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Manypr ickle Acanthopana x
English Name
Acanthopanax senticosus [Syn. Eleutherococcus senticosus ]
Latin Name
root and rhizome
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To relieve pain, calm.
Potential Indication
Epilepsy, schizophrenia, neurasthenia, dizziness and dim vision.
Tangerine Pericarp
English Name
Citrus reticulata
Latin Name
pericarp
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To relieve pain, eliminate inflammation, resolve heat.
Potential Indication
Bronchial asthma, ileitis, ulcerative colitis, rheumatis, abnormal increase of lipoxygenase.
Round Cardamom
English Name
Amomum kravanh [Syn. Amomum cardamomum]
Latin Name
seed
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To relieve pain, kill worms and ejection.
Potential Indication
Wind-damp impediment pain, knocks and falls, scab and lichen, malign sore, mania and withdrawal with congesting phlegm.
Katsumada Galangal
English Name
Alpinia katsumadai
Latin Name
seed
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To relieve pain, relieve cough, check diarrhea, resolve toxin, kill worms.
Potential Indication
Pain in stomach duct and abdomen, dysmenorrhea, enduring cough, chronic diarrhea and dysentery, swelling toxin of welling abscess and sore, intractable lichen, bald sores, white patch wind.
Swordlike Atractylodes Equivalent plant: Atractylodes chinensis, Atractylodes japonica
English Name
Atractylodes lancea
Latin Name
rhizome
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To relieve pain, stanch bleeding, engender flesh.
Potential Indication
Knocks and falls, asthma, heart disease.
Common Tulip
English Name
Tulipa gesneriana
Latin Name
flower
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To relieve pain, stanch bleeding, engender flesh.
Potential Indication
Knocks and falls, wind-damp lumbago, heart disease.
Crowndaisy Chrysanthemum Equivalent plant: Chrysanthemum segetum
English Name
Chrysanthemum coronarium
Latin Name
stem-leaf
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To relieve pain, stanch bleeding.
Potential Indication
Boil.
Common Perilla Stem Equivalent plant: Perilla frutescens var crispa
English Name
Perilla frutescens var. arguta
Latin Name
stem
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To relieve pain.
Potential Indication
Pain in joints.
Bunge Pricklyash Equivalent plant: Zanthoxylum schinifolium
English Name
Zanthoxylum bungeanum
Latin Name
pericarp
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To relieve pain.
Potential Indication
Taxation damage and lumbago.
Common Nutmeg
English Name
Myristica fragrans
Latin Name
kernel
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To resolve depression and quiet heart, resolve toxin and disperse swelling.
Potential Indication
Insomnia and vexation, palpitation and fearful throbbing, knocks and falls, fracture, pulmonary welling abscess, swollen welling abscess, scab sore.
Sharpleaf Galangal
English Name
Alpinia oxyphylla
Latin Name
fruit
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To resolve exterior and abate fever, draw out toxin and engender flesh.
Potential Indication
Common cold with headache, putrefying sore, yellow-water sore.
Foxtail Millet
English Name
Setaria italica
Latin Name
kernel
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To resolve exterior and abate fever, relieve cough, clear heat and resolve toxin.
Potential Indication
Common cold with fever, swelling pain in throat, vomiting diarrhea with abdominal pain, vacuity taxation cough, heat toxin sore and welling abscess, otitis media.
Hemsley Melodinus
English Name
Melodinus hemsleyanus
Latin Name
root or fruit
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To resolve exterior and allay fever, diffuse lung and calm panting, quicken blood and dissipate stasis.
Potential Indication
Common cold with fever, asthma and abundant phlegm, menstrual disorder, postpartum persistent flow of lochia.
Cow-pea
English Name
Vigna unguiculata
Latin Name
seed
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To resolve exterior and clear heat, dry damp and resolve toxin.
Potential Indication
Wind-heat common cold, eczema, dermatitis.
Pilose Asiabell Equivalent plant: Codonopsis pilosula var modesta, Codonopsis tangshen , Codonopsis tubulosa , Codonopsis subglobosa, Codonopsis canescens, Codonopsis clematidea
English Name
Codonopsis pilosula
Latin Name
root
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To resolve exterior and disinhibit damp, move qi and dissipate stasis.
Potential Indication
Common cold, wind-damp impediment pain, abdominal distention, diarrhea, dysentery, knocks and falls, eczema, dermatitis.
Rice
English Name
Oryza sativa
Latin Name
seed
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To resolve exterior and disinhibit damp, regulate menstruation and stanch bleeding.
Potential Indication
Jaundice, malaria, menstrual disorder, nosebleed(epistaxis), Vaginal discharge.
