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Amur Poppy
English Name
Papaver nudicaule ssp. amurense
Latin Name
fruit shell or whole herb with flower
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To quicken blood, relieve pain.
Potential Indication
Impediment pain in joints, knocks and falls.
China Paris
English Name
Paris polyphylla var. chinensis
Latin Name
rhizome
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To quicken blood, stanch bleeding, regulate menstruation.
Potential Indication
Flooding, menstrual disorder [= menoxenia].
Crisped Common Perilla Stem
English Name
Perilla frutescens var. crispa
Latin Name
stem
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To quiet fetus, stanch bleeding.
Potential Indication
Stirring fetus in pregnancy, fetal spotting, bone stuck in throat.
Roundleaf Pharbitis Seed
English Name
Pharbitis purpurea
Latin Name
seed
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To quiet heart and spirit, dispel phlegm and open orifices, resolve toxin and disperse swelling.
Potential Indication
Pharyngitis, disquieted heart spirit, fright palpitation and insomnia, amnesia, fright epilepsy, cough with profuse phlegm, effusion of back from welling abscess and flat abscess, painful swollen breast.
Glabrousleaf Ch inese Corktree
English Name
Phellodendron chinense var. glabriusculum
Latin Name
bark
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To quiet heart and spirit, dispel wind-damp, move qi- blood, relieve pain.
Potential Indication
Disquieted heart spirit, palpitation and insomnia, mania and withdrawal, visceral agitation, wind-damp impediment pain, distending pain in stomach duct, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, knocks and falls.
American Pokeweed
English Name
Phytolacca americana [Syn. Phytolacca decandra ]
Latin Name
root
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To quiet heart and spirit, nourish liver, constrain sweat.
Potential Indication
Vacuity vexation and egersis, fright palpitation and fearful throbbing, spontaneous sweating and night sweating due to vacuity.
Armand Pine
English Name
Pinus armandii
Latin Name
leaf
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To quiet spirit and resolve depression, quicken blood and disperse welling abscess.
Potential Indication
Disquieted heart spirit, depression, insomnia, welling abscess and sores, knocks and falls.
Chinese Podocarpus Leaf
English Name
Podocarpus macrophyllus var. maki
Latin Name
branch-leaf
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To quiet spirit, calm liver, quicken blood, close sores.
Potential Indication
Insomnia, epilepsy, dizziness, knocks and falls, burns and scalds.
Chinese Podocarpus Seed
English Name
Podocarpus macrophyllus var. maki
Latin Name
seed and floral receptacle
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To quiet spirit, calm.
Potential Indication
Manic agitation schizophrenia.
Longpedicel Chinese Buscherry Seed
English Name
Prunus japonica var. nakaii
Latin Name
ripe seed
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To quiet spirit, dispel wind, stanch bleeding, resolve toxin.
Potential Indication
Wind impediment, qi depression, nosebleed (epistaxis), sore in lower body.
David Peach Juvenile Branch
English Name
Prunus davidiana
Latin Name
branchlet
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To raise spirit.
Potential Indication
NA
Sand Pear Leaf
English Name
Pyrus pyrifolia
Latin Name
leaf
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To rectify qi and relieve pain, resolve binds.
Potential Indication
Mounting qi, painful swollen testes, mammary welling abscess, lumbago, bladder qi pain.
Emitic Devilpepper
English Name
Rauvolfia vomitoria
Latin Name
root
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To rectify qi and dispel wind, dissipate binds and disperse swelling.
Potential Indication
Dysphagia-occlusion, wound from knocks and falls, tuberculosis and hemoptysis. Isolated stomach reflux, vomiting, globus hystericus, mounting qi.
Perak Devilpepper
English Name
Rauwolfia perakensis
Latin Name
root
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To rectify qi and dissipate stasis, eliminate damp, relieve pain.
Potential Indication
Dysentery, knocks and falls, eye screen, toothache, burns and scalds, malign scab and lai sore.
Redfruit Devilpepper
English Name
Rauvolfia verticillata f. rubrocarpa
Latin Name
root
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To rectify qi and downbear counterflow, strengthen spleen, transform phlegm.
Potential Indication
Oppression in chest, pain in rib-side, distending pain in stomach duct, belching and low food intake, vomiting due to liver stomach qi stagnation, phlegm-damp congestion, cough with profuse phlegm.
