Properties & Channels

Drug Interactions

Incompatible Herbs

Toxic or Endangered

Latin Name Notes

Herbs that are Illegal or Considered Toxic in the United States

These herbs are either illegal or considered toxic in the United States and are replaced by other medicinal herbs with similar properties in preparations. These Herbs are not on the California Acupuncture Licensing Exam.

• Cao Wu | Prepared Wild Aconite
  Radix Aconiti Kusnezoffii Preparata
• Chuan Wu | Prepared Sichuan Aconite
  Radix Aconiti Preparata
• Cong Bai | Scallion or Green Onion
  Bulbus Allii Fistulosi
• Feng Mi | Honey
  Mel
• Fu Zi | Processed Aconite
  Radix Lateralis Praeparatus Aconiti Carmichaeli
• Gan Sui | Kansui Root
  Radix Euphorbiae Kansui
• Ge Jie | Gecko
  Gecko
• Hong Da Ji | Peking Spurge Root or Euphorbia
  Radix Euphorbiae seu Knoxiae
• Hu Gu | Tiger Bone
  Os Tigris
• Hu Lu Ba | Fenugreek Seed
  Semen Trigonellae Foeni-graeci
• Hu Po | Amber
  Succinum
• Huo Ma Ren | Hemp Seeds or Cannabis Seeds
  Semen Cannabis Sativae
• Jiang Can | Body of Sick Silkworm
  Bombyx Batryticatus
• Liu Huang | Sulpher
  Sulphur
• Lu Jiao | Deer Horn
  Cornu Cervi
• Lu Jiao Jiao | Deer Horn Gelatin
  Gelatinum Cornu Cervi
• Ma Huang | Ephedra Stem
  Herba Ephedrae
• Qian Niu Zi | Morning Glory Seeds or Pharbitis
  Semen Pharbiditis
• Quan Xie | Scorpion, Buthus
  Buthus Martensis
• She Xiang | Deer Musk
  Secretio Moschi Moschifeni
• Shi Chang Pu | Sweetflag Rhizome
  Rhizoma Acori Graminei
• Shi Jun Zi | Rangoon Creeper Fruit with Seeds
  Fructus Quisqualis
• Su He Xiang | Rose Maloes Resin
  Styrax Liquidis
• Tan Xiang | Sandalwood (Heartwood)
  Lignum Santali Albi
• Wu Gong | Centipede
  Scolopendra Subspinipes
• Wu Ling Zhi | Flying Squirrel Feces
  Feces Trogopterori Seu Pteromi
• Xi Jiao | Rhinoceros Horn
  Cornu Rhinoceri
• Xiong Dan | Bear Gallbladder
  Vesica Fellea Ursi
• Zao Jiao | Chinese Honeylocust Fruit
  Gleditsiae Sinensis Fructus
• Zhu Sha | Cinnabar
  Cinnabar
• Zi He Che | Human Placenta
  Placenta Hominis