HERBS

NameSi Gua (Towel Gourd)The Effect of 丝瓜PropertySweet, cool; liver and stomach meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and resolve phlegm, cool blood and remove toxicity.IndicationsEdema, sores and boils, hematochezia, uterine bleeding, bloody stranguria, hypogalactia, haemorrhoid bleeding, asthma with

NamingJin Yin Hua (Flos Lonicerae)——Xin Xiu Ben Cao (Newly Revised Materia Medica)The Processing of 金银花OriginThe flower buds or the flower of initial blooming of Lonicera japonica Thund. , L. hypoglaucA Miq., L. confusa DC., or L. dasystyla Rehd. of family Caprifoliaceae.LocationAll over in China, m

NamingJin Yin Hua (Flos Lonicerae)——Xin Xiu Ben Cao (Newly Revised Materia Medica)The Processing of Flos LoniceraeOriginThe flower buds or the flower of initial blooming of Lonicera japonica Thund. , L. hypoglaucA Miq., L. confusa DC., or L. dasystyla Rehd. of family Caprifoliaceae.LocationAll over

NameQiu Yin Ni (Wormcast)The Effect of 蚯蚓泥PropertySweet, sour, cold.ActionsRemove toxicity, resolve swelling, astringe wound.IndicationsIncised wound, hematemesis, difficult urination, erysipelas, snake and insect bites, bone sticking, sores in the ear.Dosage and AdministrationsIt is made into powde

NameQiu Yin Ni (Wormcast)The Effect of WormcastPropertySweet, sour, cold.ActionsRemove toxicity, resolve swelling, astringe wound.IndicationsIncised wound, hematemesis, difficult urination, erysipelas, snake and insect bites, bone sticking, sores in the ear.Dosage and AdministrationsIt is made into

NameDi Bai Zhi (Herba Selaginellae Moellendorfii)SourcesThe drug is the dried entire herb of Selaginella moellendorfii Hieron(family Selaginellaceae),growing in woods or along streams, and distributed in the south of Yangtze River valley and Shaanxi, Taiwan of China.The Effect of 地柏枝ActionsIt is use

NameDi Bai Zhi (Herba Selaginellae Moellendorfii)SourcesThe drug is the dried entire herb of Selaginella moellendorfii Hieron(family Selaginellaceae),growing in woods or along streams, and distributed in the south of Yangtze River valley and Shaanxi, Taiwan of China.The Effect of Herba Selaginellae

NameYi Shou Cao (Herba Pterocephali)The Effect of 翼首草PropertyBitter, cold, slightly toxic.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, dispel wind and eliminate dampness, alleviate pain.IndicationsDiarrhea, exogenous fever, dysphoria with smothery sensation, vessel impediment, urine with blood.Dosage and

NameYi Shou Cao (Herba Pterocephali)The Effect of Herba PterocephaliPropertyBitter, cold, slightly toxic.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, dispel wind and eliminate dampness, alleviate pain.IndicationsDiarrhea, exogenous fever, dysphoria with smothery sensation, vessel impediment, urine with bl

NameSan Jiao Pao (Balloon vine)The Effect of 三角泡PropertyBitter, pungent, cold.ActionsClear heat and induce diuresis, cool blood and remove toxicity.IndicationsJaundice, eczema, stranguria, snake bites, sores and boils, traumatic injury.Dosage and AdministrationsDecoct 9~15 g, or 30~60 g of the fresh