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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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Jiang Can – Silkworm – Bombyx Batryticatus
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Jie Geng – Platycodon – Radix Platycodonis
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Jin Guo Lan – Tinospora Root – Radix Tinosporae
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Jin Qian Cao – Lysimachia – Herba Lysimachiae
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Jin Yin Hua – Lonicera Flower – Flos Lonicerae
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Jin Ying Zi – Cherokee Rose Hip – Fructus Rosae Laevigatae
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Jing Jie – Schizonepeta – Herba Schizonepetae
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Jiu Ceng Ta – Basil – Herba Ocimi Basilici
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Ju Hua – Chrysanthemum Flower – Flos Chrysanthemi
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Jue Ming Zi – Cassia Seed – Semen Cassiae
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Ku Lian Pi – Sichuan Chinaberry Bark – Cortex Meliae
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Kuan Dong Hua – Tussilago Flower – Flos Farfarae
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Kun Bu – Kelp – Thallus Laminariae seu Eckloniae
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Lai Fu Zi – Radish Seed – Semen Raphani
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Lao Guan Cao – Erodium – Herba Erodii seu Geranii
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Lei Gong Teng – Broad Lily Root – Radix Tripterygii
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Lei Wan – Omphalia – Omphalia
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Li Lu – Veratrum Root and Rhizome – Radix et Rhizoma Veratri
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Li Zhi He – Lychee Seed – Semen Litchi
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Lian Fang – Lotus Receptacle – Receptaculum Nelumbinis
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Lian Qiao – Forsythia – Fructus Forsythiae
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Lian Xu – Lotus Stamen – Stamen Nelumbinis
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Lian Zi – Lotus Seed – Semen Nelumbinis
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Lian Zi Xin – Lotus Plumule – Plumula Nelumbinis
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Ling Yang Jiao – Antelope Horn – Cornu Saigae Tatricae
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Ling Zhi – Reishi Mushroom – Ganoderma
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Liu Huang – Sulfur – Sulfur
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Liu Ye – Willow Leaves – Folium Salicis Babylonicae
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Liu Zhi Huang – Solidago – Herba Solidaginis
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Long Gu – Dragon Bone – Os Draconis
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Long Kui – Solanum – Herba Solanum Nigrum
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Lou Lu – Rhaponticum – Radix Rhapontici
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Lu Cha – Green Tea – Folium Camellia Sinensis