HERBS

NameBai Mao Xia Ku Cao (Decumbent Bugle Herb)The Effect of Decumbent Bugle HerbPropertyBitter, sweet, cold; lung and liver meridians entered.ActionsRelieve cough and resolve phlegm, clear heat and cool blood, resolve swelling and remove toxicity.IndicationsTrachitis, sore throat, hematemesis, hemorr

NamingMu Dan Pi (Cortex Moutan)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Mu Dan PiOriginThe root bark of Paeonia suffruticosa Andr. of family Ranunculaceae.LocationEverywhere in China.HarvestCollected in autumn.the actual smell and tasteFragrant smell, slightly bitter and astrin

NamingMu Dan Pi (Cortex Moutan)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of 牡丹皮OriginThe root bark of Paeonia suffruticosa Andr. of family Ranunculaceae.LocationEverywhere in China.HarvestCollected in autumn.the actual smell and tasteFragrant smell, slightly bitter and astringent t

NamingMu Dan Pi (Cortex Moutan)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Cortex MoutanOriginThe root bark of Paeonia suffruticosa Andr. of family Ranunculaceae.LocationEverywhere in China.HarvestCollected in autumn.the actual smell and tasteFragrant smell, slightly bitter and as

NamingShui Niu Jiao (Cornu Bubali)——Ming Yi Bie Lu (Miscellaneous Records of Famous physicians)The Processing of 水牛角OriginThe horn of Bubalus bubalis Linnaeus. of family Ox.LocationMost places of China.The actual smell and tasteLight fishy smell, slightly salty taste.Best qualityLarge, from the heal

NamingShui Niu Jiao (Cornu Bubali)——Ming Yi Bie Lu (Miscellaneous Records of Famous physicians)The Processing of Cornu BubaliOriginThe horn of Bubalus bubalis Linnaeus. of family Ox.LocationMost places of China.The actual smell and tasteLight fishy smell, slightly salty taste.Best qualityLarge, from

NamingZi Cao (Radix Lithospermi)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Zi Cao OriginThe root of Arnebia euchroma (Royle) Johnst., Lithospermum erythrorhizon Sieb. et Zucc or A. guttata Bunge of family Lithospermi.LocationXinjiang Zi Cao which is known as Ruan Zi Cao is mainly

NamingZi Cao (Radix Lithospermi)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of 紫草OriginThe root of Arnebia euchroma (Royle) Johnst., Lithospermum erythrorhizon Sieb. et Zucc or A. guttata Bunge of family Lithospermi.LocationXinjiang Zi Cao which is known as Ruan Zi Cao is mainly prod

NamingBai Wei (Radix Cynanchi Atrati)The Effect of Bai WeiPropertyBitter and cold; liver, kidney, lung, and stomach meridians entered.ActionsClear deficiency heat, clear lung heat, cool blood, remove toxicity, induce diuresis, alleviate stranguria.IndicationsDeficiency heat due to yin deficiency or

NamingHu Huang Lian (Rhizoma Picrorhizae)——Xin Xiu Ben Cao (Newly Revised Materia Medica)The Processing of 胡黄连OriginThe rhizome of Picrorhiza serophulariiflora Pennell of family Scrophulariacea.LocationMainly in Yunnan province and Tibet Autonomous Region of China.HarvestCollected in autumn.The actu