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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.

Mo: Chinese Herb Guide 墨 Mo (Ink Stick) Pungent, neutral; heart and liver channels. Actions Stop bleeding and resolve swelling
Armadillidium: Chinese Herb Guide Shu Fu Chong, 鼠妇虫 Shu Fu Chong (pillbug) Sour, cool; liver channel. Actions Break blood, stimulate the menstrual flow and promote diuresis
Ji Cai Hua: Chinese Herb Guide 荠菜花 Ji Cai Hua (Capsella Bursapastoris Medic) Sweet, bland, cool; liver, spleen and bladder channels
Shan Cha Hua: Chinese Herb Guide 山茶花 Shan Cha Hua: cool blood to stop bleeding, dissipate blood stasis and resolve swelling.
Da Ji (Japanese Thistle Herb or Root) Japanese Thistle Herb or Root, 大蓟, Herba Seu Radix Cirsii Japonici Da Ji: cool blood to stop bleeding, eliminate blood stasis, relieve toxicity, cure abscess.
Can Dou Hua: Chinese Herb Guide Broad Bean Flower, 蚕豆花 Can Dou Hua (Broad Bean Flower) Sweet, slightly pungent, neutral; liver and spleen channels. Actions Cool blood to stop bleeding
Dan Ye Xue Pen Cao: Chinese Herb Guide 单叶血盆草,Unileaf sage herb,Herba Salviae Simplicifoliae Dan Ye Xue Pen Cao: the whole herb is used to stop bleeding and eliminate damp-heat; for the treatment of cough, vomiting blood, metrorrhagia, dysentery with bloody stool, traumatic bleeding.
Qi Cao: Chinese Herb Guide 蛴螬 Qi Cao (White Grub) Salty, slightly warm, slightly toxic; liver channel
Dan Ye Xue Pen Cao (Unileaf Sage) Unileaf Sage Dan Ye Xue Pen Cao (unileaf sage): slightly bitter and cool; used to stop bleeding and clear damp-heat.
Di Yu: Chinese Herb Guide Garden Burnet Root Di Yu (Radix Sanguisorbae), recorded in the Shennong Bencao Jing: Bitter, sour and astringent; enters the liver and large intestine channels. Cools the blood
Di Yu (Garden Burnet Root) Garden Burnet Root Cool blood to stop bleeding, relieve toxicity and heal wound. Bitter, sour, astringent; liver and large intestine meridians entered.
Saxifrage (Herba Saxifragae) Herba Saxifragae, 虎耳草, Hu Er Cao Hu Er Cao (Saxifrage) Bitter, pungent, cold, slightly toxic; lung, spleen and large intestine channels