HERBS

NamingWu Shao She (Zaocys)——Yao Xing Lun (Treatise on Herb Property)The Processing of ZaocysOriginThe dried body of Zaocys dhumnades (Cantor) of family Colubridae.LocationMost parts of China.HarvestCollected in summer and autumn.The actual smell and tasteFishy in smell and bland in taste.Best qualit

NameChuan Niu Xi (Radix Cyathulae)The Effect of 川牛膝PropertySweet, slightly bitter, neutral; liver and kidney meridians entered.ActionsDispel wind and induce diuresis, activate blood and stimulate the menstrual flow.IndicationsHematuria, amenorrhea, abdominal mass, mazischesis, traumatic injury.Dosag

NamingQi She (Agkistrodon)——Lei Gong Pao Zhi Lun (Lei’s Treaties on Preparation of Drugs)The Processing of Qi She OriginThe dried body without viscera of Agkistrodon acutus (Guenther) of family Crotalidae.LocationHubei, Jiangxi and Zhejiang provinces, etc.HarvestCollected in summer and autumn.The ac

NameJi Xing Zi (Seed of Garden Balsam)The Effect of 急性子PropertyPungent, bitter, warm, slightly toxic; liver, lung and kidney meridians entered.ActionsBreak blood and soften hardness, dissipate blood stasis and resolve swelling.IndicationsAbdominal mass, amenorrhea, bone sticking, swollen and hard ex

NameChuan Niu Xi (Radix Cyathulae)The Effect of Radix CyathulaePropertySweet, slightly bitter, neutral; liver and kidney meridians entered.ActionsDispel wind and induce diuresis, activate blood and stimulate the menstrual flow.IndicationsHematuria, amenorrhea, abdominal mass, mazischesis, traumatic

NamingQi She (Agkistrodon)——Lei Gong Pao Zhi Lun (Lei’s Treaties on Preparation of Drugs)The Processing of 蕲蛇OriginThe dried body without viscera of Agkistrodon acutus (Guenther) of family Crotalidae.LocationHubei, Jiangxi and Zhejiang provinces, etc.HarvestCollected in summer and autumn.The actual

NamingNiu Xi (Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Niu XiOriginThe dry root of perennial herbaceous plant Achyranthes bidentata Bl. and Cyathula officinalis Kuan of family Amaranthaceae.LocationThe former called Niu Xi mainly produced in Henan p

NamingQi She (Agkistrodon)——Lei Gong Pao Zhi Lun (Lei’s Treaties on Preparation of Drugs)The Processing of AgkistrodonOriginThe dried body without viscera of Agkistrodon acutus (Guenther) of family Crotalidae.LocationHubei, Jiangxi and Zhejiang provinces, etc.HarvestCollected in summer and autumn.Th

NamingNiu Xi (Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of 牛膝OriginThe dry root of perennial herbaceous plant Achyranthes bidentata Bl. and Cyathula officinalis Kuan of family Amaranthaceae.LocationThe former called Niu Xi mainly produced in Henan provi

NamePa Shan Hu (Japanese Creeper Stem)SourcesThe drug is the dried root or stem of Parthenocissus tricuspidata (Sieb. et Eucc.) Planch. (family Vitaceae), growing on rocks, walls and trunks, and distributed in most part of China.The Effect of Pa Shan HuPropertyWarm, sweet, astringent.ActionsDispel w