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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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Can Sha – Silkworm Droppings – Excrementum Bombycis Mori
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Cang Er Zi – Xanthium Fruit – Fructus Xanthii
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Cang Zhu – (Black) Atractylodes – Rhizoma Atractylodis
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Cao Dou Kou – Katsumadai – Semen Alpiniae Katsumadai
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Cao Guo – Tsaoko Fruit – Fructus Tsaoko
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Cao Wu – Aconite Tsaowu – Radix Aconiti Kusnezoffii
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Ce Bai Ye – Leafy Twigs of Chinese Arborvitae – Cacumen Platycladi
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Cha Chi Huang – Stellaria – Herba Stellariae Aquaticae
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Chai Hu – Bupleurum – Radix Bupleuri
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Chan Su – Toad Venom – Venenum Bufonis
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Chan Tui – Cicada Moultings – Periostracum Cicadae
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Chang Shan – Feverflower Root – Radix Dichroae
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Che Qian Zi – Plantago Seed – Semen Plantaginis
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Chen Pi – Tangerine Peel – Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae
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Chen Xiang – Aquilaria – Lignum Aquilariae Resinatum
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Chi Shao – Red Peony Root – Radix Paeoniae Rubrae
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Chi Shi Zhi – Red Halloysite – Halloysitum Rubrum
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Chi Xiao Dou – Aduki Bean – Semen Phaseoli
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Chou Wu Tong – Glory Bower Leaves – Folium Clerodendri Trichotomi
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Chuan Bei Mu – Fritillaria Bulb – Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae
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Chuan Lian Zi – Sichuan Chinaberry Fruit – Fructus Toosendan
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Chuan Mu Tong – Clematis – Caulis Clematidis Armandii
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Chuan Shan Long – Dioscorea Nipponica – Rhizoma Dioscoreae Nipponicae
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Chuan Wu – Aconite Wutou – Radix Aconiti Praeparata
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Chuan Xin Lian – Andrographis – Herba Andrographis
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Chui Pen Cao – Sedum – Herba Sedi
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Chun Gen Pi – Ailanthus Bark – Cortex Ailanthi
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Ci Shi – Magnetite – Magnetitum
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Cong Bai – Scallion – Bulbus Allii Fistulosi
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Da Feng Zi – Chaulmoogra Seeds – Semen Hydnocarpi
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Da Fu Pi – Areca Husk – Pericarpium Arecae
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Da Huang – Rhubarb Root – Radix et Rhizoma Rhei
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Da Hui Xiang – Star Anise – Fructus Anisi Stellati
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Da Ji – Cirsium – Herba seu Radix Cirsii Japonici
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Da Ji – Euphorbia – Knoxia – Radix Euphorbiae seu Knoxiae
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Da Qing Yan — Halite — Halitum
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Da Qing Ye – Isatis Leaf – Folium Isatidis
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Da Suan – Garlic – Bulbus Alli Sativi