Properties & Channels

Drug Interactions

Incompatible Herbs

Toxic or Endangered

Latin Name Notes

Herbs that Invigorate Blood and Remove Stagnation

Select an Herb Category... Warm, Spicy Herbs that Release the Exterior Cool, Spicy Herbs that Release the Exterior Herbs that Drain Fire Herbs that Cool the Blood Herbs that Clear Heat and Dry Dampness Herbs that Clear Heat and Eliminate Toxins Herbs that Clear and Relieve Summerheat Purgatives Moist Laxatives Harsh Expellants Herbs that Regulate Water and Drain Dampness Herbs that Dispel Wind-Dampness Herbs that Cool and Transform Phlegm-Heat Warm Herbs that Transform Phlegm-Cold Herbs that Relieve Coughing and Wheezing Aromatic Herbs that Transform and Dissolve Dampness Herbs that Relieve Food Stagnation Herbs that Regulate the Qi Herbs that Stop Bleeding Herbs that Invigorate Blood and Remove Stagnation Herbs that Warm the Interior and Expel Cold Herbs that Tonify Qi Herbs that Tonify Blood Herbs that Tonify Yang Herbs that Tonify Yin Herbs that Astringe, Stabilize, Bind Substances that Anchor, Settle, and Calm the Spirit Herbs that Nourish the Heart and Calm the Spirit Aromatic Substances that Open the Orifices Substances that Extinguish Wind and Stop Tremors Herbs that Expel Parasites Substances for External Application Herbs that Expel Phlegm by Inducing Vomiting Uncategorized Herbs

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• Chong Wei Zi (Motherwort Seeds)
  Latin: Semen Leonuri
  Properties: Sweet, Cool
  Channels: LIV, Unknown
  
• 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 Xiong (Szechuan Lovage Root)
  Latin: Rhizoma Ligustici Chuanxiong
  Properties: Spicy, Warm
  Channels: LIV, GB, PER
  
• Dan Shen (Salvia Root)
  Latin: Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae
  Properties: Bitter, Slightly Cold
  Channels: HT, PER, LIV
  
• E Zhu (Zedoary Rhizome)
  Latin: Rhizoma Curcumae Zedoariae
  Properties: Bitter, Spicy, Warm
  Channels: LIV, SP
  
• Fan Hong Hua (Saffron)
  Latin: Stigma Croci Sativi
  Properties: Spicy, Warm
  Channels: HT, LIV
  
• Gan Qi (Sap Prepared as Lacquer)
  Latin: Lacca Sinica Exsiccata
  Properties: Bitter, Warm, Slightly Toxic
  Channels: LIV, ST
  
• Hong Hua (Safflower Flower)
  Latin: Flos Carthami Tinctorii
  Properties: Spicy, Warm
  Channels: HT, LIV
  
• Hu Zhang (Bushy Knotweed Root and Rhizome)
  Latin: Radix Et Rhizoma Polygoni Cuspidati
  Properties: Bitter, Cold
  Channels: LIV, GB, LU
  
• Huai Niu Xi (Achyranthes Root)
  Latin: Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae
  Properties: Bitter, Sour, Neutral
  Channels: LIV, KID
  
• Ji Xue Teng (Spatholobus, Millettia Root and Vine)
  Latin: Caulis Milletiae Seu Spatholobi
  Properties: Bitter, Sweet, Warm
  Channels: HT, LIV, SP
  
• Jiang Huang (Tumeric Rhizome)
  Latin: Rhizoma Curcumae Longae
  Properties: Spicy, Bitter, Warm
  Channels: SP, ST, LIV
  
• Liu Ji Nu (Artemesia)
  Latin: Herba Artemisiae Anomalae
  Properties: Bitter, Warm
  Channels: HT, SP
  
• Lu Lu Tong (Sweetgum Fruit)
  Latin: Fructus Liquidambaris Taiwaniae
  Properties: Bitter, Neutral
  Channels: LIV, ST
  
• Meng Chong (tabanus, gadfly)
  Latin: Tabanus
  Properties: Bitter, Cool, Slightly Toxic
  Channels: Liver
  
• Mo Yao (Myrrh)
  Latin: Resina Myrrhae
  Properties: Bitter, Neutral
  Channels: HT, LIV, SP
  
• Ru Xiang (Frankincense Resin)
  Latin: Resina Olibani
  Properties: Spicy, Bitter, Warm
  Channels: HT, LIV, SP
  
• San Leng (Bur Reed Rhizome)
  Latin: Rhizoma Sparganii
  Properties: Bitter, Spicy, Neutral
  Channels: LIV, SP
  
• Shui Zhi (Leech)
  Latin: Hirudo seu Whitmania
  Properties: Salty, Bitter, Neutral, Slightly Toxic
  Channels: LIV, BL
  
• Si Gua Luo (Dried Skeleton of Vegetable Sponge)
  Latin: Fasciculus Vascularis Luffae
  Properties: Sweet, Neutral
  Channels: LU, ST, LIV
  
• Su Mu (Sappan Wood)
  Latin: Lignum Sappan
  Properties: Sweet, Salty, Neutral, Slightly Spicy
  Channels: HT, LIV, SP
  
• Tao Ren (Peach Kernel)
  Latin: Semen Pruni Persicae
  Properties: Bitter, Sweet, Neutral
  Channels: HT, LI, LIV, ST
  
• Tu Bie Chong (Wingless Cockroach)
  Latin: Eupolyphaga Seu Opistholpatia
  Properties: Salty, Cold, Toxic
  Channels: LIV, HT, SP
  
• Wa Leng Zi (Cockle Shell, Ark Shell)
  Latin: Concha Arcae Inflatae
  Properties: Sweet, Salty, Neutral
  Channels: LIV, SP
  
• Wang Bu Liu Xing (Vaccaria Seeds - Skin Shown)
  Latin: Semen Vaccariae Segetalis
  Properties: Bitter, Neutral
  Channels: LIV, ST
  
• Wu Ling Zhi (Flying Squirrel Feces)
  Latin: Feces Trogopterori Seu Pteromi
  Properties: Bitter, Sweet, Warm
  Channels: LIV, SP
  
• Xue Jie (Dragon's Blood Resin)
  Latin: Sanguis Draconis
  Properties: Sweet, Salty, Neutral
  Channels: HT, LIV
  
• Yan Hu Suo (Corydalis Rhizome)
  Latin: Corydalis Rhizome
  Properties: Spicy, Bitter, Warm
  Channels: HT, LIV, LU
  
• Yi Mu Cao (Chinese Motherwort)
  Latin: Herba Leonuri Heterophylli
  Properties: Spicy, Bitter, Slightly Cold
  Channels: HT, LIV, BL, PER
  
• Yu Jin (Tumeric Tuber)
  Latin: Tuber Curcumae
  Properties: Spicy, Bitter, Cold
  Channels: HT, LU, LIV, GB
  
• Yue Ji Hua (Chinese Tea Rose Flower (Partially Opened))
  Latin: Flos Et Fructus Rosae Chinensis
  Properties: Sweet, Warm
  Channels: LIV
  
• Ze Lan (Bugleweed)
  Latin: Herba Lycopi Lucidi
  Properties: Bitter, Spicy, Slightly Warm, Aromatic
  Channels: LIV, SP
  
• Zi Ran Tong (Pyrite)
  Latin: Pyritum
  Properties: Spicy, Bitter, Neutral
  Channels: LIV, KI