HERBS

NameQing Ma (Piemarker Herb)The Effect of Qing MaPropertyBitter, neutral; spleen and stomach meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and promote diuresis, remove toxicity and induce resuscitation.IndicationsSores and boils, dysentery, deafness, tympanitis, tinnitus, orchitis, suppurative tonsillitis.Dos

NameCao Shi Can (Chinese artichoke)The Effect of Cao Shi CanPropertySweet, bland, cool; liver and spleen meridians entered.ActionsDispel wind and eliminate dampness, clear heat and remove toxicity.IndicationsRheumatic arthritis, asthma, cough, jaundice due to damp-heat, stranguria, snake bites, morb

NameBa Jiao Lian (Sixangular Dysosma Rhizome)The Effect of Ba Jiao LianPropertyBitter, pungent, cool, toxic; liver and lung meridians entered.ActionsResolve phlegm and dissipate nodulation, expel stasis and alleviate pain, clear heat and remove toxicity.IndicationsCough, sore throat, scrofula, snake

NameLu Zhu Sun (Giantreed shoot)The Effect of Lu Zhu SunPropertyBitter, cold.ActionsClear heat and purge fire.IndicationsHematemesis caused by lung-heat, dizziness, toothache, heat stranguria, otopyorrhea, hectic fever due to yin-deficiency.Dosage and AdministrationsDecoct 15~60 g, or pounded into j

NameWan Nian Qing (Rohdea Japonica)The Effect of Wan Nian QingPropertyBitter, slightly sweet, cold, slightly toxic; lung and heart meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, strengthen the heart and promote diuresis, cool blood and stop bleeding.IndicationsSore throat, sores and boils,

NameDa Ye Jin Hua Cao (Common Wedgelet Fern Herb)The Effect of Da Ye Jin Hua CaoPropertySlightly bitter, cold; liver, lung and large intestine meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, eliminate dampness and stop bleeding.IndicationsSore throat, dysentery, sores and boils, mumps, burn

NameMao Ren Shen (Valvate Actinidia Root)The Effect of Mao Ren ShenPropertyBitter, astringent, cool; liver meridian entered.ActionsClear heat, resolve swelling and remove toxicity.IndicationsSores and boils, leucorrhea, lepriasis, summer fever, respiratory tract infection.Dosage and AdministrationsD

NameCi Bai (Taiwan juniper root or fruit)SourcesThe drug is the dried root of Juniperus formosana Hayata (family (Cupressaceae), growing on mountain slopes, under woods, distributed in the southern part of Shaanxi and Gansu.ConstituentsThe timber contains α-cedrol, β-sitosterol, crypto japonol,sugio

NameLing (Water Caltrop)The Effect of LingPropertySweet, cool; spleen and stomach meridians entered.ActionsStrengthen the spleen and tonify the stomach, relieve polydipsia, remove toxicity.IndicationsPolydipsia caused by summer-heat, drunkness, dysentery, diarrhea caused by spleen-deficiency.Dosage

NameRong Xu (Smallfruit fig aerial root)The Effect of Rong XuPropertyBitter, neutral; lung, spleen and kidney meridians entered.ActionsExpel wind, clear heat, activate blood and remove toxicity.IndicationsTraumatic injury, whooping cough, nose bleeding, rheumatic arthritis, amygdalitis, inadequate e