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Wind-Heat-Dispersing Herbs

Wind-Heat-Dispersing Herbs: Chinese herbs in this class — their actions in TCM, typical uses, preparation and safety cautions.

Making Elderberry Work: A Practical Preparation Guide elderberry, how to take, tea, preparation How to prepare and take Elderberry at home: forms, timing, classic pairings and what to look for when buying.
Peppermint: Preparation, Dosing and Timing in TCM peppermint oil, how to take, tea, preparation How to prepare and take Peppermint at home: forms, timing, classic pairings and what to look for when buying.
Is Peppermint Safe? What the Evidence and TCM Tradition Say peppermint oil, side effects, safety, tcm This one starts with them, because Peppermint deserves a straight answer about who should not take it.
Echinacea Safety Guide: Cautions, Contraindications and Sensible Doses echinacea, side effects, safety, tcm The question behind every search for Echinacea is usually is it safe, and the honest answer has conditions.
Making Echinacea Work: A Practical Preparation Guide echinacea, how to take, tea, preparation There is a gap between knowing that Echinacea helps and knowing what to do with the dried root that arrives in the post.
Elderberry: The TCM View, the Evidence, and Safe Home Use elderberry, tcm, traditional chinese medicine, jie gu mu Households reach for it in the cold months, formulas reach for it when they need a steady hand, and the pharmacopoeia has carried it for centuries.
Echinacea in Traditional Chinese Medicine: Uses, Preparation and Safety echinacea, tcm, traditional chinese medicine, zi zhui ju Most people meet Echinacea (Zi Zhui Ju) in the kitchen long before they meet it in a herbal prescription.
Dan Dou Chi (Semen Sojae Preparatum) Dan Dou Chi,Semen Sojae Preparatum,豆豉,Fermented Soybean,Dou Chi,香豉,Xiang Chi Disperse external pathogens. Pungent, bitter and cool; lung and stomach meridians entered. This herb has action of dispersing external pathogen and releasing
Soybean Germinated (Semen Sojae Germinatum) Semen Sojae Germinatum, 大豆黄卷, Da Dou Huang Juan Da Dou Huang Juan: promote urination and ease edema, drain dampness and clear heat.
Fu Ping: Chinese Herb Guide Common Ducksmeat Herb, 浮萍, Herba Spirodelae Fu Ping: dispel wind-heat, help a rash surface of measles, stop itching, promote urination to ease edema.
Jin Chan Hua: Chinese Herb Guide Cordyceps Cicadae, 金蝉花 Jin Chan Hua: dispel wind and heat, help a rash surface, improve eyesight and remove nebula, extinguish wind and relieve spasms.
Fermented Soybean (Semen Sojae Preparatum) Semen Sojae Preparatum, 淡豆豉, Dan Dou Chi, Dan Dou Shi Disperse external pathogens. Pungent, bitter and cool; lung and stomach meridians entered. This herb has action of dispersing external pathogen and releasing