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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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Dai Zhe Shi – Hematite – Haematitum
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Dan Dou Chi – Fermented Soybean – Semen Sojae Praeparatum
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Dan Nan Xing – Pulvis Arisaema – Arisaema cum Bile
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Dan Zhu Ye – Lophatherum – Herba Lophatheri
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Dao Di Wu Gong – Ceylan Helminthostachys Rhizome – Rhizoma Heliminthostachytis
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Dao Diao Jin Zhong – Melothria – Melothria Maderospatana
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Dao Dou – Jack Bean – Semen Canavaliae
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Deng Xin Cao – Juncus – Medulla Junci
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Di Fu Zi – Broom Cypress Fruit – Fructus Kochiae
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Di Gu Pi – Lycium Root Bark – Cortex Lycii
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Di Long – Earthworm – Pheretima
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Di Yu – Garden Burnet Root – Radix Sanguisorbae
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Ding Qing Ye – Ilex Leaves – Folium Ilexis
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Ding Shu Xiu – Elephantopi – Herba Elephantopus Scaber
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Ding Xiang – Clove – Flos Caryophylli
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Dong Gua Pi – Benincasa Peel – Exocarpium Benincasae
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Dong Gua Zi – Chinese Wax Gourd Seed – Semen Benincasae
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Dong Kui Zi – Malva – Semen Malvae
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Dong Ling Cao – Rabdosia – Herba Rabdosiae
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Dong Qing Ye – Ilex Leaf – Folium Ilexis
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Du Huo – Pubescent Angelica Root – Radix Angelicae Pubescentis
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E Bu Shi Cao – Centipeda Herb – Herba Centipedae
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Er Cha – Black Catechu – Catechu
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Fan Xie Ye – Senna Leaves – Folium Sennae
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Fang Feng – Siler – Radix Saposhnikoviae
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Fei Zi – Torreya Seed – Semen Torreyae
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Fen Fang Ji – Stephania Root – Radix Stephaniae Tetandrae
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Feng Wei Cao – Chinese Brake – Herba Pteris
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Fo Shou – Citrus Sarcodactylus – Fructus Citri Sarcodactylis
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Fu Hai Shi – Pumice – Pumice
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Fu Ling – Poria Mushroom – Poria
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Fu Long Gan – Soot and Ash (from Fire Pit) – Terra Flava Usta