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Oriental Bittersweet
English Name
Celastrus orbiculatus [Syn. Celastrus articulatus ]
Latin Name
stem vine
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To dissipate binds and relieve pain.
Potential Indication
Carcinoma of mammary glands, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, carcinoma of salivary gland, scrofula, swelling of skin, pain wind.
Hemsley Monkshood Equivalent plant: Aconitum hemsleyanium var circinacum
English Name
Aconitum hemsleyanum
Latin Name
tuberoid
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To dissipate blood and disperse swelling.
Potential Indication
Blood strangury, blood dysentery, intestinal wind bleeding, swollen welling abscess, frostbite.
Japanese Fleeceflower Leaf
English Name
Polygonum cuspidatum
Latin Name
leaf
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To dissipate blood, disinhibit urine, resolve heat toxin.
Potential Indication
Inhibited urination, animal and insect bites.
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English Name
Barleria lupulina
Latin Name
whole herb
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To dissipate cold and dry damp, disinhibit water and kill worms.
Potential Indication
Chronic dysentery, phlegm asthma.
Trifoliate Jewelvine
English Name
Derris trifoliata
Latin Name
root or whole herb
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To dissipate cold and dry damp, dispel phlegm and interrupt malaria, fortify spleen and warm stomach.
Potential Indication
Cold pain in heart and abdomen, distention fullness in chest and abdomen, cold-damp accumulation and obstruction, indigestion, vomiting and diarrhea.
Tropical American Hymenocallis Leaf
English Name
Hymenocallis littoralis
Latin Name
leaf
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To dissipate cold and effuse exterior, relieve pain, fortify stomach, brighten eyes.
Potential Indication
Wind-cold common cold, vertex headache, generalized pain.
Ceylon Hunteria
English Name
Hunteria zeylanica
Latin Name
root
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To dissipate cold and interrupt malaria, nourish blood and free network vessels.
Potential Indication
Wind-cold common cold, malaria, menstrual disorder, postpartum galactostasis, dry cough, lacquer sore, fracture with damage.
Siris-acacia
English Name
Albizzia lebbeck
Latin Name
bark
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To dissipate cold and relieve pain, rectify qi and regulate center.
Potential Indication
Cold pain in stomach duct and abdomen, indigestion, cold mounting with abdominal pain, menstrual disorder.
Yellowflower Spiderflower*
English Name
Cleome viscosa
Latin Name
whole herb
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To dissipate cold and relieve pain, regulate menstruation.
Potential Indication
Mounting qi (hernia), profuse menstruation.
Boxleaf Atalantia Root
English Name
Atalantia buxifolia [Syn. Severinia buxifolia ]
Latin Name
root
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To dissipate cold and relieve pain, resolve toxin and disinhibit damp.
Potential Indication
Cold pain in stomach duct and abdomen, indigestion, vomiting nausea, diarrhea, cold mounting, dysmenorrhea, urethral stone, swelling pain of sore and boil.
Ovateleaf Knotweed
English Name
Polygonum suffultum
Latin Name
rhizome
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To dissipate cold and relieve pain, warm menstruation and stanch bleeding.
Potential Indication
Cold pain in abdomen, menstrual disorder due to cold, infertility due to uterus cold, blood ejection, spontaneous external bleeding, flooding and spotting, fetal spotting, itchy skin.
Water Nightshade
English Name
Solanum torvum
Latin Name
root
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To dissipate cold and resolve exterior, diffuse lung and transform phlegm, move qi and harmonize center, quiet fetus, resolve toxin of fish and crab.
Potential Indication
Wind-cold exterior syndrome, cough with profuse phlegm, distention fullness in chest and stomach duct, nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhea, malign obstruction in pregnancy, poisoning of fish or crab.
Oriental Bittersweet Fruit
English Name
Celastrus orbiculatus [Syn. Celastrus articulatus]
Latin Name
fruit
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To dissipate cold and resolve exterior, dispel wind and eliminate damp, disinhibit joints, relieve pain.
Potential Indication
Externally contracted wind-cold, headache without sweating, wind-cold-damp impediment, edema, toxin swelling of sores.
Jointwood Senna
English Name
Cassia nodosa
Latin Name
fruit
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To dissipate cold and resolve exterior, dispel wind and eliminate damp, quicken network vessels and relieve pain, disperse accumulation.
Potential Indication
Common cold with headache and nasal congestion, wind-damp impediment pain, paralysis, acute gastritis, child gan accumulation, knocks and falls.
Falsesour Cherry
English Name
Prunus pseudocerasus
Latin Name
fruit
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To dissipate cold and resolve exterior, dispel wind and eliminate damp, relieve pain.
Potential Indication
Headache due to externally contracted wind-cold, vertex headache, pain in tooth and cheek, migraine, wind-cold-damp impediment, pain in limbs.
