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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.

Duck head: Chinese Herb Guide Ya Tou, 鸭头 Ya Tou (Duck head) Sweet, bland, cool; kidney and bladder channels. Actions Promote urination and resolve swelling
Xian Ke: Chinese Herb Guide 蚬壳,Corbicula Shell,蜆殼 Xian Ke: resolve phlegm, relieve cough, eliminate dampness and harmonize the stomach.
Diao Gan Chai: Chinese Herb Guide Chinese neillia root, 钓杆柴 Diao Gan Chai: it is used to promote diuresis and dispel dampness, to clear away heat and stop bleeding; for the treatment of edema, hemoptysis.
Niu Chao Teng: Chinese Herb Guide Flexuose climbing fern herb, 曲轴海金沙, Herba Lygodii Flexuosi Niu Chao Teng: whole herb is used to relax muscles and tendons, promote blood circulation, clear heat and eliminate dampness, stop bleeding.
Niu Chao Teng (Flexuose climbing fern herb) 牛抄藤 ,曲轴海金沙,Niu Chao Teng,Flexuose climbing fern herb Niu Chao Teng (Flexuose climbing fern herb): whole herb is used to relax muscles and tendons, promote blood circulation, clear heat and eliminate dampness, stop bleeding.
Zhu Yang Yang: Chinese Herb Guide Tender Catchweed Bedstraw Herb, 猪殃殃 Zhu Yang Yang: clear heat and remove toxicity, promote diuresis and resolve swelling, stop bleeding.
Corbicula Shell: Chinese Herb Guide Xian Ke, 蚬壳 Corbicula Shell: resolve phlegm, relieve cough, eliminate dampness and harmonize the stomach.
Xing Xiu Cai: Chinese Herb Guide Xing Su Cai, 星宿菜 Xing Xiu Cai: activate blood, disperse stasis, promote urination and eliminate dampness.
Xing Su Cai (星宿菜): Chinese Herb Guide Fortune Loosestrife Herb,Xing Xiu Cai,Herba Lysimachiae Fortunei Name Xing Xiu Cai (Fortune Loosestrife Herb) Nature and action Nature Bitter, astringent, neutral.
Ni Qiu Hua Ye: Chinese Herb Guide 泥鳅滑液 Ni Qiu Hua Ye: promote urination, treat strangury, remove toxicity and resolve swelling.
Da Bai Yao: Chinese Herb Guide 大白药, Griffith condorvine herb, Herba Marsdeniae Griffithii Da Bai Yao: acitivate blood, dredge meridians, set a fracture, stop bleeding, remove toxicity and resolve swelling.
Han Zhong Fang Ji: Chinese Herb Guide 汉中防己 ,Radix aristolochiae heterophyllae,Yellowmouth Dutchmanspipe Root,异叶马兜铃 Han Zhong Fang Ji: it is used to promote urination, subdue swelling and relieve rheumatic condition, reduce blood pressure; for the treatment of edema, dribbling and painful micturition, tinea pedis,rheumatic painful.