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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.

Cera Flava: Chinese Herb Guide Feng La Cera Flava: remove toxicity, promote tissue regeneration, astringe wound and alleviate pain.
Tong You: Chinese Herb Guide 桐油, Tung Oil Tong You: vomit phlegm and saliva, clear heat and remove toxicity, astringe dampness, kill parasites, moisten the skin and promote tissue regernation.
Bai Jie Zi (White Mustard Seed) White Mustard Seed Bai Jie Zi: warm lung and dispel phlegm, promote qi flow and dissipate nodulation, resolve swelling and alleviate pain.
Tu Jing Pi (Golden Larch Bark) Golden Larch Bark Tu Jing Pi (Cortex Pseudolaricis). (A Supplement to the Compendium of Materia Medica) The root bark or peri-root bark of Pseud
Tung Oil: Chinese Herb Guide 桐油,Tong You Tung Oil: vomit phlegm and saliva, clear heat and remove toxicity, astringe dampness, kill parasites, moisten the skin and promote tissue regernation.
Nao Sha: Chinese Herb Guide 硇砂, Sal Ammoniac Nao Sha (Sal Ammoniac) Salty, bitter, acrid, warm, toxic; liver, spleen and stomach channels
Black False Hellebore (Falsehellebore Root and Rhizome) 藜芦,Black False Hellebore,Falsehellebore Root and Rhizome,藜蘆,Radix et Rhizoma Veratri Name Li Lu (Black False Hellebore) Nature and action Nature Bitter, cold, toxic; lung, liver and stomach channels.
Ma Que Nao: Chinese Herb Guide 麻雀脑 Ma Que Nao: tonify the kidney, strengthen yang, moisten the skin and promote tissue regernation.
Xuan Fu Hua (Inula Flower) Inula Flower Xuan Fu Hua: direct qi downward and resolve phlegm, check adverse flow of qi and stop vomiting.
Li Lu (Black False Hellebore) Black False Hellebore, Falsehellebore Root and Rhizome Lu (Black False Hellebore): clear heat, remove toxicity, kill parasites, eliminate phlegm.
Willowleaf Swallowwort Rhizome (Glaucescent Swallowwort Rhizome) Rhizoma Cynanchi Stauntonii,Willowleaf Swallowwort Rhizome,白前,Glaucescent Swallowwort Rhizome Bai Qian: direct qi downward and eliminate phlegm, relieve cough and relieve wheezing.
Liu Huang: Chinese Herb Guide Liu Huang,硫黄,硫黃,Sulfur grundum Liu Huang: kill parasites and relieve itching and counteract toxic pathogen for external application, tonify kidney fire and strengthen yang for internal.