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Herb Categories
Practice Chinese Herb Categories
Herb Name | Category |
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MA HUANG / Ephedra Herba category | Warm Acrid Herbs the Release the Exterior |
GUI ZHI / Cinnamomi Ramulus category | Warm Acrid Herbs the Release the Exterior |
ZI SU YE / Perillae Folium category | Warm Acrid Herbs the Release the Exterior |
JING JIE / Schizonepetae Herba category | Warm Acrid Herbs the Release the Exterior |
FANG FENG / Saposhnikoviae Radix category | Warm Acrid Herbs the Release the Exterior |
QIANG HUO / Notopterygii Rhizoma seu Radix category | Warm Acrid Herbs the Release the Exterior |
GAO BEN / Ligustici Rhizoma category | "Warm Acrid Herbs the Release the Exterior |
BAI ZHI / Angelicae Dahuricae Radix category | Warm Acrid Herbs the Release the Exterior |
XI XIN / Asari Herba category | Warm Acrid Herbs the Release the Exterior |
SHENG JIANG / Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens category | Warm Acrid Herbs the Release the Exterior |
CONG BAI / Allii Fistulosi Bulbus category | Warm Acrid Herbs the Release the Exterior |
CANG ER ZI / Xanthii Fructus category | Warm Acrid Herbs the Release the Exterior |
XIN YI HUA / Magnoliae Flos category | Warm Acrid Herbs the Release the Exterior |
BO HE / Menthae Haplocalycis Herba | Cool Acrid Herbs the Release the Exterior |
NIU BANG ZI / Arctii Fructus | Cool Acrid Herbs the Release the Exterior |
CHAN TUI / Cicadae Periostracum | Cool Acrid Herbs the Release the Exterior |
SANG YE / Mori Folium | Cool Acrid Herbs the Release the Exterior |
JU HUA / Chrysanthemi Flos | Cool Acrid Herbs the Release the Exterior |
MAN JING ZI / Vitici Fructus | Cool Acrid Herbs the Release the Exterior |
DAN DOU CHI / Sojae Semen Preparatum | Cool Acrid Herbs the Release the Exterior |
GE GEN / Puerariae Radix | Cool Acrid Herbs the Release the Exterior |
CHAI HU / Bupleuri Radix | Cool Acrid Herbs the Release the Exterior |
SHENG MA / Cimicifugae Rhizoma | Cool Acrid Herbs the Release the Exterior |
FU PING / Spirodelae Herba | Cool Acrid Herbs the Release the Exterior |
SHI GAO / Gypsum Fibrosum | Clear Heat Drain Fire |
ZHI MU / Anemarrhenae Rhizoma | Clear Heat Drain Fire |
ZHI ZI / Gardenia Fructus | Clear Heat Drain Fire |
DAN ZHU YE / Lophateri Herba | Clear Heat Drain Fire |
XIA KU CAO / Prunellae Spica | Clear Heat Drain Fire |
XI GUA / Citrulli Fructus | Clear Heat Drain Fire |
TIAN HUA FEN / Trichosanthis Radix | Clear Heat Drain Fire |
LU GEN / Phragmitis Rhizoma | Clear Heat Drain Fire |
JUE MING ZI / Cassiae Semen | Clear Heat Drain Fire |
SHUI NIU JIAO / Bubali Cornu | Clear Heat Cool Blood |
SHENG DI HUANG / Rehmanniae Radix | Clear Heat Cool Blood |
XUAN SHEN / Scrophulariae Radix | Clear Heat Cool Blood |
MU DAN PI / Moutan Cortex | Clear Heat Cool Blood |
ZI CAO / Arnebiae-Lithospermi Radix | clear heat cool blood |
HUANG QIN / Scutellariae Radix | Clear Heat Dry Damp |
HUANG LIAN / Coptidis Rhizoma | Clear Heat Dry Damp |
