Heat-Clearing and Dampness-Drying Herbs

NamingHuang Lian (Rhizoma Coptidis) ——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of 黄连OriginThe rhizome of perennial herb-Coptis chinensis Franch or C. deltoidea C. Y. Cheng et Hsiao or C. teeta Wall. of family Ranumculaceae.LocationMainly in Sichuan, Hubei provinces of China. C. delt

NameMa Niao Hua (Herba Hydrocharitis Dubiae)SourcesThe drug is the dried whole herb of Hydrocharis dubia (B1.) Baoker (Family Hydrocharitaceae), growing in solid pools, creeks and irrigated fields, and distributed North China, East China, Middle China, and Shanxi, Sichuan and Yunnan.The Effect of 水鳖

NamingLong Dan (Radix Gentianae)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Long DanOriginThe root or rhizome of perennial herb Gentiana scabra Bge or Ctriflora pall or G. manshurica Kitag of family Gentianaceae.LocationAll over in China, mainly from Northeast China.HarvestDig and

NamingLong Dan (Radix Gentianae)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of 龙胆OriginThe root or rhizome of perennial herb Gentiana scabra Bge or Ctriflora pall or G. manshurica Kitag of family Gentianaceae.LocationAll over in China, mainly from Northeast China.HarvestDig and colle

NamingKu Shen (Radix Sophorae Flavescentis)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Ku ShenOriginThe root of deuto shrub Sophora flavescens Ait. of family Leguminosae.LocationAll over in China.HarvestCollected in spring and autumn.The actual smell and tasteSlightly smell, extre

NamingKu Shen (Radix Sophorae Flavescentis)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of 苦参OriginThe root of deuto shrub Sophora flavescens Ait. of family Leguminosae.LocationAll over in China.HarvestCollected in spring and autumn.The actual smell and tasteSlightly smell, extreme bi

NameBang Fen (Powdered Shell of Freshwater Mussel)The Effect of Anodonta clam shell-powderPropertySalty, cold; lung, liver and stomach meridians entered.ActionsResolve phlegm and dissipate stagnation, clear heat and dry dampness.IndicationsSores and boils, leucorrhea, vomiting, stomachache, eczema,

The Processing of Cortex PhellodendriOriginThe bark of Phellodendron amurense Rupr or P. chinense Schneid. Rutaceae arbor plants with the skin off.LocationThe former one is called Guang Huang Bai, mainly growing in Liaoning, and Jilin provinces; the later one is called Chuan Huang Bai, mainly from S

NameMa Niao Hua (Herba Hydrocharitis Dubiae)SourcesThe drug is the dried whole herb of Hydrocharis dubia (B1.) Baoker (Family Hydrocharitaceae), growing in solid pools, creeks and irrigated fields, and distributed North China, East China, Middle China, and Shanxi, Sichuan and Yunnan.The Effect of He

NamingLong Dan (Radix Gentianae)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Radix GentianaeOriginThe root or rhizome of perennial herb Gentiana scabra Bge or Ctriflora pall or G. manshurica Kitag of family Gentianaceae.LocationAll over in China, mainly from Northeast China.Harvest