Properties & Channels

Drug Interactions

Incompatible Herbs

Toxic or Endangered

Latin Name Notes

• Hai Feng Teng (Kadsura Stem)
  Latin: Caulis Piperis Futokadsurae
  Properties: Spicy, Bitter, Slightly Warm
  Channels: LIV, KI
  
• Hai Gou Shen (Male Seal Sexual Organs)
  Latin: Testes et Penis Otariae
  Properties: Salty, Hot
  Channels: KI, LIV
  
• Hai Jin Sha (Spores of Japanese Fern)
  Latin: Spora Lygodii Japonici
  Properties: Sweet, Cool
  Channels: BL, SI
  
• Hai Long (Pipe Fish)
  Latin: Hailong
  Properties: Sweet, Salty, Slightly Warm
  Channels: KI
  
• Hai Ma (Sea Horse)
  Latin: Hippocampus
  Properties: Sweet, Salty, Warm
  Channels: KI, LIV
  
• Hai Piao Xiao (Cuttlefish Bone, Cuttlebone)
  Latin: Os Sepiae Seu Sepiellae
  Properties: Salty, Astringent, Slightly Warm
  Channels: KI, LIV, ST
  
• Hai Shen (Sea Cucumber, Sea Slug, Trepang)
  Latin: Stichopus Japonicus
  Properties: Salty, Warm
  Channels: HT, KI
  
• Hai Tong Pi (Coral Bean Back)
  Latin: Cortex Erythriniae
  Properties: Bitter, Spicy, Neutral
  Channels: LIV, SP, KI
  
• Hai Zao (Seaweed, Sargassum)
  Latin: Herba Sargassii
  Properties: Bitter, Salty, Cold
  Channels: KI, LIV, LU, ST
  
• Han Fang Ji (Stephania Root)
  Latin: Radix Stephaniae Tetrandrae
  Properties: Bitter, Spicy, Cold
  Channels: BL, SP, KI
  
• Han Lian Cao (Eclipta)
  Latin: Herba Ecliptae Prostratae
  Properties: Sweet, Sour, Cool
  Channels: KI, LIV
  
• Han Shui Shi (Calcitum)
  Latin: Calcitum
  Properties: Spicy, Salty, Cold
  Channels: HT, ST, KI
  
• He Huan Hua (Mimosa Tree Flower)
  Latin: Flos Albizziae Julibrissinis
  Properties: Sweet, Neutral
  Channels: HT, LIV
  
• He Huan Pi (Mimosa Tree Bark)
  Latin: Cortex Albizziae Julibrissinis
  Properties: Sweet, Neutral
  Channels: HT, LIV
  
• He Shi (Carpesium Fruit)
  Latin: Fructus Carpesii Seu Dauci
  Properties: Bitter, Spicy, Neutral, Slightly Toxic
  Channels: LIV
  
• He Shou Wu (Fleeceflower Root, Ho Shou Wu, Polygonum)
  Latin: Radix Polygoni Multiflori
  Properties: Bitter, Sweet, Astringent, Slightly Warm
  Channels: LIV, KI
  
• He Ye (Lotus Leaf)
  Latin: Folium Nelumbinis Nuciferae
  Properties: Bitter, Slightly Sweet, Neutral
  Channels: HT, LIV, SP
  
• He Zi (Myrobalan Fruit)
  Latin: Fructus Terminaliae Chebulae
  Properties: Bitter, Sour, Astringent, Neutral
  Channels: LU, ST, LI.
  