HUANG BAI / Phellodendri Cortex | Clear Heat Dry Damp |
LONG DAN CAO / Gentianae Radix | Clear Heat Dry Damp |
KU SHEN / Sophorae Flavescentis Radix | Clear Heat Dry Damp |
QIN PI / Fraxini Cortex | Clear Heat Dry Damp |
JIN YIN HUA / Lonicerae Flos | Clear Heat Relieve Toxicity |
LIAN QIAO / Forsythiae Fructus | Clear Heat Relieve Toxicity |
DA QING YE / Isatidis Folium | Clear Heat Relieve Toxicity |
BAN LAN GEN / Isatidis-Baphicacanthis Radix | Clear Heat Relieve Toxicity |
PU GONG YING / Taraxaci Herba | Clear Heat Relieve Toxicity |
ZI HUA DI DING / Violae Herba | Clear Heat Relieve Toxicity |
BAI JIANG CAO / Patriniae Herba | Clear Heat Relieve Toxicity |
CHUAN XIN LIAN / Andrographitis Herba | Clear Heat Relieve Toxicity |
BAI HUA SHE SHE CAO / Hedyotis Diffusae Herba | Clear Heat Relieve Toxicity |
BAI TOU WENG / Pulsatillae Radix | Clear Heat Relieve Toxicity |
MA CHI XIAN / Portulacae Herba | Clear Heat Relieve Toxicity |
HE YE / Nelumbinis Folium | Clear Heat Relieve Toxicity |
LU DOU / Phaseoli Radiati Semen | Clear Heat Relieve Toxicity |
BAI XIAN PI / Dictamni Cortex | Clear Heat Relieve Toxicity |
TU FU LING / Smilacis Glabrae Rhizoma | Clear Heat Relieve Toxicity |
SHE GAN / Belamcandae Rhizoma | Clear Heat Relieve Toxicity |
QING HAO / Artemesiae Annuae Herba | Clear Heat From Deficiency |
DI GU PI / Lycii Cortex | Clear Heat From Deficiency |
BAI WEI / Cynanchi Atrati Radix | Clear Heat From Deficiency |
YIN CHAI HU / Stellariae Radix | Clear Heat From Deficiency |
DA HUANG / Rhei Radix et Rhizoma | Purgatives |
MANG XIAO / Natrii Sulfas | Purgatives |
FAN XIE YE / Sennae Folium | Purgatives |
LU HUI / Aloe | Purgatives |
HUO MA REN / Cannabis Semen | Moist Laxatives |
YU LI REN / Pruni Semen | Moist Laxatives |
QIAN NIU ZI / Semen Pharbitidis | Harsh Expellants (Cathartic Diuretics) |
GAN SUI / Kansui Radix | Harsh Expellants (Cathartic Diuretics) |
BA DOU / Crotoni Fructus | Harsh Expellants (Cathartic Diuretics) |
FU LING / Poria | Herbs that Drain Dampness |
FU LING PI / Poriae Cutis | Herbs that Drain Dampness |
FU SHEN / Poriae Sclerotium Pararadicis | Herbs that Drain Dampness |
CHI FU LING / Poriae Rubra | Herbs that Drain Dampness |
ZHU LING / Polyporus | Herbs that Drain Dampness |
ZE XIE / Alismatis Rhizoma | Herbs that Drain Dampness |
YI YI REN / Coicis Semen KD | Herbs that Drain Dampness |
CHE QIAN ZI / Plantaginis Semen | Herbs that Drain Dampness |
HUA SHI / Talcum | Herbs that Drain Dampness |
MU TONG / Akebiae Caulis | Herbs that Drain Dampness |
DENG XIN CAO / Junci Medulla | Herbs that Drain Dampness |
QU MAI / Dianthi Herba | Herbs that Drain Dampness |
BIAN XU / Polygoni Avicularis Herba | Herbs that Drain Dampness |
DI FU ZI / Kochiae Fructus | Herbs that Drain Dampness |
DONG GUA REN / Benincasae Semen | Herbs that Drain Dampness |
BEI XIE / Dioscoreae Hypoglaucae Rhizoma | Herbs that Drain Dampness |
YIN CHEN HAO / Artemisiae Scopariae Herba | Herbs that Drain Dampness |
HAN FANG JI / Stephaniae Tetrandrae Radix | Herbs that Drain Dampness |
