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Acuminate Swallowwort
English Name
Cynanchum ascyrifolium
Latin Name
root
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To quicken blood and free menstruation, dissipate stasis and relieve pain.
Potential Indication
Amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, retention of lochia, angina pectoris, cerebral thrombosis, neurodermatitis, concretion and conglomeration, lump glomus, knocks and falls, swollen pain due to bleeding.
Blackend Swallowwort
English Name
Cynanchum atratum
Latin Name
root
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To quicken blood and free menstruation, promote lactation and disperse edema.
Potential Indication
Galactostasis, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, mammary welling abscess.
Pilose Gerbera
English Name
Gerbera piloselloides
Latin Name
root
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To quicken blood and free menstruation, transform stasis and move water.
Potential Indication
Menstrual disorder, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, postpartum abdominal pain, concretion and conglomeration, swollen welling abscess, knocks and falls.
Versicolorous Mosquitotrap
English Name
Cynanchum versicolor
Latin Name
root
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To quicken blood and free network vessels, disperse swelling and relieve pain, transform phlegm and relieve cough.
Potential Indication
Wind-damp impediment pain, knocks and falls, swelling pain of welling abscess and sore, cough.
Broadleaf Cattail Pollen
English Name
Typha latifolia
Latin Name
pollen
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To quicken blood and free network vessels, resolve toxin and disperse swelling.
Potential Indication
Knocks and falls, pain in sinews and bones, numbness in limbs, hemiplegia, facial paralysis, jaundice, deep-source nasal congestion, scrofula, toxin swelling, yellow-water sore.
Narrowleaf Cattail Pollen
English Name
Typha angustifolia
Latin Name
pollen
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To quicken blood and free network vessels, resolve toxin, kill worms.
Potential Indication
Pain in heart and abdomen, invisible worm sores.
Pertusate Ulva Frond
English Name
Ulva pertusa
Latin Name
frond
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To quicken blood and free network vessels, resolve toxin, kill worms.
Potential Indication
Pain in sinews and bones, vomiting diarrhea with abdominal pain, child oxyuria disease.
Dioecious Nettle
English Name
Urtica dioica
Latin Name
whole herb
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To quicken blood and free vessels, dissipate cold, free medicinal strength.
Potential Indication
Wind-cold impediment pain, hypertonicity of sinews and vessels, chest impediment, cold pain in heart and abdomen.
Diffract Usnea Filament
English Name
Usnea diffracta
Latin Name
filament
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To quicken blood and move qi , disperse swelling and relieve pain.
Potential Indication
Pain in stomach duct, knocks and falls, innominate toxin swelling.
Amur Valeriana
English Name
Valeriana amurensis
Latin Name
root and rhizome
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To quicken blood and move qi, dissipate stasis and relieve pain .
Potential Indication
Chest impediment, painful swelling from knocks and falls, fracture, sprain, wind-damp impediment pain, throat pain, poisonous snake bites.
Broadleaf Common Valeriana
English Name
Valeriana officinalis var. latifolia
Latin Name
root and rhizome
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To quicken blood and move stasis, dispel wind and eliminate damp, resolve toxin.
Potential Indication
Knocks and falls, wind-damp impediment pain, wind-cold common cold, swelling toxin sores, poisonous snake bites.
Largeflower Falsehellebore
English Name
Veratrum grandiflorum
Latin Name
root and rhizome
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To quicken blood and nourish heart, constrain lung and astringe intestines.
Potential Indication
Coronary heart disease, angina pectoris, hypercholesterolemia, Parkinson’s disease, peripheral arterial diseases, chest impediment and heart pain, cough of phlegm asthma, diarrhea and dysentery, vaginal discharge, emission, retinal insufficiency syndrome.
Flatshort Mistletoe
English Name
Viscum articulactum
Latin Name
branchlet-leaf
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To quicken blood and regulate menstruation, clear heat and brighten eyes.
Potential Indication
Menstrual disorder, steaming bone taxation fever, liver heat and red eyes.
Simpleleaf Shrub Chastetree Fruit
English Name
Vitex rotundifolia [Syn. Vitex trifollia var. simplicifolia ]
Latin Name
seed
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To quicken blood and regulate menstruation, clear heat and disinhibit damp, resolve toxin and disperse swelling.
Potential Indication
Amenorrhea, dysentery, diarrhea, child head sore, itchy skin, knocks and falls, bleeding due to external injury, poisonous snake bite.
Peppertree Pricklyash
English Name
Zanthoxylum schinifolium
Latin Name
pericarp
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To quicken blood and regulate menstruation, disinhibit urine and disperse edema.
Potential Indication
Menstrual disorder, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, postpartum bleeding, persistent flow of lochia, edema, scant urine with edema, acute nephritis with edema.
