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Yin Tonics
Yin Tonics: Chinese herbs in this class — their actions in TCM, typical uses, preparation and safety cautions.
- Goji berry FAQ: The Questions People Actually Ask goji berry, faq, questions, tcm Quick answers about Goji berry: traditional uses, the evidence, home preparation, contraindications and long-term safety.
- How to Buy and Store Goji berry: A Practical Guide goji berry, buy, storage, quality, tcm How to buy and store Goji berry: quality signs, where to shop, home storage and when to discard.
- Making Goji berry Work: A Practical Preparation Guide goji berry, how to take, tea, preparation How to prepare and take Goji berry at home: forms, timing, classic pairings and what to look for when buying.
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Wu Gu Ji: Chinese Herb Guide
Black-bone Silky Fowl, 乌骨鸡
Wu Gu Ji: tonify the liver and kidney, replenish qi and blood, tonify yin, bring down a fever.
- Bie Zhi: Chinese Herb Guide 鳖脂,鳖膏,鳖油,鱉膏,鱉油,鱉脂,Soft-shelled Turtle fat,fresh-water turtle fat Name Bie Zhi (Soft-shelled Turtle fat, fresh-water turtle fat) Nature and action Nature Sweet, salt, neutral; liver and kidney channels.
- Soft-shelled Turtle fat Bie Zhi Soft-shelled Turtle fat: nourish yin and tonify blood, blacken the beard and hair.
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Bei Sha Shen: Chinese Herb Guide
Radix Glehniae,北沙参,北沙參,Coastal Glehnia Root
Bei Sha Shen (Radix Glehniae) nourishes the yin of the lung and stomach and clears heat from both. It is used for lung and stomach yin deficiency syndromes.
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Bei Sha Shen (Coastal Glehnia Root)
Coastal Glehnia Root, 北沙参, Bei Sha Can
Bei Sha Shen (Radix Glehniae) — HuiYan Ben Cao (Collection of Materia Medica) The root of the perennial Glehnia littoralis Fr. Schmidt ex Miq
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Ya Luan: Chinese Herb Guide
鸭卵
Ya Luan (Duck's egg) Sweet, cool; lung and large intestine channels. Actions Nourish yin, clear lung-heat, calm the liver, check diarrhea
- Eggs of Trionyx sinensis Bie Luan Bie Luan (Eggs of Trionyx sinensis) Salt, cold; kidney and large intestine channels. Actions Tonify yin and check diarrhea
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Yin Yu: Chinese Herb Guide
银鱼
Yin Yu (Noodlefish) Sweet, neutral; spleen and stomach channels. Actions Tonify deficiency, moisten the lung, strengthen the stomach
- Sanguis Trionycis: Chinese Herb Guide Bie Xue, 鳖血 Bie Xie (Soft-shelled turtle blood) Sweet, salt, neutral; liver channel. Actions Tonify yin, clear heat, activate blood and dredge meridians