DU HUO / Angelicae Pubescentis Radix | Herbs that Dispel Wind-Dampness (relieve pain) |
WEI LING XIAN / Clematidis Radix | Herbs that Dispel Wind-Dampness (relieve pain) |
CAN SHA / Bombycis Faeces | Herbs that Dispel Wind-Dampness (relieve pain) |
QIN JIAO / Gentianae Macrophylla Radix | Herbs that Dispel Wind-Dampness (relieve pain) |
HAI TONG PI / Erythrinae Cortex | Herbs that Dispel Wind-Dampness (Open Channels & Collaterals) |
MU GUA / Chaenomelis Fructus | Herbs that Dispel Wind-Dampness (Open Channels & Collaterals) |
SANG ZHI / Mori Ramulus | Herbs that Dispel Wind-Dampness (Open Channels & Collaterals) |
XI XIAN CAO / Siegesbeckiae Herba | Herbs that Dispel Wind-Dampness (Open Channels & Collaterals) |
QI SHE-BAI HUA SHE / Agkistrodon | Herbs that Dispel Wind-Dampness (Open Channels & Collaterals) |
SANG JI SHENG / Taxilla Herba | Herbs that Dispel Wind-Dampness (Strengthen Tendons & Bones) |
WU JIA PI / Acanthopanacis Cortex | Herbs that Dispel Wind-Dampness (Strengthen Tendons & Bones) |
QIAN HU / Peucedani Radix | Cool and Transform Phlegm-Heat |
CHUAN BEI MU / Fritillariae Cirrhosae Bulbus | Cool and Transform Phlegm-Heat |
ZHE BEI MU / Fritillariae Thunbergii Bulbus | Cool and Transform Phlegm-Heat |
GUA LOU / Trichosanthis Fructus | Cool and Transform Phlegm-Heat |
GUA LOU PI / Trichosanthis Pericarpium | Cool and Transform Phlegm-Heat |
GUA LOU REN / Trichosanthis Semen | Cool and Transform Phlegm-Heat |
ZHU RU / Bambusae Caulis in Taeniam | Cool and Transform Phlegm-Heat |
KUN BU / Eckloniae Thallus | Cool and Transform Phlegm-Heat |
HAI ZAO / Sargassum | Cool and Transform Phlegm-Heat |
ZHI BAN XIA / Pinelliae Rhizoma Preparatum | Warm and Transform Cold-Phlegm |
TIAN NAN XING / Arisaematis Rhizoma Preparatum | Warm and Transform Cold-Phlegm |
BAI JIE ZI / Sinapis Semen | Warm and Transform Cold-Phlegm |
JIE GENG / Platycodi Radix | Warm and Transform Cold-Phlegm |
XUAN FU HUA / Inulae Flos | Warm and Transform Cold-Phlegm |
BAI QIAN / Cynanchi Stauntonii Rhizoma | Warm and Transform Cold-Phlegm |
XING REN / Armeniacae Semen | Relieve Coughing and Wheezing |
ZI WAN / Asteris Radix | Relieve Coughing and Wheezing |
KUAN DONG HUA / Farfarae Flos | Relieve Coughing and Wheezing |
ZI SU ZI / Perillae Fructus | Relieve Coughing and Wheezing |
PI PA YE / Eriobotryae Folium bitter | Relieve Coughing and Wheezing |
BAI BU / Stemonae Radix | Relieve Coughing and Wheezing |
SANG BAI PI / Mori Cortex | Relieve Coughing and Wheezing |
CANG ZHU / Atractylodis Rhizoma | Aromatic Herbs that Transform Dampness |
HOU PO / Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex | Aromatic Herbs that Transform Dampness |
HUO XIANG / Pogostemonis-Agastaches Herba sl.warm | Aromatic Herbs that Transform Dampness |
SHA REN / Amomi Fructus | Aromatic Herbs that Transform Dampness |
BAI DOU KOU / Amomi Fructus Rotundus | Aromatic Herbs that Transform Dampness |
CAO DOU KOU / Alpiniae Katsumadai Semen | Aromatic Herbs that Transform Dampness |
CAO GUO / Tsaoko Fructus | Aromatic Herbs that Transform Dampness |