Aztec Dahlia
English Name
Dahlia pinnata [Syn. Dahlia variabilis]
Latin Name
tuberoid
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To dissipate cold and resolve exterior, downbear counterflow and check vomiting, relieve cough and transform phlegm.
Potential Indication
Wind-cold common cold, fever and aversion to wind, headache and nasal congestion, vomiting, phlegm-rheum cough asthma, distention fullness, diarrhea.
Lobedfruit Tacca
English Name
Tacca plantaginea [Syn. Schizocapsa plantaginea]
Latin Name
tuber
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To dissipate cold and resolve exterior, warm channels and free network vessels, promote yang and transform qi.
Potential Indication
Wind-cold exterior syndrome, cold-damp impediment pain, reversal cold of limbs, amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea, concretion and conglomeration, chest impediment, palpitation, phlegm-rheum, inhibited urination.
Thyme
English Name
Thymus vulgaris
Latin Name
herb
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To dissipate cold, relieve pain, expel roundworm.
Potential Indication
Stomach cold, stomachache due to roundworm, toothache, damp sore.
Indian Stringbush Root
English Name
Wikstroemia indica
Latin Name
root
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To dissipate cold, relieve pain, expel roundworm.
Potential Indication
Stomach cold, stomachache due to roundworm, toothache, damp sore.
East-Asia Low Meadowrue
English Name
Thalictrum thunbergii
Latin Name
root
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To dissipate exopathogen, rectify qi and harmonize stomach.
Potential Indication
Common cold, red swollen in throat, red eyes with gall, stomatitis, toothache, hepatitis, indigestion.
Thinleaf Milkwort Equivalent plant: Polygala sibirica
English Name
Polygala tenuifolia
Latin Name
root
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To dissipate stasis and disperse swelling, cool blood and stanch bleeding.
Potential Indication
Knocks and falls, bleeding due to external injury, hematochezia, hematuria, nosebleed(epistaxis), cough with blood ejection, asthma, child gan accumulation, dysenter y.
Tongue-on-tree
English Name
Ganoderma applanatum
Latin Name
sporocarp
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To dissipate stasis and disperse swelling, dispel wind and relieve pain, engender flesh and cure sores.
Potential Indication
Painful swelling from knocks and falls, taxation damage and lumbago, mounting qi (hernia), headache, dysentery, ulcerating sores, purulence in ear top, red eyes and itch-pain, strangury-turbidity and vaginal discharge.
Yunnan Michelia
English Name
Michelia yunnanensis
Latin Name
flower
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To dissipate stasis and disperse swelling, engender flesh and relieve pain.
Potential Indication
Knocks and falls, fracture, bleeding due to external injury.
Common Perilla Fruit
English Name
Perilla frutescens
Latin Name
fruit
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To dissipate stasis and disperse swelling, kill worms.
Potential Indication
Hemorrhoids, throat impediment, ascariasis.
Common Perilla Equivalent plant: Perilla frutescens var acuta, Perilla frutescens var crispa
English Name
Perilla frutescens var. arguta
Latin Name
seed
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To dissipate stasis and disperse swelling, quicken blood and joint bones.
Potential Indication
Fracture, sprain and contusion, abdominal pain, itchy skin, burns and scalds.
Chinese Sumac Leaf
English Name
Rhus chinensis [Syn. Rhus semialata]
Latin Name
fresh leaf
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To dissipate stasis and disperse swelling, stanch bleeding, relieve pain, kill worms and relieve itch.
Potential Indication
Stasis swelling from knocks and falls, fracture and pain, contusion in joints, bleeding from wounds, leprosy (leprosy), scab and lichen, eczema, tinea capitis, ulcer of lower limb, foot lichen, trichomonas vaginalis.
Chinese Sumac Fruit
English Name
Rhus chinensis [Syn. Rhus semialata]
Latin Name
fruit
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To dissipate stasis and quicken blood, relieve pain.
Potential Indication
Knocks and falls, stasis swelling pain, wind-damp impediment pain.
Mature Winter-vegetable Spiced Juice
English Name
Brassica chinensis
Latin Name
juice from whole herb
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To dissipate stasis and relieve pain, clear heat and resolve toxin.
Potential Indication
Stomachache, dysentery, sore pharynx, knocks and falls, swollen welling abscess, sore and boil, poisonous snake bite.
Seville Ora nge Unripe Fruit Equivalent plant: Poncirus trifoliata
English Name
Citrus aurantium
Latin Name
unripe fruit
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To dissipate stasis and relieve pain, cool blood and stanch bleeding.
Potential Indication
Knocks and falls, static blood pain, bloody stool, bloody urine, endometrorrhagia.
Pepperweed Seed Equivalent plant: Descurainia sophia, Lepidium virginicum
English Name
Lepidium apetalum [Syn. Lepidium micranthum ]
Latin Name
seed
Plant Part
Traditional Use
To dissipate stasis and relieve pain, kill worms and relieve itch.
Potential Indication
Painful swelling from knocks and falls, lichen.
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