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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.

Pang Da Hai (boat-fruited sterculia seed) Pang Da Hai,胖大海,Semen Sterculiae Lychnophorae,boat-fruited sterculia seed Boat-fruited Scaphium Seed: clear heat and moisten the lung, clear and relax the bowels.
Huang Yao Zi: Chinese Herb Guide 黄药子,Airpotato Yam Rhizome,黃藥子,Rhizoma Dioscoreae Bulbiferae Huang Yao Zi: cool blood, remove toxicity, reduce pathogenic fire and eliminate goiter.
Huang Yao Zi (Rhizoma Dioscoreae Bulbiferae) Rhizoma Dioscoreae Bulbiferae Airpotato Yam Rhizome: cool blood, remove toxicity, reduce pathogenic fire and eliminate goiter.
Hai Fu Shi: Chinese Herb Guide 海浮石,Bryozoatum,海石,Hai Shi Hai Fu Shi: clear lung fire, resolve stubborn phlegm, soften hardness and relieve strangury.
Bryozoatum: Chinese Herb Guide Hai Fu Shi Hai Fu Shi (Bryozoatum) Salty, cold; lung and kidney channels
Wa Leng Zi: Chinese Herb Guide 瓦楞子,Ark Shell,Concha Arcae Wa Leng Zi: resolve phlegm, soften hardness, dissipate blood stasis and resolve stagnation.
Ark Shell: Chinese Herb Guide Wa Leng Zi Ark Shell: resolve phlegm, soften hardness, dissipate blood stasis and resolve stagnation.
Meng Shi: Chinese Herb Guide 礞石 Meng Shi: eliminate phlegm down and direct qi downward, pacify liver and relieve convulsions.
Hai Zao: Chinese Herb Guide Sargassum Hai Zao (Sargassum). The dry algae of plant Sargassum pallidum (Turn.) C. Ag. or S. fusiforme. (Harv.) Setch
Hai Zao (Sargassum) in TCM Hai Zao,海藻,Seaweed Sargassum: dissolve phlegm and soften hardness, promote urination and ease edema.
Bai Sha Tang: Chinese Herb Guide 白沙糖,白砂糖,White granulated sugar Bai Sha Tang: harmonize the spleen and stomach, moisten the lung, promote the secretion of body fluid.
Yang Ye: Chinese Herb Guide 羊靥 Yang Ye (Goat or sheep thyroid) Sweet, bland, warm; lung channel. Actions Resolve phlegm and relieve goiter. When it is used Provoked goiter