HERBS

NameFeng Xiang Zhi (Resin of Sweetgum)The Effect of Resin of SweetgumPropertyPungent, bitter, neutral; spleen, lung and liver meridians entered.ActionsActivate blood and cool blood, remove toxicity and alleviate pain.IndicationsHemorrhinia, deep-rooted boil, ulcer, scrofula, dentalgia, hematemesis.D

NameHai Feng Teng (Kadsura Pepper Stem)The Effect of Kadsura Pepper StemPropertyPungent, bitter, slightly warm; heart and kidney meridians entered.ActionsDispel wind-damp, dredge meridians and regulate qi.IndicationsDamp arthralgia, traumatic injury, asthma, chronic cough.Dosage and AdministrationsD

NamingHong Hua (Flos Carthami)——Xin Xiu Ben Cao (Newly Revised Materia Medica)The Processing of 红花OriginThe dry flower of annual herbaceous plant Carthamus tinctorius L. of family Compositae.LocationHenan, Hubei and Sichuan provinces in China.HarvestCollected in summer when the flower changes from y

NameQing Feng Teng (Caulis Sinomenii)SourcesThe drug is the dried stem rattan of the Sinomenium acutum (Thunb.)Rehd.et Wils.(family Menisperrnaceae), growing at wet places in woods and shrubs of hill area, distributed in Shaanxi, Henan,Hubei, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Sichuan of Chi

NameShan Xiang Yuan Ye (Folium Turpiniae)The Effect of Shan Xiang Yuan Ye PropertyBitter, cold; lung and liver meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, relieve sore throat and resolve swelling, activate blood and alleviate pain.IndicationsSores and boils, traumatic injury, sore throa

NameQing Feng Teng (Caulis Sinomenii)SourcesThe drug is the dried stem rattan of the Sinomenium acutum (Thunb.)Rehd.et Wils.(family Menisperrnaceae), growing at wet places in woods and shrubs of hill area, distributed in Shaanxi, Henan,Hubei, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Sichuan of Chi

NameBi Hu (House Lizard)The Effect of 壁虎PropertySalty, cold, slightly toxic; liver meridian entered.ActionsExpel wind, arrest convulsion, dissipate nodulation and remove toxicity.IndicationsStroke, scrofula, boils, epilepsy of wind-phlegm.Dosage and AdministrationsDecoct 2~5 g or take 1~2 g powder o

NamingHong Hua (Flos Carthami)——Xin Xiu Ben Cao (Newly Revised Materia Medica)The Processing of Flos CarthamiOriginThe dry flower of annual herbaceous plant Carthamus tinctorius L. of family Compositae.LocationHenan, Hubei and Sichuan provinces in China.HarvestCollected in summer when the flower cha

NameQing Feng Teng (Caulis Sinomenii)SourcesThe drug is the dried stem rattan of the Sinomenium acutum (Thunb.)Rehd.et Wils.(family Menisperrnaceae), growing at wet places in woods and shrubs of hill area, distributed in Shaanxi, Henan,Hubei, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Sichuan of Chi

NameShan Xiang Yuan Ye (Folium Turpiniae)The Effect of 山香圆叶PropertyBitter, cold; lung and liver meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, relieve sore throat and resolve swelling, activate blood and alleviate pain.IndicationsSores and boils, traumatic injury, sore throat, pharyngitis,