HERBS

NameLa Mei Hua (Japan Allspice Flower)The Effect of 蜡梅花PropertySweet, slightly bitter; lung and stomach meridians entered.ActionsRelieve summer-heat, promote the secretion of saliva or body fluid, relieve cough.IndicationsWhooping cough, choking sensation in chest, polydypsia due to heat disease, co

NameLa Mei Hua (Japan Allspice Flower)The Effect of Flos Chimonanthi PraecocisPropertySweet, slightly bitter; lung and stomach meridians entered.ActionsRelieve summer-heat, promote the secretion of saliva or body fluid, relieve cough.IndicationsWhooping cough, choking sensation in chest, polydypsia

NameKu Zhu Ye (Pleioblastus amarus leaves)The Effect of 苦竹叶PropertyBitter, cold.ActionsClear heat, improve eyesight, remove toxicity, kill parasites.IndicationsScalds and burns, eyes pain, diabetes, aphtha, aphonia, dysphoria.Dosage and AdministrationsDecoct 6~12 g. Proper dosage is for external app

NameKu Zhu Ye (Pleioblastus amarus leaves)The Effect of Folium PleioblastiPropertyBitter, cold.ActionsClear heat, improve eyesight, remove toxicity, kill parasites.IndicationsScalds and burns, eyes pain, diabetes, aphtha, aphonia, dysphoria.Dosage and AdministrationsDecoct 6~12 g. Proper dosage is f

NameFu Rong Ye (Cottonrose Hibiscus Leaf)The Effect of 芙蓉叶 PropertySlightly pungent, cool; lung and liver meridians entered.ActionsClear lung heat and cool blood, dissipate heat and remove toxicity, resolve swelling and expel pus.IndicationsCough due to lung heat, acute appendicitis, scrofula for or

NameFu Rong Ye (Cottonrose Hibiscus Leaf)The Effect of Folium Hibisci MutabilisPropertySlightly pungent, cool; lung and liver meridians entered.ActionsClear lung heat and cool blood, dissipate heat and remove toxicity, resolve swelling and expel pus.IndicationsCough due to lung heat, acute appendici

NameSan Ya Ku Ye (Thin evodia leaf)The Effect of 三丫苦叶PropertyBitter, cold.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, dispel wind and eliminate dampness.IndicationsSore throat, eczema, sores and boils, malaria, dermatitis, icteric hepatitis, rheumatic arthritis.Dosage and AdministrationsDecoct 18~30 g. P

NameHei Mian Ye (Fruticose Breyniae Leaf and Twig)The Effect of 黑面叶PropertySlightly bitter, cold, slightly toxic; liver and large intestine meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and dampness, activate blood and remove toxicity.IndicationsRheumatic arthritis, dermatitis, pruritus vulvae, dermatitis rhu

NameHei Mian Ye (Fruticose Breyniae Leaf and Twig)The Effect of Folium et Cacumen Breyniae FruticosaePropertySlightly bitter, cold, slightly toxic; liver and large intestine meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and dampness, activate blood and remove toxicity.IndicationsRheumatic arthritis, dermatiti

NameLang Ba Cao (Bur Beggarticks Herb)The Effect of 狼把草 PropertyBitter, sweet, neutral.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, nourish yin and arrest sweating.IndicationsCold, hepatitis, tonsillitis,enteritis, pharyngitis, dysentery, urinary infection, night sweat, phthisis, amenorrhea for oral use;