Wind-Cold-Dispersing Herbs

NameCong Ye (Fistular Onion Leaf)The Effect of Fistular Onion LeafPropertyWarm, pungent.ActionsExpel wind and induce sweating, remove toxicity and resolve swelling.IndicationsCommon cold due to wind-cold, edema of face, sores and boils, traumatic injury, apoplexy, headache with nasal obstruction.Dos

NameE Bu Shi Cao (Small Centipeda Herb)The Effect of Small Centipeda HerbPropertyPungent, warm; liver and lung meridians entered.ActionsDispel wind and dissipate cold, remove nebula.IndicationsCold, nebula, cold asthma, pharyngitis, amebic dysentery, malaria, pertussis，nasal polyp, boils, traumatic

NameFang Feng (Radix Saposhnikoviae)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Radix SaposhnikoviaeOriginThe root of perennial herbaceous plant Saposhnikovia divaricata (Turcz.) Schischk. of family Umbelliferae.LocationMainly in the northeast of China and the east of Inner Mongol

NameJing Jie (Herba Schizonepetae)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Herba SchizonepetaeOriginAerial parts of annual herbacecus plant Schizonepeta tenuifolia Briq. of family labiatae.LocationMainly cultivated in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Henan provinces of China.HarvestBlosso

NameYuan Sui Zi (Coriander Fruit)The Effect of Fructus CoriandriPropertyPungent, neutral; lung and stomach meridians entered.ActionsPromote the eruption of poxes, stimulate the appetite.IndicationsToothache, poor appetite, stuffy nose due to cold, incomplete eruption of poxes.Dosage and Administrati

NameMa Huang (Herba Ephedrae)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Herba EphedraeOriginGrass stem of Ephedraceae including Ephedra sinica Stapf. , E. equisetina Bge., E. intermedia Schrenket CA. Mey.LocationHebei, Shanxi and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China.HarvestB

NameGui Zhi (Ramulus Cinnamomi) ——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Ramulus CinnamomiOriginBurgeon of arbor plant Cinnamomum cassia Presl of family Camphor.LocationGuangxi anc Guangdong provinces of China.HarvestBurgeon cut from March to July.The real smell and tasteSpecia

NameQiang Huo (Rhizoma seu Radix Notopterygii)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Rhizoma seu Radix NotopterygiiOriginThe dry rhizome and root of perennial herbaceous plant Notopterygium incisum Ting. ex H. T. Chang or N. forbesii Boiss. of family Umbelli ferae.LocationNot

NameDu Heng (Herba Asari Forbesii)The Effect of Herba Asari ForbesiiPropertyPungent, warm, slightly toxic; lung and kidney meridians entered.ActionsDispel wind and dissipate cold, alleviate pain, eliminate phlegm and relieve cough.IndicationsHeadache due to wind-cold, rheumatic arthritis, phlegm and

NameSheng Teng (Stem of Common Stelmatocrypton)SourcesThe drug is the dried entire plant of Stelmatocrypton khasianum (Benth.) H. Baill. (family Asclepiadaceae), growing on hilly scrubs, woods, and distributed in Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan of China.The Effect of Herba Stelmatocrypti KhasianiPropertySw