Properties & Channels

Drug Interactions

Incompatible Herbs

Toxic or Endangered

Latin Name Notes

• Wa Leng Zi (Cockle Shell, Ark Shell)
  Latin: Concha Arcae Inflatae
  Properties: Sweet, Salty, Neutral
  Channels: LIV, SP
  
• Wang Bu Liu Xing (Vaccaria Seeds - Skin Shown)
  Latin: Semen Vaccariae Segetalis
  Properties: Bitter, Neutral
  Channels: LIV, ST
  
• Wei Ling Xian (Chinese Clematis Root)
  Latin: Radix Clematidis Chinensis
  Properties: Spicy, Salty, Warm
  Channels: BL
  
• Wu Bei Zi (Gallnet of Chinese Sumac)
  Latin: Galla Rhois
  Properties: Sour, Salty, Cold
  Channels: KI, LI, LU
  
• Wu Gong (Centipede)
  Latin: Scolopendra Subspinipes
  Properties: Spicy, Warm, Toxic
  Channels: LIV
  
• Wu Jia Pi (Acanthopanax Root Bark)
  Latin: Cortex Radicis Acanthopanacis Gracistyli
  Properties: Spicy, Bitter, Warm
  Channels: KI, LIV
  
• Wu Ling Zhi (Flying Squirrel Feces)
  Latin: Feces Trogopterori Seu Pteromi
  Properties: Bitter, Sweet, Warm
  Channels: LIV, SP
  
• Wu Mei (Mume Fruit)
  Latin: Fructus Pruni Mume
  Properties: Sour, Warm
  Channels: LI, LIV, LU, SP
  
• Wu Shao She (Zaocys, Black Striped Snake)
  Latin: Zaocys Dhumnades
  Properties: Sweet, Salty, Neutral
  Channels: LIV, SP
  
• Wu Wei Zi (Schisandra Fruit)
  Latin: Fructus Schisandrae Chinensis
  Properties: Sour, Warm
  Channels: HT, KI, LU
  
• Wu Yao (Lindera Root)
  Latin: Radix Linderae Strychnifoliae
  Properties: Spicy, Warm
  Channels: BL, KI, LU, SP
  
• Wu Yi (Stinking Elm, paste from the fruit)
  Latin: Praeparatio Fructus Ulmi Macrocarpi
  Properties: Bitter, Spicy, Warm
  Channels: SP, ST
  
• Wu Zhu Yu (Evodia Fruit)
  Latin: Fructus Evodiae Rutaecarpae
  Properties: Spicy, Bitter, Hot, Slightly Toxic, Very Dry
  Channels: KI, LIV, SP, ST