• Hei Xi (Lead)
  Latin: Lead
  Properties: Sweet, Cold
  Channels: Unknown
  
• Hei Zhi Ma (Black Sesame Seeds)
  Latin: black Semen Sesame Indici
  Properties: Sweet, Neutral
  Channels: KI, LIV
  
• Hong Da Ji (Peking Spurge Root or Euphorbia)
  Latin: Radix Euphorbiae seu Knoxiae
  Properties: Bitter, Spicy, Cold, Toxic
  Channels: KI, LI, LU
  
• Hong Hua (Safflower Flower)
  Latin: Flos Carthami Tinctorii
  Properties: Spicy, Warm
  Channels: HT, LIV
  
• Hong Teng (Sargentodoxa Vine)
  Latin: Caulis Sargentodoxae
  Properties: Bitter, Neutral
  Channels: LI, LIV
  
• Hou Po (Magnolia Bark)
  Latin: Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis
  Properties: Bitter, Spicy, Warm, Aromatic
  Channels: LI, LU, SP, ST
  
• Hou Zao (Macaque Bezoar)
  Latin: Calculus Macacae Mulattae
  Properties: Bitter, Salty, Cold
  Channels: GB, HT, LIV, LU
  
• Hu Gu (Tiger Bone)
  Latin: Os Tigris
  Properties: Spicy, Sweet, Warm
  Channels: LIV, KI
  
• Hu Huang Lian (Picrorhiza Rhizome)
  Latin: Rhizoma Picrorrhizae
  Properties: Bitter, Cold
  Channels: LIV, ST, LI.
  
• Hu Jiao (Black Pepper)
  Latin: Fructus Piperis Nigri
  Properties: Spicy, Hot
  Channels: LI, ST
  
• Hu Lu Ba (Fenugreek Seed)
  Latin: Semen Trigonellae Foeni-graeci
  Properties: Bitter, Warm
  Channels: KI, LIV
  
• Hu Po (Amber)
  Latin: Succinum
  Properties: Sweet, Neutral
  Channels: BL, HT, LIV
  
• Hu Tao Ren (Walnut Nut)
  Latin: Semen Juglandis Regiae
  Properties: Sweet, Warm
  Channels: KI, LI, LU
  
• Hu Zhang (Bushy Knotweed Root and Rhizome)
  Latin: Radix Et Rhizoma Polygoni Cuspidati
  Properties: Bitter, Cold
  Channels: LIV, GB, LU
  
• Hua Rui Shi (Ophicalcite)
  Latin: Ophicalcitum
  Properties: Sour, Astringent, Neutral
  Channels: LIV
  
• Hua Shi (Talcum)
  Latin: Talcum
  Properties: Sweet, Bland, Cold
  Channels: ST, BL
  
• Huai Hua Mi (Pagoda Tree Flower Bud)
  Latin: Flos Immaturus Sophorae Japonicae
  Properties: Bitter, Cool
  Channels: LIV, LI.
  
• Huai Niu Xi (Achyranthes Root)
  Latin: Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae
  Properties: Bitter, Sour, Neutral
  Channels: LIV, KID
  
• Huang Bai (Phellodendron or Amur Cork tree Bark)
  Latin: Cortex Phellodendri
  Properties: Bitter, Cold
  Channels: KI, BL
  
• Huang Jing (Siberian Solomon Seal Rhizome, Polygonatum)
  Latin: Rhizoma Polygonati
  Properties: Sweet, Neutral
  Channels: KI, LU, ST
  
• Huang Lian (Coptis Rhizome)
  Latin: Rhizoma Coptidis
  Properties: Bitter, Cold
  Channels: HT, LI, LIV, ST
  
• Huang Qi (Astragalus)
  Latin: Radix Astragali Membranacei
  Properties: Sweet, Slightly Warm
  Channels: LU, SP
  
• Huang Qin (Baical Skullcap Root)
  Latin: Radix Scutellariae Baicalensis
  Properties: Bitter, Cold
  Channels: GB, LI, LU, ST
  
• Huang Yao Zi (Dioscorea Bulbifera Tober)
  Latin: Tuber Dioscoreae Bulbiferae
  Properties: Bitter, Neutral
  Channels: HT, LIV, LU
  
• Huo Ma Ren (Hemp Seeds or Cannabis Seeds)
  Latin: Semen Cannabis Sativae
  Properties: Sweet, Neutral
  Channels: LI, SP, ST
  
• Huo Xiang (Patchouli, Agastache)
  Latin: Herba Agastaches Rugosus, Herba Pogostemonis
  Properties: Spicy, Slightly Warm
  Channels: LU, SP, ST