HERBS

NameGui Zhi (Ramulus Cinnamomi) ——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Ramulus CinnamomiOriginBurgeon of arbor plant Cinnamomum cassia Presl of family Camphor.LocationGuangxi anc Guangdong provinces of China.HarvestBurgeon cut from March to July.The real smell and tasteSpecia

NameZi Su Ye (Folium Perillae)——Ming Yi Bie Lun (Miscellaneous Records of Famous Physicians)The Processing of Folium PerillaeOriginThe foil (or the scion) of annual herbaceous plant Perilla frutescens ( L. ) Britt. of family labiatae.LocationMost pats of China.HarvestIn summer when foils are thrivin

NameXiang Ru (Herba Moslae)——Ming Yi Bie Lu (Miscellaneous Records of Famous Physicians)The Processing of Herba MoslaeOriginThe aerial parts of perennial herbaceous plant Mosla chinensis Maxim. or Mosla chinensis Maxim. cv. jiangxiangru of family labiatae.LocationMainly Produced in Yifen county of J

NameSheng Jiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens)——Ming Yi Bie Lu (Miscellaneous Records of Famous physicians)The Processing of Rhizoma Zingiberis RecensOriginThe fresh rhizome and root of perennial herbaceous plant Zingiber officinale Rosc. of family Zingiberaceae.LocationAny region in China.HarvestColle

NameBai Zhi (Radix Angelicae Dahuricae)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Radix Angelicae DahuricaeOriginThe root of perennial herbaceous plant Angelica dahurica (Fisch. ex Hoffm.) benth. et Hook. f. or Angelica dahuriea (Fisch. ex Hoffm) Benth. et Hook. f. var. formosana

NameCang Er Zi (Fructus Xanthii) ——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Fructus XanthiiOriginMature involucral fruit of annual herbaceous plant Xanthium sibiricum Patr. of family Compositae.LocationEvery place in China.HarvestCollect the mature fruit in autumn.The real smell

NameXin Yi (Flos Magnoliae)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Flos MagnoliaeOriginBud of magnoliaceae arbors including Magnolia biondii pamp, M. denudata Desr. and M. sprengeri Pamp of family Magnoliaceae.LocationHenan, Hubei and Sichuan provinces of China.HarvestCollecte

NameQiang Huo (Rhizoma seu Radix Notopterygii)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Rhizoma seu Radix NotopterygiiOriginThe dry rhizome and root of perennial herbaceous plant Notopterygium incisum Ting. ex H. T. Chang or N. forbesii Boiss. of family Umbelli ferae.LocationNot

NameDu Heng (Herba Asari Forbesii)The Effect of Herba Asari ForbesiiPropertyPungent, warm, slightly toxic; lung and kidney meridians entered.ActionsDispel wind and dissipate cold, alleviate pain, eliminate phlegm and relieve cough.IndicationsHeadache due to wind-cold, rheumatic arthritis, phlegm and

NameSheng Teng (Stem of Common Stelmatocrypton)SourcesThe drug is the dried entire plant of Stelmatocrypton khasianum (Benth.) H. Baill. (family Asclepiadaceae), growing on hilly scrubs, woods, and distributed in Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan of China.The Effect of Herba Stelmatocrypti KhasianiPropertySw