Heat-Clearing and Blood-cooling Herbs

NameOu (Lotus root)The Effect of Lotus rootPropertySweet, cold; heart, spleen and stomach meridians entered.ActionsThe raw: Clearing heat and cooling blood, dissipating blood stasis.The boiled: Strengthening the spleen, stimulating the appetite, tonifying blood and promoting tissue regernation.Dosag

NamingChi Shao (Radix Paeoniae Rubra)——Kai Bao Ben Cao (Materia Medica In Kai-Bao Reign)The Processing of Chi ShaoOriginThe root of Paeonia lactiflora Pall, or P. veitchii Lynch of family Ranunculaceae.LocationInner Mongolia, Hebei provinces and northeast of China. Chuan Chi Shao is mainly produced

NamingChi Shao (Radix Paeoniae Rubra)——Kai Bao Ben Cao (Materia Medica In Kai-Bao Reign)The Processing of 赤芍OriginThe root of Paeonia lactiflora Pall, or P. veitchii Lynch of family Ranunculaceae.LocationInner Mongolia, Hebei provinces and northeast of China. Chuan Chi Shao is mainly produced in Sic

NamingChi Shao (Radix Paeoniae Rubra)——Kai Bao Ben Cao (Materia Medica In Kai-Bao Reign)The Processing of Radix Paeoniae RubraOriginThe root of Paeonia lactiflora Pall, or P. veitchii Lynch of family Ranunculaceae.LocationInner Mongolia, Hebei provinces and northeast of China. Chuan Chi Shao is main

NamingShui Niu Jiao (Cornu Bubali)——Ming Yi Bie Lu (Miscellaneous Records of Famous physicians)The Processing of Shui Niu JiaoOriginThe horn of Bubalus bubalis Linnaeus. of family Ox.LocationMost places of China.The actual smell and tasteLight fishy smell, slightly salty taste.Best qualityLarge, fro

NamingShui Niu Jiao (Cornu Bubali)——Ming Yi Bie Lu (Miscellaneous Records of Famous physicians)The Processing of 水牛角OriginThe horn of Bubalus bubalis Linnaeus. of family Ox.LocationMost places of China.The actual smell and tasteLight fishy smell, slightly salty taste.Best qualityLarge, from the heal

NamingShui Niu Jiao (Cornu Bubali)——Ming Yi Bie Lu (Miscellaneous Records of Famous physicians)The Processing of Cornu BubaliOriginThe horn of Bubalus bubalis Linnaeus. of family Ox.LocationMost places of China.The actual smell and tasteLight fishy smell, slightly salty taste.Best qualityLarge, from

NamingZi Cao (Radix Lithospermi)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Zi Cao OriginThe root of Arnebia euchroma (Royle) Johnst., Lithospermum erythrorhizon Sieb. et Zucc or A. guttata Bunge of family Lithospermi.LocationXinjiang Zi Cao which is known as Ruan Zi Cao is mainly

NamingZi Cao (Radix Lithospermi)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of 紫草OriginThe root of Arnebia euchroma (Royle) Johnst., Lithospermum erythrorhizon Sieb. et Zucc or A. guttata Bunge of family Lithospermi.LocationXinjiang Zi Cao which is known as Ruan Zi Cao is mainly prod

NamingZi Cao (Radix Lithospermi)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Radix LithospermiOriginThe root of Arnebia euchroma (Royle) Johnst., Lithospermum erythrorhizon Sieb. et Zucc or A. guttata Bunge of family Lithospermi.LocationXinjiang Zi Cao which is known as Ruan Zi Cao