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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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Niu Bang Zi – Burdock Fruit – Fructus Arctii
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Niu Huang – Bezoar – Calculus Bovis
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Ou Jie – Lotus Rhizome Node – Nodus Nelumbinis Rhizomatis
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Pang Da Hai – Sterculia Seed – Semen Sterculiae Lychnophorae
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Pao Zai Cao – Physalis Angulata – Herba Physalis Angulatae
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Pei Lan – Eupatorium – Herba Eupatorii
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Peng Sha – Borax – Borax
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Pi Pa Ye – Loquat Leaf – Folium Eriobotryae
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Po Bu Zi Ye – Sebastan Plum Cordia – Folium Cordia Dichotoma
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Pu Gong Ying – Asian Dandelion – Herba Taraxaci
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Pu Huang – Cattail Pollen – Pollen Typhae
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Pu Yin – Indian Stringbush – Radix Wikstroemia Indica
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Qi Ye Lian – Taiwan Schefflera Root – Radix Schefflerae
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Qian Cao – India Madder Root – Radix Rubiae
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Qian Dan – Lead Oxide – Minium
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Qian Hu – Hogfennel Root – Radix Peucedani
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Qian Li Guang – Senecio – Herba Senecionis Scandens
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Qian Nian Jian – Homalomena – Rhizoma Homalomenae
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Qian Niu Zi – Pharbitis Seed – Semen Pharbitidis
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Qian Shi – Foxnut – Semen Euryales
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Qiang Huo – Notopterygium – Rhizoma et Radix Notopterygii
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Qin Jiao – Gentiana Macrophylla Root – Radix Gentianae Macrophyllae
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Qin Pi – Ash Bark – Cortex Fraxini
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Qing Dai – Indigo – Indigo Naturalis
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Qing Fen – Calomel – Calomelas
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Qing Feng Teng – Japanese Sabia Stem – Caulis Sinomenii
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Qing Guo Gen – White Olive Root – Radix Canarium Album
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Qing Hao – Artemisia – Artemisia Annuae
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Qing Mu Xiang – Aristolochia Root – Radix Aristolochiae
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Qing Pi – Immature Citrus Peel – Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae Viride
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Qing Xiang Zi – Celosia Argentea Seed – Semen Celosiae
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Qu Mai – Dianthus – Herba Dianthi
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Quan Xie – Scorpion – Scorpio
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Ren Dong Teng – Lonicera Vine – Caulis Lonicerae
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Ren Zhong Bai – Human Urine Sediment – Urinae Hominis Sedimen
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Rou Dou Kou – Nutmeg – Semen Myristicae
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Rou Gui – Cinnamon Bark – Cortex Cinnamoni
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Rui Ren – Prinsepia Seed – Semen Prinsepiae