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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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Fu Pen Zi – Palm Leaf Raspberry Fruit – Fructus Rubi
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Fu Ping – Common Duckweed – Herba Spirodelae
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Fu Rong – Hibiscus Root – Radix Hibisci
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Fu Xiao Mai – Light Wheat Berry – Semen Tritci Aestivi Levis
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Fu Zi – Aconite – Radix Aconiti Lateralis Praeparata
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Gan Jiang – Dried Ginger – Rhizoma Zingiberis
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Gan Song – Chinese Nardostachys Rhizome – Radix et Rhizoma Nardostachys
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Gan Sui – Euphorbia – Radix Euphorbiae Kansui
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Gao Ben – Chinese Ligusticum Root – Rhizoma Ligustici
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Gao Liang Jiang – Alpinia – Rhizoma Alpiniae Officinarum
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Ge Gen – Pueraria Root – Radix Puerariae
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Gou Qi Gen – Lycium Root – Radix Lycii
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Gou Teng – Uncaria Vine – Ramulus Uncariae cum Uncis
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Gu Jing Cao – Eriocaulis – Flos Eriocauli
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Gu Ya – Sprouted Millet – Fructus Setariae Germinatus
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Gu Zhi Hua – Oroxylum Seed – Semen Oroxyli
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Gua Di – Melon Pedicle – Pedicellus Cucumeris
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Gua Lou Pi – Trichosanthes Peel – Pericarpium Trichosanthis
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Gua Lou Ren – Trichosanthes Seed – Semen Trichosanthis
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Gua Lou Shi – Trichosanthes Fruit – Fructus Trichosanthis
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Guan Mu Tong – Aristolochia Stem – Caulis Aristolochiae Manshuriensis
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Guan Ye Lian Qiao – St. John’s Wort – Herba Hypericum
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Guan Zhong – Dryopteris Root – Rhizoma Dryopteridis
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Guang Fang Ji – Aristolochia Root – Radix Aristolochiae Fangchi
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Gui Zhi – Cinnamon Twig – Ramulus Cinnamomi
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Hai Feng Teng – Kadsura Stem – Caulis Piperis Kadsurae
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Hai Fu Rong – Limonium – Herba Limonium Wrightii
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Hai Ge Fen – Clam Shell – Concha Meretricis seu Cyclinae
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Hai Jin Sha – Lygodium Spores – Herba Lygodii
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Hai Piao Xiao – Cuttlefish Bone – Endoconcha Sepiae
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Hai Tong Pi – Himalayan Coral Bean Bark – Cortex Erythrinae
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Hai Zao – Sargassum – Sargassum