Chinese Herbs (Materia Medica)

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Release the Exterior (Warm) · 12 herbs
Bái Zhǐ 白芷 Angelica dahurica root
Cāng Ěr Zǐ 蒼耳子 Xanthium fruit
Fáng Fēng 防風 Siler / Saposhnikovia root
Guì Zhī 桂枝 Cinnamon twig
Gǎo Běn 藁本 Chinese lovage root
Jīng Jiè 荊芥 Schizonepeta
Má Huáng 麻黃 Ephedra
Qiāng Huó 羌活 Notopterygium root
Shēng Jiāng 生薑 Fresh ginger
Xì Xīn 細辛 Asarum / wild ginger
Xīn Yí Huā 辛夷花 Magnolia flower bud
Zǐ Sū Yè 紫蘇葉 Perilla leaf
Release the Exterior (Cool) · 10 herbs
Bò Hé 薄荷 Field mint
Chái Hú 柴胡 Bupleurum root
Chán Tuì 蟬蛻 Cicada moulting
Dàn Dòu Chǐ 淡豆豉 Prepared fermented soybean
Gé Gēn 葛根 Kudzu root
Jú Huā 菊花 Chrysanthemum flower
Màn Jīng Zǐ 蔓荊子 Vitex fruit
Niú Bàng Zǐ 牛蒡子 Burdock seed
Shēng Má 升麻 Bugbane / cimicifuga rhizome
Sāng Yè 桑葉 Mulberry leaf
Clear Heat · 30 herbs
Bái Huā Shé Shé Cǎo 白花蛇舌草 Hedyotis / snake-needle grass
Bái Wēi 白薇 Cynanchum root
Bǎn Lán Gēn 板藍根 Isatis root
Chì Sháo 赤芍 Red peony root
Dà Qīng Yè 大青葉 Isatis leaf
Dì Gǔ Pí 地骨皮 Lycium root bark
Huáng Bǎi 黃柏 Phellodendron bark
Huáng Lián 黃連 Coptis rhizome
Huáng Qín 黃芩 Baical skullcap root
Jīn Yín Huā 金銀花 Honeysuckle flower
Kǔ Shēn 苦參 Sophora root
Lián Qiào 連翹 Forsythia fruit
Lóng Dǎn Cǎo 龍膽草 Chinese gentian root
Lú Gēn 蘆根 Reed rhizome
Mǔ Dān Pí 牡丹皮 Tree peony root bark
Pú Gōng Yīng 蒲公英 Dandelion
Qīng Hāo 青蒿 Sweet wormwood
Shuǐ Niú Jiǎo 水牛角 Water buffalo horn
Shè Gān 射干 Belamcanda rhizome
Shí Gāo 石膏 Gypsum
Shān Dòu Gēn 山豆根 Sophora tonkinensis root
Shēng Dì Huáng 生地黃 Raw rehmannia root
Tiān Huā Fěn 天花粉 Trichosanthes root
Xià Kū Cǎo 夏枯草 Selfheal spike
Xuán Shēn 玄參 Figwort root
Yín Chái Hú 銀柴胡 Stellaria root
Yú Xīng Cǎo 魚腥草 Houttuynia
Yě Jú Huā 野菊花 Wild chrysanthemum flower
Zhī Mǔ 知母 Anemarrhena rhizome
Zhī Zǐ 梔子 Gardenia fruit
Downward Draining · 6 herbs
Dà Huáng 大黃 Rhubarb root
Fān Xiè Yè 番瀉葉 Senna leaf
Huǒ Má Rén 火麻仁 Hemp seed
Lú Huì 蘆薈 Aloe
Máng Xiāo 芒硝 Glauber's salt / mirabilite
Yù Lǐ Rén 郁李仁 Bush cherry kernel
Drain Dampness · 10 herbs
Bì Xiè 萆薢 Fish poison yam rhizome
Chē Qián Zǐ 車前子 Plantain seed
Fú Líng 茯苓 Poria / hoelen
Huá Shí 滑石 Talc
Jīn Qián Cǎo 金錢草 Lysimachia / gold coin grass
Mù Tōng 木通 Akebia stem
Yì Yǐ Rén 薏苡仁 Coix seed / Job's tears
Yīn Chén Hāo 茵陳蒿 Capillaris / yin chen
Zhū Líng 豬苓 Polyporus
Zé Xiè 澤瀉 Alisma rhizome
Dispel Wind-Damp · 8 herbs
