HERBS

NamingJie Geng (Radix Platycodi)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Jie Geng OriginThe dry root of perennial herbaceous plant Platycodon grandiflorum (Jacq.) A. DC. of family Campanulaceae.LocationMost areas in China.HarvestCollected in spring and autumn.The actual smell a

NamingJie Geng (Radix Platycodi)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of 桔梗OriginThe dry root of perennial herbaceous plant Platycodon grandiflorum (Jacq.) A. DC. of family Campanulaceae.LocationMost areas in China.HarvestCollected in spring and autumn.The actual smell and tast

NamingJie Geng (Radix Platycodi)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Radix PlatycodiOriginThe dry root of perennial herbaceous plant Platycodon grandiflorum (Jacq.) A. DC. of family Campanulaceae.LocationMost areas in China.HarvestCollected in spring and autumn.The actual s

NamingQian Hu (Radix Peucedani)——Ming Yi Bie Lu (Miscellaneous Records of Famous physicians)The Processing of Qian HuOriginThe dry root of perennial herbaceous plant Peucedanum praeruptorum Dunn. of family Umbelliferae.LocationZhejiang, Henan and Hunan provinces in China.HarvestCollected in autumn a

NamingQian Hu (Radix Peucedani)——Ming Yi Bie Lu (Miscellaneous Records of Famous physicians)The Processing of 前胡OriginThe dry root of perennial herbaceous plant Peucedanum praeruptorum Dunn. of family Umbelliferae.LocationZhejiang, Henan and Hunan provinces in China.HarvestCollected in autumn and wi

NamingQian Hu (Radix Peucedani)——Ming Yi Bie Lu (Miscellaneous Records of Famous physicians)The Processing of Radix PeucedaniOriginThe dry root of perennial herbaceous plant Peucedanum praeruptorum Dunn. of family Umbelliferae.LocationZhejiang, Henan and Hunan provinces in China.HarvestCollected in

NamingGe Qiao (Concha Meretricis seu Cyclinae)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Hai Ge KeOriginThe shell of animal Meretrix meretrix Linnaeus or Cyclina sinensis Gmelin of family Veneridae.LocationLittoral areas in China.HarvestCollected in summer and autumn.The actual s

NamingGe Qiao (Concha Meretricis seu Cyclinae)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of 海蛤壳OriginThe shell of animal Meretrix meretrix Linnaeus or Cyclina sinensis Gmelin of family Veneridae.LocationLittoral areas in China.HarvestCollected in summer and autumn.The actual smell a

NamingGe Qiao (Concha Meretricis seu Cyclinae)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Clam ShellOriginThe shell of animal Meretrix meretrix Linnaeus or Cyclina sinensis Gmelin of family Veneridae.LocationLittoral areas in China.HarvestCollected in summer and autumn.The actual

NamePang Da Hai (Boat-fruited Scaphium Seed)The Effect of Pang Da HaiPropertySweet, bland, cool; lung and large intestine meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and moisten the lung, clear and relax the bowels.IndicationsSore throat, toothache, constipation due to heat accumulation, dry cough without p