Wind-Heat-Dispersing Herbs

NameCheng Liu (Chinese Tamarisk Twing)The Effect of 柽柳PropertySweet, pungent, neutral; lung, stomach and heart meridians entered.ActionsDispel wind, induce diaphoresis, promote eruption of measles, romove toxicity.IndicationsAnemopyretic cold, the beginning of the Measles, incomplete eruption of mea

NameMan Jing Zi (Fructus Viticis)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of 蔓荆子OriginMature fruit of shrubby plant Vitex trifolia L. var. simplicifolia Cham. or V. trifolia L. of family Verbenaceae.LocationVitex trifolia L. var. simplicifolia Cham. mainly grows in Shandong, Jiang

NameChai Hu—(Radix Bupleuri)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Chai HuOriginThe root of perennial herb Bupleurum chinensis DC. or Bupleurum scorzonerifolium of family Umbelliferae. Separately named Bei Chai Hu or Nan Chai Hu.LocationBei Chai Hu is mainly produced in Hebei

NameChai Hu—(Radix Bupleuri)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of 柴胡OriginThe root of perennial herb Bupleurum chinensis DC. or Bupleurum scorzonerifolium of family Umbelliferae. Separately named Bei Chai Hu or Nan Chai Hu.LocationBei Chai Hu is mainly produced in Hebei, Hen

NameSheng Ma (Rhizoma Cimicifugae) ——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Sheng MaOriginRoot of perennial plant Cimicifuga heracleifolia Kom or C. dahurica (Turcz.) Maxim or C. foetida L. of family Ranunculaceae.LocationChiefly in liaoning, Heilongjiang, Qinghai provinces of

NameBo He (Herba Menthae)——Xin Xiu Ben Cao (Newly Revised Materia Medica)The Processing of Bo HeOriginAerial parts of perennial herbaceous Mentha haplocalyx Briq of family Labiatae.LocationMainly in the provinces of Jiangsu, Zhenjiang, Hunan in China.HarvestWhen the stem and leaves are flourishing o

NameBo He (Herba Menthae)——Xin Xiu Ben Cao (Newly Revised Materia Medica)The Processing of 薄荷OriginAerial parts of perennial herbaceous Mentha haplocalyx Briq of family Labiatae.LocationMainly in the provinces of Jiangsu, Zhenjiang, Hunan in China.HarvestWhen the stem and leaves are flourishing or t

NameJiu Ping Hua (Pinkflush rhododendron root)The Effect of 酒瓶花PropertyAstringent, cool; heart and bladder meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and induce diuresis.IndicationsCold, nephritis, infantile convulsions.Dosage and AdministrationsDecoct 15~30 g.

NameQing Yu Dan Cao (Japanese tripterospermum herb)The Effect of 青鱼胆草PropertyPungent, bitter, cool; lung, liver and spleen meridians entered.ActionsDispel wind, clear heat, strengthen the spleen, eliminate dampness and kill parasites.IndicationsJaundice, rheumatic arthritis, cough caused by wind-hea

NameShi Fang Feng (Terebinthaceous hogfennel root)SourcesThe drug is the dried root of Peucedanum terebinthaceum (Fisch.)Fisch. et Turcz.( family Umbelliferae), growing in grasslands, woods or on the edges of forest and distributed in Northeast China, Northern China, Eastern China and Shaanxi, Gansu