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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.

Niu Er Yan Bai Cai: Chinese Herb Guide 牛耳岩白菜, Ivory-white Chirita, Herba Chiritae Eburnentis Niu Er Yan Bai Cai: clear lung and relieve cough, cool blood to stop bleeding, remove toxicity and eliminate abscess.
Niu Er Yan Bai Cai (Ivory-white Chirita) Niu Er Yan Bai Cai, Niu Er Duo, Chirita eburnea, ivory-white chirita Niu Er Yan Bai Cai (Chirita eburnea): slightly bitter, sweet and cool; used for yin-deficiency cough, bleeding, and external abscess.
Ma Ya Ban Zhi: Chinese Herb Guide 马牙半支,Emarginate stonecrop herb Ma Ya Ban Zhi: clear heat, remove toxicity, cool blood to stop bleeding, promote urination.
Emarginate stonecrop herb Ma Ya Ban Zhi, 马牙半支 Emarginate stonecrop herb: clear heat, remove toxicity, cool blood to stop bleeding, promote urination.
Chang Ban Ma Ling Ju Tai 长瓣马铃苣苔,Oreocharis auricula Chang Ban Ma Ling Ju Tai: whole herb is used to clear away heat and remove heat from blood, as hemostatic, for the treatment of traumatic injury, sores, abscesss, various of bleeding, etc.
Zhang Ban Ma Ling Ju Tai (长瓣马铃苣苔) 长瓣马铃苣苔, Chang Ban Ma Ling Ju Tai Chang Ban Ma Ling Ju Tai (Oreocharis auricula) Sources The drug is the dried and fresh whole herb of Oreocharis auricula (S
Xiao Ji: Chinese Herb Guide Herba Cirsii,小蓟,小薊,Herba Cephalanoploris,Common Cephalanoplos Herb Xiao Ji: cool blood to stop bleeding, eliminate blood stasis, relieve toxicity, cure abscess.
Xiao Ji (Common Cephalanoplos Herb) Common Cephalanoplos Herb Xiao Ji (Common Cephalanoplos Herb): cool blood to stop bleeding, eliminate blood stasis, relieve toxicity, cure abscess.
Da Shi Wei (Henry’s colysis herb) Henry’s colysis herb, 大石韦 Da Shi Wei (Henry’s colysis herb): cool blood to stop bleeding, promote urination and remove toxicity.
Meloes Coarctati Corpus 地胆,Di Dan Meloes Coarctati Corpus: it is used to combat poisons, eliminate blood stasis and masses; for the treatment of scrofula, nasal polyp, mass formation in the abdomen, scabies, maligant sores, psoriasis, neurodermatitis.
Water Buffalo intestine Niu Chang, 牛肠 Niu Chang (Water Buffalo intestine) Sweet, neutral; large intestine and small intestine channels. Actions Strengthen intestines
Zhi Zi Hua: Chinese Herb Guide 栀子花 Zhi Zi Hua (Fower of Cape Jasmine) Cold, bitter; lung and liver channels. Actions Clear lung-heat, relieve cough, cool blood to stop bleeding