HERBS

NameYu Gan Zi (Fructus Phyllanthi)The Effect of 余甘子PropertySweet, sour, astringent, cool; lung and stomach meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and cool blood, promote digestion and strengthen the stomach, promote the secretion of saliva and relieve cough.IndicationsBlood stasis, abdominal distension

NameYu Gan Zi (Fructus Phyllanthi)The Effect of Fructus PhyllanthiPropertySweet, sour, astringent, cool; lung and stomach meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and cool blood, promote digestion and strengthen the stomach, promote the secretion of saliva and relieve cough.IndicationsBlood stasis, abdom

NamingQing Hao (Herba Artemisiae Apiaceae)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Qing HaoOriginThe aerial parts of annual herbaceous plant Artemisia annua L. of familyCompositae.LocationMost areas of China.HarvestCollected in summer and autumn at the beginning of blossom.The

NamingBai Wei (Radix Cynanchi Atrati)The Effect of Radix Cynanchi AtratiPropertyBitter 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

NameMu Hao (Herba Artemisiae Japonicae)The Effect of Mu HaoPropertyBitter, cold; liver and gallbladder meridians entered.ActionsRelieve summer-heat,bring down asthenic fever and prevent malaria.IndicationsFever due to yin deficiency, malaria, external contraction of summer-heat, fever without sweat.

NameMu Hao (Herba Artemisiae Japonicae)The Effect of 牡蒿 PropertyBitter, cold; liver and gallbladder meridians entered.ActionsRelieve summer-heat,bring down asthenic fever and prevent malaria.IndicationsFever due to yin deficiency, malaria, external contraction of summer-heat, fever without sweat.Dos

NameMu Hao (Herba Artemisiae Japonicae)The Effect of Herba Artemisiae JaponicaePropertyBitter, cold; liver and gallbladder meridians entered.ActionsRelieve summer-heat,bring down asthenic fever and prevent malaria.IndicationsFever due to yin deficiency, malaria, external contraction of summer-heat,

NamingDi Gu Pi (Cortex Lycii)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Di Gu PiOriginThe root bark of Lycium chinense Mill or Ningxia L. barbarum L. of family Arbustum.LocationMany areas of China.HarvestCollected in early spring and the end of autumn.The actual smell and tasteLi

NamingDi Gu Pi (Cortex Lycii)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of 地骨皮OriginThe root bark of Lycium chinense Mill or Ningxia L. barbarum L. of family Arbustum.LocationMany areas of China.HarvestCollected in early spring and the end of autumn.The actual smell and tasteLight s

NamingYin Chai Hu (Radix Stellariae)——Ben Cao Gang Mu Shi Yi (Supplement to Compendium of Materia Medica)The Processing of Radix StellariaeOriginThe root of Stellaria dichotoma L. var. lanceolata Bge of family Pink.LocationInner Mongolia Autonomous Region and northwest of China.HarvestCollected in s