HERBS

NameMa Bian Cao (European Verbena)The Effect of Ma Bian CaoPropertyBitter, cool; liver and spleen meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, activate blood and dissipate nodulation, promote diuresis and resolve swelling.IndicationsJaundice due to damp-heat, edema, dysentery, malaria, s

NamingBai Hua She She Cao (Herba Hedyotidis Diffusae)——Guang Xi Zhong Yao Zhi (Records on Chinese Herbs of Guangxi)The Processing of Bai Hua She She CaoOriginThe entire plants of Oldenlandia diffusa (Willd.) Roxb of family Rubiaceae.LocationSouthern provinces of Yangtze River Valley.HarvestCollected

NameJi Xue Cao (Asiatic Pennywort Herb)The Effect of Ji Xue Cao PropertyBitter, pungent, cold; lung, spleen, kidney and bladder meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and promote diuresis, resolve swelling and remove toxicity.IndicationsDysentery, jaundice due to damp-heat, traumatic injury, sores and

NamingShe Gan (Rhizoma Belamcandae)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of She Gan OriginThe rhizoma of Belamcanda chinensis (L.) DC. of family Iridaceae.LocationHubei, Henan, Jiangsu and Anhui provinces, etc.HarvestDug out at the beginning of sprout in earlier spring or in la

NamingShan Dou Gen (Radix Sophorae Tonkinensis)——Kai Bao Ben Cao (Materia Medica in Kai-Bao Reign)The Processing of Shan Dou GenOriginThe root and rhizoma of Sophora tonkinensis Gapnep. of family Leguminosae.LocationMainly in Guangxi, Guangdong, Jiangxi, Guizhou provinces of China.HarvestCollected a

NameXiao Jin Qian Cao (Creeping Dichondra Herb)The Effect of Xiao Jin Qian CaoPropertyBitter, pungent, cool; lung and liver meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, promote diuresis and activate blood.IndicationsJaundice, dysentery, edema, sores and boils, traumatic injury, gonorrhea

NameNiu Jin Cao (Herba Eleusines Indicae)The Effect of Niu Jin CaoPropertySweet, neutral; lung and stomach meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and eliminate dampness, activate blood and tonify qi.IndicationsDysentery, icteric hepatitis, infantile malnutrition, orchitis, strain, prevention of epidemi

NameYu Bie Jin Xing （Herba Lepidogrammitidis Drymoglossoidis）SourcesThe drug is the dried or fresh whole herb of Lepidigrammitis drymoglossoides(Bak. )Ching(family Polypodiaceae), growing on the moist shady rocks in ravines, along streams, and distributed in most part of China.ConstituentsThe herb c

NamePing Er Xiao Cao (Herba Ophioglossi)The Effect of Ping Er Xiao CaoPropertySlightly sweet, sour, cool; lung and stomach meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, resolve swelling and alleviate pain.IndicationsSnake bites, sores and boils, abdominal distension, infantile pnemonia; a

NameZha Jiang Cao (Herba Oxalidis Corniculatae)The Effect of Zha Jiang CaoPropertySour, cold; large intestine and small intestine meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and promote diuresis, cool blood and dissipate blood stasis, resolve swelling and remove toxicity.IndicationsDiarrhea, dysentery, jaun