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Yunnan Manyleaf Paris
English Name
Paris polyphylla var. yunnanensis
Latin Name
rhizome
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To nourish blood and regulate menstruation, quicken blood, relieve pain, moisten intestines and relieve constipation.
Potential Indication
Women’s diseases, blood deficiency syndrome, menstrual disorder, amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea, dysmenorrhea due to anemia, thrombophlebitis, neuralgia, arthritis, chronic nephritis, constrictive aortitis, blood vaculty, pernicious anemia, anemia due to folic acid deficiency, dysentery, hepatitis, Raynaud’s disease, lumbago, various pains due to blood stasis and rheumatic impediment, sores, welling abscess, constipation, ulcer in gastrointestinal tract, skin diseases, eczema, dermatitis, neurodermatitis, psoriasis.
Narrowleaf Paris
English Name
Paris polyphylla var. stenophylla
Latin Name
rhizome
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To nourish blood and stanch bleeding, astringe intestines and secure essence.
Potential Indication
Blood vacuity and general weakness, blood ejection, nosebleed(epistaxis), taxation damage hemoptysis, hematochezia, flooding and spotting, emission, vaginal discharge, dysentery, prolapse of rectum, scalds, bleeding due to external injury.
Scabrous Patrinia
English Name
Patrinia scabra
Latin Name
root
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To nourish blood, stanch bleeding, calm liver, moisten dryness.
Potential Indication
Spontaneous external bleeding, hematochezia, headache, dizziness and dim vision, red eyes, night blindness, diabetes mellitus, fecal stoppage, hemorrhoids.
Dahurian Patrinia
English Name
Patrinia scabiosaefolia
Latin Name
whole herb
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To nourish blood, supplement liver, brighten eyes.
Potential Indication
Vacuity taxation with marked emaciation, anemia with yellow complexion, clear-eye blindness, night blindness, fright epilepsy.
Royal Paulownia
English Name
Paulownia tomentosa
Latin Name
bark
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To nourish body and quicken blood, clear heat and disinhibit damp.
Potential Indication
Menstrual disorder, postpartum abdominal pain due to stasis obstruction, dizzy head due to blood vacuity, hemiplegia, knocks and falls, edema, inhibited urination, red eyes with gall, welling abscess and sores, frostbite (kibe), toothache, itchy skin.
Acute Common Perilla
English Name
Perilla frutescens var. acuta [Syn. Perilla frutescens var. purpurascens ]
Latin Name
seed
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To nourish heart and quiet spirit, constrain sweat, moisten intestines and free stool.
Potential Indication
Fright palpitation and fearful throbbing, sleepless and amnesia, night sweating, intestinal dry and constipation.
Acute Common Perilla Leaf
English Name
Perilla frutescens var. acuta [Syn. Perilla frutescens var. purpurascens ]
Latin Name
leaf
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To nourish heart and quiet spirit, dispel wind and free network vessels.
Potential Indication
Insomnia, frequent dreaming, anemia and generalized pain, muscle numbness, wind-damp impediment pain, wind papule itching.
Crisped Common Perilla
English Name
Perilla frutescens var. crispa
Latin Name
seed
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To nourish heart and quiet spirit, harmonize blood and relieve pain.
Potential Indication
Palpitation and insomnia, amnesia and heavy dreams, toothache, pain in sinews and bones, numbness in lumbus and leg, painful wound from knocks and falls.
Taiwan Corktree*
English Name
Phellodendron amurense var. wilsonii
Latin Name
bark
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To nourish heart and quiet spirit, quicken blood and transform stasis, stanch bleeding, clear heat and resolve toxin.
Potential Indication
Qi vacuity and general weakness, shortness of breath and hypodynamia, palpitation and insomnia, dizziness, chest oppression and pain, knocks and falls, menstrual disorder, flooding and spotting, blood ejection, dysentery, diarrhea.
Chinese Corktree
English Name
Phellodendron chinense
Latin Name
bark
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To nourish heart, boost kidney, eliminate heat, allay thirst.
Potential Indication
Visceral agitation, heat vexation, diabetes mellitus, diarrhea, swollen welling abscess, bleeding due to external injury, scalds.
Figwortflower Picrorhiza
English Name
Picrorhiza scrophulariiflora
Latin Name
rhizome
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To nourish liver and boost kidney, fortify spleen and regulate menstruation.
Potential Indication
Liver vacuity dim vision, kidney vacuity lumbago, spleen vacuity diarrhea, indigestion, vaginal discharge, menstrual disorder.
Depressed Plantain
English Name
Plantago depressa
Latin Name
whole herb
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To nourish liver, brighten eyes, enrich kidney, moisten lung, lower blood pressure.
Potential Indication
Lassitude in lumbus and knees, emission, dizziness and dim vision, lung disease with cough, diabetes mellitus.
Rippleseed Plantain
English Name
Plantago major
Latin Name
whole herb
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To nourish yin and engender liquid, moisten lung and clear heart.
Potential Indication
Angina pectoris, dry cough due to lung dryness, vacuity consumption with cough, fluid damage and thirst, insomnia and vexation, diabetes mellitus due to internal heat, intestinal dry and constipation, diphtheria.
Siberian Milkwort
English Name
Polygala sibirica
Latin Name
root
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To nourish yin and calm liver, dispel wind and resolve toxin.
