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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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Lu Dou – Mung Beans – Semen Phaseoli Radiati
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Lu Feng Fang – Hornet Nest – Nidus Vespae
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Lu Gan Shi – Calamina – Calamina
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Lu Gen – Phragmites Root – Rhizoma Phragmitis
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Lu Han Cao – Pyrola – Herba Pyrolae
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Lu Hui – Aloe – Aloe
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Lu Jiao Shuang – Deer Horn Fragments – Corni Cervi Degelatinatum
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Luo Bu Ma Ye – Dogbane Leaf – Folium Apocyni Veneti
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Luo Han Guo – Momordica Fruit – Fructus Momordicae
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Luo Shi Teng – Star Jasmine Vine – Caulis Trachelospermi
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Ma An Teng – Beach Morning Glory – Herba Ipomoea Pescaprae
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Ma Bo – Lasiosphaera – Lasiosphaera seu Calvatia
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Ma Chi Xian – Portulaca – Herba Portulacae
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Ma Dou Ling – Aristolochia Fruit – Fructus Aristolochiae
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Ma Huang – Ephedra – Herba Ephedra
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Ma Huang Gen – Ephedra Root – Radix Ephedrae
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Ma Qian Zi – Nux Vomica Seeds – Semen Strychni
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Ma Ti Jin – Dichondra – Herba Dichondrae Repentis
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Mai Ya – Sprouted Barley – Fructus Hordei Germinatus
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Man Jing Zi – Vitex Fruit – Fructus Viticis
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Mang Xiao – Mirabilite – Natrii Sulfas
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Mao Zi Dun Tou – Indian Abutilon – Herba Abutilon Indicum
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Mei Gui Hua – Chinese Rose – Flos Rosae Rugosae
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Meng Shi – Mica – Lapis Micae seu Chloriti
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Mi Meng Hua – Buddleja – Flos Buddlejae
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Mi Tuo Seng – Litharge – Lithargyum
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Ming Fan – Alumen – Alumen
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Mo Gu Xiao – Hyptis – Caulis Hyptis Capitatae
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Mu Bie Zi – Momordica Seed – Semen Momordicae
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Mu Dan Pi – Tree Peony Root Bark – Cortex Moutan
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Mu Gua – Papaya – Fructus Chaenomelis
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Mu Li – Oyster Shell – Concha Ostreae
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Mu Xiang – Costus Root – Radix Aucklandiae
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Mu Zei – Equisetum – Herba Equiseti Hiemalis
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Nan Gua Zi – Pumpkin Seed – Semen Cucurbitae Moschatae