Bear’s Paw
English Name
Selenarctos thibetanus, Ursus arctos
Latin Name
paw
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To resolve exterior and outthrust papules, dispel wind and overcome damp, resolve toxin.
Potential Indication
Common cold with cough, non-eruption of measles, wind-damp pain, inhibited urination, edema, urticaria, itchy of skin, sores, cinnabar toxin, burns and scalds.
Sieve Sedge
English Name
Carex kobomugi
Latin Name
fruit
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To resolve exterior, clear summerheat, disinhibit damp, resolve toxin, quicken blood.
Potential Indication
Common cold, summerheat stroke, fever, cough, swelling pain in throat, summerheat-damp diarrhea, dysentery, swelling and pus of sores, knocks and falls, snake bite.
Daimyo Oak Leaf
English Name
Quercus dentata
Latin Name
leaf
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To resolve exterior, eliminate damp, relieve cough and calm asthma.
Potential Indication
Wind-cold common cold, summerheat damage, vomiting diarrhea with abdominal pain, dribbling pain of urination, wind-damp impediment pain, cough and asthma, bronchial asthma.
Japanese Thistle
English Name
Cirsium japonicum
Latin Name
aerial parts or root
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To resolve exterior, free qi and effuse sweat.
Potential Indication
Wind-heat common cold, headache, cold-damp red swelling, pain wind, sore.
Bottle-brush
English Name
Equisetum arvense
Latin Name
aerial parts
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To resolve exterior, free yang , resolve toxin.
Potential Indication
Wind-cold common cold, yin cold abdominal pain, urinary stoppage, swelling toxin of welling abscess and flat abscess, painful swelling from knocks and falls.
Spinish
English Name
Spinacia oleracea
Latin Name
whole herb with root
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To resolve exterior, harmonize center, rectify qi.
Potential Indication
Common cold, cough, headache, sore pharynx, red eyes, nosebleed(epistaxis), stomachache, abdominal distention, cholera with vomiting and diarrhea, dysmenorrhea, numbness in limbs, painful swelling from knocks and falls, sore and boil, cracking.
Vetchleaf Sophora Leaf
English Name
Sophora viciifolia
Latin Name
leaf
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To resolve exterior, move qi , quicken blood, resolve toxin.
Potential Indication
Common cold due to wind-cold, food stagnation abdominal distention, innominate toxin swelling.
Chinese Ephedra Root
English Name
Ephedra sinica
Latin Name
root
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To resolve exterior, rectify qi, clear summerheat, disinhibit damp.
Potential Indication
Common cold with fever, summerheat stroke, distention fullness in chest and diaphragm, vomiting diarrhea with abdominal pain, jaundice, edema, vaginal discharge, child gan accumulation, measles papules, itchy skin, swelling pain of sores, knocks and falls.
Red Nanmu Bark
English Name
Machilus thunbergii
Latin Name
bark
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To resolve exterior, relieve cough and transform phlegm.
Potential Indication
Common cold, cough and asthma, abundant phlegm.
Willowleaf Swallowwort
English Name
Cynanchum stauntonii
Latin Name
root and rhizome
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To resolve exterior, relieve cough, brighten eyes, free menstruation.
Potential Indication
Common cold, headache, asthma, pertussis, swelling pain in throat, toothache, indigestion, menstrual disorder [=menoxenia], menstrual block, night blindness, phlegmon.
Myrrh
English Name
Commiphora myrrha [Syn. Commiphora molmol]
Latin Name
balsam
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To resolve exterior, relieve cough, dispel wind and eliminate damp, rectify qi and relieve pain.
Potential Indication
Common cold, chronic trachitis, wind-damp impediment pain, stomachache, sand qi , abdominal pain.
Cuspidate Pricklyash
English Name
Zanthoxylum cuspidatum
Latin Name
stem-leaf or root
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To resolve exterior, relieve pain, move qi , expel roundworm.
Potential Indication
Common cold with headache, swelling pain in throat, toothache, distention fullness in chest and abdomen, ascariasis.
Malabar Randia, Sping Randia
English Name
Randia spinosa
Latin Name
fruit and root, leaf
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To resolve heat toxin, disperse swollen welling abscess.
Potential Indication
Toxin swelling of sores.
Unarmed Glorybower
English Name
Clerodendron inerme
Latin Name
branchlet-leaf
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To resolve heat, allay thirst, fortify stomach, free strangury.
Potential Indication
Heat vexation, diabetes mellitus, dry cough due to lung dryness, indigestion, damp-heat jaundice, stone strangury, hemorrhoids.
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