Wind-Heat-Dispersing Herbs

NameBo He (Herba Menthae)——Xin Xiu Ben Cao (Newly Revised Materia Medica)The Processing of Herba MenthaeOriginAerial 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 flour

NameDong Nan Chang Shuo ju Tai (Herba Didymocarpi Hancei)SourcesThe drug is the dried entire herb of Didymocarpus hancei Hemsl. (family Gesneriaceae), growing in forests or on hilly rocks, and distributed in Jiangxi, Fujian, the west part of Hunan and Guangdong of China.The Effect of Herba Didymocar

NameJiu Xian Cao (Herba Thesii Longifolii)SourcesThe drug is the dried or fresh whole herb of Thesium Zongifolium Turcz. (Family Santalaceae) , growing on grassland or pasture near forest, and distributed in Heilongjiang, jilin, Liaoning, Hebei, Neimenggu, Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai, Guizhou, Sichuan a

NameHu Sui (Coriander)The Effect of CorianderPropertyPungent, warm; lung and spleen meridians entered.ActionsInduce sweating and promote eruption, promote digestion and direct qi downward.IndicationsIndigestion and inadequate eruption.Dosage and AdministrationsDecoct 9~15 g, or 15~30 g of the fresh

NameCheng Liu (Chinese Tamarisk Twing)The Effect of Chinese Tamarisk TwingPropertySweet, 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, incomp

NamingGe Gen (Radix Puerariae) ——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Radix PuerariaeOriginThe root of the perennial Liane Pueraria Lobata (wild.) Ohwi. or Pueraria thomsonii Benth. which belongs to the family of leguminosae.LocationPueraria lobata (wild.) Ohwi. is mainly pro

NamingDan Dou Chi (Semen Sojae Preparatum) ——Ming Yi Bie Lu (Miscellaneous Records of Famous physicians)The Processing of Semen Sojae PreparatumOriginThe fermented production of ripe seeds of Glycine max( L.) Merr. which belongs to the family Leguminosae.LocationEverywhere in china.The real smell an

NameDa Dou Huang Juan (Semen Sojae Germinatum)The Effect of Semen Sojae GerminatumPropertySweet and neutral; spleen and stomach meridians entered.ActionsInduce diuresis and alleviate edema, drain dampness and clear heat.IndicationsEdema, damp-arthralgia and damp-warm diseaseDosage and Administration

NamingFu Ping (Herba Spirodelae)The Effect of Herba SpirodelaePropertyPungent, cold; lung and bladder meridians entered.ActionsDispel wind-heat, promote eruption of measles, stop itching, induce diuresis to alleviate edema.IndicationsCommon cold due to wind-heat, unsmooth eruption of urticaria and i

NameMu Zei (Herba Equiseti Hiemalis)The Effect of Herba Equiseti HiemalisPropertyPungent, bitter, slightly cold; lung and liver meridians entered.ActionsClear and purge liver heat; disperse wind-heat, improve vision and remove nebula.IndicationsEyes diseases due to liver heat or wind-heat; hematemes