HERBS

NameGuan Ye Lian Qiao (Common St.Johnwort herb with root)The Effect of 贯叶连翘PropertyBitter, astringent, neutral; liver meridian entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, astringe to stop bleeding, promote diuresis.IndicationsSores and boils, rheumatic arthritis, hematemesis, colitis with blood,

NamingShui Zhi (Hirudo)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of 水蛭OriginThe 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 and ta

NameBai Cao Shuang (Fuligo Plantae)The Effect of 百草霜PropertyPungent, warm; liver, lung and stomach meridians entered.ActionsStop bleeding, remove food retention.IndicationsAphtha, tongue boil, sore throat, leucorrhea, indigestion, metrorrhagia,nose bleeding, hematochezia, diarrhea, hematemesis.Dosag

NameBai Cao Shuang (Fuligo Plantae)The Effect of Fuligo PlantaePropertyPungent, warm; liver, lung and stomach meridians entered.ActionsStop bleeding, remove food retention.IndicationsAphtha, tongue boil, sore throat, leucorrhea, indigestion, metrorrhagia,nose bleeding, hematochezia, diarrhea, hemate

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