Wind-Heat-Dispersing Herbs

NameChan Tui (Periostracum Cicadae) ——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of 蝉蜕OriginShell of insect Cryptotympana pustulata Fabricius during eclosion of family Cicadidae.LocationMost regions in China.HarvestCollected in summer and autumn.The real smell and tasteLess smell, bla

NameSang Ye (Folium Mori) ——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Sang Ye OriginLeaf of arbor plant Morus alba L. of family Moraceae.LocationSilkworm breeding regions in south of China.HarvestCollected after early frost.The real smell and tasteLess smell and bland taste, sligh

NameSang Ye (Folium Mori) ——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of 桑叶OriginLeaf of arbor plant Morus alba L. of family Moraceae.LocationSilkworm breeding regions in south of China.HarvestCollected after early frost.The real smell and tasteLess smell and bland taste, slightly bi

NamingGe Gen (Radix Puerariae) ——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Ge GenOriginThe root of the perennial Liane Pueraria Lobata (wild.) Ohwi. or Pueraria thomsonii Benth. which belongs to the family of leguminosae.LocationPueraria lobata (wild.) Ohwi. is mainly produced in

NamingGe Gen (Radix Puerariae) ——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of 葛根OriginThe root of the perennial Liane Pueraria Lobata (wild.) Ohwi. or Pueraria thomsonii Benth. which belongs to the family of leguminosae.LocationPueraria lobata (wild.) Ohwi. is mainly produced in Huna

NameJiu Ping Hua (Pinkflush rhododendron root)The Effect of 酒瓶花PropertyAstringent, cool; heart and bladder meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and induce diuresis.IndicationsCold, nephritis, infantile convulsions.Dosage and AdministrationsDecoct 15~30 g.

NameQing Yu Dan Cao (Japanese tripterospermum herb)The Effect of 青鱼胆草PropertyPungent, bitter, cool; lung, liver and spleen meridians entered.ActionsDispel wind, clear heat, strengthen the spleen, eliminate dampness and kill parasites.IndicationsJaundice, rheumatic arthritis, cough caused by wind-hea

NameShi Fang Feng (Terebinthaceous hogfennel root)SourcesThe drug is the dried root of Peucedanum terebinthaceum (Fisch.)Fisch. et Turcz.( family Umbelliferae), growing in grasslands, woods or on the edges of forest and distributed in Northeast China, Northern China, Eastern China and Shaanxi, Gansu

NameDong Nan Chang Shuo ju Tai (Herba Didymocarpi Hancei)SourcesThe drug is the dried entire herb of Didymocarpus hancei Hemsl. (family Gesneriaceae), growing in forests or on hilly rocks, and distributed in Jiangxi, Fujian, the west part of Hunan and Guangdong of China.The Effect of Dong Nan Chang

NameCheng Liu (Chinese Tamarisk Twing)The Effect of Cheng LiuPropertySweet, pungent, neutral; lung, stomach and heart meridians entered.ActionsDispel wind, induce diaphoresis, promote eruption of measles, romove toxicity.IndicationsAnemopyretic cold, the beginning of the Measles, incomplete eruption