Wind-Heat Releasing Herbs

Fu Ping English Name: spirodela, common duckweed Pharmaceutical Name: Herba Spirodelae Medica Category: Wind-Heat Releasing Herbs Properties: Fu Ping enters the Lung and Urinary Bladder channels; it is acrid in nature and cold in temperature. What is Fu Ping?: The Chinese Herb Fu Ping is dried (common) duckweed (Spirodela polyrhiza (L.) Schleid.), a freshwater aquatic… read more

Dan Dou Chi English Name: soja, fermented soybean Pharmaceutical Name: Semen Sojae Praeparatum Medica Category: Wind-Heat Releasing Herbs Properties: Dan Dou Chi enters the Lung and Stomach channels; it is acrid, sweet, and slightly bitter in nature and cold in temperature. What is Dan Dou Chi?: The Chinese Herb Dan Dou Chi is black soybeans… read more

Bo He English Name: Mint Pharmaceutical Name: Herba Menthae Medica Category: Wind-Heat Releasing Herbs Properties: Bo He enters the Lung and Liver channels; it is acrid in nature and cool in temperature. What is Bo He?: The Chinese Herb Bo He is the aerial parts of the common mint plant (Mentha haplocalyx Briq.) Traditional Chinese… read more

Chai Hu English Name: bupleurum root Literal Translation: “kindling of the barbarians” Pharmaceutical Name: Radix Bupleuri Medica Category: Wind-Heat Releasing Herbs Properties: Chai Hu enters the Liver and Gallbladder channels; it is bitter and acrid in nature and cool in temperature. What is Chai Hu?: The Chinese Herb (Bei) Chai Hu is the dried root… read more

Chan Tui English Name: cicada moulting Pharmaceutical Name: Periostracum Cicadae Medica Category: Wind-Heat Releasing Herbs Properties: Chan Tui enters the Liver and Lung channels; it is sweet in nature and cold in temperature What is Chan Tui?: The Chinese Herb Chan Tui is the sloughed-off moultings of the cicada Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Therapeutic Actions… read more