SHAN ZHA / Crataegi Fructus | Herbs that Relieve Food Stagnation |
SHEN QU / Massa Medicata Fermentata | Herbs that Relieve Food Stagnation |
MAI YA / Hordei Fructus Germinatus | Herbs that Relieve Food Stagnation |
GU YA / Setariae (Oryzae) Fructus Germinatus | Herbs that Relieve Food Stagnation |
LAI FU ZI / Raphani Semen | Herbs that Relieve Food Stagnation |
JI NEI JIN / Gigeriae Gallii Endothelium Corneum | Herbs that Relieve Food Stagnation |
CHEN PI / Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium | Herbs that Regulate Qi |
JU HONG / Citri Reticulatae Exocarpium Rubrum | Herbs that Regulate Qi |
QING PI / Citri Reticulatae Viride Pericarpium | Herbs that Regulate Qi |
ZHI SHI / Aurantii Fructus Immaturus | Herbs that Regulate Qi |
ZHI KE / Aurantii Fructus | Herbs that Regulate Qi |
DA FU PI / Arecae Pericarpium | Herbs that Regulate Qi |
XIANG FU / Cyperi Rhizoma | Herbs that Regulate Qi |
MU XIANG / Aucklandiae Radix | Herbs that Regulate Qi |
WU YAO / Linderae Radix | Herbs that Regulate Qi |
CHEN XIANG / Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum | Herbs that Regulate Qi |
TAN XIANG / Santali Albi Lignum | Herbs that Regulate Qi |
CHUAN LIAN ZI / Toosendan Fructus | Herbs that Regulate Qi |
SAN QI / Notoginseng Radix | Herbs that Regulate Blood/Stop Bleeding |
PU HUANG / Typhae Pollen | Herbs that Regulate Blood/Stop Bleeding |
DI YU / Sanguisorbae Radix | Herbs that Regulate Blood/Stop Bleeding |
HUAI MI / Sophorae Flos Immaturus | Herbs that Regulate Blood/Stop Bleeding |
CE BAI YE / Platycladi Cacumen | Herbs that Regulate Blood/Stop Bleeding |
BAI MAO GEN / Imperatae Rhizoma | Herbs that Regulate Blood/Stop Bleeding |
XIAN HE CAO / Agrimoniae Herba | Herbs that Regulate Blood/Stop Bleeding |
BAI JI / Bletillae Rhizoma | Herbs that Regulate Blood/Stop Bleeding |
AI YE / Artemisiae Argyi Folium | Herbs that Regulate Blood/Stop Bleeding |
CHUAN XIONG / Chuanxiong Rhizoma | Herbs that Regulate Blood/Invigorate blood |
DAN SHEN / Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix | Herbs that Regulate Blood/Invigorate blood |
JI XUE TENG / Spatholobi Caulis | Herbs that Regulate Blood/Invigorate blood |
YAN HU SUO / Corydalis Rhizoma | Herbs that Regulate Blood/Invigorate blood |
YU JIN / Curcumae Radix | Herbs that Regulate Blood/Invigorate blood |
YI MU CAO / Leonuri Herba | Herbs that Regulate Blood/Invigorate blood |
ZE LAN / Lycopi Herba | Herbs that Regulate Blood/Invigorate blood |
CHI SHAO / Paeoniae Radix Rubra | Herbs that Regulate Blood/Invigorate blood |
TAO REN / Persicae Semen | Herbs that Regulate Blood/Invigorate blood |
HONG HUA / Carthami Flos | Herbs that Regulate Blood/Invigorate blood |
E ZHU / Curcumae Rhizoma | Herbs that Regulate Blood/Invigorate blood |
SAN LENG / Sparganii Rhizoma | Herbs that Regulate Blood/Invigorate blood |
RU XIANG / Olibanum | Herbs that Regulate Blood/Invigorate blood |
MO YAO / Myrrha | Herbs that Regulate Blood/Invigorate blood |
HUAI NIU XI / Acyranthis Bidentatae Radix | Herbs that Regulate Blood/Invigorate blood |
