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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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San Qi – Notoginseng – Radix Notoginseng
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Sang Bai Pi – Mulberry Bark – Cortex Mori
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Sang Ji Sheng – Taxillus – Herba Taxilli
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Sang Piao Xiao – Mantis Egg Case – Ootheca Mantidis
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Sang Ye – Mulberry Leaf – Folium Mori
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Sang Zhi – Mulberry Twig – Ramulus Mori
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Sha Ren – Amomum – Fructus Amomi
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Shan Ci Gu – Cremastra – Pseudobulbus Cremastre
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Shan Dou Gen – Sophora Root – Radix Sophorae Tonkinensis
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Shan Ma Ti – Devil Pepper Root – Radix Rauvolfiae
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Shan Pu Tao – Viticis – Radix Vitis Amurensis
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Shan Zha – Hawthorn Berry – Fructus Crataegi
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Shan Zhu Yu – Cornelian Cherry – Fructus Corni
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Shang Lu – Poke Root – Radix Phytolaccae
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She Chuang Zi – Cnidium Seed – Fructus Cnidii
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She Gan – Blackberry Lily Rhizome – Rhizoma Belamcandae
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She Tui – Sloughed Snake Skin – Periostracum Serpentis
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She Xiang – Musk – Moschus
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Shen Jin Cao – Common Club Moss – Herba Lycopodii
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Shen Qu – Massa Fermentata – Massa Fermentata
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Sheng Di Huang – Rehmannia – Radix Rehmanniae
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Sheng Jiang – Fresh Ginger – Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens
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Sheng Ma – Cimicifuga – Rhizoma Cimicifugae
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Shi Chang Pu – Sweetflag Rhizome – Rhizoma Acori
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Shi Di – Kaki Calyx – Calyx Kaki
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Shi Gao – Gypsum – Gypsum Fibrosum
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Shi Jue Ming – Abalone Shell – Concha Haliotidis
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Shi Jun Zi – Quisqualis – Fructus Quisqualis
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Shi Lian Zi – Indian Sinocrassula – Herba Sinocrassulae Indicae
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Shi Liu Pi – Pomegranate Rind – Pericarpium Granati
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Shi Nan Teng – Piper Vine – Ramulus Piper
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Shi Wei – Japanese Felt Fern – Folium Pyrrosiae
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Shu Wei Huang – Rostellularia – Herba Rostellulariae
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Shuang Liu Huang – Half Spreading Ironweed – Herba Vernoniae Patulae
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Shui Ding Xiang – Climbing Seed Box – Herba Ludwigiae – Prostrotae
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Si Gua Luo – Luffa Fiber – Retinervus Luffae Fructus
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Song Jie – Knotty Pine – Lignum Pini Nodi