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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.

Yi Xing Suo Cao: Chinese Herb Guide 异型莎草,Difformed galingale herb Yi Xing Suo Cao: it is used to promote the flow ofqi, activate blood circulation, relieve dysuria and promote diuresis; for the treatment of dysuria with urethral pain, traumatic injuries, vomiting blood.
Di Ku Lou: Chinese Herb Guide 地骷髅 Di Ku Lou: help digestion, promote diuresis, open the inhibited lung-energy and resolve phlegm.
Yi Xing Suo Cao (Difformed galingale herb) Difformed galingale herb, 异型莎草异型莎草: it is used to promote the flow ofqi, activate blood circulation, relieve dysuria and promote diuresis; for the treatment of dysuria with urethral.
Yi Yu: Chinese Herb Guide 衣鱼 Yi Yu: promote urination, treat strangury, expel wind and improve eyesight, remove toxicity.
Chong Sun: Chinese Herb Guide 虫笋 Chong Sun (henon bamboo dried shoot) Sweet, bland; spleen and bladder channels. Actions Promote diuresis and resolve swelling
Shui Lian Suo (Folium seu Radix Cotoneasteris Horizontalis) Folium seu Radix Cotoneasteris Horizontalis,平枝栒子,Shui Lian Suo 水莲沙: clear heat, eliminate dampness, resolve phlegm, relieve cough, stop bleeding and alleviate pain.
Jian Er Guan Zhong: Chinese Herb Guide Caryota-like holly fern rhizome, 尖耳贯众 Jian Er Guan Zhong (Caryota-like holly fern rhizome) Sources The drug is the dried rhizome of Cyrtomium macrophyllum (Makino) Tagawa (family Dryopteridaceae),
Ling Yu: Chinese Herb Guide 鲮鱼, Mud Carp Ling Yu (Mud Carp) Sweet, neutral. Actions Clear heat, promote urination, eliminate dampness
Shui Lian Suo: Chinese Herb Guide Folium seu Radix Cotoneasteris Horizontalis, 水莲沙, Shui Lian Sha Shui Lian Suo: clear heat, eliminate dampness, resolve phlegm, relieve cough, stop bleeding and alleviate pain.
Jiu Zi Lian: Chinese Herb Guide Radix seu Herba Calanthes Puberulae, 镰萼虾脊兰 Jiu Zi Lian: moisten the lung and relieve cough, activate blood and dissipate nodule, eliminate swelling and remove toxicity.
Huang Shu Kui Zi: Chinese Herb Guide Sunset Abelmoschus Seed, 黄蜀葵子 Huang Shu Kui Zi (Sunset Abelmoschus Seed) Sweet, cold; spleen channel. Actions Promote diuresis, resolve swelling and promote lactation
Tu Ding Gui: Chinese Herb Guide 土丁桂, Common evolvulus herb, Herba Evolvuli Alsinoidi Tu Ding Gui: whole herb is used as antiasthma, antipyretic, diuretic, antioncotic and analgesic, for the treatment of jaundice, dysentery, strangury with.