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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.

Cha Ye: Chinese Herb Guide Tea leaves, 茶叶 Cha Ye (Tea leaves) promotes digestion, resolves phlegm, relieves polydipsia, refreshes the mind, promotes urination and removes toxicity. Contraindicated.
Ai Di Cha: Chinese Herb Guide Japanese Ardisia Herb, 矮地茶, Herba Ardisiae Japonicae Ai Di Cha: relieve cough and dispel phlegm, clear heat and remove dampness, activate blood and resolve stasis.
Dog Cystolith: Chinese Herb Guide Gou Bao, 狗宝 Gou Bao (Dog Cystolith) Sweet, salty, neutral, slightly toxic; spleen, stomach and heart channels
Dou Kou Ke: Chinese Herb Guide 豆蔻壳 Dou Kou Ke: eliminate dampness, promote the circulation of qi, warm the spleen and stomach, arrest vomiting.
Ya Xian: Chinese Herb Guide 鸭涎 Ya Xian (Duck salia) Bland, neutral; liver and gallbladder channels
Sha Yu Pi: Chinese Herb Guide 鲨鱼皮, Shark skin Sha Yu Pi (Shark skin) Sweet, salt; stomach and lung channels. Actions Remove toxicity of fish, promote digestion, treat phthisis
Yang Jin Hua: Chinese Herb Guide Hindu Datura Flower, 洋金花, Flos Daturae Yang Jin Hua (Flos Daturae) — Bencao Gangmu The dry flower of Datura metel L. of family solanaceae
Yun Tai Zi: Chinese Herb Guide 芸苔子 Yun Tai Zi: promote the circulation of qi, relieve stagnant qi, resolve swelling and dissipate nodulation.
Yang Mei: Chinese Herb Guide 杨梅 Yang Mei: promote the secretion of saliva, relieve thrist, harmonize the stomach and prmote digestion, dispel the effects of alcohol.
Wu Jing: Chinese Herb Guide 芜菁 Wu Jing: promote digestion, direct qi downward, remove toxicity and resolve swelling.
Su Mu (Sappanwood): Chinese Herb Guide Sappanwood Su Mu (Sappanwood): activate blood and cure trauma, dispel stasis and dredge meridians.
Lv Song Qiu Mao: Chinese Herb Guide 吕宋楸毛 ,Kamalatree pericarpial glandular hairs Lv Song Qiu Mao: it is used as anthelmintics and deobstruent; for the treatment of cestodiasis, sores, traumatic injury and constipation.