Dú Huó 獨活 Pubescent angelica root
Fáng Jǐ 防己 Stephania root
Hǎi Tóng Pí 海桐皮 Coral-bean bark
Mù Guā 木瓜 Chinese quince
Qín Jiāo 秦艽 Large gentian root
Sāng Jì Shēng 桑寄生 Mulberry mistletoe
Wēi Líng Xiān 威靈仙 Chinese clematis root
Wǔ Jiā Pí 五加皮 Acanthopanax bark
Aromatically Transform Dampness · 6 herbs
Bái Dòu Kòu 白豆蔻 Round cardamom
Cāng Zhú 蒼朮 Black atractylodes rhizome
Huò Xiāng 藿香 Patchouli / agastache
Hòu Pò 厚朴 Magnolia bark
Pèi Lán 佩蘭 Eupatorium / fortune eupatorium
Shā Rén 砂仁 Amomum / grains of paradise
Transform Phlegm and Stop Cough · 14 herbs
Bàn Xià 半夏 Pinellia rhizome
Chuān Bèi Mǔ 川貝母 Sichuan fritillary bulb
Guā Lóu 瓜蔞 Trichosanthes fruit
Jié Gěng 桔梗 Platycodon root
Kuǎn Dōng Huā 款冬花 Coltsfoot flower
Pí Pá Yè 枇杷葉 Loquat leaf
Sāng Bái Pí 桑白皮 Mulberry root bark
Sū Zǐ 蘇子 Perilla seed
Tiān Nán Xīng 天南星 Arisaema rhizome
Tíng Lì Zǐ 葶藶子 Tansy mustard / lepidium seed
Xìng Rén 杏仁 Bitter apricot kernel
Zhè Bèi Mǔ 浙貝母 Zhejiang fritillary bulb
Zhú Rú 竹茹 Bamboo shavings
Zǐ Wǎn 紫菀 Aster root
Relieve Food Stagnation · 5 herbs
Jī Nèi Jīn 雞內金 Chicken gizzard lining
Lái Fú Zǐ 萊菔子 Radish seed
Mài Yá 麥芽 Barley sprout
Shén Qū 神麴 Medicated leaven
Shān Zhā 山楂 Hawthorn fruit
Regulate Qi · 8 herbs
Chuān Liàn Zǐ 川楝子 Sichuan chinaberry fruit
Chén Pí 陳皮 Aged tangerine peel
Mù Xiāng 木香 Costus root
Qīng Pí 青皮 Green tangerine peel
Wū Yào 烏藥 Lindera root
Xiè Bái 薤白 Chinese chive bulb
Xiāng Fù 香附 Cyperus rhizome
Zhǐ Shí 枳實 Immature bitter orange
Regulate the Blood (Stop Bleeding) · 9 herbs
Bái Jí 白及 Bletilla rhizome
Cè Bǎi Yè 側柏葉 Biota leaf
Dà Jì 大薊 Japanese thistle
Dì Yú 地榆 Sanguisorba root
Huái Huā 槐花 Pagoda tree flower
Pú Huáng 蒲黃 Bulrush pollen
Sān Qī 三七 Notoginseng / tian qi
Xiān Hè Cǎo 仙鶴草 Agrimony
Ài Yè 艾葉 Mugwort leaf
Invigorate the Blood · 14 herbs
Chuān Niú Xī 川牛膝 Cyathula root
Chuān Xiōng 川芎 Sichuan lovage rhizome
Dān Shēn 丹參 Red sage root
Hóng Huā 紅花 Safflower
Jī Xuè Téng 雞血藤 Spatholobus stem
Mò Yào 沒藥 Myrrh
Niú Xī 牛膝 Achyranthes root
Rǔ Xiāng 乳香 Frankincense
Sān Léng 三棱 Sparganium rhizome
Táo Rén 桃仁 Peach kernel
Yán Hú Suǒ 延胡索 Corydalis rhizome
Yì Mǔ Cǎo 益母草 Chinese motherwort
Yù Jīn 鬱金 Curcuma tuber
É Zhú 莪朮 Zedoary rhizome
Warm the Interior · 7 herbs
Dīng Xiāng 丁香 Clove
Fù Zǐ 附子 Prepared aconite
Gān Jiāng 乾薑 Dried ginger
Huā Jiāo 花椒 Sichuan pepper
Ròu Guì 肉桂 Cinnamon bark
Wú Zhū Yú 吳茱萸 Evodia fruit
