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Clematis Asiabell
English Name
Codonopsis clematidea
Latin Name
root
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To free nasal orifices, relieve cough.
Potential Indication
Wind-cold common cold, cough with profuse phlegm, nasal congestion, deep-source nasal congestion and runny nose.
Greyhair Asiabell
English Name
Codonopsis canescens
Latin Name
root
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To free network vessels and relieve pain, disinhibit damp and disperse swelling.
Potential Indication
Wind-damp impediment pain, pain in lumbus and legs, numbness in limbs, edema, eczema.
Subglobose Asiabell
English Name
Codonopsis subglobosa
Latin Name
root
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To free network vessels and relieve pain, dissipate binds and disperse swelling.
Potential Indication
Hemiplegia, numbness and paralysis, muscle weakness, impotence, hypertrophic spinitis, chronic anemia, wind-damp intractable impediment, sequel of poliomyelitis, rheumatoid arthritis, knocks and falls, swelling pain of welling abscess and flat abscess.
Szechwan Tangshen
English Name
Codonopsis tangshen
Latin Name
root
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To harmonize blood and stanch bleeding, resolve toxin and dissipate binds.
Potential Indication
Blood ejection, spontaneous external bleeding, profuse menstruation, red and white vaginal discharge, urinary and fecal stoppage, child wind papules, malaria, welling abscess and flat abscess with swollen boil, scorpion sting, burns and scalds.
Tubularflower Asiabell
English Name
Codonopsis tubulosa
Latin Name
root
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To harmonize blood, dissipate stasis, relieve cough.
Potential Indication
Blood ejection, hematochezia, dysentery, flooding and spotting, cough, knocks and falls.
Moderate Asiabell
English Name
Codonopsis pilosula var. modesta [Syn. Codonopsis modesta ]
Latin Name
root
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To harmonize blood, regulate menstruation, relieve cough, dispel wind-damp, resolve sore toxin.
Potential Indication
Blood ejection, spontaneous external bleeding, flooding and spotting, menstrual disorder, cough, wind-damp impediment pain, sore toxin of welling abscess and boil.
Shortsepal Goldthread
English Name
Coptis chinensis var. brevisepala
Latin Name
rhizome
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To harmonize center and check vomiting, dispel wind and relieve itch.
Potential Indication
Nausea and vomiting, wind papule itching.
Yunnan Goldthread
English Name
Coptis teetoides [Syn. Coptis teeta]
Latin Name
rhizome
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To harmonize center and downbear counterflow, check vomiting and diarrhea, disinhibit water and disperse edema.
Potential Indication
Vomiting and diarrhea with cramp, edema.
Creeping Corydalis
English Name
Corydalis repens
Latin Name
tuber
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To harmonize center and precipitate qi, free milk and disinhibit water, resolve toxin.
Potential Indication
Cholera cramp, beriberi with edema, diabetes mellitus, vomiting of sour matter, abdominal distention and diarrhea, scant breast milk, swollen welling abscess.
Kansu Hawthorn
English Name
Crataegus kansuensis
Latin Name
fruit
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To harmonize center, boost kidney, eliminate heat, resolve toxin.
Potential Indication
Spleen-stomach vacuity heat, stomach reflux vomiting, reduced food intake with abdominal distention, diabetes mellitus, diarrhea, scalds.
Maximowicz Hawthorn
English Name
Crataegus maximowiczii
Latin Name
fruit
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To harmonize exterior and interior, soothe liver and upbear yang.
Potential Indication
Common cold, influenza, malaria, acute pancreatitis, pleuritis, neuritis, gastritis, acute cholecystitis, hepatitis, fever due to external contraction, keratitis, cold-heat in turn, liver depression and rib-side pain, mammary distention, dizziness and headache, menstrual disorder, prolapse of rectum due to qi vacuity fall, prolapse of uterus, gastroptosis.
Redhaw Hawthorn
English Name
Crataegus sanguinea
Latin Name
fruit
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To harmonize spleen and stomach, disperse phlegm rheum, quiet heart and spirit.
Potential Indication
Spleen-stomach disharmony, urinary and fecal stoppage, cough with profuse phlegm, heat vexation and disquiet.
Yunnan Hawthorn
English Name
Crataegus scabrifolia
Latin Name
fruit
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To harmonize stomach and check vomiting, calm liver and quiet spirit.
