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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.

Qian Ri Hong: Chinese Herb Guide 千日红,千日紅,Flos Gomphrenae,Globeamaranth Flower Qian Ri Hong: relieve cough and asthma, clear liver and improve eyesight, remove toxicity.
Huang Shu Kui Gen (Root of Sunset Abelmoschus) Root of Sunset Abelmoschus, Sunset Abelmoschus Root Huang Shu Kui Gen (Root of Sunset Abelmoschus): promote urination, disperse stasis, resolve swelling and remove toxicity.
Mao Gen (Japanese Buttercup Herb) 毛茛,Japanese Buttercup Herb,Mao Gen Mao Gen (Japanese Buttercup Herb): alleviate pain, treat jaundice, relieve asthma, prevent malaria, remove nebula.
Fu Ling Pi: Chinese Herb Guide Poria Peel, 茯苓皮 Fu Ling Pi (Poria Peel) Sweet, bland and neutral; kidney and bladder channels. Actions Promote urination and ease edema
Han Cai: Chinese Herb Guide Indian Rorippa Herb, 蔊菜 Han Cai: dispel phlegm, relieve cough, release exterior, activate blood, remove toxicity, eliminate dampness and treat jaundice.
Long Xu Cao: Chinese Herb Guide 龙须草,Herba Junci Setchuensis,龍須草,Devil's Rush Herb Long Xu Cao: promote diuresis and treat strangury, eliminate heat and induce tranquilization.
Xiao Jie Gu Dan (Root-bark of hopleaf ampelopsis) Root-bark of hopleaf ampelopsis Xiao Jie Gu Dan (Root-bark of hopleaf ampelopsis): root bark is used to activate blood flow and remove blood stasis, and as antiphlogistic, antitoxin.
Qian Ri Hong (Globeamaranth Flower) Globeamaranth Flower, 千日红 Qian Ri Hong (Globeamaranth Flower): relieve cough and asthma, clear liver and improve eyesight, remove toxicity.
Oleander (Folium seu Cortex Nerii) Folium seu Cortex Nerii, 白色夹竹桃, 红色夹竹桃, Jia Zhu Tao Jia Zhu Tao: strengthen the heart, promote urination, eliminate phlegm, relieve asthma, dissipate stasis and alleviate pain.
Long Xu Cao (Devil's Rush Herb) Devil's Rush Herb, 龙须草 Long Xu Cao (Devil's Rush Herb): promote diuresis and treat strangury, eliminate heat and induce tranquilization.
Hu Lu Cha: Chinese Herb Guide Triquetrous Tadehagi Herb, 葫芦茶, Herba Tadehagi Triquetri Hu Lu Cha: clear heat and remove toxicity, eliminate dampness and treat jaundice, remove food retention and kill parasites.
Chang Wa Wei: Chinese Herb Guide 长瓦韦,Pseudonude lepisorus herb,Herba Lepisori Pseudonudi Chang Wa Wei: whole herb is used as febrifuge, diuretic, antiphlogistic and antihemorrhagic, for the treatment of acute respiratory infection with cough, dysentery, strangury with turbid urine, hematuria and vomiting.