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White Mulberry Leaf Equivalent plant: Morus mongolica, Morus australis , Morus cathayana
English Name
Morus alba
Latin Name
leaf
Plant Part
Traditional Use
Treatment of toothache due to caries.
Potential Indication
NA
Pilose Germander
English Name
Teucrium pilosum [Syn. Teucrium japonicum var. pilosum]
Latin Name
whole herb
Plant Part
Traditional Use
Treatment of traumatic injuries, swelling and pain of carbuncle and boil, spitting of blood, epistaxis and traumatic hemorrhage.
Potential Indication
NA
Fourfile Germander
English Name
Teucrium quadrifarium
Latin Name
whole herb, root or leaf
Plant Part
Traditional Use
Treatment of traumatic injuries, swelling and pain of carbuncle and boil, spitting of blood, epistaxis and traumatic hemorrhage.
Potential Indication
NA
Chinese Bastardtoadflax
English Name
Thesium chinense
Latin Name
whole herb
Plant Part
Traditional Use
Treatment of traumatic injury, rheumatic arthralgia, stomach-ache, teethache, bitten by venomous snake, applied for burn caused by hot liquid or fire.
Potential Indication
NA
Common Bitterfigwort
English Name
Picria felterrae
Latin Name
whole herb
Plant Part
Traditional Use
Treatment of traumatic swelling and pain, bone fracture.
Potential Indication
NA
European Goldenrod
English Name
Solidago virgaurea
Latin Name
whole herb or root
Plant Part
Traditional Use
Treatment of traumatic swelling and pain, bone fracture.
Potential Indication
NA
Barbate Cyclea
English Name
Cyclea barbata
Latin Name
root and stem
Plant Part
Traditional Use
Treatment of traumatic swelling, pain and bleeding.
Potential Indication
NA
Male Fern Rhizome
English Name
Dryopteris crassirhizoma
Latin Name
rhizome
Plant Part
Traditional Use
Treatment of ulcer difficulty to heal, wounds, burns and scalds.
Potential Indication
NA
Marshmarigold-leaved Beesia
English Name
Beesia calthaefolia
Latin Name
rhizome or whole herb
Plant Part
Traditional Use
Treatment of upper respiratory infection with sore throat, hoarseness of voice, measles with inadequate eruption, urticaria with itching, inflammation of the eye with formation of corneal opacity, convulsion, tetanus.
Potential Indication
NA
Country Gooseberry
English Name
Averrhoa carambola
Latin Name
fruit
Plant Part
Traditional Use
Treatment of urinary infection with oliguria, edema and thirst.
Potential Indication
NA
Redspot Swertia
English Name
Swertia erythrosticta
Latin Name
whole herb
Plant Part
Traditional Use
Treatment of urinary infection, urolithiasis with difficult urination accompanied by burning pain, fidgetness and thirst caused by summer damp, diarrhea caused by damp-heat, external use for eczema, sores with marked exudation, miliaria.
Potential Indication
NA
Birdsfoot Trefoil
English Name
Lotus corniculatus
Latin Name
aerial parts
Plant Part
Traditional Use
Treatment of urinary infection, urolithiasis with difficult urination accompanied by burning pain, fidgetness and thirst caused by summer damp, diarrhea caused by damp-heat, external use for eczema, sores with marked exudation, miliaria.
Potential Indication
NA
Common Duckwood
English Name
Lemna minor
Latin Name
whole herb
Plant Part
Traditional Use
Treatment of various kinds of superficial and internal bleeding, such as hemoptysis, hematemesis, epistaxis, hemafecia, hematuria, traumatic bleeding and purpura, also for bleeding due to hemophilia , aplastic anemia and thrombopathy.
Potential Indication
Inhibiting fibrinolysis, promoting thrombocytopoiesis and shortening the bleeding time.
Japanese Balanophora
English Name
Balanophora japonica
Latin Name
herb
Plant Part
Traditional Use
Treatment of vertigo and tinnitus, palpitation, insomnia, premature greying of hair and beard, thirst due to impairment of body fluid, diabetes caused by internal heat, constipation due to deficiency of blood.
Potential Indication
Its contains sugar, organic acid , vitamins B1, B2 and C and carotene. Its oleum contains oleic acid and linoleic acid.
Ox Gall
English Name
Bos taurus domesticus, Bubalus bubalis
Latin Name
gall
Plant Part
Traditional Use
Treatment of vertigo, tinnitus, vomiting, belching, hiccup, dyspnea, spitting of blood, epistaxis, abnormal uterine bleeding.
Potential Indication
NA
Common Scouring Rush
English Name
Equisetum hiemale
Latin Name
aerial parts
Plant Part
Traditional Use
Treatment of weakness and aching of the back and loins, limpness of the legs, rheumatic arthralgia.
