Properties & Channels

Drug Interactions

Incompatible Herbs

Toxic or Endangered

Latin Name Notes

• San Leng (Bur Reed Rhizome)
  Latin: Rhizoma Sparganii
  Properties: Bitter, Spicy, Neutral
  Channels: LIV, SP
  
• San Qi (Notoginseng Root, Pseudoginseng Root)
  Latin: Radix Pseudoginseng
  Properties: Sweet, Slightly Bitter, Warm
  Channels: LIV, ST, LI.
  
• Sang Bai Pi (Bark of Mulberry Root)
  Latin: Cortex Radicis Mori Albae
  Properties: Sweet, Cold
  Channels: LU, SP
  
• Sang Ji Sheng (Mulberry Mistletoe Stems)
  Latin: Ramulus Loranthi Seu Visci
  Properties: Bitter, Neutral
  Channels: KI, LIV
  
• Sang Piao Xiao (Mantis Egg Case)
  Latin: Ootheca Mantidis
  Properties: Sweet, Salty, Neutral
  Channels: KI, LIV
  
• Sang Shen (Mulberry Fruit Spike, Morus Fruit)
  Latin: Fructus Mori Albae
  Properties: Sweet, Cold
  Channels: HT, LIV, KI
  
• Sang Ye (White Mulberry Leaf)
  Latin: Folium Mori Albae
  Properties: Sweet, Bitter, Cold
  Channels: LIV, LU
  
• Sang Zhi (Mulberry Twig)
  Latin: Ramulus Mori Albae
  Properties: Bitter, Sweet, Slightly Cold
  Channels: LIV
  
• Sha Ren (Cardamon (Grains of Paradise Fruit))
  Latin: Fructus Amomi
  Properties: Spicy, Warm, Aromatic
  Channels: SP, ST
  
• Sha Yuan Ji Li (Astragalus Seed, Flattened Milkvetch Seed)
  Latin: Semen Astragali Complanati
  Properties: Sweet, Warm
  Channels: KI, LIV
  
• Shan Ci Gu (Bulb of Chinese Tulip)
  Latin: Pseudobulbus Shancigu
  Properties: Sweet, Cold, Slightly Toxic
  Channels: LIV, ST
  
• Shan Dou Gen (Sophora Root or Subprostrate)
  Latin: Radix Sophorae Subprostratae
  Properties: Bitter, Cold
  Channels: LI, LU
  
• Shan Yao (Chinese Yam Rhizome, Dioscorea)
  Latin: Radix Dioscoreae Oppositae
  Properties: Sweet, Neutral
  Channels: KI, LU, SP
  
• Shan Zha (Hawthorn Fruit)
  Latin: Fructus Crataegi
  Properties: Sour, Sweet, Slightly Warm
  Channels: LIV, SP, ST
  
• Shan Zhu Yu (Asiatic Cornelian Cherry Fruit, Cornus)
  Latin: Fructus Corni Officinalis
  Properties: Sour, Slightly Warm
  Channels: KI, LIV
  
• Shang Lu (Poke Root or Phytolacca)
  Latin: Radix Phytolaccae
  Properties: Bitter, Cold, Toxic
  Channels: BL, KI, LI, SP
  
• She Chuang Zi (Cnidium Seeds)
  Latin: Fructus Cnidii Monnieni
  Properties: Spicy, Bitter, Warm
  Channels: KI, SP
  
• She Gan (Belamcanda Rhizome)
  Latin: Rhizoma Belamcandae
  Properties: Bitter, Cold
  Channels: LU
  
• She Tui (Snake Skin Slough)
  Latin: Exuvia Serpentis
  Properties: Sweet, Salty, Neutral
  Channels: LIV
  
• She Xiang (Deer Musk)
  Latin: Secretio Moschi Moschifeni
  Properties: Spicy, Warm, Aromatic
  Channels: HT, SP, LIV
  
• Shen Qu (Medicated Leaven)
  Latin: Massa Medica Fermentata
  Properties: Sweet, Spicy, Warm
  Channels: SP, ST
  
• Sheng Di Huang (Chinese Foxglove Root, Rehmannia)
  Latin: Radix Rehmanniae Glutinosae
  Properties: Sweet, Bitter, Cold
  Channels: HT, KI, LIV
  