Xiǎo Huí Xiāng 小茴香 Fennel fruit
Tonify Qi · 8 herbs
Bái Zhú 白朮 White Atractylodes rhizome
Dà Zǎo 大棗 Chinese date / jujube
Dǎng Shēn 黨參 Codonopsis root
Gān Cǎo 甘草 Licorice root
Huáng Qí 黃耆 Astragalus root
Rén Shēn 人參 Ginseng root
Shān Yào 山藥 Chinese yam
Tài Zǐ Shēn 太子參 Prince ginseng
Tonify Blood · 6 herbs
Bái Sháo 白芍 White peony root
Dāng Guī 當歸 Chinese Angelica root
Hé Shǒu Wū 何首烏 Fleeceflower root
Lóng Yǎn Ròu 龍眼肉 Longan fruit flesh
Shú Dì Huáng 熟地黃 Prepared rehmannia root
Ē Jiāo 阿膠 Donkey-hide gelatin
Tonify Yang · 10 herbs
Bā Jǐ Tiān 巴戟天 Morinda root
Bǔ Gǔ Zhī 補骨脂 Psoralea fruit
Dù Zhòng 杜仲 Eucommia bark
Lù Róng 鹿茸 Velvet deer antler
Ròu Cōng Róng 肉蓯蓉 Cistanche
Suǒ Yáng 鎖陽 Cynomorium
Tù Sī Zǐ 菟絲子 Dodder seed
Xù Duàn 續斷 Teasel root
Yì Zhì Rén 益智仁 Black cardamom
Yín Yáng Huò 淫羊藿 Epimedium / horny goat weed
Tonify Yin · 11 herbs
Biē Jiǎ 鱉甲 Soft-shelled turtle shell
Běi Shā Shēn 北沙參 Glehnia root
Bǎi Hé 百合 Lily bulb
Guī Bǎn 龜板 Tortoise plastron
Gǒu Qǐ Zǐ 枸杞子 Goji berry / wolfberry
Hàn Lián Cǎo 旱蓮草 Eclipta
Mài Mén Dōng 麥門冬 Ophiopogon tuber
Nǚ Zhēn Zǐ 女貞子 Glossy privet fruit
Shí Hú 石斛 Dendrobium stem
Tiān Mén Dōng 天門冬 Asparagus tuber
Yù Zhú 玉竹 Solomon's seal rhizome
Stabilise and Bind (Astringent) · 9 herbs
Chì Shí Zhī 赤石脂 Red halloysite / kaolin
Fú Xiǎo Mài 浮小麥 Light wheat grain
Hǎi Piāo Xiāo 海螵蛸 Cuttlefish bone
Lián Zǐ 蓮子 Lotus seed
Qiàn Shí 芡實 Euryale / fox nut
Shān Zhū Yú 山茱萸 Asiatic cornelian cherry
Sāng Piāo Xiāo 桑螵蛸 Mantis egg case
Wū Méi 烏梅 Smoked plum
Wǔ Wèi Zǐ 五味子 Schisandra fruit
Calm the Spirit · 8 herbs
Bǎi Zǐ Rén 柏子仁 Biota seed
Cí Shí 磁石 Magnetite
Hé Huān Pí 合歡皮 Silk tree bark
Lóng Gǔ 龍骨 Dragon bone (fossilised bone)
Mǔ Lì 牡蠣 Oyster shell
Suān Zǎo Rén 酸棗仁 Sour jujube seed
Yuǎn Zhì 遠志 Polygala root
Yè Jiāo Téng 夜交藤 Fleeceflower vine
Open the Orifices · 3 herbs
Bīng Piàn 冰片 Borneol
Shè Xiāng 麝香 Musk
Shí Chāng Pú 石菖蒲 Grass-leaf sweetflag rhizome
Extinguish Wind and Stop Tremor · 8 herbs
Bái Jí Lí 白蒺藜 Tribulus / caltrop fruit
Dì Lóng 地龍 Earthworm
Gōu Téng 鉤藤 Uncaria / gambir vine
Quán Xiē 全蠍 Scorpion
Shí Jué Míng 石決明 Abalone shell
Tiān Má 天麻 Gastrodia rhizome
Wú Gōng 蜈蚣 Centipede
Zhēn Zhū Mǔ 珍珠母 Mother-of-pearl shell
Expel Parasites · 3 herbs
Bīng Láng 檳榔 Areca / betel nut
Kǔ Liàn Pí 苦楝皮 Chinaberry bark
Shǐ Jūn Zǐ 使君子 Rangoon creeper fruit

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