Properties & Channels

Drug Interactions

Incompatible Herbs

Toxic or Endangered

Latin Name Notes

• Can Sha (Silkworm Feces)
  Latin: Excrementum Bombycis Mon
  Properties: Sweet, Spicy, Warm
  Channels: LIV, SP, ST
  
• Cang Er Zi (Cocklebur Fruit)
  Latin: Fructus Xanthii Siberici
  Properties: Sweet, Bitter, Warm, Toxic
  Channels: LU
  
• Cang Zhu (Black Atractylodes Rhizone)
  Latin: Rhizoma Atractylodis
  Properties: Spicy, Bitter, Warm, Aromatic
  Channels: SP, ST
  
• Cao Dou Kou (Katsumada's Galangal Seeds)
  Latin: Semen Alpiniae Katsumadai
  Properties: Spicy, Warm, Aromatic
  Channels: SP, ST
  
• Cao Guo (Tsaoko Fruit)
  Latin: Fructus Amomi Tsao-ko
  Properties: Spicy, Warm
  Channels: SP, ST
  
• Cao Wu (Prepared Wild Aconite)
  Latin: Radix Aconiti Kusnezoffii Preparata
  Properties: Spicy, Bitter, Hot, Extremely Toxic
  Channels: HT, LIV, SP
  
• Ce Bai Ye (Biota Leaves, Leafy Twig of Arborvitae)
  Latin: Cacumen Biotae Orientalis
  Properties: Bitter, Astringent, Slightly Cold
  Channels: LU, LIV, LI.
  
• Chai Hu (Thorowax Root , Bupleurum)
  Latin: Radix Bupleuri
  Properties: Bitter, Spicy, Cool
  Channels: GB, LIV, PER, TB
  
• Chan Su (Toad Venom, Dried Toad Skin Secretions)
  Latin: Secretio Bufonis
  Properties: Sweet, Spicy, Warm, Toxic
  Channels: KI, ST
  
• Chan Tui (Circada Moulting)
  Latin: Periostracum Cicadae
  Properties: Sweet, Salty, Slightly Cold
  Channels: LU, LIV
  
• Chang Shan (Dichroa Root)
  Latin: Radix Dichroae Febrifugae
  Properties: Bitter, Spicy, Cold, Toxic
  Channels: HT, LIV, LU
  
• Che Qian Zi (Plantago Seed, Plantain Seed)
  Latin: Semen Plantaginis
  Properties: Sweet, Cold
  Channels: KI, BL, LIV, LU
  
• Chen Pi (Orange Peel, Citrus Peel, Tangerine Peel)
  Latin: Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae
  Properties: Spicy, Bitter, Warm, Aromatic
  Channels: LU, SP, ST
  
• Chen Xiang (Aloeswood, Aquilaria)
  Latin: Lignum Aquilariae Agallochae
  Properties: Spicy, Bitter, Warm
  Channels: KI, SP, ST
  
• Chi Shao (Red Peony Root)
  Latin: Radix Rubrus Paeoniae Lactiflorae
  Properties: Sour, Bitter, Slightly Cold
  Channels: LIV, SP
  
• Chi Shi Zhi (Halloysite, Kaolin)
  Latin: Hallyositum Rubrum
  Properties: Sweet, Sour, Astringent, Warm
  Channels: ST, LI. (SP)
  
• Chi Xiao Dou (Aduki Bean, Phaseolus)
  Latin: Semen Phaseoli Calcarati
  Properties: Sweet, Sour, Neutral
  Channels: HT, SI
  
• Chong Wei Zi (Motherwort Seeds)
  Latin: Semen Leonuri
  Properties: Sweet, Cool
  Channels: LIV, Unknown
  
• Chou Wu Tong (Glorybower Leaf, Hariy Clerondendron)
  Latin: Folium Clerodendri Trichotomi
  Properties: Spicy, Bitter, Sweet, Cool
  Channels: LIV
  
• Chuan Bei Mu (Tendrilled Fritillaria Bulb)
  Latin: Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae
  Properties: Bitter, Sweet, Cool
  Channels: HT, LU
  
• Chuan Jiao (Fruit of Szechuan Pepper)
  Latin: Pericarpium Zanthoxyli Bungeani
  Properties: Spicy, Hot, Slightly Toxic
  Channels: KI, SP, ST
  
• Chuan Lian Zi (Sichuan Pagoda Tree Fruit)
  Latin: Fructus Meliae Toosendan
  Properties: Bitter, Cold, Slightly Toxic
  Channels: LIV, SI, ST, BL
  
• Chuan Niu Xi (Cyathula Root)
  Latin: Radix Cyathula Officinalis
  Properties: Bitter, Sour, Neutral
  Channels: LIV, KI
  
• Chuan Shan Jia (Anteater Scales, Pangolin Scales)
  Latin: Squama Manitis Pentadactylis
  Properties: Salty, Cool
  Channels: LIV, ST
  
• Chuan Wu (Prepared Sichuan Aconite)
  Latin: Radix Aconiti Preparata
  Properties: Spicy, Bitter, Hot, Extremely Toxic
  Channels: HT, LIV, SP
  
• Chuan Xin Lian (Green Chiretta or Kariyat or Andrographis)
  Latin: Herba Andrographitis Paniculatae
  Properties: Bitter, Cold
  Channels: LI, LU, SI, ST
  
• Chuan Xiong (Szechuan Lovage Root)
  Latin: Rhizoma Ligustici Chuanxiong
  Properties: Spicy, Warm
  Channels: LIV, GB, PER
  
• Chun Pi (Ailanthus Bark or Root Bark)
  Latin: Cortex Ailanthi Altissimae
  Properties: Bitter, Astringent, Cold
  Channels: LI, ST, LIV
  
• Ci Shi (Magnetite)
  Latin: Magnetitum
  Properties: Spicy, Salty, Cold
  Channels: KI, LIV
  
• Cong Bai (Scallion or Green Onion)
  Latin: Bulbus Allii Fistulosi
  Properties: Spicy, Warm
  Channels: LU, ST