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This Dictionary is a list of Chinese Herbs and provides the basic introduction to their names and uses of many of the individual plants used in TCM. In addition to all the ingredients and herbs that are found in different Chinese medicines, you will find some of our informative blogs below. To find products that we have for a particular herb, click on one of the ingredients below.
Categories
- Anti-parasitic Herbs
- Aromatic Damp-Dissolving Herbs
- Astringent Herbs
- Blood-Invigorating and Stasis-Removing Herbs
- Blood-Tonifying Herbs
- Channel and Collateral Opening Herbs
- Cough- and Wheezing- Relieving Herbs
- Deficiency-Heat Clearing Herbs
- Digestive Herbs
- Dispel Wind-Damp Open Channels and Collaterals
- Downward Draining Herbs– Purgatives
- Downward Draining Herbs-Harsh Expellants (Cathartics)
- Downward Draining Herbs-Moist Laxatives
- Emetic Herbs
- Extinguish Wind/Stop Tremors
- Heat-Clearing and Blood-Cooling Herbs
- Heat-Clearing and Dampness-Drying Herbs
- Heat-Clearing and Fire-Purging Herbs
- Heat-Clearing and Toxin-Eliminating Herbs
- Herbs that Clear Heat and Cool Blood
- Interior-Warming Herbs
- Liver-Calming and Wind-Extinguishing Herbs
- Orifice-Opening Herbs
- Pain Relieving Herbs
- Phlegm-Resolving Herbs
- Purgatives
- Qi-Regulating Herbs
- Qi-Tonifying Herbs
- Shen Calming Herbs
- Stop-Bleeding Herbs
- Substances for Topical Application
- Tendon and Bone Strengthening Herbs
- Uncategorized
- Water-Regulating and Damp-Resolving Herbs
- Wind Damp Dispelling Herbs
- Wind-Cold Releasing Herbs
- Wind-Heat Releasing Herbs
- Wind-Heat relieving Herbs
- Yang-Tonifying Herbs
- Yin-Tonifying Herbs
Herbs
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Ai Ye – Chinese Motherwort Leaf – Folium Artemisiae Argyi
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Ba Dou – Croton Fruit – Fructus Crotonis
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Ba Yue Zha – Akebia Fruit – Fructus Akebiae
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Bai Bian Lian – lobelia – Herba Lobeliae Chinensis
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Bai Bu – Stemona Root – Radix Stemonae
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Bai Dou Kou – Amomum – Fructus Amomi Rotundus
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Bai Fu Zi – Typhonium – Rhizoma Typhonii
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Bai Guo – Ginkgo Nut – Semen Ginkgo
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Bai Hua She – Bungarus – Bungarus Parvus
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Bai Hua She She Cao – Oldenlandia – Herba Oldenlandia
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Bai Ji – Bletilla – Rhizoma Bletillae
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Bai Ji Li – Tribulus – Fructus Tribuli
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Bai Jiang Cao – Patrinia – Herba cum Radice Patriniae
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Bai Jie Zi – Mustard Seed – Semen Sinapis
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Bai Lian – Ampelopsis Root – Radix Ampelopsis
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Bai Long Chuan Hua Tou – Clerodendron – Radix Clerodendron Paniculatum
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Bai Mao Gen – Lalang Grass Rhizome – Rhizoma Imperatae
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Bai Qian – Cynanchum Rhizome – Rhizoma Cynanchi Stauntonii
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Bai Tou Weng – Chinese Pulsatilla Root – Radix Pulsatillae
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Bai Wei – Blackened Swallowwort Root – Radix Cynanchi Atrati
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Bai Xian Pi – Dictamnus – Cortex Dictamni
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Bai Zhi – Dahurican Angelica Root – Radix Angelicae Dahuricae
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Bai Zi Ren – Biota Seed – Semen Platycladi
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Ban Bian Lian – Chinese Lobelia – Herba Lobeliae Chinensis
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Ban Lan Gen – Isatis Root – Radix Isatidis
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Ban Mao – Chinese Blister Beetle – Mylabris
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Ban Xia – Pinellia – Rhizoma Pinelliae
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Ban Zhi Lian – Scute Barbata – Herba Scutellariae Barbatae
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Bei Sha Shen – Glehenia Root – Radix Adenophorae
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Bi Ba – Long Pepper – Fructus Piperis Longi
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Bi Cheng Qie – Litsea – Fructus Litseae
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Bi Xie – Tokoro – Rhizoma Dioscoreae Hypoglaucae
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Bi Zi Cao – Crinite Pogonatherum- Herba Pogonantheri Criniti
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Bian Xu – Common Knotgrass Herb – Herba Polygoni Avicularis
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Bing Lang – Betel Nut – Semen Arecae
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Bing Pian – Borneol – Borneolum Syntheticum
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Bo He – Mint – Herba Menthae