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HERBS

Chinese herbal medicine reference: what each herb is used for in TCM, how it is prepared and dosed, and its safety cautions and contraindications.

Hedgehog Skin: Chinese Herb Guide Ci Wei Pi Hedgehog Skin: direct qi downward to alleviate pain, cool blood and stop bleeding.
Fossilia Spiriferis (Spirifer’s fossil shell) Spirifer’s fossil shell, 石燕, Shi Yan, 食盐 Shi Yan (Spirifer’s fossil shell) Salty, cool; kidney and bladder channels. Actions Clear damp-heat, promote diuresis and remove nebula
Chun Gen Pi (Tree-of-heaven Ailanthus Bark) Tree-of-heaven Ailanthus Bark, 椿皮, Chun Pi, Cortex Ailanthi, Tree Of Heaven Ailanthus Bark Chun Pi: eliminate heat and dampness, astringe bowel, stop bleeding and kill parasites.
Salt: Chinese Herb Guide 食盐,盐,咸鹾,Yan,食鹽,鹽,鹹鹺 Shi Yan (Salt) is cold and enters the stomach, kidney, small intestine and large intestine meridians. It clears fire, induces vomiting, cools the blood and.
Chun Gen Pi (Cortex Ailanthi) Chun Gen Pi,椿根皮,椿皮,Chun Pi,Cortex Ailanthi Tree-of-heaven Ailanthus Bark: eliminate heat and dampness, astringe bowel, stop bleeding and kill parasites.
E Xue (鹅血): Chinese Herb Guide 鹅血 E Xie (Goose Blood) Salt, neutral; heart, liver and stomach channels. Actions Remove toxicity, eliminate hardness
Ji Guan Hua: Chinese Herb Guide Cockscomb Flower, 鸡冠花, Flos Celosiae Cristatae Ji Guan Hua (Cockscomb Flower) Sweet, cool; liver and kidney channels. Actions Cool blood and stop bleeding
Gua Di: Chinese Herb Guide 瓜蒂, Muskmelon Pedicel Gua Di (Muskmelon Pedicel). The dried pedicel of the annual herbaceous trailing plant Cucumis melo L
Gua Di (Muskmelon Pedicel) Gua Di ,瓜蒂,Muskmelon Base,Tian Gua Di,甜瓜蒂,Pedicellus Melo Gua Di, the dried pedicel of the muskmelon, is used in TCM for vomiting and other stomach disorders.
Dan Fan: Chinese Herb Guide Chalcanthitum,Chalcanthite,胆矾,膽礬 Dan Fan: induce vomiting, remove toxicity and dry dampness, corrode to eliminate putridity.
Chalcanthite: Chinese Herb Guide Dan Fan Induce vomiting, remove toxicity and dry dampness, corrode to eliminate putridity. Bitter, astringent, cold; toxic; liver, stomach, spleen, and gallbaldder me
Zhu Gu: Chinese Herb Guide s bone, 猪骨 Zhu Gu (Pig's bone) Astringent, neutral; kidney and large intestine channels