Potential Indication
Yin vacuity and heat vexation, night sweating, dizziness, headache, wind impediment, damp toxin, welling abscess.
Pratt Solomonseal
English Name
Polygonatum prattii
Latin Name
rhizome
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To nourish yin and engender liquid.
Potential Indication
Yin vacuity lung dryness, cough of profuse phlegm, stomach yin insufficiency, dry mouth and throat, intestinal dry and constipation.
King Solomonseal
English Name
Polygonatum kingianum
Latin Name
rhizome
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To nourish yin and moisten lung, clear heart and quiet spirit.
Potential Indication
Yin vacuity enduring cough, phlegm containing blood, fright palpitation and vacuity vexation, insomnia and frequent dreaming, trance.
Manyflower Solomonseal
English Name
Polygonatum cyrtonema [Syn. Polygonatum multiflorum]
Latin Name
rhizome
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To open orifices and arouse spirit, break phlegm and repel foulness, move qi and quicken blood, relieve pain.
Potential Indication
Sudden stroke and fulminant reversal, pain in heart and abdomen, postpartum blood dizziness, child fright epilepsy, wind impediment and lumbago.
North-east Polypody*
English Name
Polypodium virginianum
Latin Name
rhizome
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To open orifices and arouse spirit, quicken blood and dissipate binds, disperse swelling and relieve pain.
Potential Indication
Angina pectoris, cerebral thrombosis, vascular migraine, carcinoma, febrile diseases clouded spirit, wind stroke with phlegm reversal, qi depression and fulminant reversal, malignity stroke stupor, amenorrhea due to blood stasis, concretion conglomeration accumulation and gathering, sudden pain in heart and abdomen, knocks and falls, wound, impediment pain numbness, malign sore with welling abscess and flat abscess, throat impediment, mouth sore, gan of teeth and gum, otitis media.
Green Poplar
English Name
Populus cathayana
Latin Name
male inflorescence
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To open orifices and free spirit, dissipate heat and relieve pain, eliminate screen and brighten eyes.
Potential Indication
Angina pectoris, phlegm reversal, wind stroke, coma, convulsion, swelling pain in throat, mouth sore, swollen and painful eyes, sores, ulcer.
Ansu Apricot Seed
English Name
Prunus armeniaca var. ansu
Latin Name
bitter seed
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To open orifices, break foul, relieve pain.
Potential Indication
Wind stroke with phlegm reversal, sudden clouding collapse, cold pain in chest and abdomen, fright epilepsy, warm disease.
Chinese Dwarf Cherry Seed
English Name
Prunus humilis [Syn. Cerasus humilis ]
Latin Name
ripe seed
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To outthrust papules, check dysentery, outthrust welling abscess and pus.
Potential Indication
Blood dysentery, welling abscess with pus swelling.
David Peach Bast
English Name
Prunus davidiana
Latin Name
bast
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To outthrust papules, fortify stomach.
Potential Indication
Food accumulation, inappetence, dysentery, hemorrhoids.
Trilobedleaf Kudzuvine
English Name
Pueraria phaseoloides
Latin Name
tuberoid
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To percolate damp and kill worms.
Potential Indication
Jaundice, inhibited urination, chronic cough and asthma, gan disease, scrofula, heaven-borne sore, damp sore.
Edible Kudzuvine
English Name
Pueraria edulis
Latin Name
tuberoid
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To precipitate qi and loosen chest, engender liquid and allay thirst, harmonize center and relieve pain.
Potential Indication
Diabetes mellitus, phlegm-rheum and food retention, glomus and congestion in chest and diaphragm, cholera, vomiting diarrhea with abdominal pain, dysentery.
Omei Kudzuvine
English Name
Pueraria omeiensis
Latin Name
tuberoid
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To precipitate qi and move water, dispel phlegm and settle asthma.
Potential Indication
Cough and asthma with abundant phlegm, edema, ascites.
Thomson Kudzuvine Root
English Name
Pueraria thomsonii
Latin Name
tuberoid
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To precipitate qi and disperse phlegm, allay thirst, check dysentery.
Potential Indication
Enduring cough and aphonia, chronic diarrhea, chronic dysentery.
Bellcalyx Pulsatilla
English Name
Pulsatilla campanella
Latin Name
root
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To precipitate qi and regulate center, transform phlegm, arouse liquor.
Potential Indication
Dietary imbalance after illness, qi ascent with vexation and fullness, liquor damage with thirst.
Dahurian Pulsatilla*
English Name
Pulsatilla dahurica
Latin Name
root
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To precipitate qi and disperse accumulation, clear heat and resolve toxin, stanch bleeding, lower blood pressure.
Potential Indication
Dysphagia-occlusion, indigestion, dysentery, vaginal discharge, swollen welling abscess, scalds, hemoptysis, purpura, hypertension.
Korean Pulsatilla
English Name
Pulsatilla cernua
Latin Name
root
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To promote yang and dissipate binds, rectify qi and loosen chest.
Potential Indication
Chest impediment, phlegm-rheum cough asthma, diarrhea and tenesmus.
Common Pyrola
English Name
Pyrola decorata
Latin Name
whole herb
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To promote astriction and stanch bleeding, check dysentery, kill worms.
Potential Indication
Hemoptysis, blood ejection, hematuria, hematochezia, dysentery, flooding and spotting with vaginal discharge, bleeding due to external injury, malaria, trichomoniasis.
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