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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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Su He Xiang – Styrax – Styrax
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Su Zi – Perilla Fruit – Fructus Perillae
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Suan Zao Ren – Sour Jujube Seed – Semen Ziziphi Spinosae
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Suo Luo Zi – Chinese Buckeye Seed – Semen Aesculi
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Tan Nan Xing – Arisaema Tuber – Rhizoma Arisaematis
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Tan Xiang – Sandalwood – Lignum Santali Albi
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Tian Hua Fen – Trichosanthes Root – Radix Trichosanthis
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Tian Kui Zi – Semiaquilegia – Radix Semiaquilegiae
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Tian Ma – Gastrodia – Rhizoma Gastrodiae
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Tian Nan Xing – Arisaema – Rhizoma Arisaematis
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Tian Xian Teng – Aristolochia Herb – Herba Aristolochiae
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Tian Zhu Huang – Bamboo Sugar – Concretio Silicea Bambusae
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Ting Li Zi – Pepperweed Seed – Semen Descurainiae seu Lepidii
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Tong Cao – Rice Paper Plant Pith – Medulla Tetrapanacis
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Tou Gu Cao – Garden Balsam – Caulis Impatientis
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Tu Fu Ling – Smilax – Rhizoma Smilacis Glabrae
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Wa Leng Zi – Ark Shell – Concha Arcae
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Wan Dian Jin – Ilex – Radix Ilicis Asprellae
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Wan Nian Song – Selginella – Herba Selginellae
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Wei Ling Xian – Chinese Clematis Root – Radix Clematidis
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Wu Bei Zi – Nut Galls – Galla Chinensis
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Wu Gong – Centipede – Scolopendra
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Wu Jia Pi – Acanthopanax Root Bark – Cortex Acanthopanacis
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Wu Long Cha – Oolong Tea – Folium Camellia Sinensis Fermentata
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Wu Mei – Black (Smoked) Plum – Fructus Mume
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Wu Ming Yi – Pyrolusite – Pyrolusitum
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Wu Shao She – Zaocys – Zaocys
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Wu Tian – Vitex Root and Leaves – Radix et Folium Viticis Quinatae
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Wu Wei Zi – Schisandra Berry – Fructus Schisandrae Chinensis
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Wu Yao – Lindera Root – Radix Linderae
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Wu Yi – Ulmus – Fructus Ulmi Praeparatus
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Wu Zhu Yu – Evodia (Fruit) – Fructus Evodiae
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Xi Gua – Watermelon Fruit – Fructus Citrulli
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Xi Gua Pi – Watermelon Rind – Pericarpium Citrulli
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Xi Jiao – Rhinoceros Horn – Cornu Rhinoceri
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Xi Xian Cao – Siegesbeckia – Herba Siegesbeckiae