HERBS

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

NameJi Xue Cao (Asiatic Pennywort Herb)The Effect of 积雪草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 boils, u

NameJi Xue Cao (Asiatic Pennywort Herb)The Effect of Asiatic Pennywort HerbPropertyBitter, 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,

NamingShe Gan (Rhizoma Belamcandae)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of 射干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 late aut

NamingShe Gan (Rhizoma Belamcandae)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Rhizoma BelamcandaeOriginThe 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 spri

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

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

NameShan Ci Gu (Indian Iphigenia Bulb)The Effect of 山慈姑PropertySweet, slightly pungent, cold, slightly toxic; liver, stomach and lung meridians entered.ActionsResolve swelling and dissipate nodulation, resolve phlegm and remove toxicity.IndicationsSores and boils, snake and insect bites, sore throat

NameRen Dong Teng (Honeysuckle Stem)The Effect of 忍冬藤PropertySweet, cold; heart and lung meridians entered.ActionsClear heat, romove toxicity and dredge meridians.IndicationsSores and boils, infectious hepatitis, febrile disease, dysentery due to heat-toxin, arthralgia and myalgia.Dosage and Adminis

NameRen Dong Teng (Honeysuckle Stem)The Effect of Caulis LoniceraePropertySweet, cold; heart and lung meridians entered.ActionsClear heat, romove toxicity and dredge meridians.IndicationsSores and boils, infectious hepatitis, febrile disease, dysentery due to heat-toxin, arthralgia and myalgia.Dosag