Spineless Common Jujube
English Name
Ziziphus jujuba var. inermis
Latin Name
ripe fruit
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To quicken blood and regulate menstruation, disinhibit urine.
Potential Indication
Amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, dizziness, headache, numbness in limbs, edema.
Sessileflower Acanthopanax Root-bark
English Name
Acanthopanax sessiliflorus
Latin Name
root cortex
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To quicken blood and regulate menstruation, disinhibit water and disperse edema.
Potential Indication
Menstrual disorder, vaginal discharge, child gan accumulation, edema, dysentery, throat pain, mammary welling abscess, knocks and falls.
Zhongba Monkshood Daughter Root*
English Name
Aconitum carmichaeli cv
Latin Name
daughter root
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To quicken blood and regulate menstruation, dispel stasis and engender flesh, boost kidney and quiet spirit.
Potential Indication
Menstrual disorder, dysmenorrhea, menstrual block, flooding, kidney vacuity lumbago, impotence, insomnia, frequent dreaming, knocks and falls.
Planeleaf Alangium
English Name
Alangium platanifolium
Latin Name
root
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To quicken blood and regulate menstruation, dispel wind and disinhibit damp, fortify spleen and disperse accumulation.
Potential Indication
Menstrual disorder, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, wind-damp impediment pain, inhibited urination, painful wound from knocks and falls, angitis.
Chinese Onion
English Name
Allium chinense
Latin Name
bulb
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To quicken blood and regulate menstruation, dispel wind and eliminate damp, promote contraction and stanch bleeding.
Potential Indication
Knocks and falls, fracture, menstrual disorder [=menoxenia], dysmenorrhea, wind-damp pain, bleeding due to external injury, enteritis, dysentery.
Qibaizhi Angelica*
English Name
Angelica dahurica cv. qibaizhi
Latin Name
root
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To quicken blood and regulate menstruation, dispel wind and eliminate damp. menstrual block, knocks and falls, wind-damp impediment pain, leg qi swelling and pain, damp-swelling in scrotum, lichen sore, lai sore.
Potential Indication
NA
Pedate Pinellia
English Name
Pinellia pedatisecta
Latin Name
tuber
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To quicken blood and regulate menstruation, dispel wind-damp.
Potential Indication
Menstrual disorder, dysmenorrhea, wind-damp impediment pain.
First Wormwood
English Name
Artemisia princeps
Latin Name
leaf
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To quicken blood and regulate menstruation, dissipate stasis and relieve pain.
Potential Indication
Menstrual disorder , postpartum abdominal pain due to stasis obstruction, knocks and falls, wind-damp impediment pain.
Lavenderleaf Wormwood
English Name
Artemisia lavandulaefolia
Latin Name
leaf
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To quicken blood and regulate menstruation, rectify qi and relieve pain, clear heat and disinhibit damp.
Potential Indication
Menstrual disorder, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, vaginal discharge, dysentery, pain in stomach duct, bleeding due to external injury, yellow-water sore, burns and scalds.
Virg ate Wormwood
English Name
Artemisia scoparia [Syn. Artemisia capillaris var. scoparia]
Latin Name
aerial parts
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To quicken blood and regulate menstruation, resolve toxin and disperse swelling.
Potential Indication
Menstrual disorder, dysmenorrhea, knocks and falls, blood stasis swelling and pain, scrofula, swollen welling abscess, scalds.
Sword-bean
English Name
Canavalia ensiformis
Latin Name
seed
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To quicken blood and regulate menstruation, supplement blood and soothe sinews.
Potential Indication
Menstrual disorder, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, postpartum anemia, blood vacuity, wind-damp impediment pain, numbness in limbs, knocks and falls.
Sickle Senna Seed
English Name
Cassia tora
Latin Name
ripe seed
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To quicken blood and regulate menstruation, transform damp and check discharge.
Potential Indication
Blood stasis and menstrual block, menstrual disorder , red and white vaginal discharge.
Pyrethrum
English Name
Chrysanthemum coccineum
Latin Name
capitulum and whole herb
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To quicken blood and regulate menstruation, transform stasis and relieve pain.
Potential Indication
Menstrual disorder, menstrual pain, menstrual block, flooding and spotting, blood ejection, wind-damp bone pain, mammary welling abscess, swelling of sores.
Lavandulaleaf Chrysanthemum
English Name
Chrysanthemum lavandulifolium
Latin Name
whole herb and root
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To quicken blood and regulate menstruation, transform stasis and stanch bleeding.
Potential Indication
Menstrual disorder [=menoxenia], infertility, bleeding due to external injury.
Dahurian Bugbane
English Name
Cimicifuga dahurica
Latin Name
rhizome
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To quicken blood and regulate menstruation.
Potential Indication
Menstrual disorder, postpartum abdominal pain, knocks and falls.
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