HERBS

NamingYe Ju Hua (Flos Chrysanthemi Indici)——Ben Cao Zheng (Correction of Materia Medica)The Processing of Flos Chrysanthemi IndiciOriginThe anthodium of perennial herbaceous plant Chrysanthemum indicum L. of family Compositae.LocationEverywhere in China; mainly produced in Jiangsu, Sichuan, Anhui, G

NamingGuan zhong (Cyrtomium Rhizome)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of 贯众OriginThe rhizome with leafstalk of Dryopteris crassirhizoma Nakai of family Dryopteridaceae.LocationMainly produced in the mountain area of Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning provinces which is usuall

NamingGuan zhong (Cyrtomium Rhizome)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Cyrtomium RhizomeOriginThe rhizome with leafstalk of Dryopteris crassirhizoma Nakai of family Dryopteridaceae.LocationMainly produced in the mountain area of Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning provinces

NameLiu Yue Xue (Snow of June Herb)The Effect of 六月雪PropertyBitter, pungent, cold; liver and spleen meridians entered.ActionsExpel wind and promote diuresis, clear heat and remove toxicity.IndicationsEdema, dysentery, scrofula, leucorrhea, toothache, sore throat, swelling and pain of eyes, carbuncle

NameLiu Yue Xue (Snow of June Herb)The Effect of Herba SerissaePropertyBitter, pungent, cold; liver and spleen meridians entered.ActionsExpel wind and promote diuresis, clear heat and remove toxicity.IndicationsEdema, dysentery, scrofula, leucorrhea, toothache, sore throat, swelling and pain of eyes

NameDong Feng Cai (Rhizoma et Radix Doellingeriae)The Effect of 东风菜 PropertySweet, cold.SourcesThe drug is the aerial part or root of Doellingeria, scaber (Thunb.) Ness (family Compositae), growing in hillsides, grasslands, scrubs, and distributed in most areas of China.ActionsThe aerial part is use

NameHai Yu (Common Alocasia Rhizome)The Effect of 海芋PropertyPungent, cold, toxic; heart, liver, gallbladder and large intestine meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, resolve swelling and dissipate nodulation.IndicationsTyphoid fever of intestine, high fever; sores and boils for ex

NameHai Yu (Common Alocasia Rhizome)The Effect of Rhizoma Alocasiae MacrorrhizaePropertyPungent, cold, toxic; heart, liver, gallbladder and large intestine meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, resolve swelling and dissipate nodulation.IndicationsTyphoid fever of intestine, high f

NameMa Lin Zi (Semen Irisis)The Effect of 马蔺子PropertySweet, neutral; spleen and lung meridians entered.ActionsClear damp-heat, stop bleeding and remove toxicity.IndicationsJaundice, nose bleeding, hematemesis, sores and boils, diarrhea, leucorrhea, pharyngitis, metrorrhagia.Dosage and Administration

NameMa Lin Zi (Semen Irisis)The Effect of Semen Iridis ChinensisPropertySweet, neutral; spleen and lung meridians entered.ActionsClear damp-heat, stop bleeding and remove toxicity.IndicationsJaundice, nose bleeding, hematemesis, sores and boils, diarrhea, leucorrhea, pharyngitis, metrorrhagia.Dosage