HERBS

NamingBu Gu Zhi (Fructus Psoraleae)——Yao Xing Lun (Treatise on Herb Property)The Processing of Bu Gu Zhi OriginThe ripe fruit of the annual herbaceous plants Psoralea corylifolia L. of family Fulse.LocationMainly produced in Sichuan, Henan and Anhui provinces in China.HarvestCollected the ripe fruit

NamingShu Di Huang (Radix Rehmanniae Preparata)——Bai Hua She She Cao (Herba Oldenlandiae)The Processing of 熟地黄OriginThe root of the herbaceous plants Rehmannia glutinosa Libosch of family Figwort, steamed and dried in the sun.LocationHenan and Zhejiang provinces in China.HarvestPlucked in late autum

NamingBu Gu Zhi (Fructus Psoraleae)——Yao Xing Lun (Treatise on Herb Property)The Processing of 补骨脂OriginThe ripe fruit of the annual herbaceous plants Psoralea corylifolia L. of family Fulse.LocationMainly produced in Sichuan, Henan and Anhui provinces in China.HarvestCollected the ripe fruit in aut

NamingShu Di Huang (Radix Rehmanniae Preparata)——Bai Hua She She Cao (Herba Oldenlandiae)The Processing of Radix Rehmanniae PreparataOriginThe root of the herbaceous plants Rehmannia glutinosa Libosch of family Figwort, steamed and dried in the sun.LocationHenan and Zhejiang provinces in China.Harve

NamingHe Shou Wu (Radix Polygoni Multiflori)——Kai Bao Ben Cao (Materia Medica In Kai-Bao Reign)The Processing of He Shou Wu OriginThe root tuber of the perennial twining plants Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. of family Knotweed.LocationHenan, Hubei and Guangxi provinces in China.HarvestPlucked in late

NamingBu Gu Zhi (Fructus Psoraleae)——Yao Xing Lun (Treatise on Herb Property)The Processing of Fructus PsoraleaeOriginThe ripe fruit of the annual herbaceous plants Psoralea corylifolia L. of family Fulse.LocationMainly produced in Sichuan, Henan and Anhui provinces in China.HarvestCollected the rip

NamingHe Shou Wu (Radix Polygoni Multiflori)——Kai Bao Ben Cao (Materia Medica In Kai-Bao Reign)The Processing of 何首乌OriginThe root tuber of the perennial twining plants Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. of family Knotweed.LocationHenan, Hubei and Guangxi provinces in China.HarvestPlucked in late autumn.T

NamingYi Zhi (Fructus Alpiniae Oxyphyllae)——Ben Cao Shi Yi (A Supplement to the Compendium of Materia Medica)The Processing of Yi ZhiOriginThe ripe fruit of the herbaceous plant Alpinia oxyphylla Miq. of family Ginger.LocationMainly cultivated in Hainan province and also cultivated in Guangdong and

NamingYi Zhi (Fructus Alpiniae Oxyphyllae)——Ben Cao Shi Yi (A Supplement to the Compendium of Materia Medica)The Processing of 益智OriginThe ripe fruit of the herbaceous plant Alpinia oxyphylla Miq. of family Ginger.LocationMainly cultivated in Hainan province and also cultivated in Guangdong and Guan

NamingBai Shao (Radix Paeoniae Alba) ——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Bai Shao OriginThe root of the perennial herbaceous plants Paeonia lactiflora Pall. of family Buttercup.LocationZhejiang, Anhui and Sichuan provinces in China.HarvestPlucked in summer and autumn, peel