze LanPropertyPungent, slightly bitter, slightly warm; liver and spleen meridians entered.ActionsActivate blood, stimulate the menstrual flow, eliminate stasis and induce diuresis.IndicationsIrregular menstruation, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea,

NameBan Mao (Large Blister Beetle)The Effect of Large Blister BeetlePropertyPungent, hot, strong toxic; liver, stomach and kidney meridians entered.ActionsCounteract toxic pathogen and dispel stasis.IndicationsExternal application for boils, facial paralysis，stubborn tinea, tonsillitis, and oral adm

NamingYu Jin (Radix Curcumae)——Yao Xing Lun (Treatise on Herb Property)The Processing of 郁金OriginThe root tuber of perennial herbaceous plant Curcuma wenyujin Y. H. Chen et C. Ling, longa L. or C. kwangsiensis S. G. Lee et C. F. Liang, or C. phaeocaulis Val. of family Zingiberaceae. The former two a

NameHong Ze Lan (Japanese conehead herb)The Effect of 红泽兰PropertyPungent, slightly bitter, slightly warm; liver and spleen meridians entered.ActionsActivate blood, stimulate the menstrual flow, eliminate stasis and induce diuresis.IndicationsIrregular menstruation, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, traumati

NamingYu Jin (Radix Curcumae)——Yao Xing Lun (Treatise on Herb Property)The Processing of Radix CurcumaeOriginThe root tuber of perennial herbaceous plant Curcuma wenyujin Y. H. Chen et C. Ling, longa L. or C. kwangsiensis S. G. Lee et C. F. Liang, or C. phaeocaulis Val. of family Zingiberaceae. The

NameLiang Tou Jian (Rhizoma Anemones Raddeanae)The Effect of Liang Tou JianPropertyPungent, hot, toxic; spleen meridian entered.ActionsDispel wind-damp, resolve swelling.IndicationsRheumatic arthritis, muscular constriction, joint pain, sores and boils.Dosage and AdministrationsDecoct 1~3 g. Proper

NameMai Ping Cao (Conical silene herb)SourcesThe drug is the dried entire herb of Silene corzoidea L. (family Caryophyllaceae), growing along the cuhivated fields or in roadsides, waste lands; and distributed in most provinces of Northern China , Northwestern China and Jiangsu, Hubei, Yunnan, etc.Th

NameLiang Tou Jian (Rhizoma Anemones Raddeanae)The Effect of 两头尖PropertyPungent, hot, toxic; spleen meridian entered.ActionsDispel wind-damp, resolve swelling.IndicationsRheumatic arthritis, muscular constriction, joint pain, sores and boils.Dosage and AdministrationsDecoct 1~3 g. Proper dosage is f

NameLiang Tou Jian (Rhizoma Anemones Raddeanae)The Effect of Rhizoma Anemones RaddeanaePropertyPungent, hot, toxic; spleen meridian entered.ActionsDispel wind-damp, resolve swelling.IndicationsRheumatic arthritis, muscular constriction, joint pain, sores and boils.Dosage and AdministrationsDecoct 1~