CHUAN NIU XI / Cyathulae Radix | Herbs that Regulate Blood/Invigorate blood |
WANG BU LIU XING / Vaccariae Semen | Herbs that Regulate Blood/Invigorate blood |
WU LING ZHI / Trogopterori Faeces | Herbs that Regulate Blood/Invigorate blood |
ZHI FU ZI / Aconiti Radix Lateralis Preparata | Warm the Interior Expel Cold |
GAN JIANG / Zingiberis Rhizoma | Warm the Interior Expel Cold |
ROU GUI / Cinnamomi Cortex | Warm the Interior Expel Cold |
WU ZHU YU / Evodiae Fructus | Warm the Interior Expel Cold |
HUA JIAO / Zanthoxyli Pericarpium | Warm the Interior Expel Cold |
DING XIANG / Caryophylli Flos | Warm the Interior Expel Cold |
XIAO HUI XIANG / Foeniculi Fructus | Warm the Interior Expel Cold |
BI BA / Piperis Longi Fructus | Warm the Interior Expel Cold |
HU JIAO / Piperis Fructus | Warm the Interior Expel Cold |
REN SHEN / Ginseng Radix | Tonify Qi |
DANG SHEN / Codonopsis Radix | Tonify Qi |
TAI ZI SHEN / Pseudostellariae Radix | Tonify Qi |
HUANG QI / Astragali Radix | Tonify Qi |
SHAN YAO / Dioscoreae Rhizoma | Tonify Qi |
BAI ZHU / Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma | Tonify Qi |
DA ZAO / Jujubae Fructus | Tonify Qi |
GAN CAO / Glycyrrhizae Radix | Tonify Qi |
HUANG JING / Polygonati Rhioma | Tonify Qi |
YI TANG / Maltosum | Tonify Qi |
SHU DI HUANG / Rehmanniae Radix Preparata | Tonify Blood |
ZHI HE SHOU WU / Polygoni Multiflori Radix Preparata | Tonify Blood |
DANG GUI / Angelicae Sinensis Radix | Tonify Blood |
BAI SHAO / Paeoniae Radix Alba | Tonify Blood |
E JIAO / Asini Corii Colla | Tonify Blood |
GOU QI ZI / Lycii Fructus | Tonify Blood |
SANG SHEN / Mori Fructus | Tonify Blood |
LONG YAN ROU / Longan Arillus | Tonify Blood |
LU RONG / Cervi Cornu Pantotrichum | Tonify Yang |
GE JIE / Gecko | Tonify Yang |
DONG CHONG XIA CAO / Cordyceps | Tonify Yang |
ROU CONG RONG / Cistanches Herba | Tonify Yang |
SUO YANG / Cynomorii Herba | Tonify Yang |
YIN YANG HUO / Epimedii Herba | Tonify Yang |
BA JI TIAN / Morindae Officinalis Radix | Tonify Yang |
XIAN MAO / Curculiginis Rhizoma | Tonify Yang |
BU GU ZHI / Psoraleae Fructus | Tonify Yang |
YI ZHI REN / Alpiniae Oxyphyllae Fructus | Tonify Yang |
DU ZHONG / Eucommiae Cortex | Tonify Yang |
XU DUAN / Dipsaci Radix | Tonify Yang |
GU SUI BU / Drynariae Rhizoma | Tonify Yang |
HU LU BA / Trigonellae Semen | Tonify Yang |
TU SI ZI / Cuscutae Semen | Tonify Yang |
ZI HE CHE / Hominis Placenta | Tonify Yang |
SHA SHEN / Glehniae-Adenophorae Radix | Tonify Yin |
XI YANG SHEN / Panacis Quinguefolii Radix | Tonify Yin |
MAI MEN DONG / Ophiopogonis Radix | Tonify Yin |
TIAN MEN DONG / Asparagi Radix | Tonify Yin |
SHI HU / Dendrobii Herba | Tonify Yin |
YU ZHU / Polygonati Odorati Rhizoma | Tonify Yin |
BAI HE / Lillii Bulbus | Tonify Yin |
MO HAN LIAN / Ecliptae Herba | Tonify Yin |
NU ZHEN ZI / Ligustri Lucidi Fructus | Tonify Yin |
HEI ZHI MA / Sesami Semen Nigrum | Tonify Yin |
GUI BAN / Testudinis Plastrum | Tonify Yin |
BIE JIA / Trionycis Carapax | Tonify Yin |
SHAN ZHU YU / Corni Fructus | Herbs that Stabilize and Bind |