Potential Indication
NA
Bouquet Larkspur
English Name
Delphinium grandiflorum
Latin Name
whole herb or root
Plant Part
Traditional Use
Treatment of weakness and aching of the back and loins, limpness of the legs, rheumatic arthralgia.
Potential Indication
NA
He dgehog Brain
English Name
Erinaceus europaeus , Hemiechinus dauuricus, Hemiechinus auritus
Latin Name
brain
Plant Part
Traditional Use
Treatment of weakness of the body manifested as spontaneous sweating or night sweating. Light wheat (Fuxiaomai) is used with Oyster shell (Muli), Astragalus root (Huangqi) and Ephedra root (Mahuanggen) in the formula Muli San.
Potential Indication
Antisudorific.
Chinese Angelica Equivalent plant: Phlojodicarpus sibiricus
English Name
Angelica sinensis
Latin Name
root
Plant Part
Traditional Use
Treatment of weakness of the spleen and stomach with loss of appetite and loose bowels, excessive leukorrhea, vomiting, diarrhea, distress in the chest and distension in the abdomen caused by summer-damp.Semen Lablab Album (stir-fried) Diarrhea and excessive leukorrhea in deficiency syndromes of the spleen.
Potential Indication
NA
Nutgrass Galingale
English Name
Cyperus rotundus
Latin Name
rhizome
Plant Part
Traditional Use
Treatment of weakness of the spleen and the lung manifested by shortness of breath, cough, palpitation, anorexia, loose stools, diabetes caused by internal heat.
Potential Indication
NA
Wild Carrot
English Name
Daucus carota
Latin Name
whole herb
Plant Part
Traditional Use
Treatment of weakness of the spleen and the stomach marked by lassitude and weakness, cardiac palpitation and shortness of breath, cough with much phlegm , spasmodic pain in the epigastrium, abdomen and limbs, carbuncles and sores. It is often used for reducing the toxic or drastic actions of other drugs.Radix Glycyrrhizae (processed with honey) Weakness of the spleen and the stomach with lassitude and lack of strength, arrhythmia.
Potential Indication
1. Its decoction can inhibit intestinal smooth muscles of rabbins in vitro, but glycyrrhizin and glycyrrhetinic acid have no this effect.2. Possessing an adrenocorticomimetic effect.3. Its extract and glycyrrhizin exerts a detoxifying effect.4. Antitussive and antiasthmatic. 5. Glycyrrhizin has anti-inflammatory effect similar to hydrocortisone.
True Lacquer
English Name
Rhus verniciflua [Syn. Toxicadendron verniciflum ]
Latin Name
balsam
Plant Part
Traditional Use
Treatment of weakness of the spleen and the stomach marked by lassitude, dryness in the mouth and anorexia, dry cough due to deficiency of yin of the lung, deficiency of vital essence and blood, diabetes caused by internal heat.
Potential Indication
1. Promoting lymphocyte-blastogenesis. 2. Increasing coronary flow and myocardial contractility. 3. Lowering the level of blood lipids. 4. Inhibiting the growth of Bacillus tuberculosis and various kinds of fungi in vitro.
Betenutpalm
English Name
Areca catechu
Latin Name
seed
Plant Part
Traditional Use
Treatment of wind-damp obstruction syndrome manifested as joint pain, numbness of the limbs, tendon and muscle spasms and pain from external injury. Hairy birthwort (Xungufeng) may be used alone in decoction or soaked in wine, or used with other herbs that dispel wind and dampness.
Potential Indication
NA
Broadleaf Crinum
English Name
Crinum latifolium
Latin Name
leaf
Plant Part
Traditional Use
Treatment of wind-heat type common cold, headache and dizziness, inflammation of the eye, blurred vision.
Potential Indication
NA
NA
English Name
Bittersweet.
Latin Name
root
Plant Part
Traditional Use
Treatment of yang deficiency of the spleen and the kidney characterized by anorexia, vomiting, diarrhea, excessive leukorrhea, enuresis or frequent urination, abnormal uterine bleeding, subcutaneous infections and modulations.
Potential Indication
NA
Prepared Common Monkshood Daughter Root Equivalent plant: Aconitum carmichaeli cv
English Name
Aconitum carmichaeli
Latin Name
daughter root
Plant Part
Traditional Use
Treatment of: 1. Blood stagnation manifested as dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, postpartum abdominal pain or swelling and pain due to external injuries. Siphonostegia (Liujinu) is used with Chinese angelica root (Danggui), Corydalis tuber (Yanhusuo) and Chuanxiong rhizome (Chuanxiong). 2. Hemorrhages and pain due to external injuries. The powder of Siphonostegia (Liujinu) is used alone, externally.