• Sheng Jiang (Fresh Ginger Rhizome)
  Latin: uncooked Rhizoma Zingiberis
  Properties: Spicy, Warm
  Channels: LU, SP, ST
  
• Sheng Jiang Pi (Fresh Ginger Rhizome Skin)
  Latin: Pericarpium Zingiberis Recens
  Properties: Spicy, Cool
  Channels: LU, SP, ST
  
• Sheng Ma (Black Cohosh Rhizome, Bugbane Rhizome)
  Latin: Rhizoma Cimicifugae
  Properties: Sweet, Spicy, Cool
  Channels: LI, LU, SP, ST
  
• Sheng Tie Luo (Iron Filings)
  Latin: Frusta Ferri
  Properties: Spicy, Cool
  Channels: HT, LIV
  
• Shi Chang Pu (Sweetflag Rhizome)
  Latin: Rhizoma Acori Graminei
  Properties: Spicy, Slightly Warm, Aromatic
  Channels: HT, ST
  
• Shi Di (Persimmon Calyx)
  Latin: Calyx Diospyri Kaki
  Properties: Bitter, Astringent, Neutral
  Channels: ST
  
• Shi Gao (Gypsum)
  Latin: Gypsum Fibrosum
  Properties: Sweet, Spicy, Very Cold
  Channels: LU, ST
  
• Shi Hu (Dendrobium Stem)
  Latin: Herba Dendrobii
  Properties: Sweet, Slightly Salty, Bland, Cold
  Channels: KI, ST
  
• Shi Jue Ming (Abalone Shell)
  Latin: Concha Haliotidis
  Properties: Salty, Cold
  Channels: KI, LIV
  
• Shi Jun Zi (Rangoon Creeper Fruit with Seeds)
  Latin: Fructus Quisqualis
  Properties: Sweet, Warm
  Channels: SP, ST
  
• Shi Liu Pi (Pomegranate Husk)
  Latin: Penicarpium Punicae Granati
  Properties: Sour, Astringent, Warm, Toxic
  Channels: KI, LI, ST
  
• Shi Shang Bai (Selaginella)
  Latin: Herba Selaginellae Doederleinii
  Properties: Sweet, Spicy, Neutral, Bitter, Cold
  Channels: LIV
  
• Shi Wei (Pyrrosia Leaves)
  Latin: Herba Pyrrosiae
  Properties: Bitter, Sweet, Slightly Cold
  Channels: BL, LU
  
• Shu Di Huang (Chinese Foxglove Root, Steamed with Water or Alcohol, Rehmannia)
  Latin: Processed Radix Rehmanniae
  Properties: Sweet, Slightly Warm
  Channels: LIV, KI, (HT)
  
• Shui Zhi (Leech)
  Latin: Hirudo seu Whitmania
  Properties: Salty, Bitter, Neutral, Slightly Toxic
  Channels: LIV, BL
  
• Si Gua Luo (Dried Skeleton of Vegetable Sponge)
  Latin: Fasciculus Vascularis Luffae
  Properties: Sweet, Neutral
  Channels: LU, ST, LIV
  
• Song Jie (Knotty Pine Wood)
  Latin: Lignum Pini Nodi
  Properties: Bitter, Warm
  Channels: LIV
  
• Su He Xiang (Rose Maloes Resin)
  Latin: Styrax Liquidis
  Properties: Sweet, Spicy, Warm, Aromatic
  Channels: HT, SP
  
• Su Mu (Sappan Wood)
  Latin: Lignum Sappan
  Properties: Sweet, Salty, Neutral, Slightly Spicy
  Channels: HT, LIV, SP
  
• Su Zi (Purple Perilla Fruit, Perilla Seed)
  Latin: Fructus Perillae Frutescentis
  Properties: Spicy, Warm
  Channels: LI, LU
  
• Suan Zao Ren (Sour Jujube Seed, Zizyphus - Raw Herb Shown)
  Latin: Semen Zizyphi Spinosae
  Properties: Sweet, Sour, Neutral
  Channels: GB, HT, LIV, SP
  
• Suo Yang (Fleshy Stem of Cynomorium)
  Latin: Herba Cynomorii Songarici
  Properties: Sweet, Warm
  Channels: LI, KI, LIV