WU WEI ZI / Schisandrae Fructus | Herbs that Stabilize and Bind |
WU MEI / Mume Fructus | Herbs that Stabilize and Bind |
HE ZI / Chebulae Fructus | Herbs that Stabilize and Bind |
ROU DOU KOU / Myristicae Semen | Herbs that Stabilize and Bind |
CHUN PI / Ailanthi Cortex | Herbs that Stabilize and Bind |
CHI SHI ZHI / Halloysitum Rubrum | Herbs that Stabilize and Bind |
LIAN ZI / Nelumbinis Semen | Herbs that Stabilize and Bind |
QIAN SHI / Euryales Semen | Herbs that Stabilize and Bind |
JIN YING ZI / Rosae Laevigatae Fructus | Herbs that Stabilize and Bind |
FU PEN ZI / Rubi Fructus | Herbs that Stabilize and Bind |
BAI GUO / Gingko Semen | Herbs that Stabilize and Bind |
FU XIAO MAI / Tritici Fructus Levis | Herbs that Stabilize and Bind |
HAI PIAO XIAO / Sepiae Endoconcha | Herbs that Stabilize and Bind |
LONG GU / Fossilia Ossis Mastodi | Anchor, Settle and Calm The Spirit |
MU LI / Ostreae Concha | Anchor, Settle and Calm The Spirit |
CI SHI / Magnetitum | Anchor, Settle and Calm The Spirit |
ZHEN ZHU / Margarita | Anchor, Settle and Calm The Spirit |
ZI SHI YING / Fluoritum | Anchor, Settle and Calm The Spirit |
HU PO / Succinum | Anchor, Settle and Calm The Spirit |
SUAN ZAO REN / Ziziphi Spinosae Semen | Nourish the HT and Calm the Spirit |
BAI ZI REN / Platycladi Semen | Nourish the HT and Calm the Spirit |
YUAN ZHI / Polygalae Radix | Nourish the HT and Calm the Spirit |
HE HUAN PI / Albiziae Cortex | Nourish the HT and Calm the Spirit |
YE JIAO TENG / Polygoni Multiflori Caulis | Nourish the HT and Calm the Spirit |
SHE XIANG / Moschus | Aromatic Substances the Open the Orifices |
SU HE XIANG / Styrax | Aromatic Substances the Open the Orifices |
BING PIAN / Borneolum | Aromatic Substances the Open the Orifices |
SHI CHANG PU / Acori Tatarinowii Rhizoma | Aromatic Substances the Open the Orifices |
NIU HUANG / Bovis Calculus | Aromatic Substances the Open the Orifices |
LING YANG JIAO | Substances that Extinguish Wind and Stop Tremors |
GOU TENG / Uncariae Ramulus cum Uncis | Substances that Extinguish Wind and Stop Tremors |
TIAN MA / Gastrodiae Rhizoma | Substances that Extinguish Wind and Stop Tremors |
CI JI LI / Tribuli Fructus | "Substances that Extinguish Wind and Stop Tremors |
SHI JUE MING / Haliotidis Concha | Substances that Extinguish Wind and Stop Tremors |
DI LONG / Pheretima | Substances that Extinguish Wind and Stop Tremors |
BAI JIANG CAN / Bombyx Batryticatus | Substances that Extinguish Wind and Stop Tremors |
QUAN XIE / Scorpio | Substances that Extinguish Wind and Stop Tremors |
WU GONG / Scolopendra | Substances that Extinguish Wind and Stop Tremors |
DAI ZHE SHI / Haematitum | Substances that Extinguish Wind and Stop Tremors |
SHI JUN ZI / Quisqualis Fructus | Herbs that Expel Parasites |
BING LANG / Arecae Semen | Herbs that Expel Parasites |
DA SUAN / Alli Sativi Bulbus | Herbs that Expel Parasites |
BAI FAN / Alumen | Substances for External Application |
LIU HUANG / Sulfur | Substances for External Application |
SHE CHUANG ZI / Cnidii Fructus | Substances for External Application |