Properties & Channels

Drug Interactions

Incompatible Herbs

Toxic or Endangered

Latin Name Notes

Herbs that Drain Fire

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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• Dan Zhu Ye (Lophatherum Stem and Leaves)
  Latin: Herba Lophatheri Gracilis
  Properties: Sweet, Bland, Cold
  Channels: HT, SI, ST
  
• Gu Jing Cao (Inflorscence or Pipewort Scapus)
  Latin: Scapus Et Inflorescentia Eriocaulonis Buergeriani
  Properties: Sweet, Neutral
  Channels: LIV, ST
  
• Han Shui Shi (Calcitum)
  Latin: Calcitum
  Properties: Spicy, Salty, Cold
  Channels: HT, ST, KI
  
• Jue Ming Zi (Cassia or Foetid Cassia Seeds)
  Latin: Semen Cassiae Torae
  Properties: Bitter, Sweet, Cool
  Channels: LIV, KI, LI.
  
• Lian Zi Xin (Lotus Plumule)
  Latin: Plumula Nelumbinis Nuciferae
  Properties: Bitter, Cold
  Channels: HT, PER
  
• Lu Gen (Reed Rhizome)
  Latin: Rhizoma Phragmitis Communis
  Properties: Sweet, Cold
  Channels: LU, ST
  
• Mi Meng Hua (Buddleia Flower Bud)
  Latin: Flos Buddleiae Officinalis Immaturus
  Properties: Sweet, Cool
  Channels: LIV
  
• Qing Xiang Zi (Celosia Seeds)
  Latin: Semen Celosiae Argentae
  Properties: Sweet, Cool
  Channels: LIV
  
• Shi Gao (Gypsum)
  Latin: Gypsum Fibrosum
  Properties: Sweet, Spicy, Very Cold
  Channels: LU, ST
  
• Xia Ku Cao (Prunella or Selfheal Spike)
  Latin: Spica Prunellae Vulgaris
  Properties: Bitter, Spicy, Cold
  Channels: GB, LIV
  
• Xiong Dan (Bear Gallbladder)
  Latin: Vesica Fellea Ursi
  Properties: Bitter, Cold
  Channels: GB, HT, LIV
  
• Ye Ming Sha (Bat Feces)
  Latin: Excrementum Vespertilionis Murini
  Properties: Spicy, Cool
  Channels: LIV
  
• Zhi Mu (Anemarrhena Rhizome)
  Latin: Rhizoma Anemarrhenae Aspheloidis
  Properties: Bitter, Cold
  Channels: LU, ST, KI
  
• Zhi Zi (Gardenia, Cape Jasmine Fruit)
  Latin: Fructus Gardeniae Jasminoidis
  Properties: Bitter, Cold
  Channels: HT, LIV, LU, ST, TB