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Qi Tonics

Qi Tonics: Chinese herbs in this class — their actions in TCM, typical uses, preparation and safety cautions.

Zhu Sun: Chinese Herb Guide 竹荪, Bamboo fungus Zhu Sun: tonify qi, nourish yin, moisten the lung to relieve cough, clear heat and eliminate dampness.
Bamboo fungus: Chinese Herb Guide 竹荪,Zhu Sun,竹蓀 Bamboo fungus: tonify qi, nourish yin, moisten the lung to relieve cough, clear heat and eliminate dampness.
Yu Tou (Fruit of Dasheen) Fruit of Dasheen, 芋头 Yu Tou: strengthen the spleen and tonify deficiency, dissipate nodule and remove toxicity.
Qing Yu: Chinese Herb Guide 青鱼 Qing Yu: tonify qi, harmonize the spleen and stomach, eliminate dampness and treat arthritis.
Huang Ya Bai Cai: Chinese Herb Guide Peking cabbage leaf, 黄芽菜 Huang Ya Bai Cai (Peking cabbage leaf) Sweet, neutral; bladder and stomach channels. Actions Tonify the stomach and promote urination
Ma Rou: Chinese Herb Guide 马肉 Ma Rou (Horsemeat) Sweet, sour, cold; liver and spleen channels. Actions Eliminate heat, strengthen tendons and bones
Snail Shell: Chinese Herb Guide Wo Niu Ke, 蜗牛壳 Wo Niu Ke (Snail Shell) Actions Tonify qi. When it is used Rectocele, malnutrition. Dose Made into powder for oral taking
Xun Yu: Chinese Herb Guide 鲟鱼,Chinese sturgeon,Chinese paddlefish,鱘魚 Name Xun Yu (Chinese sturgeon, Chinese paddlefish) Nature and action Nature Sweet, neutral; lung and liver channels.
Chinese sturgeon: Chinese Herb Guide Xun Yu, 鲟鱼 Chinese sturgeon: replenish qi, tonify deficiency, activate blood and treat strangury.
Zhu Gan: Chinese Herb Guide 猪肝 Zhu Gan: tonify the liver, improve eyesight, tonify qi and strengthen the spleen.
Jiu Niang: Chinese Herb Guide 酒酿 Jiu Niang (Fermented glutinous rice) Sweet, acrid, warm; lung, spleen and stomach channels
Gan Lan (Stem and leaf of Cabbage) Stem and leaf of Cabbage, 甘蓝 Gan Lan: clear heat, eliminate dampness, dissipate nodule and alleviate pain, replenish the kidney and tonify deficiency.