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Materia Medica of Chinese Herbs
Detailed Chinese herb information and photos by category. Actions, properties, teamperatures, dosages, contraindications, herb-drug interactions, and toxicity.
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34 categories- 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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Learn the herbs by sight
Visual Materia Medica of Chinese Herbs
Used by students, teachers, practitioners, and doctors in universities and clinics around the world, the Visual Materia Medica of Chinese Herbs is the de facto standard for identifying TCM herbs — memorize the photos while away from the herb room.