HERBS

NamingChuan Xiong (Rhizoma Chuanxiong)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Chuan XiongOriginThe dry rhizome of perennial herbaceous plant Ligusticum chuanxiong Hort. of family Umbelliferae.LocationSichuan province in China.HarvestCollected in summer when the nodal points on

NamingChuan Xiong (Rhizoma Chuanxiong)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of 川芎OriginThe dry rhizome of perennial herbaceous plant Ligusticum chuanxiong Hort. of family Umbelliferae.LocationSichuan province in China.HarvestCollected in summer when the nodal points on the stem

NamingChuan Xiong (Rhizoma Chuanxiong)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Rhizoma ChuanxiongOriginThe dry rhizome of perennial herbaceous plant Ligusticum chuanxiong Hort. of family Umbelliferae.LocationSichuan province in China.HarvestCollected in summer when the nodal po

NameJiu Long Teng (Bauhinia championii)The Effect of Jiu Long TengPropertyPungent, bitter, neutral, liver and kidney meridians entered.ActionsDispel wind, eliminate dampness, promote the flow of qi and activate blood.IndicationsInfantile malnutrition, stomachache, traumatic injury, rheumatic arthrit

NameJiu Long Teng (Bauhinia championii)The Effect of 九龙藤PropertyPungent, bitter, neutral, liver and kidney meridians entered.ActionsDispel wind, eliminate dampness, promote the flow of qi and activate blood.IndicationsInfantile malnutrition, stomachache, traumatic injury, rheumatic arthritis, dysent

NameJin Ye Zi (Folium Craibiodendri Yunnanensis)SourcesThe drug is the leaf of Craibiodendron yunnanense W. W. Sin. (family Ericaceae), growing in shrubs or woods, on hill slopes, distributed in Guangxi, Yunnan of China.The Effect of Jin Ye ZiActionsIt is used to remove blood stasis, relieve pain, s

NameJin Ye Zi (Folium Craibiodendri Yunnanensis)SourcesThe drug is the leaf of Craibiodendron yunnanense W. W. Sin. (family Ericaceae), growing in shrubs or woods, on hill slopes, distributed in Guangxi, Yunnan of China.The Effect of 金叶子ActionsIt is used to remove blood stasis, relieve pain, stop bl

NameJin Ye Zi (Folium Craibiodendri Yunnanensis)SourcesThe drug is the leaf of Craibiodendron yunnanense W. W. Sin. (family Ericaceae), growing in shrubs or woods, on hill slopes, distributed in Guangxi, Yunnan of China.The Effect of Folium Craibiodendri YunnanensisActionsIt is used to remove blood

NamingShui Zhi (Hirudo)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of HirudoOriginThe dry body of Whitemania Pigra Whitman or Hirudo nipponica Whitman and W. acranulata Whitman of family Hirudinidae.LocationEverywhere in China.HarvestCollected in summer and autumn.The actual smell an

NameJin Ci Gu (Typhonium roxburgii)SourcesThe drug is the tuber of Typhonium roxburgii Schott(family Araceae), growing in Tengchong in the west part of Yunnan, cultivated in plant garden of Kunming.The Effect of Jin Ci GuActionsIt is used to counteract toxicity and relieve swelling, and as an anesth