Hookedhair Madder
English Name
Rubia oncotricha
Latin Name
root
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To rectify qi and eliminate damp, calm asthma.
Potential Indication
Liquor jaundice, damp itchy in genitals, lai, double tongue, welling abscess and flat abscess, edema.
Smoothstalk Madder
English Name
Rubia schumannina
Latin Name
root
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To rectify qi and harmonize stomach.
Potential Indication
Pain in chest and abdomen, cold stomachache, vomiting of water due to congealing cold qi stagnation, coronary heart disease with pattern of qi stagnation and blood stasis.
Wallich Madder
English Name
Rubia wallichiana
Latin Name
root
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To rectify qi and promote digestion, disinhibit water and disperse distention.
Potential Indication
Indigestion, distending pain in stomach duct, dysentery, gan accumulation.
Black Elder
English Name
Sambucus nigra
Latin Name
stem-branch
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To rectify qi and promote digestion, dissipate cold and relieve pain.
Potential Indication
Cold pain in stomach duct and abdomen, retching counterflow, indigestion, mounting qi , cold stagnation lumbago.
Buerger Figwort
English Name
Scrophularia buergeriana
Latin Name
root
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To rectify qi and relieve pain, dispel damp and resolve toxin.
Potential Indication
Distending pain in chest and stomach duct, abdominal pain and diarrhea, wind-damp pain, throat pain, poisonous snake bite, dog bite, swelling toxin of welling abscess and flat abscess, bleeding due to external injury.
Yunnan Seseli
English Name
Seseli yunnanense
Latin Name
root
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To rectify qi and relieve pain, dispel wind-damp, disperse swelling toxin.
Potential Indication
Qi stagnation and food accumulation, pain in stomach duct and abdomen, wind-damp impediment pain, swelling toxin of welling abscess and sore, poisonous snake bite.
Gansu Greenbrier
English Name
Smilax menispermoidea
Latin Name
rhizome
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To rectify qi and relieve pain, fortify stomach and resolve phlegm.
Potential Indication
Stomachache, distention in rib-side, vomiting, dysphagia-occlusion, phlegm-rheum cough asthma.
Tree Falsespiraea
English Name
Sorbaria arborea
Latin Name
bark
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To rectify qi and relieve pain, repel foulness and open depression.
Potential Indication
Dysentery, dizziness and headache, red eyes, sore toxin.
Japanese Stemona
English Name
Stemona japonica
Latin Name
root
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To rectify qi and relieve pain, resolve toxin and disperse swelling.
Potential Indication
Qi stagnation stomachache, vomiting diarrhea with abdominal pain, taxation detriment due to knocks and falls, toxin swelling of sores, poisonous snake bite.
Japanese Linden
English Name
Tilia japonica
Latin Name
flower
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To rectify qi and relieve pain, stanch bleeding and dissipate stasis, resolve toxin and disperse swelling.
Potential Indication
Diarrhea, dysentery, liver stomach qi pain, amenorrhea, blood ejection, hematochezia, toxin swelling, bleeding due to external injury, knocks and falls, backache.
Hairystalk Tinospora
English Name
Tinospora capillipes
Latin Name
root
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To rectify qi and remove damp, fortify stomach and disperse food.
Potential Indication
Stomach qi pain, indigestion, child gan accumulation, wind-damp pain.
NA
English Name
Pycnoporus sanguineus
Latin Name
sporocarp
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To rectify qi and resolve depression, disperse food and transform phlegm, arouse liquor.
Potential Indication
Oppression and depression in chest, liquor damage with thirst, food stagnation in torpid stomach.
Rosthorn Snakegourd
English Name
Trichosanthes rosthornii [Syn. Trichosanthes uniflora]
Latin Name
fruit
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To rectify qi and stanch bleeding, expel pus and engender flesh.
Potential Indication
Abdominal pain, dysentery, flooding, sore and welling abscess.
Japanese Dualbutterfly*
English Name
Tripterospermum japonicum
Latin Name
whole herb
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To rectify qi , relieve pain.
Potential Indication
Pain in stomach duct and rib-side, diarrhea, dysentery, indigestion.
Chinese Gambirplant
English Name
Uncaria sinensis
Latin Name
hooked stem-branch
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To rectify qi and fortify spleen, resolve toxin and kill worms.
Potential Indication
Child gan accumulation, distention fullness in stomach duct and abdomen, worm accumulation, ulcerating sore and boil.
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