HERBS

NameXi Xin (Herba Asari)The Effect of Herba AsariPropertyPungent, warm, slightly toxic; lung, kidney and heart meridians entered.ActionsRelieve exterior and dispel cold, dispel wind to alleviate pain, free nasal orifice and warm orifice and warm lung and relieve cough.IndicationsFor exterior syndrom

NameGao Ben (Radices Ligustici Sinensis)The Effect of Radices Ligustici SinensisPropertyPungent, warm; lung meridian entered.ActionsDispel wind-cold, relieve damp and alleviate pain.IndicationsFor exterior syndrome due to wind-cold, headache due to wind-cold, and arthralgia due to wind-cold-damp.Dos

NameCong Xu (Fibrous Root of Fistular Onion)The Effect of Fibrous Root of Fistular OnionPropertyPungent, neutral; lung meridians entered.ActionsDispel wind-cold, remove toxicity, disperse stasis.IndicationsChiblain, haemorrhoids, headache caused by wind-cold, sore throat.Dosage and AdministrationsDe

NameCong Bai (Fistular Onion Stalk)The Effect of Fistular Onion StalkPropertyPungent, warm; lung and stomach meridians entered.ActionsDispel wind-cold, and invigorate yang.IndicationsFor common cold due to wind-cold, exuberant yin with repelled yang, abdominal pain due to cold accumulation, and diff

NameCong Ye (Fistular Onion Leaf)The Effect of Fistular Onion LeafPropertyWarm, pungent.ActionsExpel wind and induce sweating, remove toxicity and resolve swelling.IndicationsCommon cold due to wind-cold, edema of face, sores and boils, traumatic injury, apoplexy, headache with nasal obstruction.Dos

NameE Bu Shi Cao (Small Centipeda Herb)The Effect of Small Centipeda HerbPropertyPungent, warm; liver and lung meridians entered.ActionsDispel wind and dissipate cold, remove nebula.IndicationsCold, nebula, cold asthma, pharyngitis, amebic dysentery, malaria, pertussis，nasal polyp, boils, traumatic

NameFang Feng (Radix Saposhnikoviae)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Radix SaposhnikoviaeOriginThe root of perennial herbaceous plant Saposhnikovia divaricata (Turcz.) Schischk. of family Umbelliferae.LocationMainly in the northeast of China and the east of Inner Mongol

NameJing Jie (Herba Schizonepetae)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Herba SchizonepetaeOriginAerial parts of annual herbacecus plant Schizonepeta tenuifolia Briq. of family labiatae.LocationMainly cultivated in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Henan provinces of China.HarvestBlosso

NameYuan Sui Zi (Coriander Fruit)The Effect of Fructus CoriandriPropertyPungent, neutral; lung and stomach meridians entered.ActionsPromote the eruption of poxes, stimulate the appetite.IndicationsToothache, poor appetite, stuffy nose due to cold, incomplete eruption of poxes.Dosage and Administrati

NameMa Huang (Herba Ephedrae)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Herba EphedraeOriginGrass stem of Ephedraceae including Ephedra sinica Stapf. , E. equisetina Bge., E. intermedia Schrenket CA. Mey.LocationHebei, Shanxi and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China.HarvestB