Properties & Channels

Drug Interactions

Incompatible Herbs

Toxic or Endangered

Latin Name Notes

• Zao Jiao (Chinese Honeylocust Fruit)
  Latin: Gleditsiae Sinensis Fructus
  Properties: Spicy, Warm, Slightly Toxic
  Channels: LI, LU
  
• Zao Jiao Ci (Spine of Chinese Honeylocust Fruit)
  Latin: Gleditschiae Sinensis Spina
  Properties: Spicy, Warm
  Channels: LIV, ST
  
• Ze Lan (Bugleweed)
  Latin: Herba Lycopi Lucidi
  Properties: Bitter, Spicy, Slightly Warm, Aromatic
  Channels: LIV, SP
  
• Ze Qi (Euphorbia)
  Latin: Euphorbiae Helioscopiae
  Properties: Spicy, Bitter, Cool, Slightly Toxic
  Channels: SI, LI, LU
  
• Ze Xie (Water Plantain Rhizome, Alisma)
  Latin: Rhizoma Alismatis
  Properties: Sweet, Bland, Cold
  Channels: KI, BL
  
• Zhang Nao (Camphor)
  Latin: Camphora
  Properties: Spicy, Hot, Toxic
  Channels: HT
  
• Zhe Bei Mu (Thunberg Fritillaria Bulb)
  Latin: Fritillariae Thunbergii Bulbus
  Properties: Bitter, Cold
  Channels: HT, LU
  
• Zhen Zhu (Pearl)
  Latin: Margarita
  Properties: Sweet, Salty, Cold
  Channels: HT, LIV
  
• Zhen Zhu Mu (Mother of Pearl)
  Latin: Concha Margaratiferae
  Properties: Sweet, Salty, Cold
  Channels: HT, LIV
  
• Zhi Gan Cao (Honey Fried Licorice Root)
  Latin: Radix Glycyrrhizae
  Properties: Sweet, Warm
  Channels: All 12 Channels
  
• Zhi Ke (Bitter Orange Peel)
  Latin: Fructus Citri Aurantii
  Properties: Bitter, Cool
  Channels: SP, ST
  
• Zhi Mu (Anemarrhena Rhizome)
  Latin: Rhizoma Anemarrhenae Aspheloidis
  Properties: Bitter, Cold
  Channels: LU, ST, KI
  
• Zhi Shi (Immature Fruit of the Bitter Orange)
  Latin: Fructus Immaturus Citri Aurantii
  Properties: Bitter, Spicy, Slightly Cold
  Channels: LI, SP, ST
  
• Zhi Tian Nan Xing (Prepared Jack in the Pulpit Rhizome)
  Latin: Arisaematis Rhizoma preparatum
  Properties: Bitter, Spicy, Warm, Toxic
  Channels: LIV, LU, SP
  
• Zhi Zi (Gardenia, Cape Jasmine Fruit)
  Latin: Fructus Gardeniae Jasminoidis
  Properties: Bitter, Cold
  Channels: HT, LIV, LU, ST, TB
  
• Zhong Ru Shi (Stalactite, Calcite)
  Latin: Stalactitum
  Properties: Sweet, Warm
  Channels: LU, KI, ST
  
• Zhu Li (Dried Bambee Sap)
  Latin: Bambusae Succus
  Properties: Sweet, Very Cold
  Channels: HT, LU, ST
  
• Zhu Ling (Polyporus Sclerotium)
  Latin: Sclerotium Polypori Umbellati
  Properties: Sweet, Bland, Slightly Cool
  Channels: SP, KI, BL
  
• Zhu Ru (Bamboo Shavings)
  Latin: Bambusae Caulis In Taeniam
  Properties: Sweet, Slightly Cold
  Channels: GB, LU, ST
  
• Zhu Sha (Cinnabar)
  Latin: Cinnabar
  Properties: Sweet, Cool, Toxic
  Channels: HT
  
• Zi Bei Tian Kui (Begonia)
  Latin: Herba Begoniae
  Properties: Sweet, Cool
  Channels: LIV, ST
  
• Zi Cao (Groomwell Root or Arnebia or Lithospermum)
  Latin: Radix Arnebiae seu Lithospermi
  Properties: Sweet, Cold
  Channels: HT, LIV
  
• Zi He Che (Human Placenta)
  Latin: Placenta Hominis
  Properties: Sweet, Salty, Warm
  Channels: LIV, LU, KI
  
• Zi Hua Di Ding (Viola or Yedeon's Violet)
  Latin: Herba cum Radice Violae Yedoensitis
  Properties: Spicy, Bitter, Cold
  Channels: HT, LIV
  
• Zi Ran Tong (Pyrite)
  Latin: Pyritum
  Properties: Spicy, Bitter, Neutral
  Channels: LIV, KI
  
• Zi Shi Ying (Flourite)
  Latin: Fluoritum
  Properties: Sweet, Warm
  Channels: HT, LIV
  
• Zi Su Geng (Perilla Stalk)
  Latin: Perillae Ramulus
  Properties: Spicy, Warm
  Channels: LU, ST
  
• Zi Su Ye (Perilla Leaf)
  Latin: Perillae Folium
  Properties: Spicy, Aromatic, Warm
  Channels: LU, SP
  
• Zi Wan (Purple Aster Root)
  Latin: Radix Asteris Tatarici
  Properties: Bitter, Slightly Warm, Sweet
  Channels: LU
  
• Zi Zhu (Callicarpa Leaf)
  Latin: Folium Callicarpae
  Properties: Bitter, Neutral
  Channels: LIV, LU, SP
  
• Zong Lu Pi (Trachycarpus Stiple Fiber)
  Latin: Fibra Stipulae Trachycarpi
  Properties: Bitter, Astringent, Neutral
  Channels: LIV, LI, LU, SP