Properties & Channels

Drug Interactions

Incompatible Herbs

Toxic or Endangered

Latin Name Notes

Herbs that Tonify Yin

Select an Herb Category... Warm, Spicy Herbs that Release the Exterior Cool, Spicy Herbs that Release the Exterior Herbs that Drain Fire Herbs that Cool the Blood Herbs that Clear Heat and Dry Dampness Herbs that Clear Heat and Eliminate Toxins Herbs that Clear and Relieve Summerheat Purgatives Moist Laxatives Harsh Expellants Herbs that Regulate Water and Drain Dampness Herbs that Dispel Wind-Dampness Herbs that Cool and Transform Phlegm-Heat Warm Herbs that Transform Phlegm-Cold Herbs that Relieve Coughing and Wheezing Aromatic Herbs that Transform and Dissolve Dampness Herbs that Relieve Food Stagnation Herbs that Regulate the Qi Herbs that Stop Bleeding Herbs that Invigorate Blood and Remove Stagnation Herbs that Warm the Interior and Expel Cold Herbs that Tonify Qi Herbs that Tonify Blood Herbs that Tonify Yang Herbs that Tonify Yin Herbs that Astringe, Stabilize, Bind Substances that Anchor, Settle, and Calm the Spirit Herbs that Nourish the Heart and Calm the Spirit Aromatic Substances that Open the Orifices Substances that Extinguish Wind and Stop Tremors Herbs that Expel Parasites Substances for External Application Herbs that Expel Phlegm by Inducing Vomiting Uncategorized Herbs

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• Bai He (Lily Bulb)
  Latin: Bulbus Lilii
  Properties: Sweet, Slightly Bitter, Slightly Cold
  Channels: HT, LU
  
• Bie Jia (Chinese Soft Shelled Turtle Shell)
  Latin: Carapax Amydae Sinensis
  Properties: Salty, Cold
  Channels: LIV, SP
  
• Gui Ban (Fresh Water Turtle Shell, Testudinis)
  Latin: Plastrum Testudinis
  Properties: Salty, Sweet, Cold
  Channels: HT, KI, LIV
  
• Han Lian Cao (Eclipta)
  Latin: Herba Ecliptae Prostratae
  Properties: Sweet, Sour, Cool
  Channels: KI, LIV
  
• Hei Zhi Ma (Black Sesame Seeds)
  Latin: black Semen Sesame Indici
  Properties: Sweet, Neutral
  Channels: KI, LIV
  
• Luo Han Guo (Momordica Fruit)
  Latin: Fructus Momordicae Grosvenori
  Properties: Sweet, Cool (Neutral)
  Channels: LU, LI (SP)
  
• Mai Men Dong (Ophiopogon Tuber)
  Latin: Tuber Ophiopogonis Japonici
  Properties: Sweet, Slightly Bitter, Slightly Cold
  Channels: SP, ST, HT (LU)
  
• Nan Sha Shen (Adenophora Root, Four Leaf Lady Bell Root)
  Latin: Radix Adenophorae
  Properties: Sweet, Cool, Slightly Bitter
  Channels: LU, ST
  
• Nu Zhen Zi (Privet Fruit, Ligustrum)
  Latin: Fructus Ligustri Lucidi
  Properties: Bitter, Sweet, Cool (Neutral)
  Channels: KI, LIV
  
• Sang Ji Sheng (Mulberry Mistletoe Stems)
  Latin: Ramulus Loranthi Seu Visci
  Properties: Bitter, Neutral
  Channels: KI, LIV
  
• Shi Hu (Dendrobium Stem)
  Latin: Herba Dendrobii
  Properties: Sweet, Slightly Salty, Bland, Cold
  Channels: KI, ST
  
• Tian Men Dong (Asparagus Tuber)
  Latin: Tuber Asparagi Cochinensis
  Properties: Sweet, Bitter, Very Cold
  Channels: KI, LU
  
• Xi Yang Shen (American Ginseng Root)
  Latin: Radix Panacis Qinquifolii
  Properties: Sweet, Slightly Bitter, Cold
  Channels: HT, KI, LU
  
• Yin Er (Fruiting Body of Tremella, Wood Ear)
  Latin: Fructificatio Tremellae Fuciformis
  Properties: Sweet, Bland, Neutral
  Channels: LU, ST
  
• Yu Zhu (Solomon's Seal Rhizome, Polygonatum)
  Latin: Rhizoma Polygonati Odorati
  Properties: Sweet, Slightly Cold
  Channels: LU, ST