Drastic Hydragogues

NameHong Da Ji (Knoxia Root)The Effect of 红大戟PropertyBitter, cold, slightly toxic; lung, spleen and kidney meridians entered.ActionsCounteract toxic pathogen, drive out accumulated water, resolve swelling and dissipate nodulation.IndicationsScrofula, sores and boils, difficulty in urination and defe

NameHong Da Ji (Knoxia Root)The Effect of Radix KnoxiaePropertyBitter, cold, slightly toxic; lung, spleen and kidney meridians entered.ActionsCounteract toxic pathogen, drive out accumulated water, resolve swelling and dissipate nodulation.IndicationsScrofula, sores and boils, difficulty in urinatio

NamingYuan Hua (Flos Genkwa)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Yuan HuaOriginThe flower buds of Daphne genkwa Sieb. et Zucc. of family Thymelaeaceae.LocationMainly in Anhui, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, etc. of China.HarvestCollected in spring before blossom.The actual

NamingYuan Hua (Flos Genkwa)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of 芫花OriginThe flower buds of Daphne genkwa Sieb. et Zucc. of family Thymelaeaceae.LocationMainly in Anhui, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, etc. of China.HarvestCollected in spring before blossom.The actual smell

NamingYuan Hua (Flos Genkwa)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Flos GenkwaOriginThe flower buds of Daphne genkwa Sieb. et Zucc. of family Thymelaeaceae.LocationMainly in Anhui, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, etc. of China.HarvestCollected in spring before blossom.The act

NamingShang Lu (Radix Phytolaccae)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Shang LuOriginThe root of Phytolacca acinosa Roxb. or P. americana L. of family Phytolaccaceae.LocationMost areas of China.HarvestCollected from autumn to next spring.The actual smell and tasteLight smel

NamingShang Lu (Radix Phytolaccae)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of 商陆OriginThe root of Phytolacca acinosa Roxb. or P. americana L. of family Phytolaccaceae.LocationMost areas of China.HarvestCollected from autumn to next spring.The actual smell and tasteLight smell, sli

NamingShang Lu (Radix Phytolaccae)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Radix PhytolaccaeOriginThe root of Phytolacca acinosa Roxb. or P. americana L. of family Phytolaccaceae.LocationMost areas of China.HarvestCollected from autumn to next spring.The actual smell and tasteL

NamingQian Niu Zi (Semen Pharbitidis)——Ming Yi Bie Lu (Miscellaneous Records of Famous physicians)The Processing of Qian Niu ZiOriginThe ripe seed of annual trailing herbaceous plants of Pharbitis nil (L.) Choisy or P. purpurea (L.) Voigt of family Convolvulaceae.LocationMost areas of China.HarvestC

NamingQian Niu Zi (Semen Pharbitidis)——Ming Yi Bie Lu (Miscellaneous Records of Famous physicians)The Processing of 牵牛子OriginThe ripe seed of annual trailing herbaceous plants of Pharbitis nil (L.) Choisy or P. purpurea (L.) Voigt of family Convolvulaceae.LocationMost areas of China.HarvestCollected