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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.

Zhu Dan Fen: Chinese Herb Guide 猪胆粉,Biliary powder from pig,豬膽粉 Zhu Dan Fen: clear heat and moisten dryness, relieve cough and wheezing, remove toxicity.
Ku Lian Gen Pi (Chinaberry Bark and Root-bark) Chinaberry Bark and Root-bark, 苦楝皮, Ku Lian Pi, Cortex Meliae Ku Lian Pi (Cortex Meliae). The dry bark and root cortex of the tree Melia azedarach L. or M. toosendan Sieb. et. Zucc
Qing Pi: Chinese Herb Guide Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae Viride,青皮,Green Tangerine Peel Name Qing Pi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae Viride) — Ben Cao Tu Jing (Illustrated Manual of Materia Medica) Source and quality Plant The immature fruit or the pericarp of evergree.
Shan Nai: Chinese Herb Guide Galanga Resurrectionlily Rhizome, 山奈, Rhizoma Kaempferiae Shan Nai (Rhizoma Kaempferiae) Acrid, warm; stomach channel. Actions Warm the middle burner, promote digestion and alleviate pain
Biliary powder from pig Zhu Dan Fen Biliary powder from pig: clear heat and moisten dryness, relieve cough and wheezing, remove toxicity.
Shan Nai (Galanga Resurrectionlily Rhizome) Shan Nai,山奈,山柰,Galanga Resurrectionlily Rhizome Shan Nai (Galanga Resurrectionlily Rhizome): warm the middle burner, promote digestion and alleviate pain.
Lei Wan: Chinese Herb Guide Omphalia,雷丸 For enterobiasis, it is also combined with other parasites-expelling herbs and pu.
Man Shan Hong: Chinese Herb Guide Dahurian Rhododendron Leaf, 满山红, Folium Rhododendri Dahurici Man Shan Hong (Folium Rhododendri Daurici) Acrid, bitter, cold; lung and spleen channels. Actions Relieve cough and eliminate phlegm
Lai Fu: Chinese Herb Guide 莱菔 Lai Fu: promote digestion, direct qi downward, resolve phlegm, stop bleeding, relieve thrist and promote urination.
Xue Jie (Sangusis draconis) Xue Jie,Sangusis draconis,血竭,Dragon’s Blood Xue Jie (Sangusis draconis): dispel stasis and alleviate pain, stop bleeding and promote tissue regeneration.
Qing Pi (Green Tangerine Peel) Green Tangerine Peel Qing Pi (Green Tangerine Peel): move qi and soothe liver, break qi and resolve stagnation.
Ji Nei Jin: Chinese Herb Guide 鸡内金, Chicken's Gizzard-membrane, Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae Galli Ji Nei Jin: promote digestion and invigorate spleen, arrest seminal emission and relieve enuresis.