Yin Tonics

NamingMo Han Lian (Herba Ecliptae)——Xin Xiu Ben Cao (Newly Revised Materia Medica)The Processing of 墨旱莲OriginThe part above the ground of the annual herbaceous Eclipat prostrate L. of family Compositae.LocationMost areas in China.HarvestPlucked in summer.The actual smell and tasteSweet smell, light

NamingMo Han Lian (Herba Ecliptae)——Xin Xiu Ben Cao (Newly Revised Materia Medica)The Processing of Herba EcliptaeOriginThe part above the ground of the annual herbaceous Eclipat prostrate L. of family Compositae.LocationMost areas in China.HarvestPlucked in summer.The actual smell and tasteSweet sm

NamingNv Zhen Zi (Fructus Ligustri Lucidi)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Nv Zhen ZiOriginThe ripe fruit of the evergreen tree Ligustrum lucidum Ait. of family Oleaceae.LocationZhejiang, Jiangsu and Hunan provinces in China. Main plant is cultivated.HarvestPlucked the

NamingNv Zhen Zi (Fructus Ligustri Lucidi)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of 女贞子OriginThe ripe fruit of the evergreen tree Ligustrum lucidum Ait. of family Oleaceae.LocationZhejiang, Jiangsu and Hunan provinces in China. Main plant is cultivated.HarvestPlucked the ripe fr

NamingNv Zhen Zi (Fructus Ligustri Lucidi)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Fructus Ligustri LucidiOriginThe ripe fruit of the evergreen tree Ligustrum lucidum Ait. of family Oleaceae.LocationZhejiang, Jiangsu and Hunan provinces in China. Main plant is cultivated.Harves

NamingGui Jia (Carapax et Plastrum Testudinis)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Gui JiaOriginThe back shell and plastron of the animal Chinemys reevesii (Gray) of family Testudinidae.LocationMainly produced in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Hunan provinces in China.HarvestCapture

NamingGui Jia (Carapax et Plastrum Testudinis)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of 龟甲OriginThe back shell and plastron of the animal Chinemys reevesii (Gray) of family Testudinidae.LocationMainly produced in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Hunan provinces in China.HarvestCaptured all

NamingGui Jia (Carapax et Plastrum Testudinis)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Carapax et Plastrum TestudinisOriginThe back shell and plastron of the animal Chinemys reevesii (Gray) of family Testudinidae.LocationMainly produced in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Hunan provinces

NamingBie Jia (Carapax Trionycis)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Bie Jia OriginThe back shell of the animal Trionyx sinensis Wiegmann of family Trionychidae.LocationMost areas in the south of China.HarvestWild or cultivated. Captured all the year round, killed, shelled

NamingBie Jia (Carapax Trionycis)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of 鳖甲OriginThe back shell of the animal Trionyx sinensis Wiegmann of family Trionychidae.LocationMost areas in the south of China.HarvestWild or cultivated. Captured all the year round, killed, shelled and s