HERBS

NamingZong Lv Tan (Crinis Trachycarpi)——Ben Cao Shi Yi (A Supplement to the Compendium of Materia Medica)The Processing of Crinis TrachycarpiOriginThe fiber of sheath of evergreen plant Trachycarpus fortunei ( HooK. f.) H. Wendl of family Palmaceae.LocationGuangdong, Fujian, Yunnan provinces in Chin

NamingAi Ye (Folium Artemisiae Argyi)——Ming Yi Bie Lu (Miscellaneous Records of Famous physicians)The Processing of Ai YeOriginThe leaf of perennial herbaceous plant Artemisia argyi levl. et Vant. of family Compositae.LocationMost areas in China.HarvestCollected in summer when not bloom.The actual s

NamingXue Yu Tan (Crinis Carbonisatus)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Xue Yu TanOriginThe burning substance of human hair.LocationEverywhere.The actual smell and tasteScorched smell when burning and bitter taste.Best qualityBlack, lustrous and light.ProcessingCollected

NamingXue Yu Tan (Crinis Carbonisatus)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of 血余炭OriginThe burning substance of human hair.LocationEverywhere.The actual smell and tasteScorched smell when burning and bitter taste.Best qualityBlack, lustrous and light.ProcessingCollected, purif

NamingAi Ye (Folium Artemisiae Argyi)——Ming Yi Bie Lu (Miscellaneous Records of Famous physicians)The Processing of 艾叶OriginThe leaf of perennial herbaceous plant Artemisia argyi levl. et Vant. of family Compositae.LocationMost areas in China.HarvestCollected in summer when not bloom.The actual smel

NameJuan Bai (Tamariskoid Spikemoss Herb)The Effect of Tamariskoid Spikemoss HerbPropertyPungent, neutral; liver and heart meridians entered.ActionsActivate blood and stimulate the menstrual flow. stir-baked product can dissipate blood stasis and stop bleeding.IndicationsDysmenorrhea, abdominal mass

NamingXue Yu Tan (Crinis Carbonisatus)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Crinis CarbonisatusOriginThe burning substance of human hair.LocationEverywhere.The actual smell and tasteScorched smell when burning and bitter taste.Best qualityBlack, lustrous and light.Processing

NamingAi Ye (Folium Artemisiae Argyi)——Ming Yi Bie Lu (Miscellaneous Records of Famous physicians)The Processing of Folium Artemisiae ArgyiOriginThe leaf of perennial herbaceous plant Artemisia argyi levl. et Vant. of family Compositae.LocationMost areas in China.HarvestCollected in summer when not

NameGuang Dong Zi Zhu (Callicarpa kwangtungensis Chun)SourcesThe drug is the dried stem and leaves of Callicarpa kwangtungensis Chun (family Verbenaceae), growing in shrubs of hill-slopes or on roadsides of mountain-lands, distributed in Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guizhou, Guangdong, Guangxi of China.T

NameGuang Dong Zi Zhu (Callicarpa kwangtungensis Chun)SourcesThe drug is the dried stem and leaves of Callicarpa kwangtungensis Chun (family Verbenaceae), growing in shrubs of hill-slopes or on roadsides of mountain-lands, distributed in Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guizhou, Guangdong, Guangxi of China.T