Potential Indication
Nausea, vomiting, dizziness, insomnia.
Red Fruit
English Name
Crataegus pinnatifida var. major
Latin Name
fruit
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To harmonize stomach and fortify center, resolve toxin and disperse swelling.
Potential Indication
Stomachache, epidemic parotitis, swollen welling abscess, eczema, scalds.
AromaticTurmeric
English Name
Curcuma aromatica
Latin Name
tuberoid
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To harmonize stomach and soothe sinews, dispel wind-damp, disperse phlegm and allay thirst.
Potential Indication
Vomiting and diarrhea with cramp, wind-damp impediment pain, cough and abundant phlegm, diarrhea, dysentery, painful wound from knocks and falls, beriberi with edema.
Japanese Dodder Seed
English Name
Cuscuta japonica
Latin Name
ripe seed
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To increase appetite, precipitate qi.
Potential Indication
Dysphagia-occlusion, beriberi .
South Dodder Seed
English Name
Cuscuta australis
Latin Name
ripe seed
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To increase appetite, precipitate qi.
Potential Indication
Dysphagia-occlusion, stomach reflux, leg qi [=beriberi].
Auriculate Swallowwort
English Name
Cynanchum auriculatum
Latin Name
tuberoid
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To interrupt malaria and abate fever, resolve liquor and arouse spleen.
Potential Indication
Malaria, externally contracted ardent fever, drunkenness.
Sisso Rosewood
English Name
Dalbergia sissoo
Latin Name
heartwood
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To interrupt malaria and settle pain, soothe sinews and quicken blood.
Potential Indication
Malaria with ardent fever, fright epilepsy, convulsion, wind-damp impediment pain, fracture, knocks and falls.
Retuseleaf Daphne
English Name
Daphne retusa
Latin Name
stem bark and root cortex
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To interrupt malaria, clear heat and resolve toxin, stanch bleeding and disperse swelling.
Potential Indication
Malaria, common cold with fever, lung heat cough, swelling pain in throat, mouth and tongue sores, swelling toxin of welling abscess and sore, knocks and falls, bleeding due to external injury.
Hairy Datura Root
English Name
Datura innoxia
Latin Name
root
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To interrupt malaria, disperse food, clear heat and resolve toxin, dispel phlegm and dissipate binds.
Potential Indication
Malaria, food accumulation abdominal distention, swelling pain in throat, skin lichen lai, swelling toxin of sore and boil, goiter and tuberculosis.
Hairy Datura Seed
English Name
Datura innoxia
Latin Name
seed or fruit
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To interrupt malaria, expel roundworm, settle asthma.
Potential Indication
Malaria, asthma, ascariasis.
Jimsonweed Root
English Name
Datura stramonium
Latin Name
root
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To interrupt malaria, kill worms, attack toxin.
Potential Indication
Malaria, lichen and Scab sore.
Bonvalot Larkspur
English Name
Delphinium bonvalotii
Latin Name
root
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To interrupt malaria, quicken blood and relieve pain, clear heat and disinhibit urine.
Potential Indication
Knocks and falls, fracture, malaria, headache, measles papules, dribbling pain of urination.
Potanin Larkspur Variety*
English Name
Delphinium potaninii var. jiufengshanense
Latin Name
root
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To interrupt malaria.
Potential Indication
Malaria, fright palpitation due to heart heat, vexation and agitation.
Potanin Larkspur
English Name
Delphinium potaninii
Latin Name
root
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To interrupt malaria.
Potential Indication
Malaria.
Denne Denrdobium
English Name
Dendrobium aurantiacum var. denneanum
Latin Name
stem
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To interrupt malaria.
Potential Indication
Malaria.
Denseflower Dendrobium
English Name
Dendrobium densiflorum
Latin Name
stem
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To joint bones and disperse swelling, eliminate putridity and engender flesh.
Potential Indication
Fracture due to knocks and falls, knife wound, swelling of clove.
Eyeshaped Dendrobium
English Name
Dendrobium fimbriatum var. oculatum
Latin Name
stem
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To joint bones, resolve toxin.
Potential Indication
Fracture, tetrodon poisoning, cassava poisoning, pineapple poisoning.
Goldenflower Dendrobium
English Name
Dendrobium chrysanthum
Latin Name
stem
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To joint bones.
Potential Indication
Fracture.
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