Potential Indication
NA
Smallfruit Meadowrue
English Name
Thalictrum microgynum
Latin Name
root
Plant Part
Traditional Use
Treatment of: 1. Deficient yin of the liver and kidneys with hyperactive yang of the liver manifested as dizziness, vertigo, blurred vision or irritability. Dragon's bone (Longgu) is used with Oyster shell (Muli), Red ochre (Daizheshi) and White peony root (Baishao) in the formula Zhengan Xifeng Tang. 2. Seminal emissions due to deficient kidneys. Dragon's bone (Longgu) is used with Oyster shell (Muli), Flattened milkvetch seed (Shayuanzi) and Euryale seed (Qianshi). 3. Palpitations and insomnia. Dragon's bone (Longgu) is used with Oyster shell (Muli), Polygala root (Yuanzhi) and Wild jujube seed (Suanzaoren). 4. Leukorrhea due to deficient kidneys. Dragon's bone (Longgu) is used with Oyster shell (Muli), Dioscorea (Shanyao) and Cuttlefish bone (Wuzeigu). 5. Spontaneous sweating and night sweating. Dragon's bone (Longgu) is used with Oyster shell (Muli) and Schisandra fruit (Wuweizi).
Potential Indication
NA
Mullein Nightbrier Leaf
English Name
Solanum verbascifolium
Latin Name
leaf
Plant Part
Traditional Use
Treatment of: 1. Deficient yin of the liver and kidneys with hyperactive yang of the liver manifested as dizziness, vertigo, blurred vision or irritability. Dragon's bone (Longgu) is used with Oyster shell (Muli), Red ochre (Daizheshi) and White peony root (Baishao) in the formula Zhengan Xifeng Tang. 2. Seminal emissions due to deficient kidneys. Dragon's bone (Longgu) is used with Oyster shell (Muli), Flattened milkvetch seed (Shayuanzi) and Euryale seed (Qianshi). 3. Palpitations and insomnia. Dragon's bone (Longgu) is used with Oyster shell (Muli), Polygala root (Yuanzhi) and Wild jujube seed (Suanzaoren). 4. Leukorrhea due to deficient kidneys. Dragon's bone (Longgu) is used with Oyster shell (Muli), Dioscorea (Shanyao) and Cuttlefish bone (Wuzeigu). 5. Spontaneous sweating and night sweating. Dragon's bone (Longgu) is used with Oyster shell (Muli) and Schisandra fruit (Wuweizi).
Potential Indication
NA
Fernlike Asparagus
English Name
Asparagus filicinus
Latin Name
tuberoid
Plant Part
Traditional Use
Treatment of: 1. Deficient yin of the lungs with heat manifested as dry cough or cough with scanty sputum, hoarse voice from a chronic cough, dry throat and thirst. Glehnia root (Shashen) is used with Ophiopogon root (Maidong) and Tendrilled fritillary bulb (Chuanbeimu). 2. Body fluids consumed by febrile diseases manifested as dry tongue and poor appetite. Glehnia root (Shashen) is used with Ophiopogon root (Maidong), Fresh rehmannia root (Shengdihuang) and Fragrant solomonseal rhizome (Yuzhu) in the formula Yiwei Tang.
Potential Indication
NA
Noble Dendrobium Equivalent plant: Dendrobium loddigesii, Dendrobium densiflorum , Dendrobium officinale , Dendrobium chrysanthum, Dendrobium fimbriatum var oculatum , Dendrobium aduncum, Dendrobium moniliforme, Dendrobium aurantiacum var denneanum
English Name
Dendrobium nobile
Latin Name
stem
Plant Part
Traditional Use
Treatment of: 1. Hemorrhage. Cuttlefish bone (Wuzeigu) is used with Rubia root (Qiancao), Carbonized petiole of windmill palm (Zonglutan) and Donkey hide gelatin (Ejiao). Cuttlefish bone (Wuzeigu) can be used alone for bleeding due to external injuries. 2. Deficiency of the kidneys manifested as seminal emissions or leukorrhea. Cuttlefish bone (Wuzeigu) is used with Dogwood fruit (Shanzhuyu), Dioscorea (Shanyao), Dadder seed (Tusizi) and Oyster shell (Muli). 3. Stomach pain and acid regurgitation. Cuttlefish bone (Wuzeigu) is used with Tendrilled fritillary bulb (Chuanbeimu) in the formula Wu Bei San. 4. Eczema or chronic ulcers. Cuttlefish bone (Wuzeigu) is used with Phellodendron bark (Huangbai) and Natural indigo (Qingdai) for external use in powder form.
Potential Indication
NA
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